Fishing Forum

Hey yall,
So after having a car breakdown 5 miles up a mountain road bring my last fishing trip to an abrupt end, I am looking to plan trip # 2. Overall, the trip was a good experience. In the one day we were able to fish, I caught more trout than I ever had in a day and enjoyed some beautiful scenery.
Which is the purpose of this post - I noticed the beautiful North Fork of the Duchesne River and even heard some stories of some big fish being caught in there. So here are my questions and any advice is very appreciated -
1) Anyone have any info on the N Fork and/or West Fork of the Duchesne River when fished around the end of July - that's when I'm thinking about going.
2) Anyone know of any other streams in close proximity ... I'd really like to catch some fat brook trout.
I am thinking that I and a few friends may go for 3 days and stay at Defa's Dude Ranch ... the people were so nice there I'd like to go back and say hello. We may even make a day trip one of those days to a remote mountain lake in the grandaddy basin. Any suggestions, tips, or advice would be greatly appreciated. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
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the west fork is an awsome river to fish for a bunch of hungry cuttroat but most of the fish average 10 to 12 inches and it also doesnt open untill the second sat in july
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North Fork is about the same as the West Fork, only you get Brookies instead of Cutts. They generally plant quite a few Bows in the NF too, but I've never caught anything bigger than maybe 14 inches in either of them. They are the most brilliantly colored trout though. Good luck and give us a report if you go.
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Like other have said cutts in W. Fork and bows and brookies in N Fork. I prefer the W. Fork as a lot better chance at fish in the 15- 20 inch range plus it's a prettier place to fish. If you travel east from there you have the whole south slope of the Uintas. Rock Creek is close by. Part of it is on the Indian Reservation so get a map. Need their Licence if you want to fish it but it tends to have larger fish than the river in the National Forest. My other favorites as you go east are Yellowstone, Uinta and Whiterocks Rivers. All streams are good dry fly places where fish aren't too picky. There are brookies but I doubt you'll find any of much size. The folks at Defa's, and in the towns of Hanna and Tabiona are some of the friendiest people I've ever met in Utah.
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