Fishing Forum

While local streams near Provo are spectacular, I am occasionally interested in branching out and exploring local places that often get passed by or disregarded. This quest has occasionally yielded some great little gems and finds for me. So two questions for you trout gurus near Utah Valley ...
1) I am interested in investigating or finding the nearest good brook trout fishing close to Provo. Currently, the only place I have really fished for them is on Strawberry River. In Pennsylvania, brookies are our only native fish - and a big brookie there is like 10-12 inches. Also, I feel like they often get disregarded around this time of year, despite the fact that they are spawning around the same time as browns.
2) Anyone every fish below Stewart falls? It is one of my favorite hikes and someone once told me there are some big rainbows in there. Anyone know anything about this?
Feel free to send a private message if you have any info in reference to either question. Honestly, I am going to have my hands full the next few weeks, but figure I might want to explore a new place or two that is local in the next few weeks. THANKS!
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Hey Josh,
I don't target brookies much close by because a big brookie round here is also 10-12 inches. Besides the Strawberry you might try the upper Provo. The lower elevations off Highway 150 are usually accessable during the spawn. Spawning brookies are extremely aggressive. They'll hit a streamer a half dozen times or until hooked 2 feet in front of you. Look for them in the small side channels and tributaries going into the Provo around where the North Fork of the Provo comes in and further downstream.
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There are Brooks up American Fork Canyon in Silver Lake Flats. Small ones. There are brooks at the top of the right fork of Hobble Creek. Park at the camp ground where the pavement ends and hike up to where the creek starts to head east. Its called Wadsworth at that point and there are lots of small ones there. Then you have Payson Lakes. Lots in the Lower and Upper lake there. For big brooks you gotta hike and drive a lot longer. Boulders, TLM, FLM, and some Uinta lakes.

About the bows from stewart falls... My family has a cabin up there at sundance and I have fished from about a half mile below the falls (Where the creek is finally ankle deep) down to the Provo. I have caught a few up to 14 but nothing bigger. I am sure the person you talked to meant there at the sundance portion. They built a little dam and planted fish that they feed. Some big ones in there but no [fishon] allowed. Good luck with the Brook quest. I had to find all that out by myself. My first threat on here about two years ago was asking the same question and I didnt get any real help... Its way fun to explore though!!
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Thanks for all the tips. I really appreciate how helpful everyone has been on this forum. I love trying out random places, but with this one, the help is much appreciated. I don't know what it is, but I just love Brookie fishing occasionally. They are such beautiful fish.
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If you have a vehicle that will handle the trail to Silver Lake Flat, as it could be messy in places and is always a little rough, you will find brookies in their fall colors cruising the shoreline and, possibly, in the stream above. A size 8 or 10 black woolly bugger cast parallel to the bank and stripped slowly works well. The catching may not be fast but it is usually consistent.
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