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needed to be at Midway brodge at 0700 sunday morning to meet some one for some buisness so i decided to hit the provo since i havent been up there for over 5 months. i remember why i hate that place on the weekends now... i did what i needed to do and just started fishing right there (down stream of the bridge). i saw a few people pull up, stand up and ask how i was doing, at the time i had only caught 2 brwons, no more then 6 inches each, to which i replied, "im catching fish, but nothing worth while!" they said good luck and moved on. heres where i hate that place on the weekend. three gentleman stood up on the opposite bank and asked how i was doing, same response from me. they asked what i was using, i told them, one of them laughed and said "Thats why your not catching any fish! your not using a dry fly, meaning you dont have enough skill for this river!"...... this kinda pissed me off, but the last thing i was going to do was start a Man Member measuring contest on a river. so i replied, maybe your right, but this is how i like to fish! i then decided to move and got out of the water and passed this guy who stood there, and as i passed he made a grunt noise and said "this is why this river is going to shame, because people like you are fishing here." at the time i had, had enough from this chump and in a not so polite way i told him to enjoy his day and left for the weber.


now the fun begins! I met up with the GF on the north end of Morgan and we started hitting holes. her first cast she pops a little brown on a super duper, and i finally get into position under a tree to cast to rising fish. i ended up with like 10 to 12 trout from that little hole that ran the bag, browns, 1 cutty, and another tiger trout (man those are cool fish!).

we worked up river past the golf course and she would nail one or two more here or thereand i would always manage to catch 3 trout for every 1 white fish. i think biggest trout went 17 inches (you can mnake that determination when the GF posts my pics)?

there were fish rising every where on what looked like BWO's. i finally brokje down and used a hi-vis BWO i had and managed to finally hook 2 whitteys off the dry.... im going to have to schedule an appointment for a FlyGoddess, sinergy, or TS30 dry class!

anyway with as warm as it was i spent all of my time in the water since i over dressed. all in all a fine day. i will post pics the second the GF uploads them to her FB.

enjoy!

whoops, hot flys of the day were a red copper john and my silver thingy, both 22's
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[quote kochanut] said "this is why this river is going to shame, because people like you are fishing here." [/quote]

Cant believe this guy had the gull to say something like that. I dont know what I would have done I know I have no patience for arse holes like that. so Kudos to you for being the bigger man.

[quote kochanut] I ended up with like 10 to 12 trout from that little hole that ran the bag, browns, 1 cutty, and another tiger trout (man those are cool fish!). [/quote]

Dang.. I knew I should have headed up there ...

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schedule an appointment for a FlyGoddess, sinergy, or TS30 dry class! [/quote]

Im sure FG & TS30 are much better dry fly fisherman than I but any time Im always open to help a fellow BFTer out.
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I know it pissed you off (it would have done the same to me) but I think it's funnier than heck that guys say crap like that. You probably ended up with more fish than him. Just a thought on dries, if you're good nymphing isn't dry fly fishing easy? Not that I don't appreciate dries (it's actually my favorite method) it's just that you already know how to cast, mend, and get good drag-free drifts. Now you've just got to set up once you see the fish take your fly!! It just seems simpler to me.
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sorry for the late response, just now saw your post.... the reason i hate dry fishing is because 90% of the time i cant see them, and when i try to watch the head of my line, and set hook when i see a fish rise where i think my fly is i either miss, or foul hook it.. i have to be doing something wrong!
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that why i hate the provo to. On the weber no one bothers you i love it. at what time would you say they were surfacing i was up their last weekend and got into a couple by the golf course but didnt see any surface i love it on the surface
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ummm.... like 1400'ish i would say?
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kochanut wrote:[/quote]
the reason i hate dry fishing is because 90% of the time i cant see them, and when i try to watch the head of my line, and set hook when i see a fish rise where i think my fly is i either miss, or foul hook it.. i have to be doing something wrong![/quote]

My thoughts exactly !!! Some told me something that i have yet to try.. Its called fishing in the box.. this is where you picture a imaginary box around where you think your fly is.. if you see a rise in that box set the hook.. But this some thing every one already knows.. But i will give it a try next time i'm on the water...[cool]
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When I am fishing dries that are so small that I'm not certain which of the 1000 bugs being swatted at is mine, such as at dawn or dusk when there is glare on the water, I employ one presentation at all times. Always make sure you are behind the fish when they strike. The water's surface tension against your line plants the fly right in their jaw. That buys you an extra second or two to set the hook before they turn and spit it out. If you cast a few feet ahead and pull your leader straight before you commence with the drift then your main line will act as an indicator for the strike and you will have no doubt that somebody tried your hors d' oeuvres. When you get the take, hesitate for a second before you set the hook so that the fish has closed it's mouth and you will increase your hook ratio. That's G 2 G.[]
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