Fishing Forum

Hey, I fished the Logan yesterday and did fairly well. I started out nymphing using a size 14 hare's ear but wasn't getting anything. I switched over to a size 16 midge and wound up catching 3, two beautiful browns and one rainbow trout (which for some reason hooked itself in the stomach) It was not lightning fast, but it's pretty up the canyon right now, and there are fish that want to bite so check it out!
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a day fishing is better than a day not!
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I was up there yesterday too. I was going to fish the faster water, but I got distracted by the risers at 3rd dam. Midge emergers and pupa fished in the surface film did the trick. I need to practice my midge fishing though. I broke a couple off and missed a ton. I even had the mother of all whitefish come up and slurp my fly off the top. It was at least 20" and extremely fat. Sadly my tippet gave way when I almost had her. I think my light tippet may be getting a little old, that shouldn't have happened. Oh well, it's been a beautiful week to be outdoors for sure.
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I was also trying to fish the risers at third dam yesterday but to know avail....what is the trick to fly fishing that still water?
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You have to use long, light leaders, 5x or 6x, and small size 18 or 20 midge emergers or pupa fished right in the surface film. I hooked into them on a variety of flies. One of my favorites is Gary Lafontaine's Halo Midge Emerger. I also had them hit some more simple flies that were just a goose biot wrapped up the shank of the hook with a little head made of peacock hearl or deer hair clipped tight. I didn't have very many as I don't midge fish much, and the fish popped most of them off, but that was pretty fun, so I went out and got some size 20 emerger hooks today. I'll probably head up there again next week if the weather is decent.
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Yah I love the logan river spinner fishing and fly fishing it is all fun it is also a beautiful canyon. [fishin]
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