Fishing Forum

After my third straight day with an exam, I decided I needed some stress relief, so I ran up to The Logan for a few hours between school and work. It had been raining all morning and it was still overcast and cool when I arrived at my chosen stretch of river. As I made my way down to the stream the rain kissed leaves felt so refreshing on my skin after all the hot and acrid weather we've been having. I started out with a small black bodied Turk's Tarantula with an olive flash Copper John/P Tail concoction for a dropper. I scored a nice little cutt pretty quickly, but he chewed the tail off my already mangled fly. I switched over to a dark green and black copper john/p tail and moved my way upstream. I missed a few fish on the dry from some side pockets and I eventually made it to a more open area with some deep runs and multiple seams as well as some large boulders. After that, the action was pretty quick. I scored several nice cutts on both flies, I even had one jump which I seldom see in cutththroat. I passed the good stretch and it was hit and miss for a bit, but then I reached some nice runs again. The sun came out right about then, but the fish didn't seem to mind. I scored several more nice cutts, and another decent brown. I even saw a good sized cutt come up and grab the head of the Turk's in his mouth and shake it like a dog. I wasn't able to hook him because of the way he grabbed it, but it was pretty cool to see. Unfortunately the time for work came and I had to go. I ended up with 17 cutts and 5 browns. I felt a lot better afterward.
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Those are some pretty fish! Good on ya! Sounds like a busy morning! What part of the river were you on? Can't tell from the photos - I'm guessing up from the dams?

You fly-fishermen and you're lingo - makes me giggle. Just another "language" I don't know yet. Still getting my head around trolling gear, and jigging gear after years of spinning.

Gotta try getting my waders wet in that water - and flinging some flies. I suppose the browns and cutts'll be starting to chomp down and fatten up for fall soon eh? Start seeing the big'ns come out and play?

Time for streamers?

Nice post - thanks for sharing.
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Looks like time that well spent!!
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Yeah, I was above the dams. I never really bother with the lower stretches, too many people and too much channelization of the river for my taste. I prefer the higher gradient sections of the stream with lots of pocket water. I seem to find more cutts in those sections. Just be careful wading them, the current can be pretty strong and sometimes the bottom will unexpectedly drop. Last week I was chasing a fish downstream and as I stepped forward to net him, the bottom dropped a couple of feet and the current swept my legs out from under me. I was instantly up to my neck in the river with my waders full of water. Good thing I always wear my wading belt. I was pretty glad that the rice trick actually works on electronics as my camera was completely full of water, but as you can see, it's working fine now. I haven't really fished streamers on The Logan, but I bet a heavy little bugger dropped into some of those deeper runs would produce. We're definitely heading into prime time for The Logan in my book.
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I thought so. I don't get a lot of huge fish in The Logan, but plenty of decent sized healthy fish along with the scenery make it my all around favorite stream in the area. The only thing I don't like is all the traffic noise.
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I had never considered that risk with Waders until a fly-fishing friend mentioned it. The whole notion of the waders filling with water.

Curious -what's a wading belt? flotation wrap?

I was up by the sawtooths, hiked up to 4th of July lake with waders & fly rod - but quickly realized the bottom was a mucky ooze of sink holes. Yeah - THAT's when you need a float tube! Did land a pretty cutt - took a salmon egg to get his attention!

I've really only fished the dams along Logan River. But the river up from Rick springs and beyond has always peaked my interest. Are you up there - red rocks, tony grove (pm if you don't want to broadcast).

Any exciting stories of moose or skunk encounters?

I need to try the rice trick on some binocs that've spent too much time in the boat! Good to know it works!
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Very Nice....I love that Turks. I have been using a sudo Turk lately and it has been dynomite...


I had to tie a bunch up. These are easy to tie.

Very nice fish, thanks for sharing them with us!
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A wading belt is just a nylon strap with a buckle. It just keeps the waders snug against your body so you don't get a whole torrent of water filling your waders up in a second and dragging you under. Enough got in that even my socks were soggy. Luckily I had some scrubs from the days lab in my car that I could change into.

I wasn't all the way up above Rick's Spring, though that's a good area. I'll just say I was between 3rd dam and Temple Fork. Really any area with pocket water is going to generally have some good cutthroat. I think it's definitely worth your while to go upstream from the dams.

No skunk or moose encounters, though I watched a skunk wrestle with a dead carp that was bigger than he was up at Oneida a few weeks ago. That was quite the site, I was bummed I forgot my camera.

I've always wanted to go to the Sawtooths, maybe someday, so far I've only ventured into The Winds and The Uintas.
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Thanks, The Logan might not grow as many large fish as The Weber, but they sure are pretty. I like the look of those flies. I've kind of shied away from tying my own Turks because of the difficulty level, but those look much easier. I'll have to tie some up, especially since Al's here in Logan stopped carrying Turks and it seems like Round Rocks only carries larger sizes. I really prefer the little 12-14's on the rivers around here and it seems like the smallest they usually have are 10's.
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I have noticed that as well. This is an easy pattern
Think Woolly bugger with calf tail and legs meets Elk hair Sofa pillow...LOL
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It doesn't look bad at all, kind of a Trude with rubber legs and an elk hair caddis head. I will definitely make some up.
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I agree that the Logan is heating up...I went last week and caught 14 browns and one brookie on a purple haze pattern. I love that river! I'll have to try that pattern sometime.
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