Fishing Forum

I am just learning to fly fish and have only been out a few times. Yesterday was my most successful trip so far. I fished the lower Provo from 8:00-10:00 and caught two browns around 13 or 14 inches. After 10:00 I thought I would walk back down the river and fish the area I had the most success. I then realized what everyone says about the Provo is true. I found fisherman in every square inch of the river. I decided I better find a new spot so I got out and walked the shore back to my truck. There were a total of eight fisherman between where I enter and here I exited. Must be a popular spot. After tat I drove to the few other spots I know with my limited experience and found all of them were complexly full. I'm not 100% sure about proper fly fishing etiquette but it seems like if I attempted to jump in and start fishing I might be the guy that doesn't realize that there were exactly the right amount of anglers and now there is one too many. I wasn't done fishing yet so I thought I would go for a drive and find a good place to continue my day.

First stop was middle Provo. No place for me to fit in again. Like i said before I dont have ton of places I know yet. So now im in for a drive. Next stop Weber just below the Rockport dam. Waaaay to windy for me.

There was a spot on the Weber I have been and done well and it seemed protected from the wind but it was pretty far. I planned to fish today and decided to make the trip. I finally arrived at my spot around 1:30. After a short hike I found my spot with no one else in sight. I fished or about 2 1/2 hours and caught three beautiful browns. They seemed significantly more colorful than the the two I caught in the Provo. Though maybe not quite as fat. The last fish I caught was the biggest fish that I have caught in a while. I measured it and it was 18 3/4 inches. It was awesome to fight with him for a bit and find out that netting a big brown is much harder than the littler guys. I got good a picture of one from the Provo and the first two fom the Weber. But on the big one I got an ok pic of him in the net but getting him out and trying to take a pic with him in my hand proved to be too much for an inexperienced angler like myself and I got my camera wet and it stopped working.

First fish on the Provo

Weber

Weber

Biggest fish right before I broke my camera
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Sounds like a good day. And the crowds were one of the things that kept me from fishing when I lived down in that area. Just a thought on pics, if you have a photobucket account look to see if there is in app for it. Droid has one I use for my phone. Makes posting pics easy. Pm me if you have any question on how to do it.
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Im pretty new too, but your report sounds alot better than my recent ones, hopefully my luck will change soon. Congrats on the catches and keep putting in work it will pay off eventually.
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The Provo does attract the crowds with the weather just starting to warming up, I think everyone has a a bit of cabin fever Crappy thing is the Lower doesn't let up, in the summer the white water river rafting guides move in I think the only time its really crowd free is in the dead of winter.

But there quite a different access points to fish the Provo. I generally stay away from the lower during the warmer months Here a link to some access points.

http://www.mitigationcommission.gov/angl...access.htm
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Great report. Try rice on the camera. My twin soaked a $1,000 camera and we put it and the 2 lenses in a bag of rice. 3 days later it all works again. Open all the parts and pray the rice will do it!
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Thanks. I'll try rice I have never heard that before. I just bring my little point and shoot when fishing . I don't dare to bring anything too nice. But it would be nice if I coud get it to work again.
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Thanks for the access information. Much appreciated.

Regards,
Browntrout
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I'll second the rice trick, it really does work. I stepped off a shelf while chasing a fish downstream a while back and completely soaked my camera in the process. Water was coming out of the battery compartment, there was condensation in the lens and viewfinder, but the camera works just fine now.
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