First like to say thanks to troutman93,river dog,and rvrrat did the info.we got there about 630 and started on the lower end.we thought with your the wind was blowing woke driving it was going to be windy but to our surprise it was nice and calm.we fished there for about 3 hrs with nothing not even a bite but did see one rise about 3 feet from me but that's it.we then decided to go above the camp ground and it started off slow.by this point I must have lost about 6-8 Flys already.so if you go bring extra Flys. About 1030 is when it started to happen.got my first one just to see it come off.but is a start. But in that same goes did manage to land one and lose another.by 12 I had landed more but was down to the only fly they were hitting a size 10 price. My last prince fly town beating.but they keep hitting it.it was so bad half came undone and yes was still catching them on it.at the end of the day I had landed about 8 and lost about another 4-6 more at least.about 130 I had to say goodbye to my last prince due to the fact it came completely undone.but it was a trooper.but for my buddy he can't say then same.I tried telling him and helping him but he just couldn't get anything no hits no foul hook up nothing.diamond fork is becoming one of my fave spots.the scenery is beautiful and the fish are good sized and little to no pressure.I only team into 1 other person that was extremely nice.it's always nice to meet ppl out on the river that's nice.I meet allot of not so nice ppl before.it's just nice to know there are nice ppl still out there.I did manage some pics.
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Glad you caught some. DF can definitely be a fickle stream giving up 50 one day then 2 the next. Cloud cover and not starting too much before noon always helps me. I keep fishing my prince nymphs on that stream until they're unfishable. Usually can get at least 20 fish per fly. Was your friend not getting his flies as deep as you? I go with big heavy tungsten beadheads but you need to do whatever possible to get your fly deep if stones or salmonflies aren't actively coming off.
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We didn't have any stone flies and I bet we could have got allot on them.they were all over.then and hoppers. In not sure if he was as deep as me.I usually always go deep with mine.but it was still a great day.
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They don't go on the feeding frenzies the same way on stones as they do if you're lucky enough to hit the salmonfly hatch. Many start out fishing too early and miss it come off late afternoon into evening anyways. But I think I mentioned you shouldn't go without stone or salmonfly patterns in June. My experience is that despite some hoppers be around as early as April (red variety between snowfalls) they don't really key in on them until Mid July into early August. One of the biggest trout (not wimpy charr) I've ever seen in a Utah stream was on DF. My best day ever there I caught a handful of trout 20-26 inches on the reliable prince. At one bend I notice a large rock in the murky water. After taking a break to recover from the last battle with a lunker I stepped forward next to the rock only to have it swim off without me getting in a single cast Those bigger ones can be found moving upstream probable out of Spanish Fork in late October preparing to spawn. It takes a lot of time and some luck to be able to find them moving upstream and have the chance of sight casting to them.
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