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Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - catfish77 - 06-30-2012
Looking to do a two or three nighter within like 4 hours of Ogden either in Utah/Wyoming/Idaho. Prefer to camp in fairly close proximity to a nice river or stream. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Justin
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - montanaman - 06-30-2012
You certainly have a lot of options with a radius of 4 hours. My suggestion is Idaho. Between Rigby and Ashton you have the Teton, Fall and Henry's Fork for rivers. If you go a little east you also have about a billion creeks.
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Re: [montanaman] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - flygoddess - 06-30-2012
How about the camping end in those areas. That is a beautiful list though.
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Re: [montanaman] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - catfish77 - 06-30-2012
yes...I'm really in need of some good camp spot info?
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - montanaman - 06-30-2012
Google "camping near Rigby, Idaho" or 'camping near Ashton, Idaho".
Also try [url "http://www.forestcamping.com"]www.forestcamping.com[/url] which will give you info about camping in the Targhee National Forest. Campsites on the Warm River, the Buffalo River and so on.
I don't know what your camping criteria is, but the above should give you a place to start.
Have a fun and safe trip.
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - montanaman - 06-30-2012
Also try and get your hands on a Delorme Idaho Topo map or equivalent. If you take hwy 33 east of hwy 20 there are places to camp in the Teton Basin. Creeks everywhere in that area.
It's gonna be tough to make a choice, but it's always fun to scout.
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - HFT - 06-30-2012
China meadows,Wife just came back from a hike to red castle. The pictures of China meadows area made me ache to go camp and fish.
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Re: [HFT] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - kandersonSLC - 07-03-2012
Spent the weekend camping around the Mirror Lake/Trial Lake area. Beautiful scenery, cool temps, and plenty of lakes and streams to cast a fly. What more could you ask for?
We used to travel to Colo., Wy., Idaho, etc. to vacation but last year we decided to stick close to home. We discovered that we didn't need to drive 5-6 hours to experience what we have in Utah within 90 min. or less from our home.
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - fish2xtc - 07-03-2012
Green river. Mustang campground. Reservoir and river.
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - Flyfishinglover - 07-03-2012
Uinta mountain for sure.
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Re: [Flyfishinglover] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - flygoddess - 07-04-2012
[quote Flyfishinglover]Uinta mountain for sure.[/quote]
You really need to check out the Green area[cool] Uinta's are beautiful, but so is the Green.
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Re: [flygoddess] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - Flyfishinglover - 07-04-2012
green river i totally want to but sorda short on money so not this year. Plus my family loves camping uinta so i love that place as well.
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Re: [Flyfishinglover] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - flygoddess - 07-04-2012
good answer
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Re: [flygoddess] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - Flyfishinglover - 07-04-2012
yep. I dont care if i catch dinky brookies in the river all day its still tons of fun watching them come up for the fly. Plus when im done with high school next year for sure i will hit the green river. I miss that place V_V
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - kandersonSLC - 07-04-2012
Yeah, the east end of the Unitas is great with the Gorge, the Green and some beautiful high mountain lakes accessible on good dirt roads. If I could get at least 3 days off work, that's where I would go.
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Re: [flygoddess] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - catfish77 - 07-04-2012
I think I've narrowed it down to the upper Green near Pinedale or the Grey's near Jackson. Anyone got any recent reports from these places? Thanks again.
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - kandersonSLC - 07-04-2012
I love the area around Pinedale. The Wind Rivers are the most under-appreciated mountains in the US. The glaciated lakes just outside of Pinedale are great for fishing (just watch for wind) and hiking, and fishing around the headwaters of the Green River, appropriately called "Green River Lakes" is a great outdoor experience.
Golden Trout can be found in the high mountain lakes (Island Lake being one of them) but there may be some that are reachable by car and a short hike.
Highly recommended and not too far away.
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Re: [catfish77] Camping/fly fishing suggestions? - riverdog - 07-05-2012
The Upper Green below the Green River Lakes is one of the buggiest places in the West. Never been there anytime to fish when it wasn't extremely buggy. Fishing is just OK in my book. The Grey's isn't that close to Jackson. It flows down the Wyoming Range for about 60 miles to dump into the Snake in Alpine, Wyoming, just above the Pali
es reservoir. Alpine is a good 45-50 minute drive from Jackson . I'd go with the Greys if you love to wade. All but about 2 miles of that 60 miles is open to public fishing. Water levels are just coming down and now through another week or so should be peak fishing. Almost all snake river cutts except an occasional whitefish. The big ones really put up a fight unlike our cutts in Utah. I seldom use more than a 4wt anywhere in Utah but always use a 5 or even 6 wt on some sections up there this time of year. Send me a pm if you think you'll go and I'll tell you where to expect what. Either that or you can fish 60 miles of river and have the satisfaction of finding them on your own. If you're taking kids the beauty of the place is it starts out a tiny stream and ends up a floatable river about 3-5 times the size of the Provo. Can find the right size water to accommodate kids of any age. Plenty of good camping as well.[signature]