05-22-2019, 09:55 PM
[#0000FF]I have always caught the most whitefish above the Heber Creeper trestle. There are several nice deep runs that hold a lot of fish. There is a turnoff and parking area above the tracks there. You park and go down across the tracks and find your way to the river.
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[#0000FF]I mostly fish the northerly side. Easiest to access and the best fishing is by casting quartering upstream and across to the deeper parts of the runs. I haven't really worked that area for a few years...since before they put in the paved Orvis dork access and parking. But in past times the big whitefish provided good sport...in between browns and a few bows.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Whitefish and salmon flies are like mine canaries. They are an indicator of the fishy health of a water. If the salmon flies and whitefish disappear you got a problem in that section of stream. Going back to the sixties, there were salmon flies there...and a lot more whitefish. From what I hear there are no more salmon flies and the whitefish are fewer...but some still there.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Whitefish feed mainly on small invertebrates...like scuds, shrimp, sowbugs, etc. Small dark patterns or even yellow or chartreuse will catch them. If all else fails, just tie on a couple of hare's ears or prince nymphs and keep running them down the current. And, again, even a renegade dry will work wonders at times when fished near the bottom.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I can attest that some of the whitefish in the Provo get some size to them. Lost count of the ones that might push 3 pounds.
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[#0000FF]I mostly fish the northerly side. Easiest to access and the best fishing is by casting quartering upstream and across to the deeper parts of the runs. I haven't really worked that area for a few years...since before they put in the paved Orvis dork access and parking. But in past times the big whitefish provided good sport...in between browns and a few bows.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Whitefish and salmon flies are like mine canaries. They are an indicator of the fishy health of a water. If the salmon flies and whitefish disappear you got a problem in that section of stream. Going back to the sixties, there were salmon flies there...and a lot more whitefish. From what I hear there are no more salmon flies and the whitefish are fewer...but some still there.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Whitefish feed mainly on small invertebrates...like scuds, shrimp, sowbugs, etc. Small dark patterns or even yellow or chartreuse will catch them. If all else fails, just tie on a couple of hare's ears or prince nymphs and keep running them down the current. And, again, even a renegade dry will work wonders at times when fished near the bottom.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I can attest that some of the whitefish in the Provo get some size to them. Lost count of the ones that might push 3 pounds.
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