Fly Fishing Northern Utah, Sep-Oct 2024

[richyd4u]

Welcome to the site...there are a few of us on here that post on this fly fishing thread, good peeps willing to help each other out. I grew up fly fishing in Northern UT, much like you. The 80's-90's were great times up there on the Provo, Weber and Ogden rivers. I agree though, they have been severely damaged by the commercialization and rubber hatching going on. I have since moved to Southern UT and have found some amazing fisheries down here over the last 12 yrs. It's primarily still water fishing down here, but there a few decent streams/rivers. I find the numbers and size are much better in the lakes in general, especially with the introduction of tiger trout in most of our waters. We hit the 30"+ range a few times a year down here, with most fish in the 20"+ range. Also, many great bow, cutt and brookie waters. If I was to live back up North, I'd primarily focus on the lakes up there. Strawberry would be my main focus. Deer Creek, Jordanelle, Unitas for numbers and not so much size, Lost Creek, etc. For rivers, I'd focus primarily on the upper Provo to escape the rubber hatch. That's great your getting your Sons into the sport! I have all girls, and my oldest is 21 yrs old and she can out fish anyone, as you'll see on here when I make my posts. Such great memories. Good luck and welcome again! (Pic to introduce you to my daughter)

I hate eating humble pie or I might challenge her to a fishing contest. She sure does catch some dandy fish. I really enjoy your posts and photos

Haha, yeah...she's getting close to serving me humble pie almost every trip now! And the feelings mutual on your posts and awesome Youtube vids...I need to start posting more vids on my channel.