Looking for Rainbow Streams

[riverdog]

Lots of rivers have some. If you want to catch mostly rainbows look at were they have been stocked this year and last. One place that comes to mind is American Fork. They stock them in Tibble Fork Reservoir and to a lesser extent the river itself some years. If you start right where the river dumps into the reservoir and work your way up you'll get predominantly rainbows. If you don't want any browns in the mix just forget sneaking up on the fish. The browns will scatter but anything short of stepping on those hatchery bows and they'll usually bite. I remember semi spooking several only to have them settle in a couple feet next to me this spring. I cast and caught a handful and only about 3 had the common sense to eventually swim away as they watched me.
I caught quite a few on the Upper Provo today. None were big today but I occasionally catch a 20+ inch bow in there. A lot of the south slope of the Uintas streams have them. Yellowstone River seems to be stocked most years. They tend to be thick around that tiny reservoir.
There are some places they occasionally dump bows by the thousands and never list on the stocking report. Wish they would so I'd know when to stay away because it can ruin otherwise great fishing.
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