07-29-2013, 04:55 PM
Go to Lindon boat harbor on UL in the morning. Depending on how early you get there, you can catch LMB along the shoreline in the shadows from the trees; they'll take the same flies as the carp, so don't neglect them. (unless you don't like catching LMB, of course) Walk along the shoreline heading north, and then west as it goes out into the main lake. You can walk both sides of the dike and since you're so high, you can site fish pretty easily on both sides. Early on, they seem to get into giant groups and cruise the surface, slurping up all sorts of stuff. A 16 caddis or foam ant (something that has good floating ability), will work all day long. Drop a yellow/chartreuse or Orange glo bug under the dry fly about a foot. If you want to get real frisky, put a small olive or black wooly bugger on as your third fly. Make sure you're non weighted and small on the wooly bugger. They'll sometimes snag it while it's slowly falling.
I've been there to do this maybe a dozen times this year and have never been skunked. Take a second pole and cut a chunk of carp and toss it out. There are some massive channel cats cruising around in there too, which is always fun. If you do this, make sure it is a BIG hook to keep the mudders off, although they will still get hooked every once in a while.
Your 6 wt should be just fine. I fish for them with my 5 wt most of the time, and unless you're really crazy, you shouldn't have to worry about breaking your rod.
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I've been there to do this maybe a dozen times this year and have never been skunked. Take a second pole and cut a chunk of carp and toss it out. There are some massive channel cats cruising around in there too, which is always fun. If you do this, make sure it is a BIG hook to keep the mudders off, although they will still get hooked every once in a while.
Your 6 wt should be just fine. I fish for them with my 5 wt most of the time, and unless you're really crazy, you shouldn't have to worry about breaking your rod.
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