06-30-2016, 02:19 PM
Sorry about the confusion. I should have expanded upon that... early/mid June is peak mosquito season in the Uintas. They tail off as summer progresses and are nearly non-existent once we are well into August.
So the good news (for you) is that they may not be as big a nuisance as I make them out to be by the time your trip rolls around. []
Best to be prepared though. The wide-brim hat and long sleeve light shirt are good ideas regardless of the insect prospects (UV index above 8000 feet is extremely high), and the head net weighs nothing and crumples into the size of a ping pong ball when not used.
I should have mentioned as well; if you're a fly tier, good assortment for the Uintas are scuds in sizes 12-16, Rickards' Stillwater Nymph and Callibaetis Nymph, Mity Mouse, and various terrestrial-type dry flies. Ants especially... the weakness of all alpine dwelling trout.
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So the good news (for you) is that they may not be as big a nuisance as I make them out to be by the time your trip rolls around. []
Best to be prepared though. The wide-brim hat and long sleeve light shirt are good ideas regardless of the insect prospects (UV index above 8000 feet is extremely high), and the head net weighs nothing and crumples into the size of a ping pong ball when not used.
I should have mentioned as well; if you're a fly tier, good assortment for the Uintas are scuds in sizes 12-16, Rickards' Stillwater Nymph and Callibaetis Nymph, Mity Mouse, and various terrestrial-type dry flies. Ants especially... the weakness of all alpine dwelling trout.
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