mid provo

[refugeOntheFly]

Went to the middle pro today and wow!! Warm temperatures got things moving big time. They were in the runs feeding subsurface all afternoon. 2-3 ft riffles. Including the toad of a brown a attached below. I don't bring a tape but I am guessing 18-19 and FAT. Fish were feeding on anything subsurface. I was trying some new flies that I tied up from Gilbert Rowley's site. The two-tone surveyor and black jack prince. Awesome attractor patterns and easy to tie.

I was catching a lot of stocked rainbows. (rubbed fins) My question is.. why would they stock such a quality stream with an already sustainable wild population. They did the same thing in Iowa. Are they trying to produce stunted fish?
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[refugeOntheFly]

Here is the link to Rowley's site. Really some awesome patterns here

http://flytying123.com/fly-tying-videos/
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[flygoddess]

Thanks for the link. I am thinking tomorrow. Got some killer emergers to try.
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[Kim-n-Kota]

I was thinking maybe the MP tomorrow too! Send me a PM if you do decide to go. I got some stuff to do in the morning, but maybe we could meet up somewhere mid-afternoon.
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[flygoddess]

Will do
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[refugeOntheFly]

I bet the emergers are lights out tomorrow! Midges were coming off sporadically, but I think if it stays warm and sunny the next couple days there will be some good hatches. The weird part was that the fish weren't rising with any consistency but I had 5-6 attack my indicator. They were seriously just crazy today lol
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[TylerKunz]

Nice looking fish!! I'm hoping to hit the middle on Saturday...
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[SatanLBZ801]

Oh No!!! Another Orvis dork! jk! Very nice fish man! Looks like you're able to get out quite a bit! Wish I was closer to the MP so I could tag along with ya! Sounds like a good time!

Keep up the reports/pictures!
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[refugeOntheFly]

I love the Orvis reels!! Been fishing with them for a couple years now and haven't had any problems. Got the battenkill on my grey's streamflex!

I moved to Utah for flyfishing. Of course I am gonna get my ass out to the stream every chance I can lol. Every outting is a learning opportunity!
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[skis_flies_ice]

If your getting indicator eats, try switching it up. If It were summer I would say put on a big nasty dry fly. But in the winter you just may have luck throwing an egg pattern. There have been eggs in the drift for quite sometime. And I don't want to get the thread all fired up on the ethics of egg pattern. If the fish will eat em, Ill feed em.
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[flygoddess]

Have you been fishing with me????[laugh][laugh]


Bacon and Eggs!
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[riverdog]

Back to your question about "are they trying to produced stunted fish?"
Yes and no. The state hatcheries have been so concerned about producing a certain number of fish that the have redundancy and overproduce. Not a bad thing for smaller and more critical areas of fish production but totally irrational when it comes to something like nonnative rainbow trout by the millions. A lot of waste and give aways to other states traditionally when it comes to rainbows. Like it would be a disaster if one year they only produced 80-90 of goal for bows[crazy]. I think they have so many surplus bows some years they clearly dump them in places they shouldn't be and the stunting results. Probable done so the audits don't look so bad. I do think the audits has made them start to think about how silly it is to blow our money to shoot for 160% of goal with rainbows. So not only are they starting to be more fiscally responsible they also have a better chance of not stunting as many waters. Nothing worse than running in to those stockies where you have been catching nice fish previously. Here's an article from a couple years ago http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/outdoors/53...csp?page=2
Glad your enjoying Utah streams. When summer rolls around tons of nice waters open up.
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