Taught little brother how to fly fish!

[t_marz]

So I taught my little brother how to fly fish for the first time ever! We went to the middle provo by jordanelle dam and he had a ton of fun! We were there for about 3 hours from 5 pm to 8 pm. A small PMD hatch was happening so I rigged up his new rod and did a dry dropper system. On top a size 14 PMD and under the surface a pheasant tail nymph. He fished that rig for about two hours and got a couple of bites on the PMD but he couldn't seem to hook them. Them after about an hour and 30 he finally got a hit on his pheasant while he wasn't even looking!! So I yelled, pull up! He pulled up pretty good and he stripped in a pretty 8 in brown. Nothing too big but it was his first fish on the fly! He was so stoked. After about 30 we put on just a single elk hair caddis. Didn't land any and for all I know I'm not sure how many hits he got cause that's when I started fishing. I caught 3 on dry drop system with elk hair on top and hairs ears on bottom. 2 on HE and one on EHC. It started getting dark and cold for my brother (he had leaky waders) so we decided to go home. I'm taking him to the middle again this monday and was wondering if I should do something differently. Maybe nymph or antyhing that would hook him into a lot more trout? A different time? Thanks
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[albinotrout]

Nice report, glad you got in some fish.
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[OldTroller]

Sounds like a blast.

I would nymph and teach him that and then let him decide. If you move just a little ways away and start having success with nymphs it will encourage him to stick with it.
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[Flyfishinglover]

The middle provo river is pretty slow as well. Went up there last week and caught one 13" rainbow. If you hit deer creek try some poppers, orange and gray scuds, small #12 woolly bugger, and maybe some nymphs. Caught a few bass but nothing great as well but still fun catching a bass on a fly rod.

For bass at the moment from shore look for big boulder rocks and cast it around it then slowly strip it. That's how I've been finding them up there this year. Don't be surprised if you catch a few bluegills or sunfish if you find them as well.
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[t_marz]

Thanks for the tips. He's my new fly fishin buddy so I would love for him to stick with it! Hopefully we'll get into some nice ones
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[t_marz]

Yeah I've been noticing that middle has been a little slow or I'm just a crappy fisherman haha. But yeah I might take out my dads float tube on deer creek. It would be a blast! Never caught a bass on the fly! Ill be look forward to it
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