Fish Lake Loop (Uintas)

[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

Needing to redeem ourselves after Yellowstone National Park, TDT and I packed the fly rods for a Uinta adventure. Looking for quantity over quality, we chose the Fish Lake Loop up Weber Canyon.

The trail has its scenic moments.


And after a steep, rocky hike, the fly rods were busted out at Fish Lake.


Throwing dries, the days objective was quickly at the end of the line.


They all had outsanding color and beauty.




The little guys were eagar for just about any fly.


What a beauiful place to catch an catch Artic Grayling.


We decided to stop at Round Lake on the way down.


Where a few casts were thrown.


And before long we were back on the trail. Mind you that pictures can be deceptive......the trail is everything but what is pictured here. This is the only section that is a flat single track.


A picture of where we went that day (Dry Fork pictured in the center).


And a picture of where we had to go.





Happy Trails out there.
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[SkunkedAgain]

Nice I like greyling or is it grayling? Anyway fun fish to catch on a fly... Nice trip again, so you need to include trail length and elevation gains so us old timers can decide whether to try such a trip... You know you young'uns can go forever uphill without a stop, and as the years start to catch up the rest of us have to plan what's within our range.... Thanks for the report... J
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[TroutMan93]

That first one is absolutely beautiful!! Let me know the next time you go I've always wanted to venture up there.
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[Seldom]

Were you guys in a white Ford F350 or F250 truck?
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

Thanks SkunkedAgain......although a forum member has said in the past that it is an easy hike....I say it is tough. It is very rocky, and very uphill. I say it is tough and I backcountry ski over 100 days a season.

The trail is about 4.2 miles to Fish Lake, and thats nothing but uphill.
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

[quote TroutMan93]That first one is absolutely beautiful!! Let me know the next time you go I've always wanted to venture up there.[/quote]

Thanks TM93. We are planning on going back up to the Fish Lake Loop this fall and you are more than welcome to join us.

Considering it was only a high of 68F, we might just have to get back into the Uintas this weekend again.....of course I never know where I am fishing until the moment I get the lines wet though.
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

[quote Seldom]Were you guys in a white Ford F350 or F250 truck?[/quote]

Nope that was not us[frown]
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[Justice_beaver]

Is the trail marked pretty well? Or is it easy to get lost?
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[TroutMan93]

Plan on me attending bro! Going up there this weekend for an overnighter, should be fun!
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

[quote Justice_beaver]Is the trail marked pretty well? Or is it easy to get lost?[/quote]

For the most part....finding your way is easy.

There is a river crossing that you have to do that is marked with a sign........on the other side of the river.

The only other section that can get confusing is coming back from Fish Lake to Sand Lake. There are several trails that come out from the lake, then peter out into nothing!
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[EvilTyeDyeTwin]

[quote TroutMan93]Plan on me attending bro! Going up there this weekend for an overnighter, should be fun![/quote]

Be sure to camp Bear safe up there. A local threw up a hand carved sign at Fish Lake that read, "BEAR COUNTRY". We walked through an old campsite on Round Lake and found a large piece of sausage just lying out on the ground near the tent area.

Its certainly not.....

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[kandersonSLC]

This is on my to-do list as well. How long did it take you to hike it? I'll double that time for me. I'm slow but tenacious.
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[TroutMan93]

I read in Hiking Utahs High Uintas: 99 day and overnight hikes that it is a 9 mile hike roundtrip and would take about 6 hours. This could be false just thought I would let ya know what the book said.
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[SkunkedAgain]

Thanks for the details, it sounds like a better place to camp than day hike, but I like spending some time once I get there. Thanks J
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[Seldom]

[quote EvilTyeDyeTwin][quote Seldom]Were you guys in a white Ford F350 or F250 truck?[/quote]

Nope that was not us[frown][/quote]

Thanks for the reply. We were up at Fish Lake last weekend with a group of Scouts. We camped Thursday and Friday nights, and hiked out Saturday. A pair of sunglasses was found sitting on the hood of my truck, and one of the Scouts, thinking they belonged to one of us, set them inside my truck. Thought that they might have been left by occupants of a white Ford truck that was parked next to me when we returned to the trailhead. I knew it was a long shot. The trailhead was packed on Saturday afternoon.

One of our group had his GPS for the hike. It was just under 4.5 miles from the trailhead to Fish Lake and an elevation gain of 2,500 feet. The hike was about 5 hours up and 3 hours down for Scouts with packs.
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[albinotrout]

Several years ago I took some 11 year old scouts up to round lake. That was a grueling trail. First half nice and easy, second half straight up the wash.
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[high_n_dry]

Beautiful photos and fish. Certainly brings back some memories from a few years ago. I remember it being a pretty steep challenging trek when I was 30, so I'm sure now that I'm 20+ that, it would seem even more so.

Did you by chance try the stream that flows out of Fish Lake? I've always done well on small colorful Brookies down that hilly stretch of water.

Your post has given me the itch to hit my favorite Grayling Lake in the Mirror Lake Area here real soon.
Thanks for sharing.
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