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I haven't been very successful this year on the last 4 trips so I decided to go on my go-to place to get positive success...Hobble creek. Tried dry flies and I quickly got discouraged, knowing the holes that I was leaving had fish in it. So I swithced to the "B" word - bait!
Its hard fishing because most of the fish are browns and by the time you see them, they had already seen you. They have a lot of rocks with fossils on it. I ended up getting 5 browns, all small.
Then because of my lack of success in getting white bass for bait for cats, i went to the Provo boat harbor and some kind people showed me how to get them and what bait to use for them. I ended up funding my next UL trip.
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The whities are more fun in my book for catching. Browns are a little too wary at times.
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We don't get many reports from Hobble creek, so I'm not sure if it has brook trout in it but isn't that what you are holding in your first pic?
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No. Its a very small brown. I don't think I ever caught a brookie out of there. I've caught a few rainbows but 95% are browns.
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Oh, OK, I just noticed the tail has what looks like a fork in it and I always thought browns did not have forked tails[:/].
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No brookies in Hobble Creek and I don't think the DWR plants the creek anymore so just natural browns. A very difficult creek to fish.
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[quote wiperhunter2]Oh, OK, I just noticed the tail has what looks like a fork in it and I always thought browns did not have forked tails[:/].[/quote]
Yeah it's a young brown.
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[quote Jakkson]No brookies in Hobble Creek and I don't think the DWR plants the creek anymore so just natural browns. A very difficult creek to fish.[/quote]
Small creeks and streams are difficult to fish. The trout are very wary and spook easily. I have a 6' 4 wt fly rod just for these small streams. I used it on Lehman creek this year in the Great Basin NP chasing small Browns. I spent quite a bit of time harassing one small brown in a pool next to my campsite that hit the fly once, after that it was pretty much a no go. Middle find raised and all. I found several pools with fish so I wasn't relegated to just the one small spot. Had to sneak up on the holes so as not to spook the fish.
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I did a little experiment to see how my clothes affect the fish. I wore a red shirt and watched all the browns scatter around. No luck after that. I was also smart enough to not bring an extra shirt so I had to wear it.
The road is higher than the creek. The only way I could even get close to them is to jump in the creek and walk upstream, casting blindly into the pools.
Most important - i wear camoflauge.
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There are a few brookies in the very upper reaches. Once you get up into Wardsworth Creek, there are quite a few brook trout and a ton of cutthroat. At least that's how it was many years ago when I lived in Springville. I remember having 100+ fish days up there on a dry/dropper rig. They're definitely spooky though. It's hunting as much as fishing.
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