GORGE/ BROWNS SPAWN AT SAME TIME AS RAINBOWS

[GORGEATTIC]

IM WONDERING WHAT TIME OF YEAR BROWNS ARE SPAWNING AND IF ANY ONE KNOWS HOW TO AND WEAR TO CATCH THEM AT FLAMING GORGE.
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[theangler]

Hello GORGEATTIC,
WELCOME !!!

Although I am from Colorado and have never fished the gorge, you came to the right place!!!!!

Give the Utah board on this forum a shot, it is very busy and has a whole archive section on the Gorge!
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[daymere]

i am not sure about the gorge but on the white river in arkansas they spawn in oct to november .
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[daymere]

Brown trout spawn in the mid-October to mid-November period this is what i found out.
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Flyfishermen will need two different outfits, one for dry flies and another for large nymphs and streamers. A 46 weight outfit will work for dries, and a 68 weight outfit will suit tossing the bigger stuff. The wind can be a consideration since it has a tendency to whip through the canyon with ferocity. The weather can turn cold and wet even in the warmer months, so bring along appropriate gear.
Top fly patterns: The Green doesn't have great hatches or even that many dependable hatches. Don't let that fool you; the tailwater is rich in aquatic food. Scuds and cranefly larvae are the staple food for the heavy trout. Blue winged olive, and pale morning dun hatches are the best of the mayfly hatches each year and are often thick, covering the water and clouding the air. Caddis hatches are seasonally sporadic. Stoneflies do not have an important hatch, with the golden stonefly being only marginally interesting. Cicadas are a fisherman's best friend in June when these awkward insects fall into the water along the banks and provide a plump meal for the slashing trout. Patterns include: Blue Winged Olive, Cicadas (810), Pale Morning Dun, Golden Stonefly, Muddler Minnow, Elk Hair Caddis, Trico, Midge, Midge Cluster, Renegade, Irresistible, Peacock nymph, Adams, Adams Parachute, Royal Wulff, Humpy, H & L Variant, Woolly Bugger, Woolly Worm, Cranefly larvae, Cranefly adult, hopper patterns (an underrated dressing, especially in the lower section), mayfly and caddis generic nymphs, Pheasant Tail (1620), Palomino Midge (1620), Mayfly emergers (1420), Glo-Bug, Larva lace fly (1622), Serendipity (1822), Brassie (1620), Flashback nymph (1620), San Juan worm, streamers like Dark Spruce Fly and Matuka, large weighted stonefly nymphs, and scuds in pink, orange, gray, olive, and gold.
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This is an excellent river for a beginning angler to hire a guide and expect near-certain results. A variety of techniques are used on the Green, depending on the hatch. It can be a river for small dry flies, larger attractor dries, large prospecting nymphs, streamers, terrestrials, emerging pupa, and tiny midges in all forms. Try a dropper rig with a prospecting dry fly on top and a smaller nymph pattern on bottom. Micro shot should be fixed above the nymph, and sometimes it will take BB shot to get down to the desired depth.
Best access points: There aren't many. The three major access points are at the Dam, Little Hole, and Browns Park. Some difficult trails lead to the water's edge, and a trail follows the river downstream on the north bank. THIS IS THE LATEST FISHING REPORT FOR THE AREA
(Apr 21) All boat ramps are open and there is boat access to all of the reservoir. If boat fishing, try long-lining plugs on monofilament line; trolling bottom structure using down riggers or steel line and flatfish, crank baits, or flashers trailing a small lure or minnow for large lake trout. Water in the reservoir has not stratified in temperature and trout can be found at all depths including very shallow. Lake Tout may swim close to the surface in search of kokanee and rainbow trout so trolling plugs near the surface can be effective. Vertical jigging using tube or bucktail jigs tipped with sucker meat can also be effective for lake trout. White, brown or chartreuse colored three-inch tube jigs on a 3/16- or 1/4-ounce jig heads tipped with meat can been particularly effective for small lake trout. There are many small- and medium-sized lake trout in Flaming Gorge, so please take advantage of the new eight-fish lake trout regulation (one over 28 inches) and harvest a limit. Now through mid-May is an excellent time to find large concentrations of these small/medium sized lake trout in the northern end of the reservoir. From the confluence to Big Bend is an area that holds lots of fish during spring. Jigging or trolling spoons, rapalas or flat fish on flats just out of the old river channel are all good techniques. Current good to excellent fishing reports are coming out of the north end of the reservoir for small lake trout. These small lake trout can also be found on many rocky points in the Canyon in depths ranging from 30 to 60 feet during the spring. Rainbow trout fishing should be good at Big Bend, Anvil, Buckboard, Swim Beach, Linwood, Mustang, Shep Creek, Hideout and Antelope Flat casting small spinners, spoons or jigs, or floating a nightcrawler/marshmallow combo or PowerBait just off the bottom. Also a wooly bugger behind a casting bubble works well in the early morning and late afternoon. Reports of numerous rainbows being caught from shore from Holmes Crossing and Buckboard areas with one 11 pound fish being weighed. Anglers have been catching 20-inch-plus rainbows in Sheep Creek and Hideout Bays. Other anglers catching rainbows in areas near the dam using bait and flies behind casting bubbles. Right now is the best time of the year to catch rainbows from shore. Smallmouth bass and kokanee fishing should pick up by mid-May. Burbot, or ling cod, were illegally introduced into the upper Green River drainage and have made their way to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Several have been caught through the ice in the northern portion of the reservoir. New for 2006, the daily and possession limit for burbot is 25 fish, and all burbot caught must be killed. Please familiarize yourself with the appearance of these fish in case you catch one. Although the fish are quite odd looking in appearance, they are very good to eat.
[url "http://www.utahfishfinder.com/regulations.shtml#gorge"]Special Regulations[/url] New for 2006, the daily and possession limit for [url "http://www.utahfishfinder.com/articles/burbot.html"]burbot[/url] is 25 fish, and all [url "http://www.utahfishfinder.com/articles/burbot.html"]burbot[/url] caught must be killed.
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