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fun time on the Logan - happybob91 - 03-17-2010

Hey, I fished the Logan yesterday and did fairly well. I started out nymphing using a size 14 hare's ear but wasn't getting anything. I switched over to a size 16 midge and wound up catching 3, two beautiful browns and one rainbow trout (which for some reason hooked itself in the stomach[Image: dumb.gif]) It was not lightning fast, but it's pretty up the canyon right now, and there are fish that want to bite so check it out!
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Re: [happybob91] fun time on the Logan - kochanut - 03-17-2010

a day fishing is better than a day not!
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Re: [happybob91] fun time on the Logan - gstott - 03-18-2010

I was up there yesterday too. I was going to fish the faster water, but I got distracted by the risers at 3rd dam. Midge emergers and pupa fished in the surface film did the trick. I need to practice my midge fishing though. I broke a couple off and missed a ton. I even had the mother of all whitefish come up and slurp my fly off the top. It was at least 20" and extremely fat. Sadly my tippet gave way when I almost had her. I think my light tippet may be getting a little old, that shouldn't have happened. Oh well, it's been a beautiful week to be outdoors for sure.
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Re: [gstott] fun time on the Logan - happybob91 - 03-19-2010

I was also trying to fish the risers at third dam yesterday but to know avail....what is the trick to fly fishing that still water?
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Re: [happybob91] fun time on the Logan - gstott - 03-19-2010

You have to use long, light leaders, 5x or 6x, and small size 18 or 20 midge emergers or pupa fished right in the surface film. I hooked into them on a variety of flies. One of my favorites is Gary Lafontaine's Halo Midge Emerger. I also had them hit some more simple flies that were just a goose biot wrapped up the shank of the hook with a little head made of peacock hearl or deer hair clipped tight. I didn't have very many as I don't midge fish much, and the fish popped most of them off, but that was pretty fun, so I went out and got some size 20 emerger hooks today. I'll probably head up there again next week if the weather is decent.
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Re: [happybob91] fun time on the Logan - fishingwdad - 03-24-2010

Yah I love the logan river spinner fishing and fly fishing it is all fun it is also a beautiful canyon. [fishin]
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