04-19-2019, 03:19 PM
What runoff? Seriously there are plenty of tailwaters that you can always find streams to fly fish in Utah 365 days a year. Isn’t that why we spend a billion dollars a pop on these big dams in the first place[
]. Between the Provo, Weber, Green and Strawberry there is almost alway descent fly fishing during the runoff in Northern Utah. On top of that if doesn’t bother you to target prespawn or spawning cutthroats they seek out the same side channels to spawn year after year despite the main river being totally blown out. This is true in the whole range of cutthroats where those side channels exist. It’s great sight fishing for lunkers while everyone else is moaning about runoff. My favorites are on the upper Provo and North Fork of the Shoshone between Yellowstone and Cody. Sorry you’re going to have to put in the leg work to find spots for yourself. Prespawn is best as they do hit dries readily - usually I’ll fish caddis flies as they’ll typically be hatching. Plenty of other places to fish during runoff if you like smaller streams with big fish. Besides some of the streams already mentioned that are associated with the half century of the CUWP- go look at the map on page 3 on this link that has all the stream associated with its Bonneville Unit. Most can be good spots to fish during runoff.
http://www.slcdocs.com/utilities/PDF%20Files/cup2a.pdf
Most have USGS gauges so when you learn what various flows mean for fishing the streams you can check levels online. Then you know where to go where fishing is likely to be good.
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]. Between the Provo, Weber, Green and Strawberry there is almost alway descent fly fishing during the runoff in Northern Utah. On top of that if doesn’t bother you to target prespawn or spawning cutthroats they seek out the same side channels to spawn year after year despite the main river being totally blown out. This is true in the whole range of cutthroats where those side channels exist. It’s great sight fishing for lunkers while everyone else is moaning about runoff. My favorites are on the upper Provo and North Fork of the Shoshone between Yellowstone and Cody. Sorry you’re going to have to put in the leg work to find spots for yourself. Prespawn is best as they do hit dries readily - usually I’ll fish caddis flies as they’ll typically be hatching. Plenty of other places to fish during runoff if you like smaller streams with big fish. Besides some of the streams already mentioned that are associated with the half century of the CUWP- go look at the map on page 3 on this link that has all the stream associated with its Bonneville Unit. Most can be good spots to fish during runoff. http://www.slcdocs.com/utilities/PDF%20Files/cup2a.pdf
Most have USGS gauges so when you learn what various flows mean for fishing the streams you can check levels online. Then you know where to go where fishing is likely to be good.
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