07-31-2019, 03:36 AM
I attached a photo of where I was fishing and marked the pullout with the distance. Its a small turnout in between the Whitney Rd and the Gold Hill Road on 150. It really is not far to walk to the water, but I find that most people pass the streams up on the way to the lakes and if it looks like beaver ponds they really avoid it.
Technically its the Hayden fork of the Bear River. I stopped here just because I know the beaver ponds out that way are fishy if the creek is off, but I have fished a number of spots up and down this and other forks of the bear and black with similar results this year (not all reported on this forum as I think people get a bit bored with to many - I caught a 6 inch brookie reports). The middle fork of the blacks and the smiths fork near suicide park are a favorites of mine, mostly for fond family memories, but the fish seem cooperative for a wand whipper like me.
I normally start dry with a squirt on floatant and then switch to wet and nymphs if I dont get results. In this case I did not have my floatant, just a handful of flies in my pocket, so I fished them dry until they water logged and then just kept on fishing them wet. Almost all the takes were after they went wet this time.
As for Goldens, I fully plan a trip to Echo Lake in the Uintas, but I may wait to Sept just cause I like to go there when its less crowded. Love to have ya along, if you are game.
Not sure where our adventures will take us this week, but Smallies are on my mind so I might hit Echo or Rockport Reservoir one evening and I will be back in the Uintas Saturday. Hope we cross paths
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Technically its the Hayden fork of the Bear River. I stopped here just because I know the beaver ponds out that way are fishy if the creek is off, but I have fished a number of spots up and down this and other forks of the bear and black with similar results this year (not all reported on this forum as I think people get a bit bored with to many - I caught a 6 inch brookie reports). The middle fork of the blacks and the smiths fork near suicide park are a favorites of mine, mostly for fond family memories, but the fish seem cooperative for a wand whipper like me.
I normally start dry with a squirt on floatant and then switch to wet and nymphs if I dont get results. In this case I did not have my floatant, just a handful of flies in my pocket, so I fished them dry until they water logged and then just kept on fishing them wet. Almost all the takes were after they went wet this time.
As for Goldens, I fully plan a trip to Echo Lake in the Uintas, but I may wait to Sept just cause I like to go there when its less crowded. Love to have ya along, if you are game.
Not sure where our adventures will take us this week, but Smallies are on my mind so I might hit Echo or Rockport Reservoir one evening and I will be back in the Uintas Saturday. Hope we cross paths
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