"Hello" from a New Member

[fairwayphilly]

Welcome princefisher, I am a brand new member myself. I just moved to slc from vernal. You mentioned that you wanted to get your new boat on Pelican. the others you mentioned I don't know much about but pelican used to be one of my haunts. After the water warms up (mid-may on), Pelican would be an awsome spot to introduce small kids to flyfishing. The bluegill will hit anything and fight hard. My recommendation is Cherynoble Ants (size 2-6) in any color. Set just outside the reed line and cast your fly back into the openings in the reeds. about every 10 seconds give the fly a little pop or wiggle. It's great topwater action and you don't need any skill or technique to catch a boat load of fish. Use a heavy leader 10lbs or so, or you will lose a lot of flies in the reeds, the heavy leader doesn't seem to slow the fishing at all. Best of all you can fish poppers, strip buggers, or other minnow patterns, or even use classic bass gear and chase the very abudant largemouth population at the same time the kids are slaying the bluegill. From June on Pelican is one of the hottest lakes I have ever seen for topwater bass. Have fun!
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