12-23-2007, 10:40 AM
Lee's Ferry is a good call. This is the Colorado River just below Glen Canyon Dam (Lake Powell). And if you're headed toward the Phoenix Metropolitan area, then Lee's Ferry is actually right along a route that is quite a bit quicker and more direct than the I-15 through Vegas course. If you take the 15 South past Beaver, Utah you will shortly come to Highway 20. Little road, and if it's clear of snow take it East (left) 20 miles across to Hwy. 89, at which point the 20 ends in a T. Take the 89 South through Panguitch and Kanab, UT through Page, AZ all the way to Flagstaff, AZ then connect to I-17 via the I-40 West in Flagstaff. I-17 South will take you the rest of the way to Phoenix. This route saves at least a couple of hours.
Here's the best part: the 89 runs right next to the Dam as it crosses the Colorado. You can actually look off of the bridge down into the canyon and Lee's Ferry and see an island/sand bar and sometimes someone fishing it. Look at directions to a little place called "Vermillion Cliffs". It has some places to stay and some guide services. Maybe the best is a service simply called "Lee's Ferry Anglers" I believe. At any rate it's run by a couple named Terry and Wendy Gunn. They've been there forever, been on the cover of a bunch of magazines and know their stuff. Google them. The guides there use jet boats to cruise a dozen-plus miles upriver and land you on a nice gravel bar to fish.
The fishing can be awesome, but bundle up cuz there won't be much sun in the bottom of that canyon and the deasert landscape lies as to how cold it can get there even when your not standing in cold bottom-release water. But you're Canadian, so I'm sure you're prepared in respect to warm clothes while fishing.
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Here's the best part: the 89 runs right next to the Dam as it crosses the Colorado. You can actually look off of the bridge down into the canyon and Lee's Ferry and see an island/sand bar and sometimes someone fishing it. Look at directions to a little place called "Vermillion Cliffs". It has some places to stay and some guide services. Maybe the best is a service simply called "Lee's Ferry Anglers" I believe. At any rate it's run by a couple named Terry and Wendy Gunn. They've been there forever, been on the cover of a bunch of magazines and know their stuff. Google them. The guides there use jet boats to cruise a dozen-plus miles upriver and land you on a nice gravel bar to fish.
The fishing can be awesome, but bundle up cuz there won't be much sun in the bottom of that canyon and the deasert landscape lies as to how cold it can get there even when your not standing in cold bottom-release water. But you're Canadian, so I'm sure you're prepared in respect to warm clothes while fishing.
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