provo river restoration project

[Xman]

I guess it depends on who is answering your question. obvioulsy the groups in charge of the restoration feel it would improve the fishing i believe. where as some people who like thisn the way they are would feel it might change it for the worse. I do know from experience that fishing prior to a restoration and after I felt in the majority of the areas the fishing was better before. In this case of being a brown trout fishery it is hard to restore something to accomodate their habitat. When channeling the river and trying to improve habitat it seems what is left is a straight or run on the river with little to no vegetation on the banks or in the river. Since the provo has been of great attention of lately and in years past it has seen "improvements" in mass numbers. Yet the fish are smaller and smaller and more numerous. but then they are diseased. I recall fishing one day and counting 80% of the fish to have fungus on them. Sadly this was in the middle stretch and the year before i didnt see one with this. So the outcome is in my opinion yet to be seen. I feel it is great organizations are working on improving things unfortunately it is sometimes too hard to keep everyone satisfied.
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