Fishing the upper provo

[riverdog]

The fishing has been going down hill in there over the last 5 years because it's become overrun with stunted brookies. Can't keep those little rodents of a fish off your hook enough to catch many of the few big ones left. That said you can still go and frequently have solitude in a beautiful setting and catch a few medium to large fish especially right after run off ends in another week or so. It's also usually good dry fly fishing in summer. Later summer a very large hopper pattern is the ticket as most of the brookies won't manage to hook themselves as they strike repeatedly (although a few runts will) and you can have something float long enough to have a better shot at the nicer fish. Despite it's short comings I still prefer it to the combat that takes place for underweight trout down below.
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