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Been fishing the river with some good friends and caught the BWO and Midge hatch.
Back ya go
Matt with a Juniper Sucker
Havin a beer and catchin a nice brown on Morgans Midge
Pat catching a brown on a BWO
Munchin those Midges
Nothing like rippin some lips.
I like to practice catch and release. But this lil guy didn't want to swim away. So she became dinner after an afternoon fishing session. I think I had every kind of meat in one serving. I was surprised how good trout on a hot dog is.
Went out on the river today with Mouse and Isla (AKA spawn of Mouse). We had a late start but ended up hitting the hatch right when it started getting good. Caddis were everywhere, it was quite crazy! Nothin better than catching a bunch of trout on big dry flies! Yehaww!
Yes, the water was fantasti!
One of the first fishes of the day. These guys are healthy.
GET BENT!
A nice colorful brown! Plenty of these to go around.
A nice cast isn't the only thing Mouse is packin these days!
Future Brighton Angler? Time will tell!
Mouse and Isla were quite the team today! Check out the nice rainbow they landed.
Such a great fish to end this post with. Happy fishin everyone!
And don't forget
TO GET BENT!
When All else fails you can always try to dive in and take a few swings.
Who wants to make a trip to Argentina? Haha.
We've all been tying flies like crazy! Let's hope it all pays off!
Part of the crew went out to the Training Facility, way out there deep in hog country the other day. The day started out very unsuccessful and was bumming us all out. Good thing one of us was scarring a cooling full of cold beers to pass the downtime. Then finally, BAM! Mouse hooked up to two good sizable fish one after another in a good hole. Check the pictures to see these hogs i mention of. After that it seemed we caught on to the fish and stared to rip some lip and landed some footballs. Streamers of the colors green and ginger worked quite well and so did the famous SOW bug. Good times at the zone.
Got real artsy after fishin
Brighton Anglers sticker still hangin at the Betos window
Dave hooked into a nice brown!
Great BIG brown! Healthy strong fish!
Check out the jaw on that thing! Huge!
Dave with another nice brown!
Colors are insane!
This guy was a fun one to land. Fighters!
Mouse hooked up to good fish!
Thing was a beaut! This guy didn't want to come in to shore that's for sure.
Then Mouse hooked into another one right after that!
This guy was BIG! One hell of a fight with Mouse i'd say!
That concludes our Trip!
Get Bent!
We had an exciting day on the river yesterday. Normally at this time of year fishermen in Utah are trying to avoid the winter run off and thinking about fishing reservoirs as the ice melts off. But with the weird Utah winter and weather lately we already were wet wadding and fishing caddis flies and hoppers. Makes me really excited for the months to come.
Our buddy Branden hooked up with this guy last Monday. I bet you can guess what he was using.
What a wild year! Hoppers and Wet Wadding in April.
Check back later for a full post.
The spring electrofishing reports from the Green River are in.
Click here to check out the DNR's blog to read more about the survey.
Luke and his buddy Kyle headed up to the Weber yesterday. Word was fishing was super good. Here's a shot of a colorful Brown Kyle hooked into.
My older brother Jon has been fishing on the Utah Colorado border in Southern Utah. Putting in some work to find lost creeks and fishing in areas you wouldn't think would hold water let alone fish. He's found a few good little spots. Last Wednesday he had close to a triple digit day. With most fish ranging from 10-15 inches he couldn't have been any happier. This Rainbow stood out because of all the colors. He figured it was a spawner. After paying attention to the gravel beds and small runs he noticed there were lots of larger rainbows holding. So from then on he wadded with caution and left them alone. Still to catch plenty of fish in the deeper pools while not bothering the spawners.
Our first trip up to the Green River in Wyoming wasn't the most successful fishing trip we have ever had. But it was a valuable trip non the less. New friends were made, Wyoming fishing licenses were bought and fishing tips were shared. In all we had a great time and are talking about the next adventure up North. Here's a few photos from our quick 36 hour trip. Day one we floated the Green River.
Day Two we hit up Ham's Fork. We heard of people pulling 20"+ bows out of it. Had to give it a shot!
Had to share this beast.
Fish biologist Mike Hadley shows off the 29-inch, 11-pound brown trout that was caught and released during a gill net survey at Otter Creek Reservoir on April 10, 2012.
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