I managed to get over and fish the Green River while in Utah, and I _really_ enjoyed it. Short synopsis, lot's of browns on dries, plus a few bows thrown in, nothing huge but I'm _plenty_ happy with fish like these:
Ken would be proud of me, never a split shot nor a weighted fly nor an indicator touched my rig, it was dry flies all the way. The shop I stopped in had a report that said "fish are getting selective!", so my first thought was "go small". I avoided the tempation of buying some cicada dries, but did buy a couple of hoppers, crickets, and flying ants, at the small end of the recommended sizes.
First fish above took a #14 ant as he finned in a side channel about a foot deep. so did five others in a couple of hours of fishing on a hot sunny Monday afternoon (landed four total).
Tuesday morning at 7am I was the only one gearing up in the parking lot at Little Hole, and saw only two other fishermen all morning. Being lazy I started out with the hopper again, even though I thought it a bad choice in the cool morning. One 13" bow took it shortly, but then I watched a couple of other fish rise and refuse it. It looked like some baetis activity was happening, and some sporadic rises were around, so I put on a #20 adams and the rest of the morning was awesome fishing, I've no idea how many hit or how many I landed, probably around 10 landed, some real fine browns that I didn't snap pictures of. Burned through four or five flies chewed up or lost before I had to quit around 11:30.
Went back for a couple of hours in the evening on Tuesday. Fish were hitting a cricket for me, mostly right along the bank. Caddis in the air got very thick towards the end, and lots of fish rising out beyond casting range for me, but fish kept hitting the cricket along the bank until about 8:30, then started refusing it. I had caught enough so I just cut my fly off and left.
jc...@cs.nmsu.edu wrote: > I managed to get over and fish the Green River while in Utah, and I > _really_ enjoyed it. Short synopsis, lot's of browns on dries, plus a > few bows thrown in, nothing huge but I'm _plenty_ happy with fish like > these:
Don't be too sure, after all, that is a tailwater. :-)
> never a split shot nor a weighted fly nor an > indicator touched my rig, it was dry flies all the way. The shop I > stopped in had a report that said "fish are getting selective!", so my > first thought was "go small". I avoided the tempation of buying some > cicada dries, but did buy a couple of hoppers, crickets, and flying > ants, at the small end of the recommended sizes.
> First fish above took a #14 ant as he finned in a side channel about a > foot deep. so did five others in a couple of hours of fishing on a hot > sunny Monday afternoon (landed four total).
> Tuesday morning at 7am I was the only one gearing up in the parking > lot at Little Hole, and saw only two other fishermen all morning.
> Being lazy I started out with the hopper again, even though I thought > it a bad choice in the cool morning. One 13" bow took it shortly, but > then I watched a couple of other fish rise and refuse it. It looked > like some baetis activity was happening, and some sporadic rises were > around, so I put on a #20 adams and the rest of the morning was > awesome fishing, I've no idea how many hit or how many I landed, > probably around 10 landed, some real fine browns that I didn't snap > pictures of. Burned through four or five flies chewed up or lost > before I had to quit around 11:30.
> Went back for a couple of hours in the evening on Tuesday. Fish were > hitting a cricket for me, mostly right along the bank. Caddis in the > air got very thick towards the end, and lots of fish rising out beyond > casting range for me, but fish kept hitting the cricket along the bank > until about 8:30, then started refusing it. I had caught enough so I > just cut my fly off and left.
> Nice river, I hope to return,
> Jon.
Good stuff, Jon. Sounds like a great time. Thanks for sharing.
Willi and I fished the Green in Wyoming a few days ago. We started out at Fontenelle (a tailwater). The reservoir was so full that they were dumping water and it was too high to fish.
Then we went to the upper Green at Warren's Bridge and caught some very nice browns. Willi figured it out, as usual.
Then we went to the upper upper Green. There we so many mosquitoes that we wouldn't get out of the camper. It was unbelievable -- worse than anything I've seen before, even in Alaska and Minnesota.
On 17-Jul-2008, jc...@cs.nmsu.edu wrote: > I managed to get over and fish the Green River while in Utah, and I > _really_ enjoyed it. Short synopsis, lot's of browns on dries, plus a > few bows thrown in, nothing huge but I'm _plenty_ happy with fish like > these:
> Ken would be proud of me, never a split shot nor a weighted fly nor an > indicator touched my rig, it was dry flies all the way. The shop I > stopped in had a report that said "fish are getting selective!", so my > first thought was "go small". I avoided the tempation of buying some > cicada dries, but did buy a couple of hoppers, crickets, and flying > ants, at the small end of the recommended sizes.
> First fish above took a #14 ant as he finned in a side channel about a > foot deep. so did five others in a couple of hours of fishing on a hot > sunny Monday afternoon (landed four total).
> Tuesday morning at 7am I was the only one gearing up in the parking > lot at Little Hole, and saw only two other fishermen all morning. > Being lazy I started out with the hopper again, even though I thought > it a bad choice in the cool morning. One 13" bow took it shortly, but > then I watched a couple of other fish rise and refuse it. It looked > like some baetis activity was happening, and some sporadic rises were > around, so I put on a #20 adams and the rest of the morning was > awesome fishing, I've no idea how many hit or how many I landed, > probably around 10 landed, some real fine browns that I didn't snap > pictures of. Burned through four or five flies chewed up or lost > before I had to quit around 11:30.
> Went back for a couple of hours in the evening on Tuesday. Fish were > hitting a cricket for me, mostly right along the bank. Caddis in the > air got very thick towards the end, and lots of fish rising out beyond > casting range for me, but fish kept hitting the cricket along the bank > until about 8:30, then started refusing it. I had caught enough so I > just cut my fly off and left.
On Jul 17, 5:02 pm, rw <rw56_to_the_ch...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Willi and I fished the Green in Wyoming a few days ago. We started out > at Fontenelle (a tailwater). The reservoir was so full that they were > dumping water and it was too high to fish.
> Then we went to the upper Green at Warren's Bridge and caught some very > nice browns. Willi figured it out, as usual.
> Then we went to the upper upper Green. There we so many mosquitoes that > we wouldn't get out of the camper. It was unbelievable -- worse than > anything I've seen before, even in Alaska and Minnesota.
Agreed. A friend owns the last private stretch on the UUGreen -- 40 acres with a large oxbow through it. It is uninhabitable before the frost in the fall. But for about eight weeks, it is the best fishing there is. You have to watch for cow/calf moose, however. Momma gets pissed when you get between them. All hail elk hair caddis.
cheers
oz, longtime WY resident now deeeeeep in the Ozarks, but will be in the Snowies next month.
