Tomorrow is the start of the search for the slam with all the Merrill boys plus Dover (nephew-in-law), but today it was just Rob and me checking out a couple small creeks on the Wasatch Plateau above Fairview. First stop was in a beautiful, high mountain valley with a very small, heavily beaver-dammed creek. Lots of love for the eyes, none for the fly. Did a good bit of walking and bushwacking through willows, but saw no fish.
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| Fishing was not as pretty as the view |
So it was on to stream number 2, a tailwater below a reservoir, blue ribbon fishery farther downstream. It was running pretty fast, but some nice looking water. Again nothing. As we drove around the reservoir, we noticed there was no flow in the tiny inlet stream - these reservoirs are nearly at the top of the mountains, so it is possible the stream below the dam dewaters in the winter. On to stream 3, a beautiful stream I'd fished before, but now with only a short section left fishable after a big fire burned the valley a few years ago. Saw a few fish, I missed one on the hopper, but that was it. Enough exploring, time to go where we could catch.
First stop, Boulger Creek where Rob had gone earlier in the week. Tiny little stream overflowing with small tiger trout and the occasional cutt. Got our confidence back with several dozen of the little guys, then Rob was ready for something different (it was his third visit to this stream in the last week).
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| A fun roadside stop for fast action on small fish |
Off down the mountain and across the valley to Nebo Creek, one of Rob's favorites. I had only caught a couple my only visit, so I wanted to see how it was done. Once in the small creek, we quickly found browns in a range of sizes, none too big, not super plentiful, but enough to keep things interesting.
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| Typical Nebo brown from a beaver dam |
Dropped Rob off at Dover's and headed up to Jessica's, to pick up Tom at the airport, and get ready for start of the fishing festivities.
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