Reading allot locally about catching the Grayling and the upper Provo / Uinta’s got me thinking about hitting it this weekend. Have an Annual pass and everything.
So off we go. No waders, no tubes, so I am thinking the rivers. We get up to Washington and Hubby said, let’s go. Well we had Baxter with us and I knew he was going to love all these trees.
It seemed like it took forever to get there then walking forever…I WANNA FISH!!! Don’t get me wrong, I loved the walking through the trees and all that, it’s just…I WANNA FISH!!![laugh]
I was getting cranky and then to top it off, I had my bamboo and my 10’ TFO (Thinking it would be a nice edge on the shore fishing.) in my hand while walking through the forest. I look up and the top section of the TFO was gone. Okay…DO NOT WANT TO BE AROUND ME AT THIS POINT!!![mad]
Hubby and Baxter backtracked and found it.
Well now we are dealing with COLD! and wind in the face. I was not quite dressed for the 8,000 foot more or less elevation.
I decided to give it my best and calm down. Tied on a big dry like a Tarantula. Rolled it on out there and a couple of good slams on the big dry. So I attached a 20" dropper with a Modified PT.
Rolled it on out and BAM on the nymph:
TIGER TROUT
Rolled it out again and BAM!
A BROOKIE:
Rolled it out again and BAM!
A RAINBOW:
Okay, I am a little freak about now and thinking what a killer fly.
Cast out one more time and this IS the forth cast with the Nymph…BAM!!
GRAYLING:
CRAZY!!! Caught more Rainbow and Brookies but had to time it between wind gusts
even one on the big old Dry fuzzy:
Besides being very cold and wind in the face…it turned out to be a pretty great day. Four Casts…Four different Species.
You say you went up to “Washington”. Would that be Washington Lake near Trial Lake?
When I was a kid you had to park at Trail & hike to Washington, I heard they had put a road into Washington. Also Washington was almost all cutts with a few brooks.
Actually, there is a camp ground (nice one too) right next to Washington, but there is the day use parking lot that the three lakes (Washington, Crystal and Trial) are within hiking distance.
I haven’t caught any Cutts in Washington, but not saying they aren’t there, just never seen one. They stocked the Tiger a few years ago and someone said they stocked heavy on the Grayling last year.
Fly Goddess: Thanks for your response and the great pictures. They bring back some ancient memories.
The Unita Mountains in Utah is one of the most beautiful places I have seen in my many travels. When I saw the alps in Europe I thought to mself the Unita’s are prettier.
I would recommend that members of FAOL give serious consideration to a sojourn to the Unitas.
