06 Aug Utah Fly Fishing Report, August 6

Well, sorry for the gap in fly fishing reports. The fishing in July has been so good that we haven’t had a chance to get off the water. The fly fishing in Utah is absolutely fantastic right now and it should stay strong through the month of August and into September. We have had some of the best hatches we’ve ever seen on some of the tailwaters and with all of the water the mountain streams have been very good.

Fly Fishing in Rivers

This Beast Ate a Dry Fly

The rivers are warming in the low elevations but this year has been delayed a bit by all of the Spring water so we are fishing now like it normally does in mid July. Water is still pretty high on the middle Provo and we’ve had mixed success. PMDs are hatching but with the high flows the fish haven’t really keyed on them yet. Should happen this week and next. The Weber continues to fish well with nymphs, but the real stars right now are the high mountain streams, which are fishing amazingly well, and the exclusive private fly fishing waters that UFG has access to. We are heading out to two of the private ranches today to do some “research” which really means fishing for fun. Should be amazing. We’ll post pictures, even if we don’t catch anything bigger than the last fish I caught at this place (check out this 25 inch rainbow).

Fly Fishing in Lakes

The flyfishing on most of the lakes has slowed a bit, although it continues to be good on some of the private waters. Fish are starting to really feed only early and late in the day. Although, with afternoon thunderstorms being the norm, we are seeing some good fishing just after the 2-4 o’clock showers cool things off. This pattern could last through much of August but September normally really starts to pick up and get good for big fish that feed heavily before spawning and winter.