Hello from Utah

[Odessa 0]

Hi, I figured I had better do this sometime. My name is Matt. For the past year I have been working on the thesis for my degree (History). I wrote the very long paper on an organization know as Odessa. This organization helped Nazi war criminals escape capture after WWII. I finshed the defense of my paper the day I joined this site. I just thought I would use the name. I live in north central Utah. I fish 4 to 5 times a week and sometimes more. I love to fish rivers, but I am not a big fan of still water. I fish for Brooks on high mountain streams and huge Browns and Rainbows in my own backyard. I was looking for a new vise and happened upon this site. I placed a topic and was very suprised to see how quickly the reponses arrived. This is the best site that I have seen on the net, the members are very intelligent which is a great help when it comes to advice.

[Guest]

Welcome Matt. Utah is on of my favorite fishing destinations. I have had a great time whenever I've visited, even though UT isn't exactly party central. The Provo is a great little river, and a well kept secret and I hope it stays that way. I also liked my time spent on Current Creek and the Strawberry River. I hope to get back out that way soon, it's a beautiful place to visit.

[Guest]

Odessa,

 

Welcome to the board and I'm glad that you like the place. You and I must have the same disease, I just can't seem to bring myself to fish stillwater. Never been to Utah, but seen pics and it does look like a beautiful place.

[lanvaettir 0]

Welcome aboard. I'll be in your backyard up on the Green next week. I wish I had more time to fish some other great Utah water. You wouldn't by chance know how things are going on the Green right now would you? Last year we fished cicadas and BWO's at the same time. Sweet!

[Steeldrifter 0]

Welcome Matt ....get it welcome mat .............

 

SD

[Odessa 0]

Lanvaettir

Here is a pretty good fishing report on the Green as of a couple of weeks ago

 

Water Level / Flow: Low with some fluctuations. The river has been around 900 cfs lately (minimum flow is 750). As a result of a fluctuating flow regime on the Colorado River below Lake Powell (Glen Canyon Dam) Western power administration has requested ability to fluctuate so it could change based on power demand. The maximum release is around 2000 cfs.

 

Fishing: Very Good to excellent.

 

Hatches: BWOs, Midges.

 

Best Techniques: Nymphing and dry/dropper has produced most consistently. Dry fly hatch matching has been very good especially when it is calm. Streamers have been good at times.

 

Best Times: Middle of the day.

 

Best Water Types to fish: Fish are spread out throughout the river but the best areas are deep holes, riffles, runs.

 

Forecast for the next few weeks: Dry fly fishing should continue to improve as insect numbers increase. Nymphing will continue to be a top producer. Streamers should also be a good bet

 

Other Comments: New Zealand mud snails have been confirmed in this section of the Green. This exotic species competes for the same food as trout (insects) and can harm insect populations and eventually habitat. In order to prevent spreading these tiny invaders, wash all equipment with bleach and allow it to completely dry before entering other waters. Since the fire of 2002, heavy rains have caused some dramatic siltation problems, and the river has become very off color below dripping springs when this occurs (mainly heavy spring rains and late summer thunderstorms). In fact silt left in the river has caused off color conditions for long periods well after precipitation. In addition, high wind days have created very dusty conditions around the little hole area. Try not to wade on spawning beds.

 

The most effective patterns on the Green have been:

 

Dries:

Parachute-Adams, Lawson's thorax, sparkle dun, ext. body, parachute, CDC loopwing BWOs (#16-#20).Griffiths Gnat, trailing shuck, cluster, and other various midges (#18-24). Cicadas and other large attractors as lead flies for dry dropper rigs, many fish will take these out of memory (#6-#10)

Emergers:

Barr emerger BWO (#20-#22), CDC loop wing emerger (#20-#22), Chironomids (#16-#24); Serendipity, Midge biot, (#18-24), RS2 (olive, Grey, #16-#24) Zebra Midge (#16-#24)

 

Nymphs:

bead-head midges in various colors (zebras) BWO nymphs (#16-#26), Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear (bead and non) (#18-#24) Blood midge, annelids, WD-40 (bead and non) (#18-#24) red, olive, black midge larva and pupa (#18-#24) Egg patterns in various sizes and colors Barr emerger BWO (#20-#22), CDC loop wing emerger (#20-#22), Chironomids (#16-#24); Serendipity, Midge biot, (#18-24), RS2 (olive, Grey, #16-#24) Zebra Midge (#16-#24) Scuds orange, pink as attractors (#12-#14) Scuds olive, grey, sand to match naturals (#14-#20) Baetis nymphs (#18-#26), Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear (#18-#22) Sanjuan worms red, olive, black midge larva and pupa (#18-#24)

 

Streamers:

Wooly buggers, Zonkers, Woolhead Sculpins, Clouser Minnows, Double Bunnies and various other patterns (#2-#6).

 

Check back here the first of the week if you can, and I will update this report for you. Good luck on the Green. Just for you info it has been unseaonably hot around here lately. The weather should be back to normal buy the first of the week. If the heat has done anything, it should have increased the amount of insects on the river. Have a good trip

Matt

[lanvaettir 0]

Matt,

Thanks for the report. I am really looking forward to this trip. Last year I had 20-30 fish days with more than half of the fish over 20 inches. It was a great trip!

[temno pivo 0]

Hello and welcome.

 

I fished the Green with a fella called Andy Kim, when he lived out the back of his van, have a go at his Yong Specials for midge fishing. Truly amazing fish catching flies on the Green.

 

http://www.flyfisherman.com/rmwest/rpmidges/

 

 

I stayed at rock springs and drove to Dutch John, is there anywhere nearer that his quite cheap to stay nearer the river?

 

Temno

 

[Frank G. Swarner III 0]

Nice to have you aboard Matt.

 

Chip