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Provo River Most of the fish in the Lower and Middle Provo River are in a pre-spawn mode right now which makes them aggressive and fairly easy to catch. The streamer fishing is great right now. You do have to deal with the weeds on the Lower a bit but, for the size of the …

Every so often, actually more often than not, fly fishing offers you up as a witness to some amazing things. One of these things happened this week as I watched Bryan hook into a pig of a cutthroat trout on a big mouse fly. Mousin’ for Big Trout! Bryan and I crossed paths this week …

Grant Bench, extreme fly fisher and Utah fly fishing guide, demonstrates how to catch fish backwards.

Runoff is Here – Lake Fishing is Hot It’s Runoff Time – Rivers like the Lower Provo, Upper Provo, and several others are beginning to rise. Most of the others are not far behind. The fishing on these rivers can, however, be decent for those willing to change up tactics during high water. I’ve found …

A New/Old Way to Catch Trout in Lakes – A good friend, new member of Fly Fishing Team USA, and fellow Utah angler, Kurt Finlayson, recently had an article on Loch Style fly fishing published in American Angler. I consider myself lucky to have fished with and competed against Kurt several times over the years …

Early Summer Fly Fishing in Utah – The Lower Provo River, Middle Provo, Green River, and Weber Rivers are all fishing great. The Mother’s Day Caddis are showing on the Weber River and the Cicadas are about a month away on the Green. Our post runoff fly fishing trips (June 15-July15) are the most popular …