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Anyone want to go fish Lake Powell with me tomorrow?

franklin said:
Bass are hard to fish. You'd better stick to the trout dums.
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You don't have to tell me...

In the two years I've been fishing 98% warm water species, I think I've figured out Smallies, no F'ing clue on Walleye, no F'ing clue about Wipers (although I got one on a fly this year), figured out Pike, (again, on the fly - boo ya) and have slightly more than an F'ing clue about Largemouth Bass.

I didn't make it to Powell today because of a work issue, so I spent most of the day at Sand Hollow. I fished hard from 1-6 and didn't even have a sniff. So frustrating, yet so damn fun.
 
Just want someone to clear something up for me honestly. Fly rods were designed to catch trout out of steams, yes?
 
Gameface said:
Just want someone to clear something up for me honestly. Fly rods were designed to catch trout out of steams, yes?
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Depends.... some streams have so much vegetation on the shoreline and the streams so narrow thay fly fishing becomes cumbersome due to not having ample space to fish.

Lots of fly fisherman like fishing lakes on float tubes or pontoons


But yes fly fishing and rivers/streams normally go hand in hand
 
Kay, just want to make sure for super clarity, trout have been the main focus of the fly fisherman.
 
E.J. Wells said:
You don't have to tell me...

In the two years I've been fishing 98% warm water species, I think I've figured out Smallies, no F'ing clue on Walleye, no F'ing clue about Wipers (although I got one on a fly this year), figured out Pike, (again, on the fly - boo ya) and have slightly more than an F'ing clue about Largemouth Bass.

I didn't make it to Powell today because of a work issue, so I spent most of the day at Sand Hollow. I fished hard from 1-6 and didn't even have a sniff. So frustrating, yet so damn fun.
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Next time I come out that way we need to go to Willard and I will show you a few tricks for walleye (hint: wetfly + right time of year). My fav fish to fish actually.



And don't forget our local 20 pound cutthroats. :)
 
Gameface said:
Kay, just want to make sure for super clarity, trout have been the main focus of the fly fisherman.
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Maybe even as little as five years ago, that trend has taken a massive turn to warm water species. Just take carp alone, and I bet you 2 out of 5 fly fisherman have gone after carp, and within 5 years, carp fishing with flies will be a guided trip. Unless you've done it, you just can't understand the power and speed those fish have, or the sheer effort it is to catch them.

One of the best things you can do while fully clothed, imo.
 
There is fishing in Utah? You guys should come visit us in Canada for that purpose...
 
AKMVP said:
There is fishing in Utah?
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Seriously?
Fishing is great in utah


Not saying its better than canada but utah has some great fishing
 
LogGrad98 said:
Next time I come out that way we need to go to Willard and I will show you a few tricks for walleye (hint: wetfly + right time of year). My fav fish to fish actually.

And don't forget our local 20 pound cutthroats. :)
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There are a few people who can fish walleye outside the spawn (I'm not one of them; can't catch even one of those ******** in their egg beds). A guy in my father's ward fishes Deer Creek nearly every day in the summer and claims to slay them by trolling about 1/3rd mph and running bottom bouncers. There's a guy on BFT with the exact same story.


E.J. Wells said:
Maybe even as little as five years ago, that trend has taken a massive turn to warm water species. Just take carp alone, and I bet you 2 out of 5 fly fisherman have gone after carp, and within 5 years, carp fishing with flies will be a guided trip. Unless you've done it, you just can't understand the power and speed those fish have, or the sheer effort it is to catch them.

One of the best things you can do while fully clothed, imo.
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It's too bad carp carry a bigger stigma than an American made car. I once though hosting an annual UL carp kill would be a great tournament but people just don't want to fish for something they don't want to eat.
 
franklin said:
There are a few people who can fish walleye outside the spawn (I'm not one of them; can't catch even one of those ******** in their egg beds). A guy in my father's ward fishes Deer Creek nearly every day in the summer and claims to slay them by trolling about 1/3rd mph and running bottom bouncers. There's a guy on BFT with the exact same story.




It's too bad carp carry a bigger stigma than an American made car. I once though hosting an annual UL carp kill would be a great tournament but people just don't want to fish for something they don't want to eat.
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1) Bottom bouncing is not fishing. It's not fun, it takes zero skill, and it just isn't fun.

2) If I could choose to fish any species and/or any time of year, it would be carp in the summer with a fly rod. Easily the most fun and most rewarding fish in this state, and it isn't even close.
 
Archie Moses said:
Have you ever caught a musky, sir?
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Several, all in Pineview, and only one of them when I was actually fishing for Musky. Not a single one of them ever made it to the net; all broke off or cut the line.

Caught Pike though, and that's almost the same thing.
 
E.J. Wells said:
Several, all in Pineview, and only one of them when I was actually fishing for Musky. Not a single one of them ever made it to the net; all broke off or cut the line.

Caught Pike though, and that's almost the same thing.
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So you've never caught one? I had one slice through my 40 lb steel threaded lead at Newton. My heart almost bursted.
 
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