Spring Utah trip

My buddy and I planned an April Utah trip awhile ago…unfortunately, after coming back from the east coast attending a funeral, he caught something that made him very ill with flu like symptoms…and he couldn’t go.

I drove up to Dutch John yesterday from southern Nevada…it was 34 & lightly snowing at 8 am this morning, but stopped snowing by the time we were in the river

 

[goinoregon]

thx for the TR. nice, errr, very nice pics, and the locations looked great.

 

[ifsteve]

Great report!

 

[Zak]

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Fished a high alpine lake that had tiger trout…which is another new species for me…caught two, and another handful of small bows.

Finished the day checking out the lower Fremont Creek n Bickell, called “ the bottoms”… Hoping to find a big brown this area is known for, it was extremely low, clear…and seriously windy, with a steady 20 mph breeze with gusts to 30…it was tough sledding. Most spots it was a foot deep, with undercut banks and very narrow slots along the bends…only saw a few rainbows, and most of them were big…and spooky. Didn’t manage one eat…a couple follows, then they skittishly bolted for the bank.

All in all, a good trip…heading home in the morning

Thanks for bringing us along with these reports and photos!

 

[Matt B]

Thanks for the photos. Nice variety of fishing. Nice sucker, too. Doesn’t look like an Utah chub to me.