Stonefly
10-06-2007, 05:41 PM
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I spent the past week in Las Vegas, and had one free day to fish. Drove up to Southern Utah, to Beaver, Utah in the Fish Lake National Forest. A road runs along the stream all the way up to this this cool high meadow at 8800' elevation. I was surprised not to see any elk. I didn't fish that high up , although I'd been recommended to try a small creek up there. Used a 2-wt and started with a #16 Elk Hair Caddis. Also used a Stimmie/dropper a bit, caught everything on the dropper, #16 pheasant tail. All in all, caught 8-10 fish, browns and 'bows, no cutts. These were all in the 9-10" range. Had one on briefly that seemed larger, maybe 12". Took a water temp, 45 degrees at what I'd guess was about 8000' elevation, was surprised the fish were so active at that temp.
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I spent the past week in Las Vegas, and had one free day to fish. Drove up to Southern Utah, to Beaver, Utah in the Fish Lake National Forest. A road runs along the stream all the way up to this this cool high meadow at 8800' elevation. I was surprised not to see any elk. I didn't fish that high up , although I'd been recommended to try a small creek up there. Used a 2-wt and started with a #16 Elk Hair Caddis. Also used a Stimmie/dropper a bit, caught everything on the dropper, #16 pheasant tail. All in all, caught 8-10 fish, browns and 'bows, no cutts. These were all in the 9-10" range. Had one on briefly that seemed larger, maybe 12". Took a water temp, 45 degrees at what I'd guess was about 8000' elevation, was surprised the fish were so active at that temp.