10-27-2006, 02:35 PM
Here in Northern Utah we have a nice river called the Ogden. This summer it ran high and murky and was dangerous to wade and not fun to fish. After irrigation season, the river went down and the fishing picked up. We have a little park at the mouth of Ogden canyon called the Dinsour Park. They have full size replicas of dinos complete with sounds. This is where I fished.
I stepped into the water and immediatly picked up some whitefish and some nice browns holding close to the bank. I brought my 5 wt with me and had a tandem rig of a size 18 PT and size 16 tungsten beadhead prince. After a few casts it was clear the prince was dragging on the rocks, picking up moss and effecting the fly, so I clipped it off and tried a peach glo bug. Nope. The browns aren't spawing yet so not go. So I nipped off the glo-bug and put on a BWO woven emerger. The fish were cooperating, I was just slow since I haven't been out for a while. I soon caught up and started catching bows and browns in the riffles, nothing in the deep pools. While moving up river, I could hear the footsteps and roars of the dinosours which lends to the excitement. With the deer hunt starting, I had the river to myself.
In all I picked up 5 to hand and 4 long releases, but by far the most exciting part was the BIG brown. In the dino park they have a pool with old brood stock. One brown in there is pushing 18lbs. and at times they get out. I saw a kid pick up a 5 pound albino trout from the river, and another 9 year old picked up a 8 lb rainbow from the area. Oh, not to forget, people are now catching and seeing tiger muskey in the river, that get washed down from the resevoir. Anyway, as I am targeting this nice 16 inch brown, I catch movement between my legs in the river. A huge 30+ inch brown easily pushing 15 pounds swims between my legs. I quickly forget junior and start casting to the monster that is 20 yards up river holding position. After 10 minutes of fruitless casting, it turns around and swims back through my legs down river. AWSOME!
As I moved up I kicked out a 20+ holding right by the willows. I marked the hole and will be back. A great way to spend a couple of hours.
katghoti
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I stepped into the water and immediatly picked up some whitefish and some nice browns holding close to the bank. I brought my 5 wt with me and had a tandem rig of a size 18 PT and size 16 tungsten beadhead prince. After a few casts it was clear the prince was dragging on the rocks, picking up moss and effecting the fly, so I clipped it off and tried a peach glo bug. Nope. The browns aren't spawing yet so not go. So I nipped off the glo-bug and put on a BWO woven emerger. The fish were cooperating, I was just slow since I haven't been out for a while. I soon caught up and started catching bows and browns in the riffles, nothing in the deep pools. While moving up river, I could hear the footsteps and roars of the dinosours which lends to the excitement. With the deer hunt starting, I had the river to myself.
In all I picked up 5 to hand and 4 long releases, but by far the most exciting part was the BIG brown. In the dino park they have a pool with old brood stock. One brown in there is pushing 18lbs. and at times they get out. I saw a kid pick up a 5 pound albino trout from the river, and another 9 year old picked up a 8 lb rainbow from the area. Oh, not to forget, people are now catching and seeing tiger muskey in the river, that get washed down from the resevoir. Anyway, as I am targeting this nice 16 inch brown, I catch movement between my legs in the river. A huge 30+ inch brown easily pushing 15 pounds swims between my legs. I quickly forget junior and start casting to the monster that is 20 yards up river holding position. After 10 minutes of fruitless casting, it turns around and swims back through my legs down river. AWSOME!
As I moved up I kicked out a 20+ holding right by the willows. I marked the hole and will be back. A great way to spend a couple of hours.
katghoti
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] In fact I stayed over at the Comfort Suites Inn located on W 12 Street on my way to Wyoming. Isn't that only a few miles away from the Ogden?