Chepeta Lake

Since me Austin and Michelle were visiting an aunt in Roosevelt me and Austin were able to escape up to the slope and try our luck in the mountains. we drove up to Chepeta lake. there had been recent storms and monsoon rains in areas of the Uinta's and the Chepeta lake area was an area that got hit. near the lake there was actually snow in patches on the ground and this was just a couple weeks ago. roads were damp and mud puddles were fool. although the drive was very pleasant, given he fact it was in the mountains, but the lakes were real low and the fishing was null and void. we didn't stay were long though. we also walked behind the Chepeta and tried to fish another one but it was crazy low 

Back to the small water

We headed out at 0530ish was was probably a little early for where we were going and i think the fishing showed early on. the fishing did pick up once the sun started to warm things up and although it was a bit slow for me we still had a good day. i also got to try out a new rod i got due to me breaking my last 3 weight the weekend before on the same water. this lower end Echo was perfect. love it as a 3 weight

 

Me and Austin

 The 2 of us and michelle drove to roosevelt to visit some of my wifes family. me and austin drove up to the mountain to take a look at the Chepeta lake area. i had fished up there once before and caught the most gorgeous cuttie i have caught but that was a few years ago. this time due to Utahs extreme drought conditions, the lakes that we saw were awfully low. we fished for a real short minute then chalked it up to an enjoyable getting out in the mountains.

Slippery bitch

I hadnt fished this little stream since last summer and now that its open it was time to make the drive. me and willow were on the water a little after 8am and fished till a little after 1pm. i hit 3 short sections, the 1st 2 didnt fish well at all but the last section fished pretty solid. im sure it was just the time and not the section of water. the beavers have made a couple of changes since i last fished it, which willow got to take a swim in the beaver hole after i fished it. the weather was great, a mere 84 degrees when i got done and back to my truck. but 97 when i got back into town

Northward bound

Myself and willow embarked on an early morning drive headed over to see some water i havent fished in a few of years. after over an hour drive on bumpy ass dirt roads i got top the stream i went to fish but i noticed on the lower stuff that now it is posted as ranch property. wasnt posted at all the last time i was there. fortunately the upper stuff wasnt posted so i fished some of that water. fished ok but a lot of good looking water seemed void of fish, at least nothing interested in what i was throwing. i still landed a few fish and had numerous other chances. the weather was great at 1st but a little before i packed it up the wind picked up to much for my liking. beautiful area

Was a little better

Went out again to throw some dries again. the fish cooperated fairly well so we did manage to find a few fish. the weather was good except for the wind.

 

A disturbance in clarity

Me and matt took the drive over to the river and although we got their roughly a 1/2 hour later then we had intended, we both woke up a bit late, i was surprised that someone beat us there. 1st come 1st serve. he told us where he was going and we had to adjust where we were gonna start since his plan was the same as we had planned. we fished thru some good water with minimal fish seen, we didn't see the amount of fish we normally do.  we managed a couple of fish but they didn't seem overly interested in our offerings. after fishing for awhile all of a sudden the water went straight brown. their were some big rigs working in the area and as it turned out there was a big cat (tractor type) in the river placing big boulders in the river to improve trout habitat. we talked to the supervisor for awhile and he explained to us the project they were doing and gonna continue to do in certain stretches. anyway that alleviated a lot of normally good water for us. we got above the river work but the fishing never amounted to much. matt got a couple more decent cutthroat but over all the fishing sucked.