Bad info

So, was researching potential hikes for yesterday. found one that was supposed to be a 7 miler round trip. thought that that was certainly doable without much issue. invited my daughters boyfriend to tag along since he likes to hike and has never been in the Unitas. both my hiking book and on-line info said 7 miles round trip with the last mile being pretty steep and only mentioning cutthroat in the lake. i was only interested in cutthroat so i chose this hike. all said and done, the last almost 1.5 miles was extremely steep, at least for us. it was 1000ft incline in that distance, i caught mostly brookies with  just a few cutts and it ended up being 10.7 miles round trip. the hike was fine for the first 3.5 miles but it was that last 1.5 that really did us in. it was an ass kicker for sure and my longest hike to date. the fishing was definitely lights out for pan sized fish though

First hike of the year

I took my youngest up in the uintas since the highway is finally open and most of the snow is gone. we did a short hike, roughly 2 miles in, along with some fishing. there was only 1 target lake but fished along another on the way to it. we caught a lot of fish but they were all small fish. was looking for the big tigers that are in the targeted lake but not this time.

A small stream

Changed things up and grabbed my 3 weight for some small water. the flows were good, around 60cfs, and the weather was good. the cicadas are all gone now but i threw a cicada anyway and most of the time followed by a green drake dry.  i only mustered 2 fish and both were on the cicada. wierdly i have never seen a brown in there, only brooks and cutts, but both my fish were browns about 13 inches.

Different section, different flows

The flows have been dropping on a section i have been wanting to get on for sometime now but with all the flooding it was impossible. the flows have dropped considerably and they are still a little hgh for my liking but definately fishable. i moved 6 fish that were definately in the 20 inch range but only landed 3 fish in the 17 inch range. it was it is