The flows had dropped....

....to a comfortably fishable level. i had a stopping point in my to fish up to but after about 3hrs of fishing and only 2 more runs to go, i starting noticing a lot of debris floating by, moss, leaves, sticks and such. then i noticed the water clarity had disappeared and the flows had come up. it cut my morning short by about an hour but thats ok cause it was by far one of the better outings ive had this year and probably the best fishing ive had in that section. including 3 fish that were 20 plus so thats always a bonus

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.