Trout fishing Utopia?

[Funchy]

Hi All,

I am an aussie based in the USA and thought you may be interested in this. I live in Salt Lake City Utah. Utah has hundreds of lakes and streams with an abundance of piscatorial delights. Couple of weekends ago I went fly fishing on the Green River with 3 other mates. 1 Brazilian 2 Yanks and me the lone Aussie. I had never fly fished before but was up for a challenge. Now the Green river is reportedly one of the worlds great trout fisheries. Apparently there are somewhere in the vacintity of 20,000 trout per square mile. Now I don't know if that is true but I saw a sh*t load of em. Absolutely amazing089.jpg

We set off from the Flaming Gorge dam end of the river at around 8am. There was some low cloud cover and the sun was coming up through the gorge. My mate snapped this amazing photo. Could make it onto any fishing or Nat Geo mag I reckon!!
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So we set off drift boating down the Green. It didn't take long for the experienced guys to hook up. I, however was still getting the hang of the whole fly fishing thing. (Hey I am just a sunny coast lad used to a 8.6ft rod, 4lb line and an Alvey chasing whiting!!!). Still I ended up getting onto some. I ended up with 8 boated fish (All catch and release) and quite a few lost. My mate landed 18. We scored rainbow and brown. At 1 stage we had the guide busy with a double hookup.

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It was truly a great experience and I would recommend anyone travelling to the USA that loves trout fishing to make it a must do.

BTW, the Aussie ended up with the fish of they day. A 19.5inch Brown at the last eddy!! (And I let em know it hahahahah)
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Hope you enjoy the post! If anyone is planning a trip to Utah between now and Dec 2011, PM me and I will get you out on the water as best I can (Can't garauntee the success I had on this little jaunt though ; P )

Cheers
Funchy