I caught this nice Brown on the Green River in Utah minutes before we pulled the drift boat out at the launch in the background. The day started out calm and very little wind, we were able to hook into some fish on the Triple Double pattern. Once the wind picked up shortly before noon we moved to nymphing with WD 40s. Finally the wind dies down and we switched back to hoppers.
Brenton was able to land this beauty with a Wooly Bugger fished on 4X tippet material. On this day he used the two inch slow retrieve causing the Wooly Bugger to undulate in a pattern similar to a leech. This was effective due to the large amount of leeches in the high latitude lake. This abundant food source allows the Brook Trout to overcome its short growing season at 10,000 feet, creating an impressive specimen.
Welcome to the Moose Knuckle Fly Fishing Journal! Over the course of this autumn we will be reviewing techniques and tactics for hunting fish across the United States. If you check back over the next month you will see posts on the following streams:
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