After winter blasted one last dump a few weeks ago, I’ve kinda given up on snowboarding for 2012.  Better luck next year Old Man Winter.  I truly am rooting for you, since I do work in a ski shop and all.

The weather has been a little wild this March though with record high temperatures and winds that make it difficult to toss the fly out there.  On one of those windy days, I was feeling like getting out and doing some fishing, but not like driving out to the Provo so I decided to try one of Salt Lake City’s local canyons.  I had fished Big Cottonwood last year, but wanted to go somewhere dog friendly to give the girlfriend some rest and relaxation while I was out.  Therefore, I decided to check out good old Millcreek Canyon.

Although I found some success on a size 16 parachute adams and a size 18 zebra midge and it was fun to catch fish close to home the following day I decided to venture out into the wild.

I’m not used to nymphing such small streams, but after fishing a couple of hours with minimal success using a stimulator with a dropper, I decided to test my luck with some nymphs.  The pheasant tail is my go to, so I tied that one on with a zebra midge in tail.

Although the fishing was pretty decent that day, the highlight of this trip was Bandito getting  into a scuffle with a river otter.  Without going into details, Bandito lost and the otter ran to the river biting my pooch and slapping him with his tail.

Round 3