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Middle Provo Winter Fly Fishing: Midges, the Midday Window, and Snow-Day Access
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Middle Provo Winter Fly Fishing: Midges, the Midday Window, and Snow-Day Access

Middle Provo winter fly fishing runs on a 125 cfs minimum release, size 20-26 midges, and a 10-to-2 feeding window. Here's how December, January, and February differ, what to tie on, where to park after a storm, and the 2026 regulations.

October 12, 2026 11 min read
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Utah Winter Fly Fishing: Which Rivers Actually Fish in December, January, and February
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Utah Winter Fly Fishing: Which Rivers Actually Fish in December, January, and February

Utah winter fly fishing comes down to which dams keep releasing water. Here's a ranking of the rivers that fish December through February, with last winter's real flows, the best hours, the bugs, and the ones to skip.

October 10, 2026 11 min read
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Strawberry Reservoir Ice Fishing: First Ice, Depths, and the Slot Limit Anglers Blow
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Strawberry Reservoir Ice Fishing: First Ice, Depths, and the Slot Limit Anglers Blow

Strawberry Reservoir ice fishing, from first safe ice in the bays to the February bottom bite: where ice locks up first, how the depth progression runs from 10 feet to 40, the cutthroat slot limit and kokanee closure anglers get wrong, and which access points actually plow out.

October 7, 2026 11 min read
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The Utah Cutthroat Slam: All Four Subspecies and How to Catch Them
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The Utah Cutthroat Slam: All Four Subspecies and How to Catch Them

The Utah Cutthroat Slam is a $20 lifetime registration, four native cutthroat subspecies, and four drainages. Here is how the program works, where each fish lives, and the alpine lake tactics that get it done.

September 25, 2026 16 min read
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Kenai River Bead Fishing: The Rig, the Regs, and the Runs
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Kenai River Bead Fishing: The Rig, the Regs, and the Runs

Kenai River bead fishing is the most accurate imitation of the most important food in the system. Here's how to size and color a bead by egg stage, peg it legally under Alaska's two-inch rule, and read the salmon runs that put the trout on the feed.

September 18, 2026 13 min read
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White River Shad Kill: A December-to-February Fly Fishing Playbook
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White River Shad Kill: A December-to-February Fly Fishing Playbook

The White River shad kill isn't a hatch you can circle on a calendar. It's a flow event. Here's how to read Bull Shoals generation, which white flies actually match a dead threadfin, and what to do on the days the dam sits quiet.

September 17, 2026 11 min read
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Green River in Fall: BWOs, Low Crowds, and Big Browns Below Flaming Gorge
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Green River in Fall: BWOs, Low Crowds, and Big Browns Below Flaming Gorge

The Green River in fall is the sleeper season: BWO pods on the flats, stable wading flows, empty boat ramps, and the biggest browns of the year on the move. Here's the September through November playbook.

September 5, 2026 9 min read
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Lower Provo River Fly Fishing in Fall: Access, Flows, and Pre-Spawn Browns
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Lower Provo River Fly Fishing in Fall: Access, Flows, and Pre-Spawn Browns

A pullout-by-pullout guide to Lower Provo River fly fishing below Deer Creek Dam in October and November: where to park in Provo Canyon, how the dam's fall releases change the wade, and how to fish pre-spawn browns without stepping on redds.

August 25, 2026 12 min read
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Tenkara Fishing Utah's Uinta Mountains: Brook Trout Water Built for a Fixed Line
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Tenkara Fishing Utah's Uinta Mountains: Brook Trout Water Built for a Fixed Line

Fifteen brookies in one July morning on a single red wet fly. Real logged catch data on why tenkara fishing Utah's Uinta Mountains might be the best fixed-line game in the lower 48.

August 14, 2026 11 min read
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Deer Creek Reservoir Fishing Guide: Walleye, Smallmouth, and Trout From Ice-Off to Ice-Up
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Deer Creek Reservoir Fishing Guide: Walleye, Smallmouth, and Trout From Ice-Off to Ice-Up

Deer Creek Reservoir fishing gets overlooked by anglers driving past it to bigger-name lakes. This month-by-month guide covers walleye, smallmouth, and trout tactics, shore and boat access, and the 2026 Utah regulations that apply.

August 13, 2026 10 min read
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