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Guided Trips

All guided fly fishing trips to the lakes and streams of southern Utah’s Boulder Mountain include all necessary fly fishing equipment and lessons for those who need them. You may bring your own equipment if you wish. Most novice fly fishers are never sure what to do when they explore a new  territory. Which fly? When? Where? These are questions that all new fly fishers ask themselves when they walk a stream. Wondering which fly to use for each situation will often confuse the beginner and will often result in even the more experienced anglers tying on just one or two patterns and pounding the water with them all day.

Your guide will show you the proper methods involved when selecting fly patterns, building and maintaining proper leaders / tippets and casting techniques. These skills are necessary if you want to catch wild trout consistently. 

Having a good knowledge of streamside entomology and experience in fly pattern selection, combined with reasonably good casting skill will usually result in catching plenty of trout. You can acquire much of this knowledge in just one day of guided fly fishing. Hooking and landing large wild trout consistently usually requires a few variables to fall into place. Proper fly selection and good casting skills are just two crucial components.....a little good luck never hurts!

First of all, you must have access to waters that hold big trout. We have private access to secluded wild trout streams, private lakes and ponds. These private waters hold wild trout only and are never stocked. The public waters on the Boulder Mountain are stocked with a variety of fine trout and some of these lakes also contain very large wild trout. Your guide will provide access to these waters if you choose to go there.

Second you will need the casting skill to put your offering, be it nymph, streamer or dry fly in front of the trout with enough finesse that you don't spook the fish. If you do not possess the casting skill necessary to accomplish this, your guide will assist you and help you to develop a reasonable cast.

Last but not least, you must offer up something that the trout finds appealing. Sounds simple enough until you are actually there at the stream, lake or pond. Your guide will usually know what insect is currently hatching and offer a suggestion as to which fly to use. The image above shows Golden Stonefly nymphs that are just about ready to emerge. This photo was taken on May 22. This image is also a timeline in which you can predict the same stage of development for these Golden Stoneflies this year. Being there on one of these secluded streams at that time casting a Golden Stone Nymph size 8 is a sure bet.

There are still openings on the 2012 calendar for late May. Once June arrives, and the runnoff comes to the streams, it is time to go to the mountain lakes for cutthroat. Colorado River cutthroat like those in the image below are very active during June. Can you imagine casting your fly over this school of fantastic cutthroat in the image below?

Sometimes it seems that the trout are off their feed. However, trout are always feeding on something. Trout are opportunistic predators. Especially large trout. When trout are being fussy and ignoring everything you throw at them, then this is a time to improvise and find a technique that will produce results.

A good knowledge of entomolgy is an invaluable tool. Knowing the different stages of the insects that inhabit the area that you are fishing is crucial. This is just one of the reasons why you have a guide along. When push comes to shove and the trout don‘t seem interested in your offerings, your guide will always pull out a few tricks to make it happen.

Full day guided fly fishing trips are just that, a full day. In the longest days of mid summer this can be 12 hours or more. Half day trips are generally 5 hours. Travel times to the lakes and beaver ponds on the Boulder Mountain from the town of Boulder vary depending on the destination trailhead and the time involved in hiking. Some destinations can be reached by vehicles such as four wheel drive trucks or SUV’s and or ATV’s. Other waters are hike in only. Because of the time involved in reaching the lakes and beaver ponds on the Boulder Mountain, full day trips are required for the remote lakes and many of the other destinations.

The private access waters are local, within the town of Boulder and are just minutes away from the lodging facilities. Half day trips are designated for these private waters. The section of stream shown in the image above is reached with just a short hike, and can be fished during a half day trip. This stream is full of beautiful wild trout in a very wild setting. If you would like to book a guided trip to fly fish on Boulder Mountain this season, keep in mind that space is definitely limited and plan on booking early.

Contact Us soon to make your reservation for the 2012 season.

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