Our Utah fly fishing reports offer a brief overview of current conditions on our waters. You'll find fishing reports for the main Utah rivers and streams that we guide on and fish regularly. Reports for the Lower Provo, Middle Provo, Weber River, Green River and Small Streams are included.
We write the reports based on our daily experiences on the water and information received from customers. We update the reports as conditions change and our schedule permits. If you don’t see what you are looking for, please give us a call at the shop or contact us here. We are always happy to update you with current conditions on many other Utah waters and fisheries in surrounding states as well.
Following are the latest reports in descending order of when they were last updated. As a result, you may see multiple reports on the same destination if we haven't updated one of the other destinations recently. If you want to view previous fishing reports, you can click on the category name link under the report title or use the dropdown menu in the top navigation or follow the links in the sidebar. You can also use the following links to each category: Lower Provo, Middle Provo, Weber River, Green River and Small Streams :
Location
Weber River
Overview
Water levels on the Weber are super low right now. For those of you who want more solitude and less busy fishing conditions the Weber is right for that now. Fishing will be challenging at best, approach the deeper runs with caution try not to spook the fish before getting your line wet. Sow bugs and some small midges are your best bet. try lightly weighted streamer early and late or during the overcast days.
Latest Flows
30 CFS.
Fishing
?
Current Hatches
Midges
Best Techniques
Best Time Of Day
View archived Weber river fishing reports here.
Location
Middle Provo River
Overview
Most of our angling of late has been on the Middle Provo. Fishing has been good but varied depending on conditions and location. Sunny days have been productive on nymphs, midges and sow bugs in very small sizes, as the guides say start at size 20 and work even smaller from there. Cloudy days with calm conditions have been the best for dry fly fishing, once again keep the flies small size 22 and 24, if you can see them fish even smaller, size 28 Griffiths gnat will get them well, but you need fighter pilot vision to see them. Streamers have been catching some but on a very limited basis, best on the overcast days or other low light conditions. Nice days on the weekends have produced full parking lots, sorry, but weekdays have been less crowded. Stormy days have been the least busy. Most of the anglers are working the water closer to the Jordanelle Dam, the further downstream you travel the less anglers you should see. The hot tip for the Middle has been fishing the lower part of the river, less anglers and less fishing pressure and more productive nymph fishing, some rainbows also. Try a small purple zebra midge 22 or 24 and work the water carefully making sure you cover all the likely spots and depths. Once again fish are in groups and where you find one you should find some more also. Not too long to wait now and we should see some larger midges and a big improvement in the dry fly action. When it happens we will update this report.
Latest Flows
At the dam: 150 CFS.
Fishing
Good
Current Hatches
Midges, and some Baetis
Best Patterns
Ray charles, purple zebra, bling midge purple juju baetis, cluster midge, hanging midge, very small Griffiths gnat, small grey RS 2, Morgans small para midge, very small para Adams, jujubee midge and Barrs, emerger.
Best Time Of Day
The best time for nymphs and dries has been mid day, streamers early and late.
View archived provo river fishing reports here.
Location
Lower Provo River
Overview
The flow on the lower Provo is around 100 CFS. The fishing has been good Nymphing has been the most productive method. The midges are hatching and some Baetis, sow bugs in small sizes are working also. The river is not as busy as it was around the New Year, the cold weather is keeping some anglers at the vise and not on the water. The tip for the lower is to give the streamers a shot during the low light periods, mornings, evenings, or on overcast days. Overcast days with less wind we are also seeing some rising fish working on midges and on some Baetis. For those of you nymphing find a deep slower area and work the water until you find the depth and area with fish then stay there, fish are grouped together and not moving much to eat the small nymphs. Expect light strikes and be prepared!
Recent Flows
100 CFS
Fishing
Good
Current Hatches
Baetis(BWO), Midges,
Best Techniques
Nymphs: Size 18-22
Sow bugs, bling midge, disco midge, juju midge, bwo barr emerger, juju baetis, split case pmd, mayhem emerger,
Dry flies: Size 20-26
PMDs: CDC biot comparadun, Hanging Midge, Silvey’s midge, cluster Midge, Para Adams (small sizes)
Streamers : Size 4-12
Zonker, wooly bugger, sculpzilla, sparkle minnow, baby sex-dungeon, slump buster,
Best Time Of Day
streamer early and late
9 am to 3 pm nymphing
View archived lower Provo fishing reports here.
Location
Green River Below Flaming Gorge Dam
Overview
The fishing on the Green has been good, we had a long period of above average temperatures but now the weather has turned cold. The river flows have been up around 2800 cfs. and steady at that level which has made the usual winter streamer fishing a little less effective. That being said the midges and some Baetis have been hatching pretty well especially on section B. Section A has been better on streamers than section B which is unusual but this steady higher flow is also out of the norm for winter. The hot tip has been fishing dries on section B on days that are not too windy. Streamers are better on sink tips and if you can change the tip around work a type 8 on upper A and type 6 lower A and B. The hatches are happening best around mid day midges first and then some Baetis are out too.
Latest Flows
2800 CFS.
Fishing
Good
Current Hatches
Baetis(BWO) Midges
Best Techniques
Streamer fishing Dry fly fishing
Best Time Of Day
Mid day to dusk
Location
Green River Below Flaming Gorge Dam
Overview
The fishing on the Green river has changed up considerably. The late summer terrestrial fishing has taken a dive due to the colder weather settling in. We are still seeing some fish come to smaller beetles, crickets and ants, but the terrestrial fishing has not been super productive. Try smaller Chernobyl ants, hippy stomper’s, para crickets etc in that 14-16 size range. If matching the hatch is your preferred technique plan on fishing Blue Wing Olives and midges size 20-26. The fish eating bwo and midges are typically podded up in specific places on the river. Targeting those pods will yield your best success with the smaller dries. Nymphing has produced some fish for our guides, but it has been slow at best. If nymphing try using small midge and baetis patterns as well as worms, scuds and sows.
While the nymphing and Dry fly fishing has slowed down some, other techniques have been producing some amazing fish. The Streamer bite is ON and our guides have been seeing serious success stripping streamers throughout the day. Decent numbers to the boat, but the best part is that in addition to good numbers, some excellent fish have been seeing the inside of our nets as well. This is a great time to get out on the river with a 6 or 7wt rod slinging streamers. If you want to catch the fish of your lifetime, now is a good bet.
Latest Flows
1400 CFS
Fishing
Good to Excellent
Current Hatches
Baetis(BWO) Midges
Best Techniques
Streamer fishing.
Best Time Of Day
9 am till Dusk
