July 11, 2009. West fork of the White Rocks River.

The White Rocks River is in the Uintah Mountains. It flows from Chepata lake. There is a trail that cuts down to the river about 4-5 miles below the dam. It is a pretty easy hike to get to the River. It is about a half hour hike from the road. Hiking along the river is a little tougher. Part of the river is open and easy walking. other parts go through rock slides or steep canyons where you have to either get up higher or walk in the river. The river was running pretty high so wading was not easy. There were some bugs out. We saw some big Caddis which is always a good sign. But I don't think it matters what you use. The fish hit anything that you threw to them. The water is so fast that if you can hit your spots there are at least a couple of fish in every little hole and eddie. There are some parts of the river that have some nice runs where is you can make good casts and mend nicely you can get some good runs. John would hit every little slow spot in the river. Behind rocks or back eddies on the bank. If you can get your fly into the whole you will probably catch fish. We used a variety of flies, but we ended up just using the biggest flies (to discourage the little fish from hitting) that seemed to float the best and take a beating. We caught a lot of fish.

Secret Lake

So, I don't know if I should tell anyone where these pictures were taken. I'll give you a clue and then you can go and explore. High lake up in the Uintah Mountains. I was not present during this trip, but from the stories and Pictures the fishing was amazing. John, Cody, and James took some horses in and had a great day.

Jones Hole Utah

Jones Hole is a little stream that feeds a fish hatchery and then flows into the Green River above Split Mountain. The stream is about 4 miles long until it reaches the green, but it has some good fishing with the potential to land some big fish. I have not fished there a lot but it is a beautiful canyon with wildlife, native American petroglyphs, amazing canyons and great fishing.

John and I had a great day fishing, but I think Cody got skunked. So he decided to take it out on the local wildlife.

Fishing in the Uintahs

These pictures are a little old, but I wanted to put them on. Last summer John and I went up to the west fork of the White Rocks river and had a blast. Even though there was still a lot of runoff the fishing was great. I don't think it would have matter what you were fishing with, you were going to catch fish. I ended up just putting on a big cicada pattern that would float and take a beating.
This was the catch of the day. John still needs to learn how to hold fish for pictures to show the length. But this one measured around 19 inches. Not bad for a wild mountain stream.
Another Nice Catch. The fish were very bright colored and very aggressive. Mostly brook trout and Cut Throat.

Newton Tiger

So my dad has been trying to land a Tiger Muskie at Newton Lake up in Cache Valley Utah. He has gone out a few times with no luck. Finally, after a bunch of follows, he was able to hook up. These would be fun to fish for if you could catch more than 1 fish per 4 days of fishing. But good job dad for persevering.