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.