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Bear River 4/5/07 - BrianID - 04-06-2007
I had time to fish the Bear River yesterday afternoon for a few hours. Started fly fishing at Black Canyon. There were very few fish rising and the water was slightly off colored. I saw a handful of mayflies (?#16-#18?) flying around but didn't get a good look at any of them. There were a few caddis flies (about #16-#18) that a few fish seemed to key in on. There were also some midges and a fair number of small leeches under several rocks that I turned over. I'm stubborn and like to catch fish on the surface whenever I can so I fished dry flies. These planted fish were certainly looking for something on the surface but there wasn't enough of a hatch for them to consistently rise. I would have done much better if I had resorted to nymphing. I was able to catch most of the planted fish that I saw rise but it wasn't as good as I hoped it to be so I left after a few hours.
I put my fly rod back in its case and drove about a half hour downstream. I was able to get several fish on my spinning rod, including smallmouth. I was a little surprised to catch the smallmouth because the water was about 50 degrees. Normally I don't do very well for smallmouths until the water is closer to 60 degrees.
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Re: [BrianID] Bear River 4/5/07 - packfish - 04-06-2007
How far up BC did you fish ?
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Re: [packfish] Bear River 4/5/07 - BrianID - 04-07-2007
I hiked about 2/3(?) of a mile upstream of the parking lot. I caught fish up higher but the best fishing was close to the parking lot. As you probably know, that is where the F&G plant BC.
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Re: [BrianID] Bear River 4/5/07 - poky-mon - 04-08-2007
Good report I'll probably try that area next weekend
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