That was a look at Hobble Creek in Utah. Hobble Creek is a tiny freshwater stream that winds its way down the Spanish Fork Canyon through a golfcourse and into the lowlands. There is no shore fishing this stream. You have to get in and get personal with this small, quick moving body of water. And it's lure and fly fishing only. Too bad all you coffee can worm and bait freaks!
Home of beatiful, fiesty native Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and an occassional planted Rainbow, Hobble Creek is a good stream for up-fishing with a #0 or #1 Mepps silver or gold Aglia. A black and gold Panther Martin has also shown promise in these waters. Over-hanging trees and the confined space makes fly-fishing a little bit more dificult, but you see what a well-placed lure can land you in this angling paradise.
Hobble Creek is open year roound, but it gets awfully cold in the winter months and will ice over in most areas.
This is what it's all about. Hats off to the one and only Josh Kelley, AKA "KnowOne", for showing the world how to get it done. This brown was caught on a #0 Silver Mepps Aglia, 6lb line, and a Shakespeare Rod and Reel.
And that's your first look at how to Fish This.
5 comments:
tif that was done with a dry fly I really would have been impressed. What part of the river were you on? It looked to me that you were a ways up right fork but I am not sure.
Catching anything with a fly on this part of the river would have been impressive. You don't have a lot of overhead space to work with. Or space to the side for that matter. That's what's so great about a lure and the Kelley Flip Cast. There's no place you can't fish. You're right, we were pretty far up the right fork, if I remember right. The Parks people had just done some remodeling of the nearby campground and left much of what they cut down laying in the river, really changing the habitat.
Well Done! Have recently gotten back into fishing after years off. Haven't caught more than a couple so far. New to mountain stream fishing. Using #0 Mepps gold, #00 Mepps gold, and #1 Mepps silver. All Agia. Any advice???
When fishing mountain streams, I find it best to approach pools from below, tossing the lure at the front of the pool and working your way toward the farthest part of the pool. You have to be in the water, of course, to accomplish this most effectively.
You're using the right kind of lure, so i imagine it's only a matter of time before you're reeling in some nice fish.
Dude,
Went up last Saturday. Used #0 Gold Aglia. Tried others with no success, but the gold was landing them like crazy. Caught 8 in about two hours. 7 browns and a rainbow. Biggest was about 14 inches.
Thanks for the advice!
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