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On Fishing 8/22
For years, the Division of Wildlife Resources, the U.S. Forest Service, other government and private agencies, along with interest angling groups have studied the possibility of placing native Bonneville cutthroat trout back into the Diamond Fork drainage. This restorative step with this sensitive species may keep it off the endangered species list and at the same time provide anglers with yet another quality high-mountain fishing opportunity. On August 16, 2006 a 21-mile section of the Diamond Fork River (beginning roughly 5 miles above the Palmyra Campground) was treated with rotenone to remove mainly brown trout from the water. This move was designed to give the cutthroats a fresh, competition free environment in which to reestablish its population. The natural poison was introduced via "drip barrels" placed strategically along the path of the river.
Fly fishing reeling in more women
COPPER MOUNTAIN - Standing on a rock outcropping that juts into Officer's Gulch Lake, Char Bloom resembled an orchestra conductor the moment before a concert. Instead of lifting a wand, though, she waved a fly fishing rod.
With an audience of women surrounding her, Bloom brought her rod back and then gracefully rocked it forward, throwing her line into the lake with just the perfect amount of arch. The fly gently landed on the tranquil lake, creating only the tiniest ripple.
"Make sure the fly hits the water first and not the rest of your line," Bloom said. "Otherwise, you'll scare the fish away."
Too late: The 17 female anglers watching Bloom were wearing jingling beads around their waists and they were decked out from head to toe in bright colors such as turquoise and hot pink.
On Pine, trout still plentiful on hot days
WELLSTON -- The middle of a hot summer is not especially the best time for trout fishing. Still, four of us were virtually rubbing our hands together and snickering over our prospects as we launched the boat on the Pine River here in the early morning. It was completely overcast and even intermittently raining. The weather gods were smiling upon us. Or so we thought. But at 9 a.m, after two hours of fishless angling, we had to reassess our mindset. I was tossing big Rapalas -- No. 11s or No. 13s -- out of the front of the drift boat with Bob Fisher, who is soon to become the former co-owner of Baldwin Bait and Tackle. His soon-to-be former partner, Steve Fraley, was switching off rowing and throwing streamers from the back of the rig with his soon-to-be new partner John Karakashian.
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