Florida is two days away! Provo River Fishing Report.

Hooked from a canoe 300 yards from Shore and fought from shore.  Hour and fifteen minute fight!

Hello people who love to fish!  Over 300 people read my last blog, which I always think is weird.  I'm not a blogger, just a fisherman who writes about my adventures.  In 72 hours I will be in Naples, Florida going to bed to awake to a 3 hour ride to the Florida Keys.  Tom and Eileen, his insanely funny wife will welcome me to their humble home in Naples, Florida for the 3rd time in 2 years.  I fell in love with Florida in February of 2010. If you love fishing and have never been to Florida then cash in all of your 1980 Bill Laimbeer  rookie cards to get there!  Briefly the goal is to get a Tarpon, Redfish, and an 8 pound Lake Okeechobee bass.  Last year I caught an 8 foot 200 plus nurse shark at Clam Pass in Naples Florida., so sharks aren't a must have.  I'll be taking HD footage of the 12 day adventure as well as lots of pictures.  We will post our trip on our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/WeAreSimplyFishing?feature=guide

Provo River Report 2/20/12

 Fly fished the Provo River on Saturday the 18th.  The conditions were extremely warm and delightful.  Arrived at 12:30 to a slight breeze and 45 degree temps.  I met Zach my partner with Simply Fishing as well as my Dad.  We fished at Vivian Park because of the easy access for my Dad.  We started fishing at 12:50 after getting set up.  I started with a bounce nymph rig with the top fly being a size 18 copper john and a trailer size 20 sow bug.  I immediately hooked up on 3 fish below the bridge at Vivian to quickly lose them.  It went dead for the next two hours.  We were fishing holes that had been fished by 2 or 3 fisherman that day.  It was terrible to be honest, caught one and hooked 7 that I didn't get to the net.  I was using a size 20 sow and the hook was not as exposed as I like, therefore contributing to the low hookup to land ratio. Zach and my Dad left after an hour, so I fished for another hour near Vivian and then headed down the canyon.  I stopped at Murdock diversion dam 1 mile up Provo Canyon.  The dam was drained and was running at about 85 cfs below the dam.  I fished the spillway and dominated.  I landed 5 fish in a half an hour window and hooked up on 10 total.  I caught 2 whitefish, so ugly and smelly.  All the fish came on the sow bug.  None of the fish all day touched the copper john.  The fish were modest with the biggest coming in at 16 inches.  Well our new website launches March 15th so check it out at www.simplyfishingutah.com

Sincerley, Simply Fishing

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