On a recent picture-perfect evening I was lucky enough to retreat to my favorite water - Huntington Creek in Central Utah. The Huntington regularly delivers great mayfly hatches on warm summer evenings. That evening was no exception and fly fishing the vigorous Mayfly hatch at dusk reminded me just why it is I fish this water in the summer.
Below is a video in which you can see the Mayflies swirl in front of me (you can also see a few eager fish rise in the background).
As the hatch continued the Cutthroat began rising actively to this abundance of mayflies. It's a good sign when I can't decide between watching the fish rise and presenting dry flies to them!
The video below shows more than a dozen fish rising in one minute (I had to stop the camera and get back to fishing).
The video below is for Lori who wonders if I ever do more than admire the beautiful scenery when I fish. I felt like a "one-armed paper hanger" trying to film and land the fish so I chose the better part and put the camera away.
I quickly found a #18 Parachute Adams and a #16 Grey Hackle Yellow were the perfect flies for the evening and had a marvelous time casting to, landing, and releasing the typically beautiful and energetic Cutthroats like the one below.
The near perfect night, and the typical beauty of sunset against the trees in this narrow canyon, got better, however. As I was winding down I sighted a large cow moose across the canyon. As I watched her stroll along I hoped her watering hole of choice this night was not the stretch of water I was fishing.
Another great evening on some of the best water I'll ever fish.
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