2007 Green River BWO Trip

After a few hours of getting Corona all shined and pretty for the year, it was ready to be the hottiest boat on the prettiest river. New Back Seat Jordan! No more bucket

Spring on the Green just makes me happy! It is by far the best time to be fishing the famous BWO hatch on the Green River in Northern Utah. It had been 5 years since my last spring trip to the Green River below Flaming Gorge. That trip was amazing Doug, Juli, Mallary and I had caught so many fish that we were tired and wore out by the days end. Plus it didn't help that I got an Obstructing Justice Ticket, Juli a no licence ticket and Doug a speeding ticket on the way home. It sure made for some great stories though. With that kind of past success I was excited to hit the famous BWO hatch once again. The trip consisted of 6 friends. (Doug, Sean, Taylor, Bob and Jordan) We stayed at the Flaming Gorge lodge and floated the A section, Friday-Sunday. The first day Jordan and Tate came with me on the boat. We got into a handful of fish deep nymphing, but as the day got longer we started getting them with a PMX in the last 4 miles of river.

The next morning Doug and Bob were on board. We caught fish right off the bat using nymphs (Glow Bug and WD-40) It was a great day with constant success on nymphs and later with PMXs and Cicadas. My highlight of the afternoon was dry flying to rising Browns using small BWO dries and emergers. I caught about ten in a 30 min stretch. I love that rock spot.

Midges Anyone!

Night Fishing on Matt Warner- It was cold, I was tired, but we still managed to pull up a couple nice Bows.


The last day of the trip was by far the most successful. Sean and Tate were the father and son team that got the job done. We had a great BWO hatch in the late morning that seemed to keep the fish rising all afternoon in certain spots. We all caught a lot of fish and had many great laughs about the ones that got away. Sean caught a nice Brown on a PMX right below Mother-In-Law rapid and the action on PMX didn't quit of us. We caught/missed fish after fish in the past 2 miles of river. The river was totally on fire that night. It was a great trip full of great memories. Like I said I love Spring on the Green.

Even caught then at the pullout until we had to go!