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The Provo River guides at Trout Bum 2 are friendly, professional, experienced, and most importantly,
passionate about fly fishing. Chad Jaques, owner of Trout Bum 2 personally hires only the best guides
that he feels will give you an unforgettable experience on your Provo River guide trip. Chad grew up in Utah and
has spent a lifetime fishing and guiding on the Provo River so knows that the guides he hires are truly the best qualified
guides that you will find. Trout Bum 2 guides are Provo River veterans that live to fish the Provo and are on the river
every chance they get throughout the entire year. They know the Provo River like the back of their hand and will work
hard to ensure that your guide trip is an unforgettable experience. If you want to fish the Provo with the guys who know
the river better than anyone else, you can be assured that you have come to the right place. Your guide trip with us on the
Provo River will be an experience you won't soon forget.
Utah's Provo River is a phenomenal blue ribbon brown trout fishery
that is self sustaining with wild Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout and even
Brook Trout in the upper reaches. The Provo has a large variety of water and offers a range
of great fly fishing in spring, summer, fall and even in the middle of winter. The Provo The
Provo River originates in the Uinta Mountains just east
of Park City, Utah which is 30 minutes east of Salt Lake City, Utah. On its journey to eventually end up
in Utah Lake, the Provo makes its way through two major reservoirs, Jordanelle Reservoir and Deer Creek Reservoir.
For ease of description, it is divided into
three sections; the upper Provo River (everything from Jordanelle
reservoir upstream to the headwaters), the middle Provo
River (the river from Jordanelle Reservoir downstream to
Deer Creek Reservoir), and the lower Provo River (includes
everything the river from Deer Creek Reservoir downstream.) Our fly fishing guides are experienced in fishing
all three sections but specialize on the middle Provo River and the lower Provo River.
Your middle Provo River guide trip is a short 15 mile drive east of Park City, Utah.
This is a very convenient location for a 1/2 day Provo River guide trip.
The middle Provo is located just off of highway 40 in the Heber valley and our guides know all of the best
holes, riffles and runs. will show you where that trophy brown trout lives.
What can you expect on your guided trip? A guide trip on the middle Provo River is a memorable experience
regardless of the fact that the river is a great fishery. You will be immersed in a beautiful, wild natural setting
with dramatic scenery and wildlife. Our Provo River guides are very experienced with this section and will
show you where the big brown trout hide on your guided trip. One of the reasons that the middle Provo is such a spectacular
fishery is the result of it being a tail water. This means that the water temperatures are fairly stable throughout the year keeping
it colder in the summer and warmer in the winter making the trout and the insects much more active. What this means for
you on a guided trip is the fishing is a lot more consistent than on other rivers that get warm in the summer and very cold
in the winter. The middle Provo is cobblestone bottom river with good hatches of mayflies, caddis & stoneflies and midges.
Because of this, good dry fly fishing is a possibility throughout the year on your middle Provo guide trip.
The middle Provo had a full-scale stream restoration completed on it which added approximately four miles of
river meanders, and much needed in-stream structure. For more information and a current Provo river fishing report
check out our Middle Provo
River Fishing Report The middle section of the Provo River ends as the river
flows into Deer Creek Reservoir
Your lower Provo River guide trip is a slightly longer drive about 30 minutes southeast of Park City, Utah but it can definitely be worth it!
This section of the Provo is much different from the middle Provo. The Lower Provo River flows through a steep canyon
near sundance ski resort in Provo Canyon. This section is also a tailwater below Deer Creek Reservoir so can also provide
consistent year round fishing for your guided trip. This section of the Provo maintains a healthy population of
wild brown trout, with populations of rainbow trout (some very big ones) and a few cutthroat trout as well.
This section is long established tail water with prolific populations of sow bugs, scuds and
midges and as a result a big population of trout. Our guides love fishing this section because of the chance at a true
trophy Rainbow trout. Guide trips on this section frequently have chances at dry fly fishing. The hatches of Blue Winged Olives
and midges are prolific on the lower Provo in the early season. Pale Morning Duns, Caddis and Little
Yellow Stoneflies round out the menu during summer months. The lower Provo river runs parallel to highway 189 in Provo canyon so is not as
far removed from civilization as other stretches of the Provo. In the summer months, the lower Provo can be dominated
by the "tube hatch" with recreational floaters dominating the scene. If you don't mind dodging the rafts, the browns and rainbows
on the lower Provo are used to it and fishing can be very good despite all the traffic and our guides can show you how to find the fish
regardless. There is good fishing on the Provo well below here into town, but water levels and access become more of an issue so the guides
usually don't fish below here. The high quality managed section of the lower Provo ends at the lower end of Provo canyon at the Olmstead diversion.
For more information and a current Provo river fishing report
check out our Lower Provo
River Fishing Report The middle section of the Provo River ends as the river
flows into Deer Creek Reservoir
Your upper Provo river guide trip is about a 30 minute drive east of Park City, Utah. The upper Provo River
for the most part is free flowing with high spring flows and low fall and winter flows. There is also a lot of private water on this
section, so our guides usually only do trips here in the early season in the section above the reservoir or much higher up in the summer.
There are good populations of small brook and cutthroat that eagerly take the fly in the higher reaches in the Uinta
Mountains. Winter snow makes access difficult on the upper Provo, and spring runoff makes it unfishable
until early summer. The lower portion of the upper Provo, near the small towns of Francis and Woodland can provide good
fly fishing with more Brown and Rainbow Trout, but access is difficult due to private land. Access to the river on
the upper reaches is easy on National Forest land along the Mirror Lake highway (SR 150). The Upper Provo River
ends as it flows into Jordanelle Reservoir near Heber City, Your middle Provo River guide trip is a short 15 mile drive east of Park City, Utah.
This is a very convenient location for a 1/2 day Provo River guide trip. For more information and a current Provo river fishing report
check out our Upper Provo
River Fishing Report The middle section of the Provo River ends as the river flows into Deer Creek Reservoir
The fly fishing guides that we have at Trout Bum 2 are some of the better guides you will fish with and they will work hard to make sure that your
guide trip is a success. You can definitely fish the Provo River without a guide, but hiring a guide for the day can help you learn access,
find the best spots, know the hatches and perfect your techniques. Let our guides show you a gread guided day on the Provo river!
Click
here for a current Lower Provo River Fishing Report.
In addition to the Provo River,we have the Weber River,
Duchesne River, Currant Creek and the Strawberry River.
There are also several other small streams and creeks both
on the South slope of the Uinta Mountains and elsewhere
- all within a few hours of our fly shop in Park City. Our
experienced fly fishing guides can help you find the fish
on any of Utah's local streams.Click
here for a current Weber River Fishing Report
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