Come fly fishing on the Green River in Utah for a true taste of what Utah fly fishing is all about. Old Moe has been a Professional Green River Fly fishing Service for 31 years on the Green River. As of October 15the Doug Roberts, long time guide on the Green will be joining the crew of Guides as their new owner and Operator. Terry will be here to help Doug get caught up as the owner. While you are fly fishing the Green River, you can enjoy the natural beauty of the colorful Red Canyon, the translucent emerald green water, and the abundant wildlife.Terry, a river man from a very young age (14), and long-time white water guide, is a local. Born and raised in Vernal, Utah, he grew up fly-fishing the Green River prior to the Flaming Gorge Dam, and has seen the Green river and the fishery go through it's many changes. The best way to enjoy this world class fishery is by guided float / fishing trips. We float in McKenzie drift boats on Utah's Green River. Our fly fishing trips are led by experienced, and professional Green River fly fishing guides. Doug and his group of Guides are as good a group you could ever put together on a river. They are Dano Bolton, Danny Mangum, Eric Pietz, Rod Mangum, Jim Cohen, Pat Krause, Brandon Bertagnole, Terry Collier, Steve Burt, Mitch Kirwin, Kevin Moser.They are all Experienced guides, excellent in all aspects of the business plus a great deal of fun to be with.Old Moe Guide Service, located in Dutch John offers These Services: Guided Green River Day fly-fishing trips. Guided Green River Overnight fly-fishing trips. Fly fishing the green river below Flaming Gorge dam can be the experience of a lifetime. No matter if your an expert or novice fly fisherman, like to throw dry flies or wet, there is something for you. Green river fly fishing is known the world over and is considered one of the best tailwater fisheries in North America. According to the Division of Wildlife Resources in Utah, the green has between 8000 and 15000 fish per mile between the dam and Red Creek rapids. Fly fishing for trout doesn't get any better than this.
Old Moe Guide Service one of the Green’s oldest and established fly fishing guide services.Utah’s Green River is one of the most consistent dry fly fisheries in the country. Combine it's fly fishing with its spectacular scenery, and you will experience one of the countries most dynamic fisheries. Its cold clear water is home to an abundance of Cutthroat Trout, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout. From below Flaming Gorge Dam to the Colorado border you’All drift fish through a labyrinth of red canyon walls and alluvial terraces as the Green Rivers trout scurry from beneath your boat. Although aquatic hatches are limited when compared to many of Utah’S and the west's other prolific waters, the famous Cicada combined with a handful of other land based terrestrials and aquatic hatches:Blue Wing Olives, PMD's, Yellow Sallies and a variety of caddisflies, provides incredibly consistent dry fly fishing throughout most of the year The Green River begins to fish well and with consistency by the end of March when springs Blue Wing Olives start to emerge. This prolific mayfly also ends our season in the cooler fall months. In between, the Green River offers one of the west’S longer trout fly fishing seasons. Although it is open year round, from the end of March to the end of September is really the best and most reliable part of the year. There are few rivers that yield such trout fishing consistency, nor opportunities in the west.Trout fishing waters have a peak season or hatch, and for those who frequent the Green, if you should ask, most fly fishers would probably refer to June's Cicada hatch as being the best time to fish this river. Similar to most super hatches; Salmon Flies, Green Drakes, Brown Drakes and the like, they attract the largest of trout from the cool depths of their rivers, yet these fatal attractions also draw out the masses. The Green Rivers Cicada hatch can generate some of the rivers very best fly fishing there are other times on the Green River that offer consistent fly fishing opportunities with far fewer anglers.
Day trips are the most common way of fishing the Green River for our guests. After one of our professional guides at a designated time, you'll be transported to the river.Fly fishing on the Green River near Dutch John, Utah is an incredible experience that every fly fishing angler should have. The fly fishing on the Green River below Flaming Gorge dam in northeastern Utah is unparalleled. Great hatches, gin clear water, a huge population of large trout, and consistent water temperatures make the Green River a well-known, popular year round destination for fly fishers from all over the world.experienced fly fishing guides can lead you to the fish on a float trip down this incredible trout paradise. The scenery alone is worth the guide trip.
Scenic float trips. Casting Lessons. Green River Day fly fishing trips - We provide a hearty lunch, soft drinks and ice water.Green River Overnight fly fishing trips. We provide breakfast, lunch and dinners, soft drinks and ice water. We also provide your tent, (sleeping bags and pads are extra).Old Moe Guide Service will be happy to customize any of our fly fishing trips to fit your needs.Old Moe Guide Service is located in Dutch John, Utah, just three miles from Flaming Gorge Dam. We are about a three and a half hour drive east along I-80 from Salt Lake City, a six hour drive west from Denver, Colorado on I-80, or about an hour south of Rock Springs, Wyoming on US-191. Air service and car rental are available in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Vernal, Utah located 50 miles south of Dutch John.
Dutch John is located in the northeast corner of Utah and on the northeast end of the Uinta mountains, which is, outside Alaska, the only mountain range in North America that runs east and west. Due to our location, the weather patterns we experience can be very extreme. Temperatures can fluctuate 20 to 30 degrees in as little as an hour. Be sure to bring warm clothes, rain gear and waders.We encourage, support, and practice CATCH and RELEASE.Fly Fish Utah - We look forward to providing you the highest quality guided fly fishing trips available on Utah's famed Green River and throughout Northern Utah.For over 35 years, thousands of guests have trusted us with their Utah fly fishing vacation dreams. Old Moe Guide Service is one of the Green River's first recognized permit holders and has been an integral part of the Utah fly fishing scene since 1978. We are a small company of fly fishing guides who each spend the majority of their year working or fishing on the Green River and many of the other incredible rivers in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. We enjoy the teaching aspect of guiding, and all of our guides practice catch and release fly fishing. Let us customize the perfect fly fishing trip for you! Please take some time to learn about this unique, beautiful part of the country. Browse our Guide Services to learn how we can help you take the ultimate Utah fly fishing trip come fly fish Utah with us!
Utah's majestic GREEN RIVER! 28 miles of epic trout habitat.The Green river below Flaming Gorge Reservoir provides some of the best guided fly fishing anywhere. It's broken down into three sections A,B,and C.The (A section) is the first 7 miles and travels thru an amazing red rock canyon.There is a good mix of browns, rainbows,cutbows, with a few cutthroat trout.The most impressive thing about this river besides the breathtaking scenery is its consistent fishing.Every month of the year offers excellent angling opportunity.The (B section) is the next 9 miles of river, and like the A there are lots of fish, for the first 5 miles it is very consistent fishing, the scenery is unsurpassed.Brown trout are more abundant on the B, but there are still a good number of rainbows and cutbows. The next 4 miles of the B has excellent fishing but is sometimes muddy due to Red Creek a tributary that comes in around 5 miles down. The (C section) is the next 12 miles and is excellent at times and offers great dry fly fishing for the more advanced anglers.The C is primarily brown trout with some rainbows and cutbows mixed in.The scenery on the C is great as well.I have a great staff of Green River fly fishing guides working with me.They are very knowledgeable when it comes to fly fishing the Green.We will work hard to provide you the best guided Green River fly fishing trip possible.
GREAT WINTER FLY FISHING
One of the more closely guarded secrets of the Green River is that January and February have more blue-sky sunshine days than there are days with bad weather. So while the rest of the country thinks we are up to our necks in snow, we know that there are considerable stretches of good weather suitable for us to spend time doing outdoor activities, including fishing. Now I know many anglers who hang up their fishing rods in the fall not dreaming to fish until the next spring, some of them not even until summer arrives. But there are also those year-round die-hard's that will fish under any conditions, anytime, anyplace out there somewhere. While we might like to change the minds about what a fishing season is to the first group, their absence does allow the second group lots of solitude when and wherever they fish. Hmm! Maybe I should not mention that! Oh well! The point I am trying to make: There are some great days and great fishing available this time of year. Take time to enjoy the shoulder seasons on the Green River when it is less pressured.
Much of the information I provided might be well suited to winter trout fishing on a number of rivers and streams. But, one of the most consistent things about winter fishing is that overall fishing conditions change ever so slowly. So, at the risk of sounding repetitive, I am going to reiterate some of the more important information previously reported. First, locate the trout, then fish for them, don't just fish the water. Wintering trout tend to group (pod) in areas that have slower velocity habitat and vacate those areas where their energy expenditures exceed their dietary intakes (I.e., heavy riffles or strong pocket water). Next, nymph fishing will produce the majority of the fish caught; streamers may produce some great fishing and outstanding fish as well; dry flies can be fished when the right conditions pre- sent themselves (always be on the watch for some good winter midge or Baetis activity). Then, dress appropriately, think layered clothing that is easy to adjust. Finally and most importantly, have fun.
In between the cold snaps and the few snowy days there have been some very nice winter days to fish on. The other day I traveled to Little Hole for a few hours of fishing. I didn't walk far from the car and in a two-hour period caught and landed 10 nice trout, plus a few that caught and released me. Several were nice rainbows, one cut- throat and three brown trout of which one was 18 inches. The trout were midging on the surface everywhere you looked. During the time spent fishing, I was able to sight cast to a number of individual trout and half a dozen nice groups of feeding fish. This goes on all winter long.
My approach was a small Griffith's gnat trailed by a small midge pupa. The Griffith's caught a few fish but was mainly an indicator for the smaller midge pupa. By 2 p.m. I had caught enough fish to feel my day a success and headed back to the house. It would have been a success even if zero fish were caught, just a nice day to be out and about. Oh, did I mention that there was only one other angler on the river!
When the air is frigid or when the wind howls, I intend to throw more logs on the fire:, maybe even tie some of my favorite flies. But when there are days above freezing, you might find me on the river fly fishing, or maybe even just watching the trout rise to midges. Even if we can only get out for a few hours, the river is still a sanctuary! March is a time of awakening on the Green River. The days of winter get shorter and give way to longer ones that provide increasing periods of sunshine along the river. Old man winter can return at any moment, but it is this increase in light that stimulates the earliest movements of nature away from the icy grips of winter, in us humans as well as in fish. This is a reversal of what we experience in early winter when the trout are almost docile. Now the trout become more active in their feeding after a winter's rest. We even see the same activity within aquatic insects, with a species of winter caddis and slender winter stones joining the ever-present midges. Even a few terrestrials such as ants and small beetles will start to be seen. Rainbow trout, also, will respond to their urges to spawn and will visibly gather in some areas. The river's movement away from winter is a slow very process and it begins in mid March, when there are still opportunities for solitude and great fly fishing. While the river is in transition, nymph fishing will still be the most productive approach. There will be increasing opportunities to fish midge patterns on the surface for longer periods most days. But to take advantage of the trout's aggressiveness, I suggest that bright Scuds with Midge droppers produce the best overall success. That setup is very good when targeting the bigger trout that allow themselves to be seen by anglers. Some of the most effective patterns will be Scuds in sizes 12 to 10. Good colors are pink, tan, or orange. Some anglers like glo-bugs in the same colors, or midge pupas in sizes 16-18-20, in red, black, brown or olive. On the top, try the Griffith's gnat in sizes 18-20. And watch for the large winter caddis (a blond colored size 10), or the slender black winter stones (size 14 black flying ant matches it well). Don't forget streamers-woolly buggers in sizes 2-4-6, black, olive, tan,or ginger. Also try some in white.
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Green River flyfishing guides serve on one of the true legendary flyfishing rivers of the west for your fly fishing adventure...the Green River. The most famous spot for flyfishing the Green River is located on the Colorado - Utah border and in the most northern Pinyon Pine/ Juniper forest in the world. With the diversity of this tailwater river corridor mixed with the highest population of trout per mile in the United States, the Green River has been a western favorite of fly fishermen near and far. the Green River has had a rich history. Since the first native Americans arrived, this incredibly diverse river corridor has been home to the likes of John Wesley Powell, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Tom Horn, and many more. From Flaming Gorge Dam down to the Colorado border, the Drifters offer 30 miles of tailwater fishing. There are three uniquely different sections of river in which to float-fish. One or more of these is chosen strictly to benefit you, the angler.
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The Green River from it's source high in the Wind River Mountains flows south across Wyoming into the Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the borders of Wyoming and Utah. In the very deep Red Canyon 30 miles from the border stands Flaming Gorge Dam with the river flowing crystal clear below, and at a very agreeable temperature for the trout and insect life.
Renowned for it's abundance of Rainbow, Cutthroat, Hybrids, and Brown Trout, this gin clear stretch of the Green River offers some of the best tail water fly-fishing in the world. The average fish run 15 to 18 inches and can weigh fairly good for their length, and there is a good number of fish considerably larger. Browns have been caught up to 29 lbs. and Rainbows to 23 lbs. There are 28 miles of fish-able water on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam to the Colorado state line. These 28 miles are divided into 3 separate sections each with its' own personality:
A Section (Red Canyon)
The Green River from the base of the Dam and flows 7.6 miles through the spectacular and rugged lower part of Red Canyon and ends at the tiny valley called Little Hole. This section offers the highest percentage of fish per mile and easy access, but also receives the brunt of the traffic, causing fly-fishing experience to vary from day to day, especially weekends.
B Section (Devil's Hole)
The Green River in this section is more remote, starting at Little Hole and flowing 9 miles into Browns Park ending at the Indian Crossing boat ramp. The terrain on B changes from rugged canyons to a drier desert park. The fishing pressure and rafting traffic decreases considerably. Camping along the river in this section is permitted and the US Forest Service and the BLM have built many campgrounds for those people wishing to spend the night on the river, and gives us a chance to run some very quality overnight camping excursions.
C section (Browns Park):
The Green River in this section flows 12 miles through Browns Park, once a haven for outlaws, to Swallow Canyon boat ramp. There are several floats in this section, all more open, with less fish per mile, but produces very challenging fly-fishing with long casts, long drifts, wonderful scenery and a very good chance to catch a large fish. It also is subject to wind. We always have to watch for it when deciding to float this section.
Suggestions - if you are new to the sport of fly-fishing, we suggest you have some casting lessons before coming. If possible, or let us know so we can set up lessons. A little knowledge on casting allows for more fishing time once we are on the Green, and may also save you from the frustrations of learning to cast and getting a good drift at the same time.
We are fortunate to have a great group of Green River fly fishing guides working with us.They are very knowledgeable when it comes to fly fishing the Green.We will work hard to provide you the best guided Green River fly fishing trip possible. Our Green River fly fishing guides names are, Dano Bolton, Danny Mangum, Eric Pietz, Rod Mangum, Jim Cohen, Pat Krause, Brandon Bertagnole, Terry Collier, Steve Burt, Mitch Kirwin, Kevin Moser. We pride our self's on being professional, helpful and informative, you can expect a fun day on the river. We generally will meet you at a specified time at one of the two fly shops in Dutch John.
When fly fishing the Green River we recommend that you bring a 9ft fly rod 4 to 6wt and reel with floating line,a 9ft tapered leader,and rain gear,in the Spring and Fall I recommend that you wear waders.
We provide a nice shore lunch and drinks,if you want alcohol you must bring that with you.We also provide all of the flies and tippet that you might need,rental rods are available.
On The Green River all of our trips are done in a drift boat for comfort and for a steady platform for fly casting.All of our guides are good teachers and will be more than happy to give you friendly advice on your casting and technics.
Be sure to let your guide know what you want out of your day with him,that way he can accommodate your preferences and work toward fulfilling your fly fishing expectations. Beginners
On the Green River beginner's are absolutely welcome.You do not need to know a thing about fly fishing to have success on the Green.Our guides are very patient teachers and they will give you the tools you need to become a good fly fisherman.The Green River is a unique and one of a kind river, with an estimated trout population of 10 to 15 thousand fish per mile.The Green River has very consistent fishing year round. One of the most common questions that people ask me about the Green is (what is the best time of year to catch lots of fish on the Green River?) I would have to say that the month of April offers some of the easiest fly fishing. The Blue-Wing-Olive May fly hatch in April can cause a feeding frenzy, making the trout exceedingly easy to catch. There are a lot of other times of year that the fly fishing is extremely good as well. Our Green River fly fishing guides will make sure that you have a great day no matter when you decide to come fly fishing.
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The best way to experience the Green River in Utah is to hire a professional Green River fly fishing Guide. Green River fly fishing guides fish these waters day in and day out. Our Old Moe fly fishing guides have intimate knowledge of the Green River, and years of experience guiding fly fisherman. All of our Green River fly fishing guides supply transportation to and from the the river, flies and tippet. All of our Green River fly fishing guides prepare a shore lunch,most of them will grill a hot lunch on the colder days,or when ever you request it. Our goal is to give you a great day on the water.
