THE fishing reports just keep coming as the double dose of long weekends we've enjoyed lately mean plenty of people out on the water. It's crowded at all the usual run-off spots like Shady, but worth making the trip for a crack at a big one.
Families from the Tribland area braved high winds to drop hooks in Lake Hastings and share some quality time together at the F-cubed Family Fishing Frenzy event Saturday afternoon. Hosted by Youth Leadership Academy, the event offered prizes in a
FISH FRENZY: Phil Gates from the North Shore Fly Fisher's Club and Trout Unlimited helps release trout into Lake Pupuke. SOME were a little groggy but Lake Pupuke's cold water soon woke up the 1100 trout released into it on Wednesday.
Save Her, the Frantic Fish Tapping Game
Appears to be a mindless time-wasting game not unlike similar endless tapping games. But fortunately, Save Her has incorporated characters, graphics and sound that enhance its aesthetic appeal along with a few other elements. For example, in addition to the highest score challenge, specific missions are incorporated to give the game purpose. Missions include surviving for a minimum amount of time, creating bonus combos and collecting coins. Increasing difficulty levels can be unlocked with progress to create an additional challenge and after collecting enough coins additional fish characters can be unlocked.Save Her can be played for as long as your fish can survive. She has three health hearts representing her life span and the occasional protective bubble will pop up for use as a temporary power-up. With fast enough fingers, the fish can survive for quite a long time. Points can be racked up for every enemy creature destroyed as well as for creating combos by tapping 3 or more fish at a time. The bonus combos can only be created by tapping in very quick succession on three of the same type of critter. One of the game missions is to create a 4X combo, but there’s no proof that it can actually be done since the game registers all 3X combos made so quickly that there’s no time for a fourth.
Spring is coming to an end even though the weather is trying to keep it here.  We have had a up and down weather pattern over the last few weeks which is typical for spring in Utah.  There have been great reports of awesome BWO hatched on the Lower Provo.  Hatches are coming off depending on the day and weather but usually between 11 to 3pm.  Most anglers report fair to good success nymphing pheasantails, sow bugs and hares ears before the dries start coming off.  With the wind and changing weather try using a BWO soft hackle nymph, emerger or adult.  Water flows out of Deer Creek are running at 273 cfs which is a good pre runoff flow.  There have been no reports of off color water on the lower.  I am sure with rain you might experience some areas being off color so use some brighter color nymphs in those situations.  Moving into May and June BWO’s will taper off and we will move into some possible drake and PMD hatches.  PMD hatches will become increasingly better into July.  Remember to stay safe with the water levels increasing.
