Early in October, a family reunion brought our only daughter, Kara, back to Utah for a few days, and one Friday she joined me for a father-daughter trip to Strawberry Reservoir to catch cutthroat trout on jerkbaits. Having just taught a seminar earlier that week at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Provo, I was very excited to
This Christmas season my heart is full of thanks to all of you who have willingly shared your photos, stories, and experiences; have asked questions, and have willingly and eagerly read this column each week for the past 18 years. I am deeply moved each time you stop me in the tackle store, at church,
As I reported last week, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) has stocked close to 400,000 eight-inch rainbow trout in Strawberry since the first of October. Those fish are now swimming in schools around the lake and are being targeted by large cutthroat trout as they gorge themselves before winter. If you target the
As I have reported lately, Strawberry is not only coming on, it’s here with a vengeance. I was finally able to get out to the reservoir in the past week or so and found the fish in exactly the same areas in which I had hoped they would be. And, the fish were aggressive, large,
