Snow and runoff is still the major issue when it comes to access on many of Utah’s smaller streams. Focus on tailwater fisheries or spring creeks as well as rivers with paved roads leading to them. The higher elevation streams are unfortunately still off limits in a lot of places.

The weather has been wet and cold this Spring, but the fishing can be straight fire in June. Look for cicadas, stoneflies, crickets, ants, caddis, midges, and green drakes. Rivers that aren’t running high and off color have lots of hungry fish.

I like to fish small streams with a dry dropper rig this time of the year, unless fish are rising. If they are rising you should probably tie on something that matches the hatch. Some of my favorite point flies are a chubby Chernobyl ant, cicada, Paracricket, PMX, or a tan stimulator in a size 10-14. It terms of droppers, I like a size 18-20 zebra midge, size 18 pheasant tail, a size 14-16 prince nymph, size 16 birds nest, or a size 12 green drake nymph. If you are fishing streamers, think smaller. A Scuplizza or Zonker in white, black, or olive should do the trick.