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Show It Y'wnibtM 179 THK HK1U1.D Provo. ( tdh-Pa- 7 ge Excellent Fishing Time Remains By HARTT WIXOM Herald Outdoor Writer 4 It requires rrre courage this time ot year, but excellent fishing time remains True, there are waters frozen shut Yet you can get a line into many western such streams, and some reservoirs-iake- s as Utah's Strawberry or Flaming Gorge Because of its depth and surface, the Gorge seldom ices over completely Strawberry may not be completely frosted over during the evening teed un til legal closing Nov. 30. One state which remains open on most waters to Nov 30 is Montana For exam- Or wind-blow- ple, you can fish much of the famous Madison River into February, with the Jefferson. Beaverhead. Ruby, and others open to end of this month S'ou would he wise to remain out of the high headwaters m) but could find enough Sc.,. t -- v riu'"' " w .W'.MIHIMIII Beaverhead from Dillion to Tw in Rridges. for instance, to make the trek worthwhile Many Wyoming and Idaho strams closed Oct. 31. so check the proclamation carefully if you head that way. Wherever waters are open, favor the brown trout streams, as these fish will usually feed actively on almost anything late into the autumn ... I." cold-weath- browns along the lower feeding Many browns hue just completed spawning, and are yet active By December manv will have a tendency to sluggishness and then go dormant through the bitter cold winter into late March One exception is in spring water, such as Utah's Locomotive Springs, where no matter what the outside temperatures, water is a constant 55 for rainbows there in the desert New Mexico s San Juan. Rio Grande, and Chama are others While down that way. you might sample the big climate largemouth fishing in Lake Powell, although last week's Bassmaster Fishing Derby proved ihe fish are deep, as much as 40 feet Ditto, if you hie over to Nevada's Lake Mead degrees This means you may have success in cieeks such many of the West's pi as rise in Utah's Wasatch County. Montana's Livingston area, etc These waters do not require presence ot brown trout to locate hungry tish. tor rainbows and brook trout are often on the prowl Highland lakes, with cutt and brookie populations, are locked up tor the winter, of course When temperatures do plummet, whitetish will hit with regularity they don t let the cold stop them as fully as do trout' But tor trout, try slowing down your retrieve on lures, or sink flies deeper near the bottom It those tactics tail, go to bait Allow time ias with a dead minnow lor fish to mouth and take 'he offering One hot spot now is the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam via Lee's Ferry. Ariz Winter produces best temperatures Speaking ol .Nevada, the winter months are just right tor over-sueLahontan cutthroats in Pyramid and Walker Lakes near City Guides and boats are lb. cults have been helpful, but some taken by persistent and patient wet mg-le- d Reno-Carso- n along the shoreline You'll want to check, the Paiute proclamation on Pyramid This is on the reservation, and minimum size is 19 inches etc No. the 1979 fishing season is not over yet. You can stalk the browns of Utah's Logan. Blacksmith Fork, Duchesne. Weber. Provo. Fremont, and others, minus the usual warm weather crowds. Proof these streams do produce this time of year is the reminder a fly angler dredged out a pound Weber brown trout last day of the season several years ago. The offering'' A tiny caddis nymph! i . ANGLER HOOKS into good autumn trout on main open until end of November, or even end of Montana's Big Hole River. While some western year. 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