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Show -C- Wednesday, June 19, 1974 FISHING OALITION Page 15 by David Mueller GPCC ENCOURAGEMENT Jack Johnson and of GPCC have both indicated that their company is willing to provide watershed protection for the water Ken-Osswal- d which is flowing through company ground into Kimball Creek, Both Osswald and Johnson were enthused about a stream improvement program that would beautify the tributary system and return it to its vital trout spawning and rearing capacity. We arent encouraging fishing on the golf course, stated Osswald, but we see no reason why stream improvement cannot be implemented. Both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Osswald acknowledged the need to curb erosion problems that have sprung up all along the watercourse. They both indicated concern for several caved-i- n and water-cu- t banks which need rip-ra- p and streamside plantings. Perhaps their concern for the fish in these waters is secondary to erosion and landscape interests, but if one thing benefits two or three people, who can argue? Certainly the whole future of the Kimball Creek drainage has been brightened. post-developm- ent CLEARING WATER & HATCHES Locally , the water on several of the spring creeks has dropped, cleared, and warmed enough to promote some good mayfly hatches. In the past several days, hatches on these streams have begun around 10 Oclock in the morning and continues through noon. A second mayfly hatch begins later in the afternoon , around five or six and lasts for an hour. It seems that once the sun leaves the water in the evening that the temperature drops enough to discourage the hatching of these important aquatic forms. This will change, of course, as our waters continue their warming and clearing process through the summer. STONEFLY HATCH BEGINNING small yellow stonefly (cousin of the famed Salmonfly of the Madison River) is hatching at midday this time of year, also. The d insect with an elongated body which can be stonefly is a imitated in a pinch by some of the smaller grasshopper patterns which become useful later in the year. I prefer sizes twelve to sixteen tied on a 4X long shanked hook. The Letort Hopper or deerhair hopper patthe size of the fly is terns imitate this small stonefly quite well-b- ut critical. Dont use a no. 8 hopper pattern and expect much action from fish looking for a no. 16 sized insect. A down-winge- ONE BEAUTIFUL RIVER If you want-t- see a river which has felt virtually none of the ravages of civilization in our area, take highway 150 out of Kamas, keep going past Mirror Lake, and look over the Bear River watershed which stretches from there to Evanston, Wyoming. This mighty river has experienced no channelizing or damming or indiscriminate real estate development. It is a rare gem in this day and age, indeed. Last Sunday, even at full flood stage, the darkened waters were still transparent enough to see the bottom in some of the deeper pools. The Upper Bear remains the fine cutthroat fishery it has always been and it runs in marked contrast to the abused river systems on this side of the Uintas. o One important note: If you are planning to take this drive, gas up before you get out of Kamas (or Evanston if you start at that end) because the two filling stations along the way are closed and will be until the first of July. If you plan on a hike into one of the high Uinta Lakes along this road, better revise your plans these next couple of weeks and take along a skis. The snow is still laying in deep drifts pair of cross-countr- y over much of this area (especially in the high lake basins) and the lakes are just breaking up. Mirror Lake was half iced-ov- m RON PURDOM er Sunday. 0 DAYTIME D STEAM RAILWAY EXCURSION n on the D D 0 D D D D D D D CRAIG MASTERS Board at either depot: OUHTAIN REALTY D P.O.Box 376 Park City, Utah 84060 Phone (801) 649 9891 or 8581 D HEBER CITY 46 Miles East a of Salt Lake on Highway 40 im CZ3 BRIDAL VEIL FALLS 6 Miles East of Provo EH on Highway 89 CZZI EZI EZ9 D D tP |