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Show Big Brown Season Not Far Off icy waters. And this seems to be the time of year when the fishing in Flaming Gorge Reservoir is at its best. But don't go unprepared for the weather. Do wear those piles of sweaters and extra pants and even the snowmobile suit. And do be prepared for a fishing adventure. The browns have proved unpredictable, but they're there and are readily taken. So despite the fact that summer is on vacation, don't pack that rod and reel away. Head for Flaming Gorge and the challenge of the massive browns. You may well come home with a brown of a lifetime; and, somehow, you won't even notice the cold. The idea of fishing generally conjures "up images of some sporty angler laying out a fly on some quiet and secluded mountain mount-ain stream. Or maybe some suntanned youngster in a pair of ragged jeans and broad-brimmed straw hat drowning worms with a cane pole and bobber. But what if you saw a fisherman dressed in piles of sweaters, multiple layers of trousers, and topped off with a snowmobile suit, heavy gloves and pull-down type cap? Your first thought might be that he was a classic northern ice fisherman; but he might in fact be headed for Flaming Gorge and the possibility of landing a record brown trout. In March of 1977 an amazing brown weighing 33 pounds ten ounces was taken from Sheep Creek Bay about a dozen miles south of Manila. And while that behemoth at the moment is the granddaddy of the reservoir browns, there have been a number of that species weighing over 30 pounds taken from those |
