Seasonal Guides
Month-by-month seasonal fishing guides — what is biting, hatches, and where to fish through the year, from HookedFishing.
10 guides
April Fishing Conditions Guide
April by the hatch charts: Blue-Winged Olives at peak on 88 rivers, midges on 53, caddis on 33, plus Mother's Day Caddis, Red Quill, and Salmonfly signals.
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Fall Fly Fishing: Best Western Rivers
The Western rivers on this site that fish best September to November and why: fall BWO peaks, October Caddis, crane flies, brown-trout tailwaters.
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Fall Trout Fishing Guide
What cooling water does to trout, how brown trout change before the spawn, why streamers work in fall, how to spot redds, and fishing near them ethically.
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Fishing During Spring Runoff
How to fish high, off-color snowmelt: reading the gauge, where runoff does not apply, edge water, big stonefly nymphs and streamers, and when it ends.
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June Fly Fishing Report
June by the hatch charts: Salmonflies peaking on 30 rivers, PMDs on 44, Green Drakes on the Provo, cicadas on the Green, and where runoff is ending or not.
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September Fly Fishing Guide
September by the hatch charts: BWOs coming back, hoppers peaking on five rivers, the last Tricos, Utah crane flies, October Caddis starting, browns moving.
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Spring Fly Fishing Guide
The pre-runoff window on Western rivers: ice-out, the March and April Blue-Winged Olive peaks river by river, spring mayflies, and how to spot melt.
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Summer Fly Fishing Tips
July and August on Western trout rivers: dawn and dusk windows, when warm water means stop fishing, hopper and ant tactics, and Trico spinner falls.
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Winter Fly Fishing Guide
How trout behave in near-freezing water, the midday window, midge rigs that work, gear that fails in the cold, and which water types stay fishable.
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Winter Fly Fishing on Tailwaters
Why dam releases keep tailwaters open in winter, plus every tailwater on this site with its January midge, BWO, and scud rows and how to rig for them.
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