IT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL START TO OUR FLY FISHING SEASON. FOURTEEN OF US HEADED OFF TO THE FABLED GREEN RIVER IN NORTHERN UTAH IN LATE APRIL (4/26-5/2) TO BEGIN WHAT FOR MANY OF US IS THE 2008 SEASON. THE GREEN RIVER BEGINS IN WYOMING, PASSING THROUGH PART OF UTAH  BEFORE IT JOINS THE COLORADO RIVER IN COLORADO. THE GREEN IS PURPORTED TO HAVE MORE FISH PER MILE THAN ANY OTHER RIVER IN THE U.S. WITH "SECTION A" HAVING AS MANY AS 10,000 PER MILE.

TEN OF US WERE REPEATERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, WHICH ATTESTS TO BOTH THE FISHING AND THE FUN OF THE OUTING. BELOW YOU WILL FIND A ROGUES GALLERY OF THIS YEARS PARTICIPANTS.

AGAIN AS IN MANY PREVIOUS YEARS WE EXPERIENCED THE HIGHLY CHANGEABLE WEATHER ONE ENCOUNTERS WHEN FISHING IN THE SPRING AT THIS LONGITUDE AND ALTITUDE. DAY ONE WAS IN THE MID-SEVENTIES AND DAYS FOUR AND FIVE WERE VERY COLD WITH SNOW. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT DETER OUR INTREPID GROUP FROM GETTING ON THE RIVER EARLY AND FISHING LATE. THE HIGHLIGHT OTHER THAN THE HUNDREDS OF FISH CAUGHT, WAS A "BLANKET" BLUE WING OLIVE (BAETIS) HATCH ON THE LAST DAY ON SECTION "A". HEADS WERE POPPING EVERYWHERE FOR WELL OVER TWO HOURS AS THE FEEDING FRENZY CAPTIVATED US ALL!

FOR MORE ABOUT THE RIVER, SEE PRIOR YEARS GREEN RIVER JOURNALS ON THIS SITE.