THIS YEAR BEFORE GOING TO THE GREEN RIVER, FOUR OF US HEADED FOR WYOMING'S NORTH PLATE RIVER TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS SEEKING THE BIG FISH FOR WHICH IT IS FAMED.
A float-fisher's dream river with up to 4,000 fish per mile!

The Gray Reef section has recently been most written about, and with good reason. It is probably the best Rainbow Trout tail water in the lower 48. It has limited public access and is best fished from a boat. It fishes best from March through July then again in the fall months from September through November. Gray Reef is a typical tail water is fished most using nymphs and streamers. Dry fly fishing is limited to sporadic activity in the spring to some good dry fly fishing in the fall on Trico's and Blue Wing Olives. Nymphing is usually done with two flies with the top fly being an attractor fly such as a scud or San Juan worm trailed by either a midge or Baetis pattern