Fly-Fishing: Big Sky of the Uinta Mountains
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The nearly 2 billion year old rock core of the Uinta Mountains is surrounded by a younger set of sedimentary hogbacks. It is between these tilted layers that this "big sky" valley opens the mountains to a series of broad meadows and a less cramped feel. In most of the Uintas, the streams cut straight through this outer shell, however, here, briefly the river runs among the eskers and behind the hogback before cutting through.
What you don't see (or hear) was the pounding rain that had me put a pillow over my head at 11:30 pm the first night. No sleep and the kind of storm to raise the water and flood the low camp that I so enjoy - along the old river-ford road. Even had the lightning storm stopped, sleep wasn't likely until after moving to higher ground - which was done in the heaviest of the storm. Good move - the USGS gauge shows a tripling of the flow which came within four inches of topping the bank. The rise was from under 100 cfs to over 350 cfs. Beautiful "iffy" mornings with lumpy clouds - and rainy afternoons. The video came together well even with short time on the water each day.
As usual your video was great, despite the storm. That looked like a great place to camp, but that water surely rose. Sure enjoyed you taking us along. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed the video. Crashing or loosing the drone scares me so much that my hands shake - fortunately my hands are on the controller and not the camera which has a great three-way gimble keeping the scene smooth even when getting knocked around by the winds above the treetops.
Beautiful drone shots and cutthroats.
Is there anyway I could get the location of where it is in the uintas I don’t know what rivers are good
Half the fun is figuring it out! Google Earth is your friend.
Pick a stream and learn it. Each has its own quirks. In one Uinta stream the fish only take flies in shadows, another they only take flies underwater, including dry flies that sink, most streams have their seasons when fluvial fish are around - or not. They are all good - if you are.