I always forget how much I love Kolob until I go. I love where I live because of the close proximity to great little lakes. With the wife out of town for a week, I was able to go on two consecutive nights. It is amazing to me how the same species of fish can have such different behavior on each individual lake and even on different nights. For the first two hours on the first night, I could not even get a fish to bite. I tried different flies, different lines at different depths, and even different stripping and trolling techniques. Finally, I tied on a black Wooly Bugger and just drifted with it; no kicking and no stripping. That seemed to work and I caught 5 fish in about a half hour. They were all big, healthy fish. One looked like a pure cutthroat and was almost a keeper at 20.5". The others were cutbows of about 18". All were very pretty fish. Just when the fishing was starting to get good, the rain came and washed me out. Even with the slow fishing at first and the rain the night was perfect for fishing.
Pretty colors on a Kolob Cutbow
Pretty fish with the storm coming in
Nice country on the way to Kolob Resevoir
The fly they liked. A black BH Wooly Bugger
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