The Green River is a large tailwater located in Flaming Gorge, Utah. It at one point held over 22,000 trout per square mile, but has now settled down to around 7,000-8,000 trout per mile. It is home to large rainbows and cutthroat, as well as some monster browns. The top A section is home to the majority of the river's trout and the most popular section for flyfishermen. It offers almost every techinical fishing situation imaginable, but the majority of anglers enjoy fishing dry flies, especially terestrials. This section is also home to the famous Circada hatch. Fishing can get crazy when these big bugs are on the water, with many big fish coming up top to take the large flies. The B section is less fished and holds less fish, but the trout that are there can get big. This section is home to some of the biggest browns on the river and is worth checking out when the upper section gets busy.

August 2002