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FISHING WATERS HELP
Below are names and email addresses of OPTU members who have kindly agreed
to share their fishing waters’ knowledge with members who have not
fished such waters before and are looking for advice. We all know that
good first leads about where and when to fish, or where to stay can make
the trip easier and more enjoyable. The list is alphabetical by state.
Several foreign locations are also included. You are given the name of
your OPTU colleague and his email address. We suggest that if you want
advice about one of the areas or rivers on the list, first get in touch
with the named colleague by email and then make arrangements to talk to
him by phone.
The Board thanks the members who have volunteered to help out. It also
encourages members not yet on this list, to email the names of waters
and/or regions about which they have knowledge that they would be happy
to share. Please email such information to Stan Vanagunas, vanagunas@msn.com
Download a copy.
ALASKA
- Alanak Lodge
- Alaska Quest, wilderness float for Rainbow, Dolly Varden, Artic Char,
Grayling, Coho, Chinook, Sockeye
- Anchor River, Kenai Peninsula, for Steelhead
- Deep Creek, Kenai Peninsula, for Steelhead and Salmon
- Honah area
- Kenai River, for Rainbow, Dolly Varden, and Salmon. Great Alaska
Adventure Lodge on the Kenai.
- Montana Creek north of Willow
ARKANSAS
- Norfork, Red and White Rivers, tailrace fishing for Rainbow, Brown
and other trout
- Spring River in northern Arkansas, natural spring fed stream, fishing
for Rainbow and Brown trout
ARIZONA
- White Mountains trout fishing
CALIFORNIA
- American River, from Sacramento upstream to Dam at Fulton Prison
- Mammoth area, east of the Sierras
- McCloud River in the Nature Conservancy Special Fishing area
- Sacramento River from Lake Shasta to Siskiyou Lake
- Sacremento River thru Redding
COLORADO
- Gunnison drainage other than the Black Canyon, around the towns of
Gunnison, Almont, Taylor Park and Crested Butt
- Cannibal Plateau Lake, Crystal Creek, East River, Frying Pan River,
Platte River, Taylor Creek
FLORIDA
IDAHO
- Henry’s Fork of the Snake
- Kelley Creek in north central Idaho
- Boise area and the Snake watershed in Idaho & Wyoming
MISSOURI
- Eleven Point River in southern Missouri, Rainbow trout
- Blind Pony and Pony Express Lakes, Stockton Reservoir
MONTANA (Yellowstone Park listed separately)
- Sundry waters throughout Montana
- Central Montana rivers: Missouri, Madison, Gallatin, spring creeks
by Livingston, the Bitterroot and others
- Gallatin River, Rock Creek, South Boulder River, Louise Lake, Willow
Creek
NEW MEXICO
- San Juan River, trophy area in the tailrace below Navajo Dam
- Vermejo, Ted Turner’s ranch in northern NM
OREGON
- Trout and steelhead rivers of central Oregon
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Spearfish and Rapid Creeks of the Black Hills
TEXAS
- Texas hill country streams
UTAH
- Total Utah immersion: East Fork Sevier River, Mammoth Creek, Sevier
Creek, Panguich Creek, Clear Creek, Ferron Creek, Huntington Creek,
Strawbery River near Duchesne), Unita River, Whiterocks River, Ashley
Creek, Fremont River, Provo River and others
- Provo River
WYOMING (Yellowstone Park listed separately)
- Salt River and West Fork of the Snake
- Platte River, Popo Agie River, Shoshone River and Gibbon
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
- Rivers such as Madison, Firehole, Yellowstone, Soda Butte, Lamar,
Slough Creek, and others
SPECIALTY FISHING
- Gila River drainage fishing for Gila trout (New Mexico and eastern Arizona)
FOREIGN WATERS
- Bahamas
- Mostly around Exuma island
- Brazil
- Belize
- South Water Cay to Ambrigis Cay
- Canada
- Northwest Territory, Great Salve and Great Bear Lodges, Tree
River
- Manitoba, God’s River Lodge
- Ontario, Miminiska Waters; Dryden Lake
- Ontario, Eagle Lake, Muskellunge fishing
- Christmas Island
- Flats fishing primarily for Bonefish
- Costa Rica
- Palmar Sur, Atlantic side
- Mexico
- Puerto Escondido in the state of Oxaca, sundry salt water
- Baja (Cabo) salt water experience (Dorado, Roosters, Sierra,
Baraleta, Tuna, etc. depending on season and location
- Lakes Mazatlan and Gerrerro, Bass fishing
- Isla Holbox
- New Zealand
- North Island, Tongariro River near Turangi, Rainbows
- South Island, Brown and Rainbow trout
Additionally, and courtesy of an OPTU flyfisher Don Maggert, there is
a disc containing articles pulled from the Web about fly fishing some
thirty well-regarded Western rivers (Mostly in Colorado and Montana as
well as a few from Idaho and Utah.) Send me a name of the river and I
will check to see if it is on Don’s disc and if so, I will forward
you the write-up. (Stan Vanagunas, vanagunas@msn.com)
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