Freestone · Limestone · Utah

Logan River

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The Logan is the antidote to the tailwater crowds — a tumbling limestone-canyon freestone in northern Utah that holds browns, rainbows and, up in the cold headwater reaches, native Bonneville cutthroat that deserve a careful hand and a quick release.

Species

About as good as it gets

Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
12°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity6012% weight
Conditions
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp
12.1°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
22°C
Wind
W 15 km/h
Gentle breeze
Pressure
1012 hPa
Rain · 24h
0.0 mm
No rain
Rain · ahead
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Western Green DrakeHatch
2
2
Flav (Small Western Green Drake)Hatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Open all year
  • The native Bonneville cutthroat in the headwaters are conservation-sensitive — handle with care and verify any cutthroat-specific or upper-reach release rules against UDWR
  • Snowmelt colours it in spring.
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About this water

The Logan is the antidote to the tailwater crowds — a tumbling limestone-canyon freestone in northern Utah that holds browns, rainbows and, up in the cold headwater reaches, native Bonneville cutthroat that deserve a careful hand and a quick release. It's small-stream fishing the way it's meant to be: dry-dropper through the pockets, attractors the fish actually come up for, careful wading on a bouldery bed. The canyon access is easy off the highway. Spring runoff colours it for a while; once it drops and clears, late spring through autumn, it's a lovely, uncomplicated river that reminds you not every good day needs a famous name on it.

  • Limestone
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 January → 31 December