Tailwater · Limestone · Utah

Lower Provo River

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Terrain map

The Lower Provo runs down the canyon below Deer Creek toward Provo, a colder, faster tailwater with big browns and rainbows and a famous cluster of hatches — the Provo's blue-winged olives and the summer caddis are the ones people plan their week around.

Species

A proper day on the water

Low and clear — careful approach country. Stay small, stay accurate.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Cool — slow
9°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature8228% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity6212% weight
Conditions
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp
9.0°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
22°C
Wind
W 12 km/h
Light 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
Good — water clarity 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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1
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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2
Western Blue-Winged OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Pale Morning DunHatch
2
3
3
2

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

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Open all year
  • ACCESS CAUTION: Utah's floating-access law lets you float over private water but does NOT grant a right to wade or stand on a private streambed
  • Fish verified public reaches only; confirm access reach by reach before promoting it
  • Verify current UDWR gear/limit rules
  • Flow tracks Deer Creek releases.
Directions
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About this water

The Lower Provo runs down the canyon below Deer Creek toward Provo, a colder, faster tailwater with big browns and rainbows and a famous cluster of hatches — the Provo's blue-winged olives and the summer caddis are the ones people plan their week around. It's a fine river that also happens to be where the app earns its keep on access. Some of this canyon is straightforward public water; some of it threads past private ground where the right to float over the surface is not the right to wade or stand on the bed. Fish the verified public stretches, mind the signs, and don't trust a casual 'everyone fishes here.' Good water, but do your homework on where you're allowed to put your feet.

  • Limestone
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 January → 31 December
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