Freestone · Sandstone Limestone · Utah, US

Price River

UTAH MK50-3 Price Canyon 4

The Price is not the glamorous Utah trout river, but it is exactly the kind of practical regional water worth knowing about: a canyon freestone/hybrid through Carbon County with trout in the right cold reaches, a useful stop between the Wasatch and the desert, and enough summer low/warm risk that blind recommendations would be irresponsible.

Tomorrow · Not the day for it
Sex Dungeon
Forecast · Tomorrow
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
SD
Sex Dungeon
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Live gauge
Level
Rising
2.28 m
Lifting fast
Water temp8.9°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather9°C
WindN 18 km/h
Pressure1012 hPa
Rain · recent18.8 mm
Rain · ahead0.2 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Cool — slow
9°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
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 clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · tomorrowQuiet day

12pm(now) — Western Blue-Winged Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 17%

Low insect activity predicted today

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Supporters see what else is on the menu.

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Brown DunHatch
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Western Green DrakeHatch
2
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Flav (Small Western Green Drake)Hatch
2
3
2
Mahogany DunHatch
2
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
SD
Sex Dungeon
2-6 · Pattern
Proven pattern for this period
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Verify UDWR rules and access
  • Apply thermal caution: lower/warmer reaches should not be scored as trout water in heat.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 3
Gallery · 2
  1. UTAH MK50-3 Price Canyon 4
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Price is not the glamorous Utah trout river, but it is exactly the kind of practical regional water worth knowing about: a canyon freestone/hybrid through Carbon County with trout in the right cold reaches, a useful stop between the Wasatch and the desert, and enough summer low/warm risk that blind recommendations would be irresponsible. For Californians crossing Utah, it is a 'worth checking if you're nearby' water, not a destination to plan a week around.

  • Sandstone limestone
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Supporting
What this classification means

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Price River-2' (UT14060007-005_00), 2024 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Fully Supporting. This is a Clean Water Act assessment-unit classification (the US analogue of WFD), not a live reading.

Status is for the Clean Water Act assessment unit covering this reach.

EPA ATTAINS (Clean Water Act) · UT14060007-005_00

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 80 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature82 × 28%23.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity62 × 12%7.4
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 January → 31 December
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