Freestone · Quartzite Granite · Utah, US

Uinta south-slope streams cluster

Reader Creek Meadows, High Uintas

The south slope of the High Uintas is the Utah expansion that will make a Californian angler stop comparing everything to the Sierra.

Today · Not the day for it
Sex Dungeon
Forecast · Today
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 · Today
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Duchesne River
Water temp6.4°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather3°C
WindN 13 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead19.3 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Duchesne River. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Cutthroat Trout
Cool — slow
6°C est.ideal 9–15°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Cutthroat 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 insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Chironomids
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 10am

12pm(now) — Black Midge

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 24%

Peak activity at 10am — Black Midge

Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Sculpin (North America)Hatch
2
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Brown DunHatch
2
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2
SalmonflyHatch
2
3
2
Golden StoneHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Cutthroat Trout fly box
SD
Sex Dungeon
2-6 · Pattern
Proven pattern for this period
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Cluster overview
  • Verify each stream's access, guide-permit context, and cutthroat-specific rules before surfacing individual reaches
  • Handle native cutthroat conservatively.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 1
Duchesne River
29 km
82
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Cutthroat trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Reader Creek Meadows, High Uintas
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The south slope of the High Uintas is the Utah expansion that will make a Californian angler stop comparing everything to the Sierra. Lake Fork, Rock Creek, Yellowstone, Whiterocks and the Uinta River drain cold, high country into the Uinta Basin, with wild trout, native cutthroat context, pocket water and a fraction of the pressure of the Provo corridor. Treat this as a cluster of options rather than one precise river: the waters are numerous, access varies, and some reaches deserve careful native-fish handling. The appeal is obvious — high-country trout, guideable walk-wade water, and a real sense of being somewhere different.

  • Quartzite granite
Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Impaired
What this classification means

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Uinta River-4' (UT14060003-024_00), 2024 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Not Supporting. Listed impairment causes: Metals Other Than Mercury. 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) · UT14060003-024_00

The full read · show the working · for Cutthroat Trout · confidence 75%
How the 69 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature54 × 28%15.1
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time75 × 13%9.8
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity46 × 12%5.5
Conditions total= 69
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Duchesne Riverproxy
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 9–15 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 January → 31 December
Related guides
Euro Nymphingsubsurface methods
Booking & contacts