Reservoir · Mixed · Utah

Strawberry Reservoir

Strawberry Reservoir venue image
Fair · Cutthroat Trout
Callibaetis Nymph · 12-16
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
47% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • WindN 5 km/hCalm
Today's fly
CN
Callibaetis Nymph12-16
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
N 5 km/h
N
N
from the north
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp14°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Cutthroat Trout
When
Ice-off spring and autumn; midsummer fish go deep and wind is a factor
Where
Start with Callibaetis Nymph (12-16) on a slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Callibaetis Nymph (12-16) on a slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Gray DrakeHatch
2
2
CallibaetisHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Hexagenia (Western)Hatch
2
2
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
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3
3
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Cutthroat Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Open all year
  • A slot limit protects the Bonneville cutthroat — verify the current slot and harvest rules against UDWR
  • Tiger trout are present as a bonus species.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
88%
Cloud100%
Wind100%
Temp60%

Conditions are ideal for Strawberry Reservoir — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.

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Gallery · 1
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Water quality · US Clean Water Act
  • Aquatic life: Impaired
  • Recreation: Impaired
What this classification means

Recreation: Bacteria/pathogen advisory — mind wading cuts and immersion.

EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Strawberry-4' (UT14060004-013_00), 2024 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Not Supporting. Listed impairment causes: Oxygen Depletion, pH Acidity Caustic Conditions. 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) · UT14060004-013_00

Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 January → 31 December
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