Utah: Life Elevated

I have been planning a western fly fishing trip for a while now.  I've spent a good bit of time out west in Wyoming, Utah and Montana, but haven't been in nearly two years.  I finally bit the bullet and booked the flights and a three day guide trip with Wasatch Guide Service.  The trip to Utah is on! 

I have fished the Weber River a couple times when my sister and brother in law lived in Salt Lake City.  It is beautiful country and SLC is the nicest city I've ever been to (that is saying a lot because I like cities about as much as a cat likes water).  In SLC, you can walk out the front door and see down in the Salt Lake valley and downtown and go out the back door and head right into mountains with moose and marmots.  It is an amazing place.  I must say that I am pretty pumped to get back there!

 

 
Here is a tentative itinerary:


June 3, 2011:  Fly from Syracuse to Salt Lake City.

June 4, 2011:  Check out Fishwest Fly Shop in Sandy, UT and other shops in SLC to get all geared up for some Utah fly fishing.

June 5, 2011:  Hike up to Lake Blanche and Sundial Peak in Big Cottonwood Canyon to fish a couple high mountain lakes.

June 6-8, 2011: Guided fishing trip with Wasatch Guide Service on the Provo and Weber Rivers after some trophy brown and rainbow trout.

June 9, 2011:  Head south to the Moab, UT area to get a taste of high desert. 

Photo courtesy of www.raftingamerica.com

June 10, 2011: Travel back north to Salt Lake City and maybe catch a hike or quick stop at a stream for some trout.  Take a red eye from SLC back to Syracuse. 

Anyone want to join??