Day 2 continued:  We headed out of Hatch for the Topic Resivour and the East Fork of the Sevier River only to find the road closed.  Robert, the owner of a local ATV Rental on the 12 informed us that about a week ago they experienced the worst storm this late in the season in over 27 years.  The roads back to the Tropic Resivour are under 7 feet of snow in some places.  He suggested we head north to Otter Creek and the East Fork of the Sevier River.  We did just that.

One of the few (very few, but more on that later) access points to legally fish is at a turnout near the town of Kingston - 5 miles NW of the Otter Creek Resivour.

The water looked fishy, and I was happy to be finally getting a line wet after another day of travel.

I tied on a beaded flashback PT nymph and hooked up right away.  In my excitement I neglected to notice the amazing amount of underwater structure in the area, and was broken off.  Roughly 5 minutes later I managed to land the first fish of the trip - a hard fighting 14" Rainbow Trout.

After losing some flies and checking in on my wonderful wife, who was sitting in the RV happily working on her hobby, I returned to the same spot with a cream colored Caddis nymph.  The same style fly that works well for me back home.

Isn't she a beaut?  An excellent fight on my 3 wt gear!

We stayed the night at the Otter Creek RV Park, and slept in, ate a big breakfast, napped, got gas, drove south, and ultimately spent the third day just be slow and lazy.  As soon as I save this post I will wake my beautiful wife, so we can eat breakfast before taking in the views offered in Byrce Canyon for the day.  I don't know where we will be after that...