The Green River - Day 1

After coming home for the weekend and enjoying time with the grandkids, Nick and I headed to the Green River. The Green River below Flaming Gorge is purposely flooded every spring to help the spawning of an endangered species of fish. This occurs in May just before the other rivers have runoff. This means that by the time runoff is bad in other rivers, the Green has already started cutting back on the flows and the river is in decent shape. This ended up being the case this week. The water was nice and low and clear. The main problem we had was the wind. This made casting quite difficult. I had arranged for us to stay in a cabin at Flaming Gorge Recreational Services and to meet the guide the next day at noon. The cabin was real nice and did have its own bathroom and shower. In fact, it had two separate bedrooms, each with two bunk beds. It had a fridge, microwave and a TV. Dinner came with the cabin and guide package so I ended up having ribs again while Nick had Chicken Fried Steak and Potatoes.

Since we didn’t have to meet our guide until noon, we went to the river at little hole and fished for a half hour or so. Then we set up our tent at Dripping Spring so we wouldn’t have to set it up late that night after a long day of fishing. Flaming Gorge Rec. Services had no more rooms left for this night.