Ruby Lake NWR was essentially empty, but the fishing was out of this world. I fished for 4 solid days and had great fishing throughout.

From there, I gave myself plenty of time to get to the Green River in Utah below Flaming Gorge, and even took a day to figure out our shuttle, timing, flies, rods, boats, etc… for what was intened to be a three day float. It ended up being a 2 day float. The first day on the A section was outstanding. The weather was a bit rainy and blustery, but the Baetis came off and fishing a BWO to them elicited many takes. We camped that night just below Little Hole. Side canyons were running high with brown water, so the Green River itself was off color and the fishing did suffer. The next morning we decided to go for the end and hope that our shuttled vehicle got there a day early. It did, but it was a long day of rowing. In the future, I recommend doing a little research to see if the side canyons are running. If they are, just float the A section. If they are not, the A section and B section are about all you will need or want to do. I will say that the scenery all the way down was gorgeous.

From there, I dropped down to Moab. The idea was to go to the Fremont River, but I suspect that it was in full spring runoff mode, so decided to stay put in Moab a few days. The San Juan, usually reliable, was being ramped up in flows to 5000cfs. At that flow, there is no point in even going. So, I returned to Ruby Lake NWR for a couple of days before heading home.