W4F - Fly Fishing Green River - Utah

Ken Tanaka is back on the water! This time fly fishing the cicada hatch on the Green River in Utah with Doug Roberts of Old Moe Guide Service. Old Moe is the only Orvis endorsed guide service on the Green. For booking contact
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Last time I was fishing with Doug it was a little bit later in the season and we fished the W4F Hip Hopper all day long. This time I was lucky enough to catch the Cicada hatch and fished a size 2 dry fly all day long! I highly recommend fly fishing cicadas!
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Thomas & Thomas Avantt 9' 5wt with Abel Vaya reel
Rio In-Touch Gold
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[@beo77]

Siiick. Dang beautiful river. Thanks for taking us with you Ken.

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you for the kind words and support Sung. The Green is definitely one of the most incredible stream. Not only aesthetically but one incredible fishery as well. Thanks for watching.

[@beo77]

@@Wish4Fish hey Ken. Got a fly fishing question maybe you can help me out. Think Catskills size river (not sure if you have been on the Esopus) but there is a tricky current that i dont know how to get a good drift on. Wide flat riffle narrows to a fast ripping white water into a plunge pool smacking the right bank, creating a counterclock spinning LARGE slow eddy on the inside left bank. Do i fish this eddy drifting backwards? If i wade into the eddy to fish the seam i spook all the fish. I managed to pull 1 out of there but really should have pulled out 6-10. Thanks for reading my long winded Q.

[@Wish4Fish]

I would be more than happy to help. Contact me through my website so we can get the conversation going. Wish4Fish.com

[@Wish4Fish]

The short answer is yes. Fish the back eddy drifting it backwards. If you watch the video again you can see me fishing back eddys drifting it upstream a couple times. Although I would have to see this stream / scenario to know how I would approach it.

[@timshields5554]

what a great day of fishing!

[@Wish4Fish]

Not bad at all 😉 Hard to not have a great day on the Green. Highly recommended.

[@americanfisherman9781]

Another great video!! The Green River is so beautiful! Great Fishery!!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much! No doubt! Fantastic fishery! One of my favorites.

[@edboutdoors3632]

On the fly

[@MrCandunc]

Nothing but good fly fishing action! Love that reel! Thanks for the vid......

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much for the kind words. No doubt! The Vaya is awesome!

[@JustinCarf]

The scenery and fish simply beautiful! Great video, homie!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you farmer Justin!

[@brianconroy9109]

Great video. Jake says 2 thumbs way up headed out this weekend ourselves. The Tug is the Drug brother. Thanks again keep em' coming.

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much guys! Good luck this weekend!

[@frankieshoenfelt8550]

" WE DIE ZONE" Solid fishing Ken. Keep up the Hard Work

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! Thanks Frankie!

[@jeffreylsands]

Awesome video and some sweeeet dry fishing! Loved the release on that bow!!!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much Jeffrey

[@robertlansche1267]

Great Video Ken! keep catching them fish!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much Robert

[@jeremyalpenglow2273]

One of the most fun vids i've ever seen! Especially exciting since we're planning a trip in a few weeks :)

[@Wish4Fish]

Thanks Jeremy. New Green River video up next Tuesday!

[@pikeandmore2706]

Cool video 👍🎣

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much

[@mikekuczynski1552]

The Green is one of the most beautiful rivers to fish , the water is amazingly clear . If you hit the Cicadas it's a real treat . B and C are my favorite sections . Doug is a great guide fished with him a couple of times good on the sticks and getting you on the fish and out of the death zone :-)

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! No doubt!

[@Flyfisher79]

Awesome video. This gets me even more pumped, I go float the green on August 22. I’ve never fished there or been in a drift boat, my boy and I are pumped to say the least. Keep the great videos coming.

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much for the kind words. NICE! You should have an amazing time! Please let me know how your first experience was! I would like to hear how it went: More videos to come for sure!! Are you on Instagram? You can see what’s coming up next! Monster Dorado in Bolivia!

[@glencamblin]

David. Bring your ants and hoppers. Check out Egan's bionic ant that is available from "fly fish food" even if the fishin sucks a float down the green is always a treat

[@KaptenInsano]

Utah is on my list for next year. This is just making it harder to wait that long lol. Some awesome fishing

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! Thank you very much. Be careful with the Cicada hatch! Some years it doesnt happen at all!

[@BryanWentFishing]

Watching this is making me "Green" with envy! 😂 Great video Ken!

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha... Well now it’s time to go yourself! Thank you very much for the kind words.

[@bendoskipowerfishing]

Very cool

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you Josh

[@DanielOrr26]

That was insane!!!

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! Thanks man. Yeah, the Green is a special place. Speaking of!... new Green video drops next Tuesday!

[@coltonmaxfield4638]

Keep it up ken!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much Colton

[@devinspeth6063]

Love it!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you Devin

[@Majormini24]

Going in May, so stoked!

[@Wish4Fish]

Nice! You have a guide or DIY?

[@MidLifeFlysis]

Loved the video Ken! Especially the intro, it gave me a good laugh, then the nonstop action, woohoo! Thanks for sharing!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much MLF!

[@austing9818]

awesome!!!!!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you Austin

[@codygappmayer1760]

Awesome video! I love living in Utah, we have some killer water around here. Pretty hard to beat a float on the green though!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you Cody. I love it over there as well! No doubt. The Green is definitely hard to beat!

[@codygappmayer1760]

Been watching your videos for a long time just now subbed and followed on insta. Don’t know why it took me so long. Keep killin it out there!

[@tightliningmd]

4 dislikes? I just don't get it. What a trip! Looks like I need to get out here and give it a shot. Huge fish and great numbers of them. Glad you had such success. Thanks for sharing!

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! Haters are gonna hate. You know what they say though. "If you have haters, you know you're doing something right" Thank you very much. I highly recommend the Green and especially Doug / Old Moe. Best guide and service out there without a doubt. Did you happen to see my video with me and Doug from 2016? HOPPERS! That was insane as well. Just so you know it's not a fluke. ;-)

[@tightliningmd]

@@Wish4Fish I have seen it. I remembered seeing it as soon as I saw the name/heard the company. That was also a blast from the past. Cool they were hitting cicadas. I believe Western MD is due for that hatch next year. I hear it is EPIC. I am going to head out to try and "catch" it. Totally agree with you on the haters. Keep doing what you are doing!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you!

[@Chompchompyerded]

The fish ain't nothin' like the cuts we used to catch when I was a kid growing up in Brown's Park. No cuts left. It's all smaller browns and cuts. I guess nothing is like it was 60 years ago though.

[@michaelkershisnik4564]

Doug's the best!!

[@Wish4Fish]

No doubt! He’s the only one I will fish with on the Green.

[@jdcrosby5014]

I went up 2 weeks ago and caught thirty fish on size two cicadas. Great Video.

[@Wish4Fish]

Tell me about it. As I mentioned I had to edit fish out. When I had the rough edit with just all the fish caught the video was over 22min! Haha.... Thanks JD.

[@parkergasser4721]

I hooked into a monster in the WE DIE zone, that thing took me so far out, almost an exact repeat of your fish, just in the rapids 😂

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! Yeah, they know exactly what they are doing. I tried to stop him but it finally broke off.

[@gronthomson]

Reel? Rod? Line? What flies were you using and hook #? Excellent video! Thank you!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words. All that information is always in the description below the video. As for the fly, that will only work during the Cicada hatch.

[@ReelHustle100]

I’m going to drift the green this coming weekend! Never been. Hoping to get some dry fly action but not to sure what’s happening this time of year

[@Wish4Fish]

Nice! The Green is an amazing place. Good Luck!

[@thewanderingmeadows1627]

I’d say Doug isn’t worried about job security on the green. Keep em coming man!

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha! Definitely not. Best guide and service on the Green!

[@bradrtorgersen_videos]

I've never fished the green. Would be curious to see how those trout respond to some spinners, or even a small spoon. Nice video! Great fish!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much

[@brendonvirgil-virgilcustom8441]

I have never had them respond to spinners or spoons. They do love the sinking rapalas in brown trout and raninbow trout colors.

[@Utahlonghorn]

Great video as always. Did you do an A,B float?

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you Lee. A,B & C Obviously skipped over the commentary! Busted 😉

[@user-kz5tx5ef4h]

Nice! Where did you stay?

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much. I always stay in Vernal

[@flytyingty]

Ken! Great video as always. As a japanese american flyfisherman, you're a huge inspiration for me. Was wondering if you'd be comfortable telling if you're nissei or sansei? Just curious cuz I've noticed most JA flyfisherman I've met seem to be sansei. Tight lines!

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much! I am 2nd. Have you seen the video of me and my son camping / fishing on the Davidson? That was the first time I spoke Japanese in a video! Haha If you're on Facebook you should my Japanese Fly Fishing Association group and page! Please do add me as well. facebook.com/groups/JapanFlyFish facebook.com/JapanFlyFish

[@flytyingty]

@@Wish4Fish just joined/added! thanks for the info!

[@flyfishingphysician]

Excellent video as always. Is the cicada hatch generally in late May? I'm hoping to hit this river once I graduate med school here in Utah.

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much. Thats the unfortunately thing about the Cicadas is that it could not happen at all! If it does, its around June / July. It might start in May but the fishing will be tough because of runoff and dam release flows.

[@gscotty311]

Wish4Fish Day after the 4th of July was HOT on Cicadas all day. B section to avoid crowds on A section.

[@williamcooke6056]

Tanakattack!

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha

[@RYKIADVENTURES]

This looks like it was so much fun! What are your favorite flies to use up there??

[@Wish4Fish]

Oh it most definitely is that! Out west for me is all about matching the hatch. 95% of the time I am using a dry fly and in this case it was 100%.

[@paulkerby4829]

Damn

[@Wish4Fish]

The Green will make you say that a lot! 😉

[@upstater1775]

Really well done! What time of the year did you film this?

[@Wish4Fish]

Thank you very much for the kind words Jason. This was in July.

[@TricheleRead]

The guide didn't get out of his seat all day lol

[@Wish4Fish]

Gotta love a easy day!

[@morghonthompson6202]

Where about was this on the River, near flaming gorge or no?

[@Wish4Fish]

Yes

[@gscotty311]

A, B...Aaaand C!!?👀. Holy Shit! That’s A LOT of river mileage! How many miles exactly? Just got done with a run on the A as I type this!

[@Wish4Fish]

Haha. I have no idea. Well, we didn’t finish C. We took out towards the beginning of C. Nice! How was it?

[@gscotty311]

@@Wish4Fish I see lol! That's still an epic float of PRIME water in the middle of HOT cicada season. My absolute favorite technique in all the various forms of fly fishing is from a boat when it's hot on top like that! ESPECIALLY the green on the B section. Have yet to fish C but plan to before years end. My float was fun as I was teaching my nephews of 10 & 12 YO how to fish from the drift boat. Success! Thanks for the videos Ken! You really inspire! Tight lines!

[@Wish4Fish]

That’s what it’s all about. I think the Green is a great place to teach people that are new to the sport. Obviously a better caster will go a long way but on the Green it’s not a deal breaker if you can’t cast well. Plus with the water clarity you can see a lot of what’s going on. It’s so beautiful there that just floating it is a fantastic trip. That’s great that you got to pass the torch to the next generation. Thank you very much for the kind words and support.

[@TopSecretVid]

Wow they really seem to stock the hell out of the Green River...sweet

[@Wish4Fish]

Stock? They only stock some Rainbow and Cutties. These are none of those.

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

Wattles?

[@Wish4Fish]

Can you be more specific?

[@atfarley]

I want to hear from the people who thumbs-down this video.

[@Wish4Fish]

HAHA! Haters. Happens on EVERY video! You notice that its always around the same number. That's because is the same D-bags that hate all my videos. That "D" stands for dislike of course. ;-) My favorite is when the video is 15min long and I have a dislike within 1min.

[@atfarley]

@@Wish4Fish Can't let the internet get you down, thanks for the fun video. I only live a few hours from the Utah Green, I sure picked the wrong year to miss the cicada hatch. It's seemed extra slow the two years previous. I love that river.

[@Wish4Fish]

Oh it's gonna take a LOT more than "dislikes" to get me down. You know what they say... "If have haters you must be doing something right." Oh yeah you did! Yeah, the past 2 years have been nothing to write home about but this year was bonkers! I do love the Green as well. I go back and forth between the Green and the Henry's Fork on which one I like more. Thank you very much for the kind words and support.

[@clintonwood8805]

love the action.... but the groaning every few seconds.... I had to mute the video after 5 mins of it lol..... Were fishing gents not powerlifting haha

[@Wish4Fish]

😂 "fishing gents" you take fly fishing way too seriously.

[@joshhadden7398]

LOL all you do is fish with s guide which is easy,,, they still have to tell you when to set. YT channel is bold

[@Wish4Fish]

Yup, you got it. Only with guides. 😂

[@leeeng478]

So the trout on the green river are poisonous? Everybody throws there fish back. Does anybody eat trout anymore?

[@Wish4Fish]

Not sure what the limits are on the Green but I’m catch and release so it doesn’t matter. Sure I will keep a trout every once a decade but it’s definitely not gonna be a 20in breeder trout like these.

[@leeeng478]

@@Wish4Fish Fishing is catching. Jesus never threw a fish back. LIBERALS ruining everything for everybody. Why put a hook in a fishes mouth and torture it if you are not gonna eat it! To top it off they are not even native fish there GERMAN browns.

[@dragonbob2924]

@@leeeng478 If everyone had the same ideology, there would be no more fish. Either that or the bag limit would be way lower. Fisheries like this are sustainable because of catch and release. Hundreds fish that river every week, if every person who fished that river limited out, the fish would be gone in a month. Also, catch and release is hardly a liberal idea.

[@leeeng478]

@@dragonbob2924 That's total BULL. People have been catching fish for thousands of years. Catch and release is a sickness! Your catching PLANTER German Browns! The big dams ruined all the fish runs so hatcheries planted millions of fish for the General public to catch and eat fish. Under your mentality don't eat cows or pigs or they will go extinct. Its real simple fish and game needs to plant more fish as per there original guidelines when they built the dams and ruined the natural fishery. Sharing a fish that's crazy!

[@dragonbob2924]

@@leeeng478 Your right about everything being ruined. Maybe way back then it would be sustainable for a small population of people to survive off of wild reproducing fish. But things have changed now, the rivers are dammed and some are damaged beyond repair. Until it goes back to the way it was centuries ago. Catch and release is needed to a certain extent, especially for species like bass, walleye, or striped bass, which don't get stocked. You can that in countries where people keep everything, the fishing is much worse.