Spring fishing report

I have had the opportunity in the last week to travel the area and check on the condition of some of the water. In general most Caribou County streams are still too high to fish with a few exceptions. The Portneuf River flows are at good levels and the water clarity is surprisingly good. The river bottom is exceptionally muddy this year, probably due to the low spring runoff that usually blows out the river. I went to only one spot on the Portneuf that usually holds good numbers of fish and did not even see a fish, so I need to do more exploring. The very top of the South Fork of Toponce Creek fished well in the beaver dams. I caught two very small cutthroat yesterday out of 24 mile creek, but watch out for the mosquitos. Ledge creek has some great brook trout fishing. I checked out a friends recommendation in Franklin County this week also and found the water looking in pretty good shape. I believe they call this water the West Fork of the Bear River. I will be out of town for the next week but it looks like flows are already on the downhill slide and that things should be pretty normal by the second or third week of June this year.