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Show - 5 - D'haenens, a transplant from Southern California and a student at Brigham Young University in Provo, has only been fishing a year. For him the river is frustrating, mainly because he has never caught anything from its chilly course. His final biting words on the subject? "There ain't no fish in the lower Provo River! " Fortunately, all novices do not share this sentiment nor do they have the same remarkably bad luck. Robin Porsley, a Provo resident for four years, was introduced to the river in 1980 and has been hooked ever since. "I just started catching them right off the bat," she says innocently, "and I usually don't even have to try that hard." Making things easy for the fisher is perhaps what the river does best. Ever heard of a drive-in fishing hole? There are several sections of river that wind through the city of Provo making it possible to park right alongside the shore. Off to the side of Provo's busiest highway is one of the stream's best locations for catching brown trout. If you break your line Or lose your lure, there's a sporting goods store across the street. Any way you cast it, the river aims to please. From neophyte to veteran the line is the same-they love the lower Provo. They've been snagged, gaffed, reeled in, and tackled by its irresistible bait, '"or them, the impending close of 1982's fishing season poses no threat. As fish-aholic Walt Liddiard puts it "as long as the lower Provo stays open... I'm happy." |