BASALT – Dry fly fishing has been very good lately on the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork. The midge hatches have been the dominant force on the Fryingpan, while midges and blue winged olives are hatching ...

BASALT – As we quickly approach the month of March, several exciting changes take place along the rivers of the Roaring Fork Valley. Forget about basketball and March Madness – this is the time of ...

SILVERTHORNE — A time of transition has arrived along the Blue River. No longer summer yet not true fall, signs of both are evident to fishermen pulling on waders and rigging up fly rods in the ...

For those of you who are new to the game or have been holed up in some dark, far-off place, I would like to introduce and recommend a very effective way to fish our rivers and streams here in the ...

My favorite bug is starting to hatch on the Fryingpan tailwater. In a world where green drakes get all the attention, pale morning duns seem to get second billing. In my humble opinion, PMDs hatch ...

Steve Moss offered these tips, geared especially to winter fly fishing, based on his 15 years of fly fishing experience on the Spokane River. •When swinging a fly pattern in the current, whether it’s ...

The Eagle River transitions rapidly into the ideal fly-fishing river for both the floating angler and the wading fly fisher. The window usually closes quickly, but this season the floating has held ...

When caddis leave the bottom of the stream to emerge, very often they take their nymphal shuck up with them, letting the current help them shed this extra baggage. Their wings will start to pop out ...

There's an old joke in the ranks of Bighorn River fishing guides that goes: "There are old guides and there are bold guides - but Frank Johnson is too old to be bold!" Just kidding, Frank. The truth ...

SILVERTHORNE – For those anglers who may see the recent warm temperatures as a surefire sign that fishing season is beginning to heat up, Sean Dailey said that, well, you’re right. “It’s getting a lot ...

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