Sight Fishing Fly Fishing Tips Sight fishing is the most exciting way to catch trout while fly fishing. It is late afternoon and you have crept out of the office an hour early to fish on the way home. You are standing a just few steps from your truck, thirty […]
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How Can Colorado Fly Fisherman Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Hitchhikers? In recent years, there has been a noteworthy concern about the health of our trout streams and the impact due to harmful effects non-native invasive species can have on a river. First of all, aquatic Hitchhikers as described by […]
How a trout sees can impact your fly fishing success: Their vision is uniquely adapted to locate food and detect predators from above, both things that anglers must consider. After seeing my fair share of trout scatter while trying to approach them I thought it may be a good idea […]
How to Cast a Fly Rod in the Wind Fly Casting in the wind is one of the sport’s biggest challenges but late summer in Colorado often means breezy afternoon conditions. Few things in sport can be so humbling as a strong wind to a fly fisherman. The wind will […]
Fly Fishing Small Creeks in the Vail, Colorado area is a great option since most anglers tend to focus on well-known rivers that regularly churn out large rainbows and browns during prolific hatches. Trout numbers are usually high and riffles, runs, pools and pocket water all hold fish. These streams […]
Float Fishing Benefits for Beginning Anglers Some beginner fly fishermen are hesitant to book a guided float trip thinking their lack of fly fishing experience may be a problem. As a professional fly fishing guide for the last twenty years that did both wade trips and float trips, the subject […]
Fly fishing the life cycle of the caddis hatch begins by realizing that the most important food source in western rivers is the caddis fly. They are a year-round food source with populations higher than mayflies and stoneflies in most streams. This includes the Eagle River and Roaring Fork River, […]
The month of May and June can be a challenging time for anglers. High winds, drastic temperature variances, and high water caused by sudden snow melt all combine to make fishing with a fly rod harder and more unpredictable. These tough conditions cause many fishermen put their rods away for […]
At Vail Valley Anglers, we are fortunate enough to have access to several rivers which provide fairly predictable insect emergences each summer. While the timing and intensity of these hatches may vary from year to year, each one brings it own unique fly fishing challenges and rewards. Now is the […]
One of the most famed hatches in the entire world happens each year in early June just a short distance from the doors of Vail Valley Anglers on the upper Colorado River. Unfortunately with this year’s huge flows, we won’t see much action during this hatch. But this season, for […]
The Delaney Butte lakes, near Walden, Colorado offer anglers fantastic spring fly fishing. Fly fisherman who visit the three Delaney Butte Lakes can fish a chironomid midge hatch that is so thick you can hear them buzzing as they swarm on shore. The best time to fish these three north […]
Spring Run-off What Flies Work in High Off-Color Water? When the fishing is tough and the fish are tough to figure out, the best fly fishing guides always seem to find a way to put trout in the net. Call it intuition or a hunch or just plain knowledge gained […]
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