Floating and fly fishing the six miles of the Colorado River between State Bridge Landing and the Two Bridges boat ramp is one of my favorite trips. This stretch of the Colorado River lacks crowds, has amazing scenery, and has differing water types absolutely stuffed with wild fish, mostly brown […]
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One of the classic half day float fishing stretches of the Colorado River lies between the small river community of Rancho Del Rio and the historic boat landing at State Bridge. Here the Colorado meanders and splits into various channels through steep canyon walls and open fields of sagebrush. These […]
Float fishing the Colorado River between Radium and Rancho Del Rio is one of the most scenic floats the river has to offer and the fly fishing is nothing short of excellent. In earlier blogs we discussed fishing the upper Colorado at Gore Canyon and Pumphouse and will be running […]
Float fishing the Colorado River between Pumphouse and Radium is one of western Colorado’s most popular floats for good reason. The scenery is spectacular and the fishing incredible. Float fishing on Vail Valley Anglers section of the Upper Colorado River begins immediately below the Class 5 white water of Gore Canyon […]
Fly Fishing Freestone Rivers There are different types of trout streams that fly fisherman wade and float in pursuit of trout from freestone rivers like our Eagle to dam controlled tailwater rivers like the Frying Pan. Freestone rivers have a certain kind of magic for anglers since they’re flows are […]
Fly fishing the Gore Canyon section of the Colorado River can provide fly fisherman some of the best walk-wade fly fishing opportunities for large wild trout in Colorado.Gore Canyon has been famous for river running since1869 when Captain Samuel Adams first tried to navigate the isolated river canyon on what […]
The Advantages of Fly Fishing Float Trips Fly fishing float trips offer many advantages to both novice and expert anglers. While wade fishing a small stream is a pleasant way to spend a few hours stalking trout, a float trip down a large, scenic western river gives fly fishermen opportunities […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vail Valley Angers Fly Fishing 101 Class Spring runoff season is a great time to take a fly fishing class if you are a beginner looking to learn how to enjoy the sport. If you have never held a fly rod in your hands before, but like the idea of […]
Finally made it to Vail, Colorado for your first ski trip? Are your legs beginning to tire after a few good days on the slopes? Early happy hour for the fourth day in a row? The early spring skiing in Vail, Colorado can be terrific but some of the resorts […]
Guiding Schools to train fly fisherman how to be fly fishing guides have become more and more common as the sport has evolved over the last 25 years. For several decades, it was my pleasure to provide, every spring, several week long fly fishing guiding schools. Taking place in the […]
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