As stated in Part 1 of Rowing for Fly Fishing, “Basics for Safely Running Drift Boats or Rafts,” a poorly skilled oarsman will result in a not so productive fishing experience. The oarsman is the captain of the boat that helps anglers get into fish, a highly skilled captain can […]
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As an avid fly fisherman, you come across a lot of different beliefs, folklore and trite expressions and sometimes, it is hard to interpret what is real and what is make believe. Here is an example: “The flies are for the fisherman not the fish.” I believe there is a […]
Here are some fundamental tips that every angler should look to abide by out on the river when your fly fishing from a raft or drift boat.
November and 60-degree temperatures do not fare well for the ski runs. However, rivers flowing through Colorado ski country around Vail, Beaver Creek, and Aspen are in great shape. Cool evenings, bright moonlit nights and Indian summer daytime temperatures have therefore combined to create some stellar fly fishing opportunities for […]
Colorado River: The mighty Colorado River, the most iconic watershed of the American West, begins life as a small creek in Rocky Mountain National Park in the central region of the Centennial State. As it flows through Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, the river gains volume as numerous tributaries augment its flows. […]
Rocky Mountain Gold Medal Water: Here in the Rocky Mountains of Central Colorado we are lucky to have several nearby Gold Medal trout fisheries that offer fantastic fly fishing. The Gold Medal designation is the highest ranking for top quality fishing for wild trout that a fishery can achieve in […]
Anglers looking to escape the crowds who are searching for unpressured fly fishing destination in Colorado should try a few of these streams. A river has been selected for each season of the year so you will always have a new fly fishing destination to check out here in Colorado. […]
Early Spring fly fishing in Colorado is excellent and many anglers are already flocking to local rivers near Vail, Colorado searching for big brown and rainbow trout. Well known hatches of Blue-winged Olive mayflies and a variety of midges hatch each day on rivers like the Eagle and Roaring Fork […]
The intense hatches and predictably excellent fly fishing of July on the Roaring Fork may be months away, but for anglers in the know, if you are willing to put up with some cooler weather, early season spring float fishing on the Roaring Fork is just as good minus the […]
Despite the unpredictable weather and sometimes difficult fishing conditions that we experience during the spring fly fishing season, it remains one of my favorite times to fish here in central Colorado. The tricky weather keeps fishing pressure to a minimum. The steadily increasing insect activity makes for hungry, strong-fighting fish. […]
Colorado is best known for its excellent fly fishing for trout but there are many other species of fish to target with a fly rod here in the Centennial State. In the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, trout are the glamour species. They’re the fish that keep fly fishing guides busy […]
Cold Weather Fly Fishing: Winter is here in full effect in the Rockies, and fly fishermen are experiencing some of the coldest fishing weather of the year. Daytime high temperatures are barely getting into the low twenties, and they are not staying there for long. This means that a day […]
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