Buy Zimmerman Flies Online!

Geezus Lizard (black/olive & crayfish #1/0) $5.99 ea. Click Link Here!

Geezus Lizard (black/olive & crayfish #1/0) $6.50 ea. Click Link Here!

Geezus Lizard (Purple/Pink, Black/Olive, and Crayfish) $5.50 ea. Click Here!

Geezus Lizard (crayfish 1/0) $4.95 ea. Click Here!

Geezus Lizard $4.75ea Click Here!

Geezus Lizard (Black/Olive) $6.50ea. Click Here!

Geezus Lizard (Alaskan) or: Purple/Pink $5.50 ea. Click Here!












Backstabber (wine & black) $2.25 ea. Click Link Here!

Backstabber (olive, black & rust) $2.29 ea. Click Link Here!

Backstabber Six Fly Selection (2 black, 2 rust, 1 grey minnow & 1 wine) $15 Click Link Here!

Backstabbers (1 Doz. Wine) $24 Click Link Here!

Backstabbers (black, rust & wine) $2.50 ea. Click Link Here!

Backstabbers (Black, Grey, Olive, Rust ans Wine) $2.75 ea. Click Link Here!













Clown Shoe Yellow Sally (#16) $2.25 ea. Click Link Here!

Clown Shoe Yellow Sally (#16) $2.00 ea. Click Here!










Clown Shoe Caddis (3-Pack #18,#16 and #14) $6.45 Click Here!

Clown Shoe Caddis (olive & brown, #14 &16) $2.25 ea.Click Link Here

Clown Shoe Caddis, Brown (Sold in Germany!) #14+16 $2 EUR ea. $19.90 EUR per. doz. Click Link Here!

Clown Shoe Caddis (Olive #14, 16) $1.95ea Click Here!

Clown Shoe Caddis (Brown #14, 16) $1.95ea Click Here!

Clown Shoe Caddis (Brown or Olive #18, #16 or #14) $2.25 Click Here!













Banksia Bug (Olive #18, 16, 14 and 12) $2.50 ea. Click Here!











Texas Ringworm (Black Eel)  $5.99 ea. Click Here!
Texas Ringworm (Black Eel)  $6.25 ea. Click Here!

Texas Ringworm (Sunfish) $5.99 ea. Click Here!
Texas Ringworm (Sunfish) $5.00 ea.   Click Here!
Texas Ringworm (Sunfish) $6.25 ea. Click Here!

Chili Pepper Worm (#1 three inch, #2 two inch) $5.95ea. Click Here!
Chili Pepper Worm (#3/0) $5.25ea. Click Here!

Fly Fishing for Carp in Colorado

"Rocky Mountain Redfish" otherwise known as the common carp have been quickly growing in popularity among fly fishers. It has taken many years for most of us to overcome the Trash Fish stigma. The entrenching of catch and release in fly fishing culture and the increased travel to saltwater fishing destinations has opened the door for the widespread acceptance of carp fishing. The appeal of stalking large fish in shallow flats is overwhelming!

I have compiled a few short videos to possibly answer some questions about fly fishing for carp, but mainly to get people motivated! If you are planning a trip to Texas or Louisiana to chase redfish, or a trip for bonefish and permit...this type of fishing is the best (maybe ONLY) way to get you in the right frame of mind. Your saltwater trip will be noticeably more productive!

Book and DVD Reviews

Read Full Review Fly Fishing The Seasons

The single most important factor that determines a fly angler’s approach to a stretch of water isn't the time of day, nor is it a hatch of insects or even the character of the water itself. It’s the season. From spring and summer through fall and winter, changes in weather dictate changes in strategy. This can be intimidating. If fish were biting here a month ago, why are things so different now? Where to go where they might be better?

Read Full Review No Shortage of Good Days I discovered John Gierach when I was a teenager. I found a beat-up copy of Trout Bum in a cardboard boxof fishing books stacked at one end of a sagging yellow couch in a cabin somewhere in Western Pennsylvania. I had been invited out to the cabin for a week of trout fishing with friends from school. I was full of young enthusiasm about the trip, as well as the still fairly new discovery of fly fishing. I had no friends that fly fished, and no local shops to help me acclimate...





Read Full Review The first line of the introduction to this book is simple and understated. And the concept for this book is simple. This book is a paper and ink tribute to all the flies and fly tiers who influenced, or somehow contributed to the delinquency of Scott Sanchez...




Read Full Review He is considered a local treasure here in Colorado and his flies are found in every one of our fly boxes.It can be easily argued that Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying was one of the top instructional fly tying books ever published. And, yes, I am comparing it to all the greats! Also, with the help of Jay Nichols, one of the best looking books of its type ever put together. But I did have one complaint...purely out of my own selfishness, I wanted more of Charlies own, original fly patterns in the book...




Read Full Review Alright…I have said it before, but tentatively. If you have not heard of The flyfish Journal yet, you will soon. I made this statement tentatively a few months ago because I had just received the first issue. And was blown away.







Read Full Book Review Not just another published collection of 800 slight variations of basically the same midge pupa. I found a good one here… Secret Flies features over 350 proven fly designs by twenty-one respected Czech and Slovak fly tiers. Flipping through these pages will get your creative juices flowing…I guarantee it!




















Read Full Book Review From Panama to Alaska and back to the Heartlands, the author finds in fishing and fish and the art of fly-tying a way to find his path into love and life. Think of Melville's Ishmael, reborn as a culture-shocked ex-paratrooper, struggling for meaning and accommodation in these contemporary chronicles of water, wildness, and meditation.







Read Full Book Review When this book came out many of my friends (who spend a lot of time fishing the high lakes) were pissed off. They were upset because many of their favorite cutthroat lakes and the hiking routes were mentioned. This told me one thing: I needed a copy!









Read Full Review on DVD FlyFisherman magazine has recently released a series of fly tying DVDs called the Foundation 40 Fly Patterns. The series is listed like a college class list, 101-Beginning Patterns, 201-Basic Patterns, 301-Intermediate Patterns and 401-Advanced Patterns. In this DVD (first of the series) you will get to take a lesson from the master, Charlie Craven.

Fly Tying Instruction

How to Tie the Texas Ringworm Fly (Step by Step) This fly was designed for one simple purpose...to completely revolutionize the way we fly fish for bass in this country. To put fly fishermen on the same playing field as every conventional gear bass fisherman.

How (And Why) to Tie a Furled Dubbing Loop Furling fly tying materials is not necessarily a new or innovative technique . I have even seen fly tying books devoted entirely to the practice. I have even seen tiers making small leeches using twisted dubbing loops. 

Sharpie (The Tier’s Companion) Unconventional tricks. Cheap tricks. I love ‘em all. Peek into any avid fly tier’s kit bag and you will learn some cool new stuff to add to your own arsenal. The best ones are usually the simple ones. One of my favorites is having a black Sharpie marking pen handy on my fly tying desk. Here are some of the ways I like to use it.

How to Tie the UV Asher The UV Asher is a drastic improvement on a classic fly. The original Orange Asher has been an old staple for many years, but does not get used often anymore. Most fly shops carry them, but many of the newer shop employees may not know what bin it is in...or have no idea what you are talking about! The old, original was a great fly...





Streamer Hydrodynamics (Geeks Only!) As you have probably gathered, we at the shop are not dry-fly purists...nor are we exclusive to trout. We spend a exorbitant amount of time fishing and developing new (and occasionally better) flies for saltwater and warmwater. Most of these flies are what can be lumped into the streamer fly category.

5 Ways To Use The Loon UV Light I made this 10 min YouTube video demonstrating five different ways to utilize the Loon Outdoors UV Knot Sense and Fly Paints. Tie an Egg Sucking Leech, Olive UV Back Scud, Iceman Midge pupa, Bellyache Minnow Streamer and the UV Asher dry fly.

The Krystowski Minnow is one of my early original fly designs. I began tying this fly long before I was part of the fly fishing industry and a contract fly designer. It was at a point in my life when I had very limited time to spend behind a vise...

Backstabber Carp Fly

I use this carp fly almost exclusively...with much success!

The creation of the Geezus Lizard Bass Fly hinged entirely on the conception of the ferruled dubbing loop tail. I have tried for years to build a worm-like fly, or fly appendage, to mimic the rubber worms conventional bass anglers have in their arsenal...

Iceman Midge Pupa I am a big fan of midge pupa. I love to fish them, because they work so well…and they almost never don’t work. I think that made sense? But, more than anything, I love to tie them. And I love to look at other guys midges, too. (Not in the shower at the gym, however.)

Banksia Bug Pupa I began tying this fly to imitate the masses of free-living caddis larva in all my home waters here in Colorado and elsewhere in trout streams all over the West...

Clown Shoe Caddis Dry The development of this fly began with the frustration over the inability to find a decent work horse dry fly to act as a mule for a couple heavy dropper nymphs in rough water...

Fly Fishing Instruction

Read The Story Fly Fishing for Pike in Colorado (a crash course) Northern Pike are an exciting quarry. Many spin fishermen and bait casters are aware of how fun pike can be, but fly fishers are mostly oblivious. Less than 15% of fly fishermen in Colorado have ever cast to pike or musky. See More Stories About Pike!

Read The Story Become a Professional Pickpocket The Colorado Front Range has a plethora of small to medium-sized rivers most of which are considered high gradient. What this all translates to is miles upon miles of pocket water. The faster you become proficient on this pocket water the better your fishing experience will become.





 

Read The Story The Art of the Grip & Grin: How to take better fishing photos We fishermen have been attempting to capture the memory of our catch since the beginning of mankind. We are no longer left to paint our prey on cave walls. Since the invention of the camera the perfect “Grip & Grin” photo...

Read The Story How To Rig A Dry & Dropper The concept of using two flies at once is not a new idea, nor is it an obscure tactic reserved for the self-proclaimed“experts”. Most fly fishers use a tandem rig in one or another of its’ many forms. I will say again…most...

Read The Story Night Fishing For Largemouth Bass The biggest hurdles to overcome with any night fishing are the casting and line management. All your casts will have to be done by feel. There is no turning your head to watch how your back cast is doing...Read More About Bass!

Read The Story Best Times To Fish Boulder Creek As a result of many years of fishing Boulder Creek and extensive record keeping, I have come up with what I believe to be three "windows of opportunity". These are the best times to be fishing...Get More Info About Boulder & South Boulder Creeks!

Learn More About Big Thompson River Click Here! The Big Thompson River is one of the more popular small rivers on the northern Colorado Front Range...and it is a very healthy fishery thanks to the catch and release regulations and decent flows for the last...

Read The Story Gear Up For Carp! I talk constantly about the strategies and tactics surrounding carp fishing. I do this because there is so much to talk about, yet so much poor advice and misinformation blowing around...See More Info On Fly Fishing For Carp!

Read The Story Careful Whatcha Wipe With I know you don’t think of yourself as a cheechako. Hell, ya probably think it’s some sorta new Latino gang terminology. It ain’t. You moved out here to Colorado from San Diego or some suburb in the Midwest and now you tell all your old friends back home that you like to “rough it” now that you live “out west” or “in the mountains”...

Read The Story Dead Fish Do Tell Tales Sometimes you have to rely on old age or winter kill before the largest or smartest fish show themselves. Always stop and inspect the rotting carcasses...

Fly Fishing Stories & Essays (2)

Read The Story A Good Old Fashioned Fish Killin' The fishing the day before had been brutal. It was a good day, mind you...just tough on the body--like a good night drinking. But I don't do that to myself anymore. The reward for surviving ones youth is to take care of yourself, I suppose.

Read The Story Yup…That’s The Plan “Well…let me know how it turns out.” Tom said. I had run into a friend of mine at Alfalfa’s grocery store. “So, whatcha got planned?” He asked.

Read The Story Fishing Anyone's St. Vrain There is a term used by fly fishermen from time to time—locals in town, mainly. “Like Boulder Creek...only wider and with larger trout.” It is a standard point of reference. Like a standard, but vague unit of measure.

Read The Story Free Wheelin’ (Last Days of Summer) I slept in on purpose—a rarity anymore. Then I took my coffee and breakfast on top of a topo map spread out on the kitchen table. I had no plans. No obligations. No company. A full day to burn. The only plans I had at all, on this last day of August...

 Read The Story Phantoms of Fish Camp I have been infatuated with the romantic notion surrounding the idea of Fish Camp, for most of my life. Not just fishing camp, but Deer Camp...


Read The Story  Lakes Revisited Places revisited. Lakes revisited. It is not taking a step backwards, an emotional demotion—it is, as Kenny and The First Editions used to say, me just dropping in to see what condition my condition is in. …

Read The Story Lucky Man I have never been a man of means. Unless you consider stubbornness and persistence to be means. (Maybe they are, but you sure as hell can't fold them up and put them in your wallet.) I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth...

Read The Story Pegged Beads (And My Turmoil About Them) This is a sensitive subject—the fly-fishing version of bringing up politics at a mixed family barbecue, or religion at the pub. The pegged egg. If you have no idea what I am talking about (congratulations!) you need not read any farther. Go about your day…

Read The Story Friends Flies (& Shitty Handshakes) He didn’t start off on the right foot—parking sideways in the fly shop parking lot. It was a slow Sunday in the shop, so the sloppy parking wasn’t really an inconvenience to anyone, but there was something about it that stunk of a deep seated entitlement that those born rich will sometimes have. Then the handshake...

Read The Story Chasing Childhood Fears "Turn the page....fast!" my five-year-old-self said to my mother, clapping my hands over my eyes as pudgy shields against the creepiest centerfold known to man...

Read The Story Windblown Wanderings on the Big Thompson It is Spring. Although the two inch fresh blanket whose thickness is still being added to as I write, would moonlight you no hint...

Read The Story A comparative analysis: IF FISH WERE DRUGS Bass: Medical Marijuana. This a chill experience, spent mid summer casting a popper along some peaceful pond, lined with cattails. You might be in a small, manageable jon boat...

 Read The Story Hard Work Pays Off (and other lies your parents told you) It has been a few weeks ago now that I got my ass kicked out on Clear Creek. Had the entire day to figure things out and turn my fortunes around. It was a week day, too…so I had the canyon all to myself. No excuses. There was nothing hatching, but so what? I didn’t want to fish dries anyhow. I dredged the whole damned canyon with nymphs and streamers...

Read The Story The Reservoir The reservoir is near perfect. It’s close to home, well hidden and few people know exactly where it is. It’s not tiny, but easily small enough to fish entirely in an afternoon by two driven individuals with fly rods...

Read The Story Tying Flies I feel like I am on a movie set. On a scape I have dreamt. Painted into a picture I have seen before --- like when Bert draws Mary Poppins a jolly holiday and they jump into the sidewalk, careful not to smudge what has been created, what is so beautiful...