Colorado Fly Fishing Reports

The best laid fishing plans can go awry in a hurry...weather and stream flow are the usual offending suspects. The best way to deal with the...

Yes...the caption is a joke. Some of the many joys of back country fly fishing are untouched streams, no other people and plentiful, naive t...

Sabrina Stratford goes out with Jay Zimmerman and top gun carp guide Patrick Knackendoffel in search of her first ever carp on a fly rod! S...

I have been raving about this fly for years now. They are one of the best and most diverse bait-fish streamers I have ever fished. They hav...

September is the month I always find time to fish the Rocky Mountain National Park...all the headwater creeks are low and clear, the residen...

Fall is almost here and the brown trout are already getting angry!The fish are getting ready for the fall spawn and in the coming months an...

You may have noticed a larger number of very young trout in some of the local creeks and rivers. This is a great thing to see! In turn, you...

Big frown. Summer is about over...time to go back to school. But don't get all clinical and start drinking the hard stuff just yet. I h...

One of our top guides, Patrick Knackendoffel has been running guide trips up Boulder Canyon almost every day this summer. He tells me the f...

Fished the Big Thompson just below the dam at Estes Park on Monday. I usually spend most of my time down in the canyon (east on 34) mainly t...

Weeee! We're in the season of big mayflies! You may be noticing some of these beauties on your favorite river...they are Green Drakes. T...

Drove to Basalt early Monday morning and fished the Frying Pan for two days. Spent most of my time lower down in the canyon...away from all...

Water temperatures will continue to warm up throughout the summer. Early mornings and late evenings can be fantastic opportunities to find l...

Most of the high country lakes here in Colorado are clear of ice and the fishing has been outstanding, as usual! Our high elevation waters a...

Carp will take all manner of flies depending on the availability of food sources. At times dry flies imitating mayflies or midges or terrest...

Many fishermen claim that Fall is the season for throwing the big, gaudy streamers (and it certainly is) but even now I will always carry a ...

The warm water fly fishing is getting going again! If you haven't been bitten by the bug yet...don't be squeamish, give it a try! T...

The evolution of carp flies has been a slow process. We have seen a couple carp specific patterns launched into the commercial market severa...

Catfish are the forgotten game fish amongst us die-hard fly fishers. I have fond childhood memories of my dad taking me down to the boat ba...

I would like to think of myself as the Anthony Bourdain of fly fishing...but that hasn't worked out the way it was supposed to. Guess I ...