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  • 5 Tips for Better Fall Fishing
    October 28, 2025

    5 Tips for Better Fall Fishing

    Fly fishing during Colorado’s fall can be a beautiful, but frustrating affair. Insect hatches have thinned out, brown trout are beginning to spawn, and crowds flock the rivers. In this blog, we’ll be going over five tips to make your...

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  • trout
    July 29, 2025

    High Alpine Creekin'

    As we get into the heat of summer, a lot of our fisheries start getting too warm to fish responsibly. That’s when we head up into the alpine, looking for cooler water and happy fish. These creeks can be a...

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  • Brown trout undisclosed location
    July 14, 2025

    3 Flies for the Week: July 14, 2025

    Fishing has been amazing where we can get out! We’ve seen fantastic hatches around the state, including great salmonflies earlier in the summer, blanketing PMD hatches on the South Platte, bolstering yellow sally hatches that hungry fish of the Eagle can’t resist, and even green drakes close to the shop on Clear Creek!
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  • nice rainbow
    May 19, 2025

    3 Flies for the Week: May 19 2025

    Runoff is still holding off as of right now which has greatly extended our spring fishing season. Even though the runoff isn’t here, we aren’t expecting much this year. Snowpack is really low, but our late-spring snow storms certainly have...

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  • xavier with a goofy grin
    May 13, 2025

    Road Trip Ideas to Avoid Runoff

    Fly fishing during runoff can be a drag, with very few options available to anglers it can be hard to be motivated to fish. We all know that our local tailwaters, stillwaters, and warmwater options are available during this time...

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  • 3 Flies for the Week: May 6
    May 6, 2025

    3 Flies for the Week: May 6

    Spring is here and the fishing has been amazing! We’ve been receiving some cooler weather lately, but don’t let that deter you from getting out. These cloudy, rainy days offer the best BWO dry fly fishing. Caddis are beginning to...

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