Golden Fly Shop Blog

It’s been a while, but we’re back! Although we had a relatively mild winter this year, it is nice to know that spring is here and warmer weather is around the corner. A great sign for anglers that spring is...

It’s wintertime, well sort of. Up until the past few days it’s been a mild winter and it was really feeling like an extended fall. Regardless of the weather, the bug life and fish are behaving like it is winter....

Well the snow is coming down hard and although this looks like an imminent sign of winter, there’s still plenty of good fishing days to come. After today and tomorrow, weather conditions are going to rise and lead to beautiful...

We’re back with another three flies for the week! We hope everyone has had a fishy fall thus far and ready for even more action in the coming weeks. Weather in the next coming days seems rather stable until we...

Hello everyone, it’s good to be back with a 3 flies for the week! Although it is still warm on the front range, the mountains are quickly cooling off and fishing is really turning on. I would anticipate the dry...

Sorry for not making as many flies for the week recently, we’ve had a crazy couple of weeks in the shop! That being said, so everyone knows, our future goals for 3 Flies for the Week is to release them...

Water temperatures have risen considerably across the state, so please be aware when you’re fishing and have a thermometer with you at all times. Many of the freestones are hitting unsafe water conditions by midday, but if you check your...

The summer heat is on and it can be an absolute burden right now to fish some of the lower elevation rivers. To escape the heat and the crowds, we’ve been getting away to some high elevation creeks and alpine...

This summer season of fishing has been outstanding thus far. Rivers are looking nice and healthy with the prolonged runoff and almost daily thunderstorms have helped to keep them cool. That said, things are highly vulnerable right now with the...

Fishing continues to get better and better as the days go on, but be careful with rising water temperatures. Although things are still safe right now for the fish, with the recent heat wave things could be on the verge...

Sorry we took last week off, but it was a holiday week and we were occupied spending time with our friends and family. With that in mind, we hope everyone had a lovely 4th of July and were able to...