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Trip Report | Yampa River, 1-15-11

January 19, 2011
Author: Trout's Staff

Me and an old friend ventured to fish the Yampa River below Stagecoach Reservoir last weekend. Don’t normally venture to this particular tailwater due to the crowds in the Summer months, but the Winter can be an ideal time to be there. All in all a great day with plenty of fish to hand. We fished dry flies exclusively until around 1pm, then switched it up to nymphs with amazing success. Here are some of the better photos from the day, enjoy!

It was an overcast day, but it was dead calm out... perfect dry fly weather

First fish to hand for the day. A size 22 Parachute Adams did the trick

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Tips for Winter Fishing

January 17, 2011
Author: Admin

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Saying Goodbye to an Old Pair of Fishing Companions

January 14, 2011
Author: Trout's Staff

Today I had to make a very difficult decision. With a weekend of fishing on the horizon, could my pair of Simms Guide Boots make it through another session of cold weather and long miles. For three years these boots have been my faithful companions on many memorable, and not so memorable fishing excursions. They saw me down the my first decent of the treacherous North Gate Canyon, they witnessed my very first sea-run Steelhead to hand, they were on my feet when I proposed to my amazing girlfriend, and countless other memories I need not bore you with. But like any good piece of fishing gear, there does come a time when you have to just say goodbye. So to my faithful Simms Guide Boots, I say thank you for three wonderful years, hundreds of days on the water, a enough memories to last a lifetime!