Trouts Fly Fishing

Road Trip: The Bighorn River

Have you been thinking about taking a fly fishing road trip to kick off the spring or summer fly fishing season?  The Bighorn River in Montana is one to add to the list of potential front-runners if you don’t mind a big drive, big fish, and sharing some elbow room between the banks. In addition to being stacked with rainbow and brown trout, the Bighorn River is a bug FACTORY.

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Spring Fishing Report: The Roaring Fork River Valley

We were able to spend four days in mid April fly fishing in different areas of the Roaring Fork River Valley.  For two days, we floated the lower Roaring Fork between the town of Basalt and the Colorado River.  We also had the chance to walk/wade the 'Fork above Basalt and had a great time fishing the lower section of Fryingpan River.  We hope you enjoy this fly fishing report and photo essay that captures the high points, low points and hijinks of this dynamic Colorado fishing destination. 

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Visit Denver and Fly Fishing

Have you been thinking about fly fishing in Colorado?  If so, Denver is a great place to start your angling itinerary.  If you are from out of town or out of state, Visit Denver has a great site to get your travel research engine fired up.

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The Permit Monkey

For most people, the sensation and experience when they finally sight, cast, present a fly, hook, fight and land a permit is one that stays with them for a lifetime.

For me, the feeling lasted for all of about twelve and a half minutes.  Give or take.

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Waiting for Steelhead: Trout’s BC Trip brings MG some clarity

I had often wondered about the allure of steelhead fishing, but never could quite get a handle around the idea of standing in the cold and wet, casting a fly with an outsized rod, and waiting.  And waiting.  And waiting.

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