BASALT – As we quickly approach the month of March, several exciting changes take place along the rivers of the Roaring Fork Valley. Forget about basketball and March madness, this is the time of year ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Warm days throughout the early and middle parts of this month had me itching. Sunshine and temps ...

It’s midwinter and midges are the name of the game for fly fishers plying the Front Range tailwaters. Well, I should say midges are mostly the name of the game, but more on that later. For those of ...

Tying flies has long been one of my favorite winter activities. I derive much pleasure from crafting a supply of the many fly patterns needed to restock my fly boxes for the upcoming trout season.

The nirvana of fly fishing for most anglers is anytime trout are eating insects off the water’s surface. The thrill and adrenaline rush of seeing a trout slowly and methodically rise to take your ...

With fall quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to share one of my favorite fly-fishing nymph patterns. The fly is called Shy's Shucking Midge, and it's a pattern my friend Jeff Shy tied for ...

For the most part, when I speak of flies, I am referring to dry flies. It’s a habit. I think the dry fly is what most people associate with fly-fishing. Fly anglers that approach a body of water, ...

Many of the monster hatches have left the waters of the Western Slope by the time fall rolls around. But fall may be the best time of the year for fly fishermen to bring that monster trout up from the ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...