In the latest “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Ivan Orsic and guide Matt McCannel are fishing the Uncompahgre River at Pa-Co-Chu-Puk, where the trout are finicky and lazy. Matt’s guiding method may rub some the wrong way, but it . . .
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Classic Podcast: Fishing High-Water Spring Runoff for Trout, with Landon Mayer
In this week’s podcast, our guest is the very savvy guide and writer Landon Mayer, from central Colorado. Landon is the author of four books on fly fishing, numerous magazine articles, and . . . Read More
Video: Top 5 Flies for February 2020
In this month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Ivan Orsic and Trouts Denver Head Guide Scott Dickson are back out on the South Platte near Deckers to see what trout are eating. Scott offers his favorite . . .
Read MoreVideo: Top Five Flies for January 2020, Euro-Nymphing Edition
In this month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Ivan Orsic and Russell Miller–Fly Fishing Team USA competitive angler and Director of Marketing at Umpqua–talk tight-line nymphing and fly choice. There’s also some cool footage from . . .
Read MoreFish Facts: Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhyncus clarkii pleuriticus)
This Colorado River cutthroat, from southern Utah, displays dark, rich colors.
Photo by Mike Hadley
Considered one of the more beautiful trout in North America, the Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhyncus clarkii pleuriticus) once inhabited the high-elevation streams and lakes of the Green . . .
Read MoreVideo: Top Five Flies for December 2019
In this month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Zeke Hersh and Ivan Orsic hit the Arkansas River near Salida, Colorado. Winter has arrived here in Colorado, so it’s important to get your flies in the zone. Trout won’t move very far to eat . . .
Read MorePodcast: There is no such thing as streamer season, with Courtney Despos
The rallying cry of Courtney Despos, director of education and guide for Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, is the title of this podcast. Courtney is a self-professed streamer fanatic, and she fishes them all season long, even in the dead of winter, when most . . .
Read MoreVideo: Top Five Flies for November 2019
In this month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver, Head Guide Scott Dickson gets out on the South Platte for some serious small-fly action. Scott broke out the size 20s (and smaller!) and the tiny tippet and got into his fair share of fish, . . .
Read MorePhotos: A Fish Every Month for 5 Years
You know you have a fishing problem when you schedule a knee surgery around your fishing schedule! I’ve been trying to see how long I can go catching at least one fish a month. When I tore my meniscus earlier this year I postponed the surgery . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: Love to Eat Them Mousies!
Here’s a super cool video from Joey Macomber of Lateral Line Media , which shows a couple anglers chucking big mouse pattern on a small creek in Colorado to interested rainbows. Some of the trout are juuuuust not. . .
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