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Video: Top 5 Flies for February 2019

February 04, 2019

This month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver features Denver Regional Manager Tanner Smith and Trouts Frisco General Manager Zeke Hersh fishing on a snowy stretch on the Colorado River and finding some willing trout. Although . . .

Photos and Story: Into the Gunnison Gorge

November 30, 2018

Written and photographed by: Nick Swingle

The beautiful browns of the Gunnison Gorge were like icing on the cake of this incredible trip.

The temperature is unseasonably warm, even for western Colorado. We wait in the shade, knowing the hike ahead will offer ample opportunity for sun and sweat. We pass the time nervously with last-minute Macgyvering of our packs and . . .

Video: Top 5 Flies for November 2018

October 31, 2018

This month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver features Head Guide Scott Dickson fishing the South Platte at Deckers. Dickson is all about small this time of year, and his selection features five patterns meant to imitate midges and . . .

Packer’s Top 10 Flies for Fall on Colorado Freestone Rivers

October 22, 2018

Written by: John Packer, Fly Fishing Outfitters

Fall is a great time to catch colored-up brown trout in Colorado.
Photo courtesy John Packer

As the days begin to get shorter and nights cooler, many Colorado anglers start to think more about elk and deer than about trout. But there’s still some fantastic fishing to be had, and now . . .

Video: Creekin’ in the Colorado High Country

October 15, 2018

Colorado has enjoyed some welcome snowfall in recent days, although a little white stuff certainly doesn’t mean winter has arrived. It’s still October, and Trouts Fly Fishing Online and Website Manager, Alex Kass, wanted to . . .

Video: Top 5 Dry Flies for October 2018–Dropper Edition!

October 04, 2018

This month’s “Top 5” video from Trouts Fly Fishing in Denver features Tanner Smith and guide Zeke Hersh. After a great day of fishing dry-dropper rigs with a Chubby Chernobyl on top and a nymph below, they suggest five great nymphs for the month . . .

A Quest for Golden Trout in Colorado

September 27, 2018

Written by: Katie Burgert, Fish Untamed

Colorado’s golden trout are hard to find and access, but they offer a gorgeous reward for the effort.
Photos by Katie Burgert

Last summer, while my friend Ali and I were fishing for tiger trout, she asked me a seemingly insignificant question: “Have you ever caught a golden trout?” The answer was no, and I had never really put much more . . .

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