Video: Find Your Water—”Alpine Rises”

The latest video from the “Find Your Water” series follows anglers Ben Kraushaar and Anna Ortega on a trek into Colorado’s San Juan Mountains to fish some high-country lakes for stunning . . .

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Top 10 Flies for Fall on Colorado Freestone Rivers


Bob Streb with a fine fall brown trout.
Photo courtesy Bob Streb

As the weather and water start to cool down in fall, a trout’s metabolism starts to heat up. While Colorado is perhaps best known for its world-class tailwaters, I am surrounded by. . .

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Photos: A Multi-Species Trip into the Colorado High Country


The payoff for long, hard hikes into the rockies can be glorious, colorful cutthroats.
All photos courtesy Jon Hill

Last week, we made a four-day trip into the Rocky Mountains and did quite a bit of hiking and fishing. Tom, Shawn, Carper, and I hiked and bushwhacked into multiple lakes in a section. . .

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Photos: Fighting the wind at 12,400 Feet in the Rockies

Written by: Jon Hill


The casting was difficult, but it was worth fighting the wind to catch these stunning cutthroats.
Photos courtesy Jon Hill

Another hike into the high country with some buddies yielded some amazing-looking cutthroats! There’s usually some wind to deal with when hiking and fishing at high altitudes, but this time. . .

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Photos: Beating the Heat in High Rockies Lakes

Written by: Jon Hill


Cutthroats in mountain lakes are mighty hungry in the early season.
Photos courtesy Jon Hill

Here in Colorado, runoff is in full effect, and the rivers are running high. Temperatures in Denver are also running high, in the upper 90s. No better way to get away from both than to hike to. . .

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