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 MoreIn the fall of 2005, I was a college freshman sitting in Dr. Jerome Miller’s Philosophy 101 class at Salisbury University on the eastern shore of Maryland. Miller was enthusiastically challenging his students to . . .
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If you think that fly fishing is a difficult sport, check out this inspirational video about a woman named Marty Loudder–an associate dean and professor of accounting at Texas A&M–who decided to . . .
Read MoreThis week, we are talking about native trout, specifically the Rio Grande cutthroat of New Mexico. It’s a story of two communities–one a small New Mexico town and the other the Taos Pueblo tribe–told by Toner Mitchell of Trout . . .
Read MoreWe launched our journey from scalding hot valley of Phoenix, and headed for the 46-degree Colorado River tailwater in Lee’s Ferry. We were lucky enough to catch a special time on this unbelievable fishery, the summer cicada sing. This white noise . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Emily Roley, Taos Fly Shop
If you have lived in the West for very long, you know that it is a fool’s errand to claim that spring has sprung before you turn the calendar to May. April in the Rockies is glorious, if not . . .
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It’ s Trico time on many trout rivers and streams, especially here in New Mexico. Tricos adults have three tails with a small, black body and clear-to-whitish wings similar to scotch tape. Tricos are . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Doc Thompson
The Caddis hatch is happening on the Rio Grande right now, which got me to thinking of some productive caddisfly patterns. The water is a bit high but definitely fishing and seeing some. . .
Read MoreThis week we have a timely podcast—fishing for large brown trout in the fall. Noah Parker from Land of Enchantment Guides in New Mexico tells us how they fish for large browns during the late . . .
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Although one does not usually associate trout with the Sonoran Desert environment of Arizona and New Mexico, the Gila trout—as well as its close relative, the Apache trout—has survived in. . .
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