Nick Streit owns and operates Taos Fly Shop in Taos, New Mexico. He is the son of the shop’s founder, Taylor Streit, a legendary guide and author. When he was 17 years old, Nick. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Tom Evenson, Western ELOG Program Director
When recently visiting Vermejo Park Ranch, an Orvis Endorsed Lodge in Northern New Mexico, I got the chance to fish one of their twenty-one lakes. Fishing with head guide James Reidy. . .
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Here’s a truly gorgeous video from New Mexico that focuses on the whole experience of heading to the high country in the late summer: “Dry flies, flowers, wildlife, green grass, and bugs getting. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Wayne Thurber, Dos Amigos Anglers
On a recent fly-fishing trip, our client Doug caught this interesting rainbow. When I netted the fish, he reached into the mouth of the trout to remove the blue damselfly pattern. The first attempt. . .
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Here’s a gorgeous short video focused one woman’s search for solitude in nature on a trout stream in New Mexico. Maddie Brenneman does a great job explaining what she finds so . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Dan from Albuquerque
Northern New Mexico went into a winter storm warning last weekend, but it didn’t officially start until noon on Saturday so I figured I could get some fishing in before the weather hit. I decided. . .
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Here’s a sweet recap of the past year from the folks at Where the River Runs, as they fish mostly in their home state of New Mexico. That’s not normally one of the first states you think of. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Noah Parker, Land of Enchantment Guides
We would like to propose the implementation of catch-and-release fishing regulations and areas on the Chama River’s three tailwater stretches (below the dams at Heron, El Vado, and Abiquiu Reservoirs). This would be an important first step in protecting the long-term. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Doc Thompson, High Country Angler
During this first full week of 2014, we’re counting down the Top 10 Posts of 2013. (Although, since the Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival is almost always the most-read post of each week, we’ll disqualify the F5 from this contest.) We’ll repost two of the Top 10 per day, leading up to our announcement of the most-read post, on Friday afternoon. So stay tuned all week to see what resonated most with Orvis Fly Fishing readers last year. Here’s #3, which focuses on. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Dan from Albuquerque
Northern New Mexico went into a winter storm warning last weekend, but it didn’t officially start until noon on Saturday so I figured I could get some fishing in before the weather hit. I decided to fish the Rio Chama to see if I could find some post-spawn browns lurking around the. . .
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