Category Archives: Trout Fishing
Not Just Anybody’s Saint Vrain
By Louis Cahill "IF YOU CLIMB INTO THE CAB OF THAT PICKUP WITH JOHN YOU'LL FIND THAT WHERE YOU WIND UP CAN, ONLY IN THE MOST EXISTENTIAL TERMS, BE CALLED A FISHING TRIP." It's about seven-thirty on a Saturday morning. It's mid-September and the chilly Colorado air...
Every Long Wade Starts With A Single Step
By Louis Cahill After a year of recovery I tentatively made my first step into a trout stream. I can not tell you how good it feels to be back on my feet, and for those feet to be cold and wet. I have fished a few...
Laying the Smack Down
Sometimes you just have to lay the smack down on the water with your terrestrial fly patterns during the summer months to entice fish to eat. This trophy rainbow trout turned on our flies repeated times only to veer off at the last second. I changed...
The Trifecta For Fishing Solitude
By Kent Klewein It seems like every year it gets harder and harder for me to find complete solitude on the river. Solitude is not a necessity for me by any means, but when I'm blessed with it, I find it does wonders for purifying my soul...
Top Ten terrestrial patterns
By Johnny Spillane THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN FISHING TERRESTRIALS! I know Kent was just gushing over his love for terrestrial fishing a few weeks back so we thought we would do a second installment of top ten flies. This week we are going to pick our top...