We are finally getting back in business on our rivers here in the Roaring Fork Valley! Hopefully more snow will come, but the great melt-off is in full swing and fishing is heating up. Recent ...

[dropcap letter=”A”]lvin Theriault was 11 when he tied his first fishing fly. “The material came from a Boy Scout kit,” he told me recently. “I tied several colorful feathers onto a hook, cast it into ...

Winter stoneflies are a puzzle for many fly fishers. With few insects hatching in the colder months of the year, a stonefly ...

Most trout anglers have heard the phrase “hoot owl restrictions” at some point or another. It refers to state wildlife agencies putting fishing limitations on certain rivers due to low water levels ...

Phil Gonzales lucked into his first fishing rod. He grew up near a big bend in the Yellowstone River in Huntley, Montana, about 15 miles east of Billings. To keep the river from washing over its banks ...

There’s an old adage in fishing and lure selection, light lures on light days, dark on dark days.  Maybe that’s the reason the Dark Hendrickson exists.