Fly Fishing Lifestyle in Salida, Colorado

It is a fact that the best days to find fish rising to blue wings are often the best days to stay...

While there is an element of optimism inherent in any style of recreational fishing, I like to think it is heightened amongst...

In a way I feel cheated. Cold spring days battling wind, snow and sleet on the river are as much a part...

I called Kym from Monarch around the middle of the day for a weather report, trying to decide if I should stay...

Never mind the longer days, warmer temperatures and the return of the robins - the surest harbinger of spring is the sight...

The phone rang. It was Mr Pink on the other end. "Wanna float?' he asked. I looked out the window, dubious to...

Three days, twenty six miles hiked, three fish landed, two broken off. Sounds a bit like the bare bones of a New Zealand...

There's a small stream up at the head of the valley that I like to visit once or twice a year. The...

We kicked back on the boat, toasting the day's first fish to the net - a lovely brown, buttery yellow underneath, silver...

My record for missing fish stands at nine in a row. Bad enough I know, but I was guiding at the time....

This is a departure from my traditional video posts, brought about in part by a lack of opportunity to fish this summer....

The phone rang in the morning. It was Caveman on the other end. "Man, we gotta get out on the river. I...

"I'm going fishing tomorrow. San Luis Lakes" Kym regarded me over the top of her beer. "There are fish there?" "Kinda. Carp."...

It's been a funny old spring for an angler on the Arkansas. The usual rules of engagement haven't been observed. What, you...

"There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.” Thus said Rat, in...