As we quickly approach the month of March, several exciting changes take place along the rivers of the Roaring Fork Valley. Forget about basketball and March Madness, this is the time of year when ...

BASALT – As we quickly approach March, several exciting changes take place along the rivers of the Roaring Fork Valley. Forget about basketball and March Madness – this is the time of year when ...

Short and Sweet: It’s been nice and overcast in Basalt this past week and the Fryingpan is fishing extremely well. We are seeing a few baetis adults buzzing around, but the trout are still primarily ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

If fishing a midge hatch isn’t one of the most difficult challenges that fly-fishers undertake, it’s certainly one of the quirkiest. I’d vote for it being the most difficult and the quirkiest if it ...

The Fryingpan River is always a great spring fishery and this year is no exception. Will Sands of the Taylor Creek fly shop in Basalt calls it “superb,” and proved it by catching a 10-pound rainbow in ...