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BASALT – Autumn often yields some of the best dry-fly fishing of the entire year.Blue-wing olives are one of the few mayfly species that hatches bi-annually, during both spring and fall. For most ...

Changes are afoot here in the Roaring Fork Valley this week as ideal spring-fishing conditions are at our doorstep. With the warming trend, especially downvalley, we are now seeing the first waves of ...

Now that we have some cool weather under our belts here in the Roaring Fork Valley, the fishing will begin to change yet again. The fish notice these annual cycles and their feeding patterns, ...

Pale morning duns are one of the prettiest bugs that hatch in our local rivers. We see adults in hues pink through yellow, and the nymphs are typically rusty red in color. I consider these bugs the ...

There was no reason for me to get to the river early. I was hoping to fish to the Blue-winged Olive hatch and knew that it usually happens around noon this time of year. Mike Keith, the manager of the ...

With a gust of wind, the ice and snow have swapped places for rain and puddles. It may only be March, but spring is in the air. No doubt, many folks are not ready to retire their tip-ups, but with ...

Earlier in May, several of us took off for the Frying Pan River after the memorial gathering for John Gierach in Lyons. None of us had made inquiries into whether the blue-winged olive hatch was on, ...

Fly fishing author John Gierach fishing on a Utah trout stream in early 2018. It was the type of day fly fishermen dream of: overcast, calm, with the possibility of a light drizzle. More importantly, ...