Terrestials: Their not just for summer anymore. Okay, this is an overstatement, but on many western rivers terrestials will be available into the mont ...

I decided to just put this together so you get some idea how I decide where to go fishing in Colorado.

I first check the river flow conditions. Whi ...

These are my favorite flies (not in any particular order)

1. Caddis Pupa
2. Deep/Sparkle Pupa
3. Quill Bodied Olive Dun
4. BH BWO Emerger
5. P ...

On tail waters almost always. The one exception I encountered was Cheesman the year after the fire. Even the water coming out of the damn was mud, or ...

This list is not yet complete, but just a quick start here. Also, there's a western trend, since I live in Colorado

Hatch Guide for Lakes - Jim Sch ...

There are a number of keys to deciding on the right fly. One of these is the rise form. Here is a very quick and dirty breakdown:

1. The Caddis ris ...

Okay this first one is actually mine.

Top Five Nymphs.

1. Pheasant Tail (I prefer the flashback version)
2. Gold Ribbed Hairs Ear.
3. Deep Sp ...

I've not tried them all, but the ones I've tried I've fished pretty hard.

Thinks I've liked.

1. Breathable. They are so much lighter than the ne ...

The following was written by James M. Piotrowski.

Since there's been lots of questions about winter fishing, and since I've been down that road man ...

So what do I mean by this. It means that you should feel free to modify a fly. For example, I like my duns to sit fairly low on the water so I often w ...

Well that is partially true. Close to the hatch that particular nymph will probably fall into that size range. But do you really think all salmon fly ...

Okay this one is simple. Every skin change results in something smaller. For example a mayflies body is smaller than the nymph it emerged from. A spin ...

Maybe its just me, but it seems the higher the density and activity of the birds the bigger the hatch. This is especially true for the hatches of real ...

There is a couple ways of looking at this. The first is that size is critical. In most cases your probably better off matching the size of the flies o ...

Okay, in general I usually put floatant on my dry flies, but not always. In the case of CDC flies you should never put floatant on the CDC. And there ...

I use closed cell packing foam. Its only free, because it seems like invariably something I buy gets shipped with this stuff. To use I tear off a smal ...

1. Before 11:00am, nymphing is probably the way to go (Kaufman Black Stone sz 4-6).
2. After that if you see bugs, but no risers still fish the dry ( ...