On the Colorado River, use the same dries and nymphs as above, but try using longer leaders, about 12 to 15 feet, and longer rods, 9 to 10 feet. Remember that the worst day fishing is better than ...

Angus Drummond specializes in floating fly fishers down the Lower Colorado River. (Ed Engle/Courtesy photo) We then went to dry fly dropper rigs and fished the foam lines near the banks.

Silverthorne, Blue River — Possibly Colorado’s most popular winter fly fishing spot, Blue River is populated with trout.Cutthroat, Rainbow, Brown and the rare Cutthroat and Rainbow trout ...

Boulder Creek Eldorado Canyon State Park 9 Kneale Rd Eldorado Springs, CO 80025 (303) 494-3943 www.parks.state.co.us Price: $5- $6 automobile entrance fee, $2-3 pedestrian fee ...

EAGLE — Talk, as they say, is cheap. And so it was, after several months of tourist-town hyperbole about rivers “on fire” and fishing-guide chatter over the “best fishing in 20 years ...

The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs offers fly fishing camps, including two that are just for women, called “These Boots Are Made for Wading.” One camp is June 6-8, and the other is July 18-20.

Arriving at Fly Fishing Camp, deep in Colorado’s Pike National Forest (almost 9,000 feet elevation), I immediately understood the “fly fishing camp of your youth” line. This place really did ...

I haven’t had a knot fail me since (though I’ve lost many flies). These days, I find myself exercising the same patience in my daily routine that I learned to have when fly fishing. I credit the ...

BASALT – Of the four major rivers within the Roaring Fork Valley, the Colorado River is perhaps the most overlooked by anglers. The river’s large size intimidates many wading anglers and spending a ...