Short and Sweet: The Pan is the best bet in the valley this week, as the flows are nearly unaffected by runoff (It has rained every day this past week, adding some color to the middle and lower river… ...

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 ...

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 ...

BASALT – 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 ...

If you head out early, plan to nymph with baetis, midge emergers and beadheads. Make sure to have a good assortment of size 12 to 16 20-inchers, princes, copper johns, pheasant tails, PMD sparkle duns ...

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 ...

Fryingpan River: Currently flowing at 163 cfs below Ruedi Reservoir. Fishing has been great this past week. Thanks to the spring-like weather, midges have been coming off and providing some exciting ...

All four of us were lying around on the grass next to the Frying Pan River waiting for the hatch. You don’t see this sort of thing as much as you used to. There was a day when fly fishers patiently ...

Short and Sweet: Oooh, baby! It’s nice to see some water flowing down the Pan again! Flows have essentially tripled in this past week, which makes for some very happy trout and equally happy fishermen ...