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If you walk into any fly shop in the Vail Valley right now, then I’m sure you will hear the same thing from all of the guides and shop-dogs mouths. The caddisfly hatch is the Eagle River’s best known ...

Knowing the stages of development in a bug’s life is a critical component to successful fly fishing. Deciphering the hatch on a river is a challenging game. Larva, pupa or adult stages have been ...

I just finished setting up the card table over the dogs’ kennel box in the back room. It’ll probably stay up at least until the trout opener, because it holds all the fly tying materials to the left ...

SALIDA — Catching a fish on the first cast can be considered an omen or a jinx. On one hand, you nailed it, did exactly what you set out to do. Mission accomplished. On the other, where do you go from ...

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If fly-fishing is so simple, how come it seems like every guide in Colorado carries 5,000 flies to the river? Good question. The reality is that most guides tend to use the same 15 or so flies all ...