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 year when ...

More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

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 ...

With the return of spring and daylight savings, the trout fishing throughout the valley has been very good overall. The Fryingpan is seeing daily hatches of midges and blue wing olive mayflies from 11 ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

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 ...

Now through late May is the best time to catch big lake trout in Blue Mesa Reservoir. And the Colorado Division of Wildlife would like to see anglers bag more of the big fish, also known as mackinaw, ...