Finding the motivation to fish during winter can be extremely challenging. With temperatures frequently falling below freezing, the prospect of standing in an icy, cold river can be a daunting proposition to any angler. Fortunately, companies like Simms, Smartwool, and Orvis have taken the guesswork out of how to dress […]
Winter Fishing
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While monstrous storms slam the East Coast and snow falls across the country, we are sitting (relatively) high and dry here in Gunnison, Colorado. This time last year, we were buried in over 10 feet of snow and life outside had seemingly ceased to exist. We exceeded our snowpack and […]
By Jake Halle You’ve just ripped open your 23andme results only to discover you’re a quarter neandertal and ten percent idiot. Good news is, you’re qualified to start fly fishing in the winter! However, the bad news is you don’t know who your real grandfather is and wearing a helmet […]
With all the hot weather this summer, I couldn’t help but think of winter and the cool relief it will bring. Along with a building excitement of ski slopes and yurt trips, there is a piece of me that is really starting to look forward to some snowy fly fishing. […]
Being from the great state of Texas, bass are everywhere, making them my main species to fish for. Texas is pretty warm year-round, with the lowest temperature all winter usually reaching about 30º Fahrenheit. While lots of waters are frozen in other states, Texas waters stay flowing throughout the entire […]
Winter is my favorite time of year to fly fish. Spring is incredible – cutthroat runs are a beauty to watch – and the big terrestrial hatches of summer mean I can fish the same size 4 Chernobyl ant patterns for about a month straight. Fall is big brown and […]
As I write this I’m looking out my office window at a light dusting of snowflakes, mesmerized – and distracted – by how lazily they carousel to the ground. The flakes are just part of the umpteenth snow storm this winter – a winter of almost more snow than I […]
It’s a really great and awful time of year for us fly fisherman. Frozen eyelets are happening and it’s getting a little bit harder to tie those knots with our bare hands. It means some really good and bad things for fly fishing. First, the bad. Most of my favorite […]
I’ve fly fished for a long time. I think I started at the tender age of six or seven, but I don’t remember the first time I threw a fly rod. What I do remember, though, is my grandfather telling me that if a fish wasn’t caught on a dry […]
Winter is a tough time for a lot of fly fishermen; our favorite creeks get frozen over, the fish seem hungover and lifeless from their time spent doing nature’s work in the fall, and the frigid temps can make even the most impetuous trout bums think twice before heading out […]
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