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               If you want to catch fish today, tomorrow, and in the weeks to come, you need to get in the habit of seining the water. It is only by seining the water that we can get a view of what's happening on the bottom of the river and observe [...]

Bass Fishing on the Fly - Tips & TacticsBy Guest Writer: Danny Frank - Colorado Trout Hunters OwnerIf you are looking for full-day or half-day guided trip in the front range of Colorado, look no further than Danny and his team at Colorado Trout Hunters!In my home state of Colorado, the month of May is [...]

For those of you who have had the pleasure of fishing the salt flats, you know that it can be intoxicating! As I write these words from the deck of La Pescadora Fishing Lodge on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, I am being called by the ocean swells breaking 50 yards away and can’t wait for [...]

Not all tippet and leader are created equal. Monofilament or nylon line has been around since the 1950s and while relatively inexpensive and excellent for fishing dry flies, it has some major disadvantages when fishing wet flies or targeting skittish fish. The answer to these problems came in the mid-’70s with the invention of fluorocarbon [...]

Tucked into a side street in old town Littleton, Colorado, and just a quarter-mile from the trout-rich waters of the South Platte River, sits an unassuming small blue bungalow that is the GraceFull Community Café. While not what most anglers would think of as an enclave of fly fishers, GraceFull Community Café is home [...]

By Guest Author & Homewater Fly Fishing Owner - Adam Beede The colors of Fall have set in around much of Colorado! From the frosty chilly mornings to the gorgeous Aspen fields and the last bursts of warm days before mid-winter, Fall is upon us. During this time, those willing to gaze through the deep riffles [...]

Winter is coming, but don't worry, some of the best fishing action of the year is about to kick off!As the leaves begin to change each fall, a switch is flipped in the little fishy brains of the brown & brook trout, and landlocked Kokanee salmon across the US. It is spawning time, and [...]

In the original manuscript of JR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, a Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail is the coveted "Precious" and is the One Fly to Rule Them All!The dominance of the pheasant tail nymph in all of its many forms comes from three things:It can match more mayfly, stonefly, and damsel species than any [...]

Over a lifetime on the water, you are going to own a number of fly rods, but as your arsenal of rods grows, your first fly rod will always hold a special place in your heart! While decades have elapsed since I purchased my first fly rod, I remember keenly the anticipation and vast [...]