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Fly Fishing Film Tour 2015 - Denver & Vail Colorado

Join Minturn Anglers @ Fly Fishing Film Tour Party!

Enjoy Fly Fishing Film Tour on IMAX at this annual party! Don’t miss the Party! The only all inclusive IMAX ticket to the Fly Fishing Film Tour. For just $20 you get the films, beers courtesy of Coors Brewing Company, silent auctions, great raffles, and tons of free gear. The event benefits Project Healing Waters …

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Kat with fish from Urban south platte

Urban South Platte River Fishing Report 2/12/15

As an angler, winter time on the Denver Front Range is purgatory for me I spend the majority of my time thinking about throwing dry flies at Deckers but am met with a day of staring at bobbers when I make the long trek down there. The drive for me is seldom worth the reward …

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Fly Fish Colorado in winter – The Early Bird Gets more than the worm

Every year in March a guy walks into the shop to buy hooks or fly tying materials and I ask him the standard shop question. “Have you been out lately?” He looks up from his bundle of materials clenched in his hand. “Oh no,” he replies. “I don’t do my fishing until summertime. My wife …

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Minturn Anglers fly fish in colorado winter waters

Gore Creek Fishing Report 11/15/14

Winter is here and our favorite creek in the valley fishes great all season as the crowds concentrate on world class skiing Flows are winter low and the water temps are falling everyday which has increased the feeding activity in the middle of the day. Look for fish in the riffles still but be aware …

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Give me Another Ball, Bob! | Challenge and Growth Fly Fishing in Your Own Backyard

The point of this short rant & blog is to say, “challenge yourself to  step outside the box of what’s comfortable & what feels safe.” The last time I competed in the GoPro Mountain games, I was coming off a win the year prior & can vividly remember asking one of our senior guides Bob Streb what I should …

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Fall Brookies near upper Gore Creek

Fall Fly Fishing Report | Gore Creek

10-6-2014 Fall Fly Fishing Report Overview Gore Creek is still significantly above its usual flows, but it has returned to low-and-clear conditions after a period of rain.  The focus is on BWOs and midges, with an egg or smaller stonefly as a good lead fly. Conditions Gore Creek is usually flowing at about 30 cfs …

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Brush Creek | Late Summer Fly Fishing Report

9-8-2014 Brush Creek Report The Town of Eagle’s gem, Brush Creek, is beginning to accept its yearly influx of fall browns from the Eagle River and the rainbows that follow them for the egg feast they expect.  For a small tributary, it can produce surprisingly large trout in the fall. Temps are up as the flow …

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Gore Creek flies

Lower Gore Creek | Late Summer Fly Fishing Report

9-1-2014 Lower Gore Creek The lower Gore Creek is fishing well,  with a focus on midges more than on the big bugs. It looks the day of the hoppers has ended on the lower Gore until our first hard frost of the year.  I was catching real grasshoppers and tossing them into the water the …

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Gore Creek Fly Fishing Report 8/27/14 Vail, Colorado

  WHERE:  GORE CREEK. Today’s fly fishing is less than predictable on The Gore, or, more precisely, the weather is predictably unpredictable.  It’s the typical late afternoon scenario this time of year:  Mostly cloudy, patches of sun bringing heat with thunderstorms squeezing in where they can.  I generally come prepared to change things up, but …

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Brook trout

Brook Trout Hunter: Believe in the Beaver (Pond)

About Brook Trout In the high country surrounding Minturn, we look for beaver ponds as prime habitat for the species of char known as the brook trout.  Native to the East coast, they were originally stocked over a hundred years ago, and they are supremely adapted to mountain conditions.  They breed so quickly that they do …

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