Fly Fishing Colorado and the Driftless Area
6. Mountain Bumming Arkansas, Gunnison, Taylor, Uncompahgre Rivers -> April 5-9 On this trip I turned a planned 2 day weekend outing into a 5 day car camping, mountain exploring, trout bumming excursion. I witnessed a number of amazing sights and found a couple fish along the way. The trip started out along the Arkansas … Continue reading Best of 2019: Top 10 Trips | Part 2
The ole blazer put on a few miles last year I spent a lot of time in 2019 on trips across the rockies and in the midwest. To say the least, it was a big travel year for me. I spent time fishing in 9 different states; Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, South Dakota, … Continue reading Best of 2019: Top 10 Trips | Part 1
4/1/2019 Before heading back to Colorado I was able to go fishing a couple more times with Dillan and my dad. On Monday Dillan and I went back to an old favorite stretch of water that neither of us had fished in a couple of years. I was pleased to see that things hadn't changed … Continue reading Driftless Days | 4/1-2/2019
One of the things I miss most about the midwest... KT After hitting the highway Wednesday evening after work in Denver I finally made it back home to Minnesota around mid-day on Thursday. It was going to be a quick weekend of seeing some family and friends, though the main reason that I was back … Continue reading 1 Fly, 2 Days, 3 States | 3/29-30/2019
A few weeks ago friends from a family camp that I have been attending back in Minnesota for years sent me a message prior to coming out to Colorado and we made plans to go fishing. I left Denver around 8 in the morning and picked Eric up in Fort Collins where they were staying … Continue reading Minnesota Connections | 3/22/2019
When my dad and I heard word that we were going to go on a big family trip to Cancún Mexico one of our first thoughts was planning out how we could tie some fishing into the trip. Neither of us had ever done any saltwater fishing before and we knew that we wouldn't have … Continue reading Cancún | 3/16-21/2019
It is rare to be the first and only car parked in a parking lot along one of Colorado's famed tailwaters. This usually means that you are fishing on a weekday or you got there early. I happened to find myself in both situations. I enjoyed the solitude for an hour or so before a … Continue reading Dream State | 3/12/2019
On Sunday I had the pleasure to spend the afternoon fishing with my friends AJ and Andrew. These are two guys that I have met through Red Rocks Church in Denver and found that we each have a passion for fishing. AJ had to work Sunday morning so Andrew and I attended the early 9 … Continue reading Fishy Friends | 3/10/2019
I found nothing but blue skies and brown fish in the mountains on Monday. As much of a fishing trip as this was, it was also a recon trip to check out some new areas to fish. My plan was to check out a few lower stretches of this river and use my new subscription … Continue reading Blue Skies, Brown Fish | 3/4/2019
This day has been on my mind since October 27th, 2018. That was the last day of a 2 day, 3 night backpacking/fishing trip that I took into this canyon last fall. The spot that I ended at that day was where I hiked back to and started fishing up from on Monday. The goal … Continue reading Winter Hike’n Fish | 2/25/19
Trout Travels 