Fly Fishing Colorado and the Driftless Area
2020 Weeks 14-19: Trout April 3 - May 10: Trout Spring is a great time to be in the midwest. You can literally see the conditions change daily as the temps warm up and the landscape turns green. In April I spent a lot of time traveling around the Driftless and some time up north. … Continue reading Trout On The Mind | Recap of Spring Trout Fishing in the Driftless
2020 Weeks 14-19: Warm water April 3 - May 10: Warm water As the area ponds, lakes, and warm water rivers have began to open up and become fishable, I went after all sorts of species of fish on the fly. This spring I ran into sunfish, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, northern pike, and musky. … Continue reading Chasin’ Tail
2020 Weeks 12-14: March 16 - April 2 March was a month of transitions. Winter Park Colorado, Minnesota, and Corona virus. From leaving work as a ski instructor to living at home and from life as we knew it in early March to current life with the Corona virus. Fortunately, my hobby of fly fishing … Continue reading Distancing in the Driftless
2020 Week 11: Day 1: Wednesday 3/11 As my time in Winter Park began to wrap up I started to plan out how I wanted to drive back to Minnesota. Over the last two years I have enjoyed changing up the way I travel from MN to CO and I have come to the conclusion … Continue reading Wyoming
2020 Week 10: With an extra hour of sunlight I knew that Friday was the day to give it a shot; ski and catch a Colorado trout slam in the same day. After teaching my last ski class of the season I hit the road to a place where I knew I had a shot … Continue reading Ski Slam
2020 Week 9: Thursday was an awesome early spring day on the river. Before the fishing part of my day began, I showed up for work and after the crowds of kids showed up, I somehow managed to be one of the few remaining ski instructors that hadn't been given a class yet. At that … Continue reading No Snowshoes, No Problem
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
Trout Travels 