2020 Week 6

Winter Park Resort got dumped on this week. 53" of snow in 7 days. On the best snow day of the season I had the day off and instead of skiing/snowboarding I spent the day fishing some of the local waters. I caught a bunch of flak from my coworkers and roommates for this decision … Continue reading 2020 Week 6 →

2020 Week 5

This past week I made it out on the water twice and spent the weekend hanging out in Estes Park. On Thursday I worked a half day then headed west to fish for the afternoon. I showed up to a snowstorm and fished for a few hours as the snow dumped. It was a beautiful … Continue reading 2020 Week 5 →

2020 Week 4

This past week was a busy one! Once my friend Dillan left town I had a few days before the next round of people came out to visit me. I worked two of those days but had the opportunity to fish on the third one. The day that I made it out was an overcast … Continue reading 2020 Week 4 →

2020 Week 3

It seems to be a common theme so far this year that I'm only making it out on the river once a week. It feels weird to say but that's alright for the time being. There is some fishing close to where I live/work yet it's a small creek that only has a few ice … Continue reading 2020 Week 3 →

2020 Week 2

There was a little bit of fishing done this past week. On Thursday Jess and I hiked in and fished a river close to town. We headed out after I got released from work around 10am. Between the drive over and hiking in we didn't start fishing until around 1:30, towards the end of the … Continue reading 2020 Week 2 →

Best of 2019: Top 10 Trips | Part 2

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 →

Best of 2019: Top 10 Trips | Part 1

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 →

2020 Week 1

Well, it's been a while. I'll cut right to the chase. I started this blog to document my fishing and I plan to do that more consistently in 2020. New Years resolutions right!? Here goes nothing... This past week I made it to the Fly Fishing Film Festival on Friday, checked out the Denver Fly … Continue reading 2020 Week 1 →

Driftless Days | 4/1-2/2019

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 →

1 Fly, 2 Days, 3 States | 3/29-30/2019

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 →