Brown Trout and Mule Deer at South Boulder Creek

South Boulder Creek Brown

When I checked the temperature at my townhouse in Boulder this morning it was 37 F; I assumed that it would be even colder in a Walker Ranch canyon fishing Boulder Creek. I was wrong as my truck report 54 degrees at the trailhead. And very much reminded how wrong I [...]

Chinook Winds and a South Boulder Creek Afternoon

Thanks to the strong Chinook Winds yesterday we had temperatures in the 60s in Boulder. In December that makes me think about going fly fishing. As Boulder Creek was a beautiful shady of mud, thanks to the rapidly melting snow and ice, I drove up and over Flagstaff to fish the tailwater section of South [...]

False Warmth in Boulder Creek

Little Boulder Creek Brown Trout

This afternoon I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do. After realizing that it was almost 60 F outside I decided fly fishing Boulder Creek was the answer to my question. I had spent too much time reading about fly fishing in John Gierach‘s books this week [...]

UPG Daytripper Fly Box Review: An Excellent Selection For Hiking and Backpacking

Today, after work, I wanted to go fly fishing in Boulder Creek.  I had seen a massive brown a while back and wanted to try to find it again.  Unfortunately the temperatures dropped below freezing, my breath was visible, and I just couldn’t do it.  I know, I know, last December I stood in the Yampa [...]

Women's Fly Fishing Gear; Not Quite an Adventure in Entrepreneurship

A few months back I was looking at fly fishing gear with thoughts of purchasing some new equipment for my wife, such that she would no longer have to use my hand-me-downs.  While there was some selection I was rather disappointed with the options, most of which appeared to be “shrink it and pink it” [...]

Late Spring Fly Fishing in Rocky Mountain National Park

Late Spring at Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park

As most of the streams and rivers are a beautiful shady of milk chocolate brown and nearing the top of the banks I have been venturing north to Rocky Mountain National Park in search of clearer and calmer waters.  A week ago I ventured up [...]

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