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 [...]

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 [...]

Humility and a Deflated Strike Indicator; Fly Fishing in Wisconsin

Last weekend I went on holiday in Wisconsin to visit my parents.  On an overcast afternoon my father and I ventured out to Castle Rock Creek, the place where he first taught me to cast a fly rod more than two decades ago.  As we pulled on our waders I recalled the blurry memories; I [...]

A Winter's Afternoon 23-inch Boulder Creek Rainbow Trout

This afternoon I decided to enjoy the relatively warmer weather to go chase little trout in Boulder Creek with my 3-wt Orvis Superfine (though I still used thin wool fingerless gloves).  I did not find little trout; I found this fine looking 23 inch specimen of rainbow trout.

23 inch Boulder Creek Rainbow

When I first [...]

2010 Fly Fishing Photo Review

Dan Corbett’s photo review of some highlights of the 2010 fly fishing season in Colorado and Wyoming

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