A good fly reel will last a lifetime and help bring countless fish to hand. Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Look at it as a morning ...

Clint and I sat side by side at the trout advisory committee meetings. I respect him as a great friend of our tailwaters. As ...

Fly fishing guides won't likely tell you their real secrets to success right away (you've got to earn the privilege), but there's one tip they'll readily share, even with perfect strangers: Fly ...

The great thing about Father’s Day for dads who fly fish? The day happens to be right in the meat of the best part of fly fishing season (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere). This ...

CHIMACUM — Respected outdoors writer and fly-fishing guide Doug Rose has died after a battle with cancer. He was 63 when he died March 11. Rose was born in Michigan and settled in the North Olympic ...

The sun is shining and the weather is great. But amid days of traveling, barbecuing, hiking popular trails and boating on the Dillon Reservoir, it can sometimes feel like summer in Summit County lacks ...

Mark Armstrong grew up in Colorado, where he spent his days hiking and fishing the lakes and streams. He eventually turned that love of fishing into a full-time job offering people guided fly fishing ...