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Rocky Mountain National Park

[caption id="attachment_5527" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Beetle Eater"][/caption] Nestled on the east side of the Divide, Rocky Mountain National Park has scene a variety of challenging water types this year.  Due to abundant snow pack, and consistent moisture, our waters are still running higher than normal.  As a guide in a tourist town ...

Why Fish for Winter Steelhead

With most winter steelhead runs in Oregon ranging from 500 to 4,000 fish it begs the question, “Why the hell target these elusive chrome ghosts.”  Why spend a fortune on spey rods, lines, flies, layers of pile and Gortex?  All the while standing, casting and then stepping in the frigid ...

Bunny Tube Provides St. Clair with 1st Klick Fish

Fishing with good friend and fellow guide Mia Sheppard on the Klick this fall I was shown some magic. Idyl's Bunny Tube Fly! We met Mia a summer before fishing the John Day. Chasing smallmouth bass during the day and her daughter by night we become friends and when my wife ...