Steamboat Area Yampa River Fly Fishing is The Ticket!

Summer Hatches and Nice Trout

Colorado seems to be the place to be this Summer judging from all the people out on the water lately. Coloradans or tourist alike, one thing is for certain, there are plenty of hotspots to be come late Summer with Steamboat being one of them.

Steamboat Springs is very fortunate to be in such close proximity to so many miles of productive public water. In addition to seven miles of public access on the Yampa through town, there are three more excellent public sections on the Yampa within 35 miles of town. In the Pleasant Valley area South of Steamboat, anglers can enjoy the Tailwaters of Stagecoach Reservoir, a 3/4 mile public section of the Yampa River. Moving downstream, the Sarvis Creek State Wildlife Area is another great 2 mile section of public water. Checkout our friends at Steamboat Flyfisher for more great information.





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Montana Grasshoppers Worst in 25 Years, Hmmm I May Need To Get Up To Montana Soon!

Here Come The Hoppas

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FALLON — On an abnormally cool summer morning at the Hjorth farm, grasshoppers seeking warmth form a thick stubble on the sunny face of a large barn. “They covered two-thirds of it,” said Doug Hjorth, who farms winter wheat here with his father, Dennis. “They’re bad this year.”
The outer rows of Hjorth’s grain field have been stripped of leaves. The flower bed behind the house is lousy with tiny armored invaders. When summer’s hot breath stirs, grasshoppers erupt like popped corn from the Hjorth’s cut lawn.

“All of Southeast Montana has it bad this year,” said Shayne Galford, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service. “I was out in Golden Valley County and they had a count of 64 (per square yard). That’s high.”

Any area with 15 or more grasshoppers per square yard is considered problematic by APHIS standards. Those numbers translate into more than 72,000 hoppers an acre, enough to challenge a cow for forage on Montana’s dry ranges where a single bovine might scour 5 acres to satisfy its daily diet of 30 pounds of grass. At 64 hoppers per square yard, the insects become a voracious force, easily striping 29 pounds of forage from a single acre.

Looks like my trip in a few weeks out that way may be good for my dry fly addiciton, that or I may need my buff to cover my face as to not inhale too many while out on the rivers. Regardless, my Hooper box will be filled up with every color, size and style you could ever imagine!

*Sweet Hooper dry fly action video


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Summer Dry Fly Fishing Heaven!

Dry Fly Heaven from Jah Raven Creation on Vimeo.

Few places capture the true essence of dry fly fishing when compared to the amazing Elk River chasing Cutthroats.

A Short film showcasing what the Elk Valley has to offer for Flyfishing. Includes shots from the elk river, wigwam, michelle creek and more. Best dry fly fishing in the world.


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Name That Saltwater Fish?

Crazy Looking Saltwater Fish Are Nothing New...What is it?
Wikipedia Definition

The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long when their dorsal and ventral fins are extended.

If you see this thing coming, go the other way or pull your fly with your 10wt quickly away!


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