Fly Fishing Colorado and the Driftless Area
The trusty blazer still chugging along from one adventure to the next In the next two posts I will be highlighting some of my favorite trips that took place between mid May and the end of the crazy year of 2020. During this timeframe I worked a little, fished a lot, spent time in 10 … Continue reading Rest of 2020: Top 10 | Part 1
Well, it's been a while. I'll cut right to the chase. What a time to be alive! This past summer/fall has been one of the craziest periods of my life. Everything was in flux during this period of time. When I left Minnesota to head to Colorado for my final season of guiding, there was … Continue reading Back At It
2020 Weeks 14-19: Trout April 3 - May 10: Trout Spring is a great time to be in the midwest. You can literally see the conditions change daily as the temps warm up and the landscape turns green. In April I spent a lot of time traveling around the Driftless and some time up north. … Continue reading Trout On The Mind | Recap of Spring Trout Fishing in the Driftless
2020 Weeks 14-19: Warm water April 3 - May 10: Warm water As the area ponds, lakes, and warm water rivers have began to open up and become fishable, I went after all sorts of species of fish on the fly. This spring I ran into sunfish, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, northern pike, and musky. … Continue reading Chasin’ Tail
2020 Weeks 12-14: March 16 - April 2 March was a month of transitions. Winter Park Colorado, Minnesota, and Corona virus. From leaving work as a ski instructor to living at home and from life as we knew it in early March to current life with the Corona virus. Fortunately, my hobby of fly fishing … Continue reading Distancing in the Driftless
2020 Week 11: Day 1: Wednesday 3/11 As my time in Winter Park began to wrap up I started to plan out how I wanted to drive back to Minnesota. Over the last two years I have enjoyed changing up the way I travel from MN to CO and I have come to the conclusion … Continue reading Wyoming
2020 Week 10: With an extra hour of sunlight I knew that Friday was the day to give it a shot; ski and catch a Colorado trout slam in the same day. After teaching my last ski class of the season I hit the road to a place where I knew I had a shot … Continue reading Ski Slam
2020 Week 9: Thursday was an awesome early spring day on the river. Before the fishing part of my day began, I showed up for work and after the crowds of kids showed up, I somehow managed to be one of the few remaining ski instructors that hadn't been given a class yet. At that … Continue reading No Snowshoes, No Problem
2020 Week 8: This last week I didn't end up doing any fishing but I wasn't too upset. Between work and having two buddies in town I had a busy week. One of my best friends from high school, Kyle, was in town with a group of his buddies and somehow they ended up staying … Continue reading Friends and Travels
2020 Week 7: More open water than I've seen in months Sunday was one of those days. I woke up at 4 am and hit the road with the plan of being on the river at sunrise for a full day bender. I left Winter Park in the midst of a blizzard and on the … Continue reading Don’t Fish White Flies in the Winter
Trout Travels 