Tag: tailwater
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A New Year, A Cold River: Starting a Fly Fishing Tradition
Fly fishing is stitched together by traditions, some ancient, some borrowed, and some made up on the fly (usually with numb fingers and questionable judgment). We inherit many of them without realizing it. The flies we trust, the way we step into a river, the quiet moment before the first cast. But every now and…
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A Guide to Fly Fishing Small Tailwaters in the Fall
In my home region of northern Colorado, the aspens are now mostly past their peak and the nighttime temperatures are in the 30s and 40s consistently at elevation. This is when I turn my attention to small tailwaters due to the consistency of dam releases and the super skinny water in many of the freestones…