Category: Riffle and Rise Blog

I have some surgeries coming up, so I’ve put the fishing gear away until next spring. Looking forward to getting on the rivers then.

We had a fun day up in the high country this week, catching wild cutthroat, cutbows, and rainbows in a small mountain creek. It was extra fun with short, 3-weight glass rod.

Another very nice rainbow on the Gunnison River.

Caught an absolutely gorgeous brown trout today Euro Nymphing with a size 20 baetis. Great fun!

This pretty rainbow was Peri’s first fish of the year. A great start!

Had a great first day out on the river for 2025 today. Lots of beautiful wild trout.

Spring is here and it’s time to dust off the fly fishing gear. I hope to get out in the next couple of weeks as the weather warms up and the rivers rise. Looks like it will be a great spring and a good time to pick up some plump, pre-spawn rainbows.

We’ve had a really nice fall so far, with warm weather and good fishing. The weather is changing now, and we have snow in the mountains. Cooler temps with cloud cover got the fish moving recently, and I caught some really nice, chunky rainbows on the Gunnison.

We took our camper up to Steamboat to visit friends and fish the Yampa. This was our third trip up there in four years. We had beautiful fall weather, but the fishing was slow and tough. The fish we did catch were really nice, like this big brown I caught and this chunky rainbow Nic landed.

Had a great time fishing the Crystal River at Redstone the past couple of days. Caught a ton of fish, mostly on dry-dropper rigs all day long. I caught mostly rainbows and really pretty cutbows, but I also landed a few browns, one brookie, and a couple of white fish. I got a few bows over 20 inches and one really huge fish that was probably around 4 pounds or more. A night at the Redstone Inn and a day and a half of fishing was my awesome birthday present from Peri. It was a really fun time. (Click on the photos for large images.)