Roy Palm News Today

For the last few weeks, I have been preparing for a few days’ float trip on the Green River, so last week I stopped into Roaring Fork Anglers to pick up a few necessities. While...

Dry fly fishing enthusiasts from across the globe are here this month for a very good reason. The fall blue winged olive (BWO) hatch on the Roaring Fork has begun in earnest, and the prolific...

Young anglers in the Roaring Fork Valley have a bright future on the local rivers and lakes, or wherever their fishing pursuits take them, writes Scott Spooner in the latest installment of “On the Fly.”

Young anglers in the Roaring Fork Valley have a bright future on the local rivers and lakes, or wherever their fishing pursuits take them, writes Scott Spooner in the latest installment of “On the Fly.”

The hatches up the Fryingpan this week are nothing short of amazing, especially if you are all about dissecting complex dry fly hatches. The kicker right now is that there are six different insects coming…

The hatches up the Fryingpan this week are nothing short of amazing, especially if you are all about dissecting complex dry fly hatches. The kicker right now is that there are six different insects coming off, all at once.

Gifford Maytham on the Colorado River. Photo Courtesy Scott Spooner April means many things to fly fishers. For most, it rings in the fair-weather fishing season, as the first waves of blue winged olives and caddis arrive with those April showers. If you’ve ever experienced one of our blizzard caddis hatches on the Colorado or Roaring Fork rivers, you know what I’m talking about. This is a true “breathe through your teeth” hatch, complete with bugs crawling up your nose and between you...