Michael Gracie 

I’ve been promising a buddy of mine a day on the water. For about four fricken years. Things just never seemed to work out though. His birthday came around, and he, the wife, and the kids packed up and came to Denver. Then the whole family got a flu bug, and once again it looked [...]

On the ride up to a Gold Medal trout water today: Angler 1: I rowed that stretch 25 times last year. We stuffed pigs every run, and by the end of the season I was sick of the place. But I did hook one that would have pushed 20 pounds. Angler 2: Did you get [...]

In the simplest terms, you present the fly and the fish takes it. Drill down however, and things are not quite so easily defined. The fish gets hooked, and subsequently gives up significant amounts of energy trying to break free. Sometimes it does, taking a tiny piece of your spirit along with. Other times you [...]

Cathy Beck denied this was the case, and said she’s just getting set up. It wouldn’t be the first time, as you’ll soon find out. I had a chance to sit down with Barry and Cathy Beck, the first couple of fly-fishing, at the Denver International Sportsmen’s Expo. They’ve been in the fly-fishing business their [...]

I’d planned on fishing Christmas day, but with high temps expected to climb no higher than the teens I’m likely to bag it. Hence, my fly-fishing year is over, and this year-in-review comes a few days early. The learning curve I spent 30 minutes talking one-on-one with Lefty Kreh, in the second week of January. [...]

With the holiday season in full swing, there simply isn’t much time to fish. It is, however, always time to get ready for the next round, whether it be a single trip or the upcoming season. Budgets may be tight, but these are the transition months when manufacturers roll out new stuff for the gift-giving [...]

The call came in Monday at 7:58 am. VOICE #1: How was it?! VOICE #2: So so. We picked up plenty of stockers, but only two decent native bows. No rhyme or reason. VOICE #1: How was the weather? VOICE #2: Nice, and cold, in the morning. Got some cloud cover in the afternoon, but [...]

Find something you like to do, and make a point of doing it well. If at all possible, exceptionally well. You will find you like it even more. If the best you can do still isn’t satisfying, invite someone to join who is better than you. Then watch and listen closely. You’ll be better next [...]

Autumn is here. With a vengeance. I started the ’09 fishing season with what I felt was a bang, stepping onto the water for the first time in early January. And barely looked back. Spring and summer delivered some extraordinary fun, and some better than average fish too. But time out has become a precious [...]

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