BASALT – Ask a Roaring Fork Valley fly-fishing guide what their favorite time of year is to fish, and almost certainly they’ll reply with fall. Gone are the long and hot “dog days” of July and August.

Fall in the mountains means a drop in temperature, changing of the colors in the trees, the anticipation of snow, and fishing with streamers for hungry trout. Streamer fishing this time of year can be ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

Fall in the mountains means a drop in temperature, changing of the colors in the trees, the anticipation of snow and fishing with streamers for hungry trout. Streamer fishing this time of year can be ...