Fly Fishing

Money can buy you everything,  except the time it takes to be a good fly fisherman.  I have spent a great deal of time trying to become a good fly fisherman and long enough to learn that the fool say he knoweth, while the wise man knows he is a fool.  One of the best tips to becoming successful is to always check the water flow conditions before setting out for fishing.  In Colorado, there is a website for water conditions.  You can check all of the segments of various water ways, for instance, the South Platte below Cheeseman Reservoir is found here.

We enjoy fly fishing for trout and spend many days each year in the water with Rim Chung, inventor of the RS2.  Here’s a video of Rim fishing. 

And we enjoy taking our adventures further from home, often with others we have met from our membership with the International Fario Club.   

Nick Sawyer, the grandson of the late Frank Sawyer, has become a pen-pal of mine.  We still use his Pheasant Tail nymph and his basic method for nymph fishing, as developed by Rim Chung.

Frank Sawyer nymph fishing. 

Frank Sawyer on snaring a pike. 

Oliver Kite on sight nymph fishing. 

Oliver Kite on upstream nymphing.

Andy Kim, a guide on the San Juan River, has also influenced my nymph fishing.