Green drakes. To fly-fishers, these two words equate to many sleepless nights spent by the river under the beam of a headlamp while trout gorge on large mayflies. To the fly-fishers’ significant ...

The green drake mayfly hatch is one of many reasons Basalt and the Roaring Fork Valley is considered Mecca for fly fishers around the world. We (and the fish) enjoy this hatch from late runoff on our ...

Green drake mayflies will be hatching soon — are you ready? The drake hatch is one of many reasons Basalt and the Roaring Fork Valley is considered Mecca for fly fishers around the world. We (and the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s top fly-tyers are seeing a pattern. Then again, they always see patterns. A stripe here, a wing there, a smattering of insects across a spider’s ...