Fly Fishing Colorado

The Fly Fishing Show Denver will be at the Denver Merchandise Mart Jan 8,9,10 at 58th and I25. The Mart is behind the Comfort Inn and offers free parking. Suggest you be there early to get a parking space.

Fly Fishing Show times are

1. Friday Jan 8th – 10 AM to 6 PM
2. Sat Jan 9th –  9 AM to 5:30 PM
3. Sun Jan 10th —  9 AM to 4:30 PM

Seminars such as Quick and Easy Patterns That Catch Trout with Gary Borger, Fly tying with A.K. Best, Practical Nymphing with Ed Engle, Long Distance Casting with Rick Hartman, Fly Fishing Writing 101 with Dave Hughes, Ladies Only Fly Casting, Charlie Craven, Walt Mueller Dave Whitlock and a ton of other seminars are available. Some of the seminars are paid and many are free.

Admission

• Adult $15 for one day, $25 for two days, $35 for three days
• Children uner 5 free, Under 12 $2 and Scouts in Uniform under 16 Free
• Uniformed Military $10

If you are out of town and need a place to stay. Try the Comfort Inn at the Merchandise Mart. 303-297-1717 and Ask for the Fly Show Special Room Rate.

More information www.flyfishingshow.com  or 866-481-2393 (toll free)

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The International Sportsmans Exposition will also be in Denver Jan 7, 8, 9 and 10 at the Colorado Convention Center at 700 14th Street, Denver, CO

Hours:

Thursday Noon to 9:00 pm
Friday, Noon to 9:00 pm
Saturday, 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Admission:

1. Adults $15 per day
2. Children 15 and under free

 For more complete information on the Denver ISE, Seminars and Events This page will give information on seminars and events plus info about ISE shows in other cities.

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Following Information Courtesy of Cecilia Kleinkauf President of the Womens Fly Fishing Net

Fly Fishing Shows happen from January through April all over the US.

-ASA/Eastern Fishing & Outdoor Exposition, LLC, a company that offers both fresh water and salt water shows in Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, and Somerset, NJ during February and March. Check them out at http://www.sportshows.com/

–The Fly Fishing Show–the very best shows for people who fly fish- will hold shows in Somerset, NJ, Denver, Charlotte, NC, Pleasanton, CA and Pasadena, CA. See http://www.flyfishingshow.com/ I’ll be seeing you at the Charlotte, NC show and the Pleasanton, CA show. Come see the Alaska fly fishing slides!! and attend the book-signings for my new book, "Fly Fishing for Alaska’s Arctic Grayling: Sailfish of the North").

-The Western Canadian Fly Fishing Exposition will be hosting the Canadian Fly Fishing Exposition in Calgary on January 22-24 at Spruce Meadows expo center. There will be lots of events for women at the show.I’ll be doing a casting clinic, showing slides & tying flies, and there will be a great wine & cheese party complete with a silent auction offered in association with The Reel Hookers Fly Fishing Club for Women .) http://www.reelhookersclub.com/  Check it all out at http://www.flyfishingevents.com/

-The Great Waters Fly Fishing Expos will take place in Chicago in January and in Minneapolis in March. Go to  www.greatwatersflyfishingexpo.com/  for all the details.

-The Magic City Fly Fishers in Billings, MT will hold their 5th annual Expo and banquet on Sat, Feb 20, 2010.  http://www.mcffonline.org/expo2010.htm  has all the information.

—–Want to find shows in your area, just Google "fly fishing shows" and add the name of your state and city.  Or go to  http://www.great-lakes.org/sports_shows.html  to see a listing of lots of shows in every state in the US.  

January also marks the release of my new book,"Fly Fishing for Alaska’s Arctic Grayling: Sailfish of the North"!

Books will be available from the publisher, Frank Amato Publications, and in the stores soon. Both the publisher and Amazon are taking pre-release orders now and so are we on our web site at http://www.womensflyfishing.net/book.html.  Just like my other two books, it is illustrated by the phenomenal photos of Michael DeYoung. Hope that you enjoy it!

Thanks Cecilia for such great fly fishing show information. Pick up a copy now.

I will be working the High Plains Drifters Federation of Fly Fishers Club Booth at the Fly Fishing Show Denver (The Merchandise Mart One).  Stop by and learn about the best fly fishing club in Denver.

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On Sat 11/7/09, seven members of the High Plains Drifters fishing club set out for the Arkansas River in Canon City for a day of fishing. The weather was a beautiful fall day in Colorado with blue skies, temperatures in the high 60’s to low 70’s. The river was running at 445 CFS due to two feet of snow in Buena Vista that was sending water down stream. Water temperature was about 38 to 42 degrees most of the day.

After a stop at Royal Gorge Anglers to get local information and flies, we hit the water in the stretch that TU had improved. We spread out upstream from the Reynolds Street bridge for about 1/2 mile.  Michael L. was fishing a series of pools along the bank. He had caught a couple of small 12 inch browns. Michael M. started fishing the first of the pools which Michael L. had vacated.

Taking my time rigging up my Z-Axis 6wt, I went to the first upstream pool to try my luck. The water upstream feeding this pool was a fast riffle and the bottom was covered in caddis cases.  So I was using the big #10 beadhead, gold ribbed hares ear on top and a #16 on the bottom. Casting into the fast water above the pool and drifing along the fast outer seam resulted in a nice 12 inch brown. Casting above the pool and drifting between 2 rocks channeling water into the pool closer to shore eventually reusulted in another brown about 11 or 12 inches. Then the pool went dead.

Michael M was still working the pool below me with a dry dropper rig and having no luck. I moved on downstream to a large pool fed by a rapids. At the current flow this pool was about 8 to 12 feed deep in the center. I was dropping my rig into the rapids and letting it drift down in the the 3 foot shallows along the edge of this pool. On the third drift, the line stopped dead like I was hung up. Right after a sharp tug on the line, it started moving downstream. I could feel what felt like a very large fish on the end. The kind of feel where the fish doesn’t know it is hooked or is big enough it doesn’t care. There was about a 5 foot downstream run where I could feel moderate head shaking. Then the line stopped again. This time I was hung up. After a few sharp tugs, the line came free but without any thing on the end. All I got back was line, leader and 6 inches of tippet cut sharply off. But it was fun while it lasted.

Michael L and I worked upstream for about another 1/4 mile from the pools where we had started with no luck. After lunch, both Michaels and I headed downstream some 1/2 mile. We fished for a couple of hours without any luck.

Meeting everyone back at the cars, we took tally. Larry L. had again outfished us. Larry has a unique fishing method but it really works for him. While the day was hard fishing, being outdoors in what was a fine day was worth the trip.

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Oct 17th and 18th on the Rio Grande at the Rio Grande Club were perfect weather days. The endless Colorado blue skies, warm afternoons and water with lots of fish. I knew they were there even if I did not catch a lot. Water like this has to hold fish.

But it was difficult wading. The stretch of the Rio Grande is a lot like the Blue River where most rocks are about 18 inches around and slick. Slick was the operative word here. Even the small rocks were slick. In many rivers, you will find sand behind rocks 18 or more inches big. But not on the Rio Grande in this stretch. Finally I noticed some rocks had a pocket of smaller flat shaped rocks behind them indicating a slower flow behind the rock. Light bulb time. The smaller rocks were the equivalent of sand behind rocks in many rivers I fish. Stepping carefully into these flat rock areas made wading much easier.

Rivers without big rocks or logs to provide obvious holding areas have always been difficult for me to fish. This was no exception on Sat. the 17th. I fished a 2 nymph rig deep in the pools and deep runs. My rig was bouncing the bottom where I thought fish would be holding over the rocks. Nada for most of the first 2 hours. So I removed some weight to try the middle of the water column. Finally in the pool where the So. Fork of the Rio Grande and the North Fork merge, I had a solid double tap. Too slow on the hook set. Three drifts later, I hung and lost my rig.

Rerigging with a #16 hares ear top and a #18 pheasant tail bottom, I started up the South Fork. Dropping a cast into the first run above the pool, my drift stopped after two feet. A fiesty 15 inch bow leaped into the air and headed downstream. My new Sage 6 wt stopped him after a short run and made quick work getting him into the net. Working up the South Fork toward the railroad bridge, I fished every pool and deeper run in the stream. Finally, I hooked up with a fat little ten or 12 inch bow but overpressured him and lost him.

That was it for me on Sat. Sunday was a bit better with a couple of nice browns hooked. Fishing was slow and difficult both days.

Lessons from the Rio Grande. Wade using the flat spots of little rocks behind the bigger rocks as places to step. Wade carefully as the rocks will be slick in the fall. Use a wading staff. Use a Rio Grande AP as one of the producing nymphs. Guess that is about it.

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