Straightline Sports | Steamboat Springs, Colorado

The Elk River has to be one of the most idyllic settings for a late summer fly fishing excursion.  The water levels are low but cold keeping fish active throughout the day, and there are enough bugs on the surface to make dryfly fishing one of the most productive methods.  Hoppers and Tricos have taken […]

The Yampa Valley is slowly becoming golden brown.  In other words, seasons are changing bringing prolific blue wing olive and trico hatches.The healthy trout throughout the rivers are migrating into the shallow riffles gorging on spent tricos and emerging blue wings.  It is not uncommon to see fifteen to twenty 18 + inch bows and browns in […]

Sorry we’ve been away from the computer lately.  Its been busy around here to say the least.  Tricos have taken center stage on all our waters as of late and the spinner falls have been truely epic.  Starting at dawn, fishing has been great with small trico nymphs like wd-40’s and copper johns in sizes […]