Straightline Sports | Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Recient snow and cold weather have sent the tourists to lower ground.  The stream is empty and fishing is great.  Bluewings are hatching sporadically through the day and Mahogany duns have joined the show and have fish looking up for most of the day.  #20 parachute bwo patterns like the sprout BWO are killers for […]

Tis the season for prolific streamer action.  Baitfish and Crayfish patterns on the Yampa and Elk River are hitting hard!  BWO’s are the most significant aquatic action.  Mahogany Dunns are emerging bringing the largest trout to the surface.  Trust us, this is the time of year to fish the Yampa River.  If you want to test your […]

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 […]

The Elk has dropped into prime fishing shape and is fishing beautifully.  Early mornings see fish responding to attractor dries like Humpies and PMX peacocks as well as streamers such as Zonkers and Buggers in olive and grey/white.  As they day moves along you will see tan caddis in size #16-18 and PMDs in size […]

Small leech patterns (sz8-10) trailed by a small beadhead (sz 16) will produce fish from the morning through midday. The afternoon will produce dry fly action at most alpine and valley lakes. look for Callibaetis hatch take place. Try Adam Parachutes, Dandelion Flies, and small black midge patterns.
Trails are dry and hiking is Great!!! Try […]

The Yampa River through Steamboat is fishing extre,mely well.  PMD’s and yellow sally’s can be expected in the morning and red quill’s are producing rising fish in the evenings.  The fish are keyed in on the rusty spinner spent wing…look for slow, calm takes in the slower water in order to spot the fish.  Some […]

     A recent article in Fly Fisherman magazine and unseasonably warm temps have contributed to increased river use in the last week.  Despite the pressure, the river keeps kicking out her fare share of good sized trout, to those who pick their water wisely and fish on the early and late margins of the day.  […]

Mornings are starting out slow, but stick with it.  The PMD’s are coming off thick at about noon.  Look for fish feeding in the foam lines and shallow riffles.  The bugs are about #14-16 and very light in color.  Trail an emerger such as Barr’s PMD emerger or a soft hackled pheasant tail behind your […]