Straightline Sports | Steamboat Springs, Colorado

     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 […]

The river throughout town is fishing very well right now with a variety of bugs out.  In the mornings we are seeing a lot of PMD’s, Yellow Sallies, and Baetis.  Fishing a nymph rig with pmd, yellow sally, or caddis patterns has been good.  Fish are also starting to feed on the surface, rising to pmd […]

The river is on fire and the fish are hungry.  Fished with Steve yesterday afternoon from 4-8 and had a fantastic trip.  The fish were feeding aggressively on soft hackle pheasant tails and tungsten flash bugs size #14’s and #16’s bugs down deep.  We used three big cannon balls to keep the flies in the […]

The tailwaters at Stagecoach are fishing well with lots of baetis and midge hatches going on throughout the day.  Fishing with small beadhead and soft hackle patterns will work well.  Fish have also been feeding on the surface, using small BWO dries and emergers will work.  Scuds are also prevalent through this section of water, so […]

Ice is off!!  The trout and grayling are hungry cruising the banks and depths of all lakes in our region.  A plethora of leaches, midges, callibaetis, damsels and chronomids are the main diets for these fish.  Come into to Straightline and speak to our professional staff. 

As of noon today, the river has dipped below the 1500 cfs mark and is now down to 1380 cfs.  Conditions are ideal for throwing streamers and large sculpin and baitfish colored streamers like Coffee’s sparkle minnow and Beldar’s rubber bugger did the trick this morning.  Two guide trips yeilded numerous large  browns and some […]