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“Red Quills and Sculpin” by Lucas Caniglia

February 28, 2022 //  by Evan Streit

The river had dropped 100 cubic feet per second seemingly overnight, changing from a pumping heavy metal beat to a slow acoustic tune. Heavy rain two days prior had brought significant sediment into the river from nearby creeks, coloring the water and raising the flows. The water had just begun to drop, filtering out the sediment. From the road, the water was an array of bronze shades. The shallow riffles and soft side pockets in the rapids glittered amber like rays of sunlight touched it. Deep slow pools and troughs were marked by a dark coffee color. Drab gray skies held the cold air in the valley, although the weather report had promised sunshine and 60 degrees…

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“Fly Fishing Christmas Island” by Jackson Streit

February 2, 2022 //  by Evan Streit

Fly Fishing Christmas Island by Jackson Streit Christmas Island is one of the more special places in the world to fly fish – or for that matter, just to be. It is the largest saltwater atoll in the world and an angler’s paradise. It is located about 3 hours south of Hawaii and you can …

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Jackson’s 2021 Spring Report

April 26, 2021 //  by Evan Streit

Welcome to springtime in the Rockies, everyone! Freeze, thaw, snow, sunshine, golf, fish, bike, hike, repeat. If you play the weather correctly you can have it all!

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Jackson’s Snowpack Breakdown & Spring Outlook

February 26, 2021 //  by Evan Streit

As I write, it is snowing heavily in downtown Breckenridge! Currently, the snowpack is approximately 84% of average. For the angler, this means…

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Jackson’s Winter Forecast

December 7, 2020 //  by Evan Streit

Being outdoors and on the water this year was a blessing, allowing us to concentrate on flies, casts and nature and to forget everything else for a brief while…

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Jackson’s Autumn Forecast

August 29, 2020 //  by Evan Streit

The leaves are changing, the elk are bugling, and the browns are beginning their annual spawn. Now is the time to get out and catch big browns…

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Jackson’s Late Summer Forecast

August 4, 2020 //  by Evan Streit

Mid-summer fishing has been great with good weather and river flows. Looking forward, much of our future fishing success is weather dependent…

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Jackson’s Summer Fishing Forecast

June 29, 2020 //  by Evan Streit

We are now heading into the primetime months of summer fly fishing option to fish just about every waterway in the region. This is the season for hatches…

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