The Best Fishing Show in Colorado: Week One!



Presenting at the 2011 Bass Pro Shops
Outdoor World Spring Fishing Classic

     The annual Bass Pro Spring Fishing Classic is the best Fishing Sale Event of the year and the time is upon us!  From February 24 to March 11, new items, sales, special events, speakers and seminars, and guest hosts knowledgeable in all things fishing are some of the many reasons to check out the Fishing Classic.

Antero Ice Fishing for the First Time

My first 'iced' rainbow trout.

     A guy from Wisconsin, a Jayhawker, and two South Africans step onto Antero Ice for the first time.  Stop me if you’ve already heard this one.

     Hiemal fishing has never been my forte, and my first time ice fishing started out on the chilly side, but by the end of the day I warmed to the prospect.

Tyin' Flies and Takin' Names

     Soon after learning the basics of fly casting, and seeing the pride in others when a fly they tied works on the river or lake, I decided to take up fly tying.  But where to start?

A Fly Fishing Primer

     Learning how to fly-cast from a book was not as difficult as I thought it would be.  Joseph Petralia’s Flyfishing: First Cast to First Fish! did the job for me.  A long time ago I had my first fly-fishing experience.  A friend invited me along on a trip to one of the best places in the Midwest to catch big trout.

10 Things I Am Thankful For



Ute Lake, NM.  Killer strike, the smallie
watched the Repo Man fly through the
air and hit it as it landed 6 inches from
the bank!


A fisherman’s list of reasons to be thankful this year.

10. I am thankful for the sudden strike.  The one that, when the catch is done and the big one is released, leaves me trembling and wanting more.  And that, even after all these years, I still feel this way each and every time it happens.

Winter Bass Fishing



Capped with ice, or clear water,
winter bass hunker down.



Like much of the U.S. of A., bass fishing in Colorado during the winter comes almost to a standstill, like the bass do, as well.  But that doesn't mean you can not catch bass during the wintertime.  Here are a few techniques to catch lethargic lunkers lurking down deep.

Winter Bass Fishing

Here in Colorado, just like other parts of the U.S. of A., bass fishing gets really tough over the winter.  The bite shuts down sometime after early to mid-November and doesn't start to pick up again until early March.  But that doesn't mean you can't catch bass over the winter.  You just have to adjust your fishing techniques.