Exploring New Private Water

Every once in a while, the guides at Dan's Fly Shop "have to" explore new private water to see if it is worth taking clients there.  Most of our work days involve taking other people fishing, but on this day, the guides were asked to fish the water themselves.

Beautiful day to "have to" go fishing

Nice brown

The conditions weren't great (warm, muddy water), but we did hook into some nice browns.

Guiding High-Country Creeks Around Lake City

The high-country creeks around Lake City are great places to take beginner fly fishermen and experts who feel like catching a bunch of smaller fish.  The views up here are hard to beat.

Rainbow trout at Big Blue Creek

The fish in the high country aren't always the biggest, but watching them crush dry flies never gets old.

Big Blue Creek

Beautiful rainbow trout

Nice brown in the high country

Beautiful day at Big Blue

Afternoon storm rolling in at Big Blue

Cebolla Creek

Big Blue

A young fly fisherman with one of his first fish on a fly rod--hopefully that excitement never fades for him

Nice brook trout at Big Blue

Big Blue

Big Blue

Holding the bigger fish is tough!

Celebrating another small-stream rainbow

Cebolla

Brook trout at Big Blue

Brook Trout

Big Blue Rainbow

A big crew ready to get on the water at Big Blue

First-day success

Big Blue

Sky Ranch at Ute Trail below Big Blue

High-Country Brookie

The drive to Big Blue

Hiking into a remote stream

The views never get old