Golden Fly Shop Blog

We’re back with another three flies for the week! We hope everyone has had a fishy fall thus far and ready for even more action in the coming weeks. Weather in the next coming days seems rather stable until we...

Hello everyone, it’s good to be back with a 3 flies for the week! Although it is still warm on the front range, the mountains are quickly cooling off and fishing is really turning on. I would anticipate the dry...

Sorry for not making as many flies for the week recently, we’ve had a crazy couple of weeks in the shop! That being said, so everyone knows, our future goals for 3 Flies for the Week is to release them...

I’m sure some of you have been on a trip that your family strictly outlines as “not a fishing trip.” Well, my definition of a fishing trip is going fishing every day, so on a recent trip to Florida, I...

Water temperatures have risen considerably across the state, so please be aware when you’re fishing and have a thermometer with you at all times. Many of the freestones are hitting unsafe water conditions by midday, but if you check your...

At the recent fly fishing show, I had the chance to reconnect with an old friend and high school pitching coach, Max Pavel. He had extended this opportunity to me after the first year of COVID, but, like many things...

The summer heat is on and it can be an absolute burden right now to fish some of the lower elevation rivers. To escape the heat and the crowds, we’ve been getting away to some high elevation creeks and alpine...

This summer season of fishing has been outstanding thus far. Rivers are looking nice and healthy with the prolonged runoff and almost daily thunderstorms have helped to keep them cool. That said, things are highly vulnerable right now with the...

Fishing continues to get better and better as the days go on, but be careful with rising water temperatures. Although things are still safe right now for the fish, with the recent heat wave things could be on the verge...

Summer has settled in the mountains and fishing is better than ever! This time period can offer some of the best fishing we see all year. Hatches are plentiful, water is still high and cold but very fishable, alpine lakes...

Sorry we took last week off, but it was a holiday week and we were occupied spending time with our friends and family. With that in mind, we hope everyone had a lovely 4th of July and were able to...

I’m happy to say that prime fishing season is just around the corner. While most of the state's rivers are still maintaining runoff-level flows, they are dropping by the day. This means that we are going to see more dry...