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THE INTOFLYFISHING RIVER GUIDES

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By Nick Wharton

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Salmonflies and green drakes are a good reason to plan an early-summer fly fishing trip to Colorado’s Rio Grande. The river holds brown trout and rainbows around South Fork, with the Gold Medal water beginning at the Colorado 149 bridge and continuing downstream toward Del Norte.

I’ve spent more than 35 years fishing the

The Big Hole River earns the nickname “The Last Best River” for a reason. It runs more than 150 miles through southwest Montana and holds five species of wild trout, including Arctic grayling that have no business surviving this far south.

I’ve fished a lot of Montana rivers. The Big Hole is one of the few where I’ve had real trouble deciding what to target next. The h...

The Beaverhead River in southwestern Montana does not get the attention it deserves. The Madison gets the magazine covers. The Big Hole gets the pilgrimage crowd. The Beaverhead just quietly stacks fish.

This is a 70-mile tailwater fed by Clark Canyon Reservoir, running through Dillon, Montana, before meeting the Big Hole River at Twin Bridges. The upper stretch, from ...

The Arkansas River is not a secret. It shows up on every shortlist of top Colorado trout rivers, and for good reason: 102 contiguous miles of Gold Medal water, more public access than any other river in the state, and wild brown trout stacked in every stretch from Leadville down to the Royal Gorge. The fishing holds up whether you have one afternoon or five days to burn.

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