Well, last Thursday I fished the Gunnison River at the Gunnison Forks Area. I fished with my friend Lori Nicholson from Angler's All fly shop in Denver (I will be teaching three kid's fly fishing classes at their shop this summer. It was nice day and we had sunshine, clouds and wind off and on during the day.

There was a good midge hatch all day but only saw a couple of fish rising. I hooked most my fish on small #18-#22 black midges and Brassie patterns. Here are a few pictures from our day. I hope you enjoy them.

Lori Nicholson with a Gunnison River Brown trout.

The release!

An amazing March day. (photo by Lori Nicholson)

Watching my strike indicator. (photo by Lori Nicholson)

Hmmmm...What fly to use? (photo by Lori Nicholson)

This past Saturday my family and I participated in the Black Canyon Fly Fishing Show in Montrose, Colorado. My sisters, Ava and Vivian tied flies with me and my dad. They tied foam frogs and lady bugs!

I tied in the fly tying video theater and did a program about my fly fishing trips to Japan. It was great to see a bunch of my friends from different places in Colorado and Utah.

Here are a few pictures from the show. This coming Saturday I will be tying flies and signing books and DVDs at Western Anglers in Grand Junction, Colorado from 10:00AM until noon. Hope to see you there.

My sisters Ava and Vivian having fun tying flies.

My youngest sister Olivia checking out a foam frog my sister Ava tied.

My friend Geoff Samples tying flies at the show.

Mr. Jim Aubrey from Durango, Colorado was tying up some very cool baby brook trout streamers.

I will be at Bass Pro Shops in Denver, Colorado this Saturday, February 27th to tie flies and sign books in the Authors Corner. I will be at the store for the annual Bass Pro Spring Classic Fishing event. I had a great time there last year and I am really looking forward to being there again this year. See you there so we can talk about fly fishing and fly tying!

Click here to check out the event schedule.

Yesterday my mom took me to Gunnison to tie some flies with a friend of mine, Merne Judson. I am going to be doing some fly tying for the fly business he is starting. While we were in Gunnison my dad took my two youngest little sisters fishing on the Uncompahgre River near our house. Check out a few of the pictures my dad took and a couple I took of the upper Gunnison River (still frozen!) and Blue Mesa Reservoir.

All bundled up and ready to fish!

Vivian watching her pink Thingamabobber.

One of the Rainbow's that Vivian caught.

Ready for release.

The frozen upper Gunnison River at the town of Gunnison.

Winter time at Blue Mesa Reservoir.

Last Saturday my dad and I did a fly tying demo at Cimarron Creek Fly Shop here in Montrose. It was a lot of fun. We focused on tying weighted nymphs. Here are a few pictures. Hope you like them.

Oh yeah, I fished a little over the weekend too!

I will be tying flies at Cimarron Creek Fly Shop in Montrose, Colorado on Saturday, February 6th from 10:00AM until 12:00PM. I will be tying with my dad and we will be tying various nymph patterns and discussing how we like to nymph fish in different water conditions. I will also be signing my books and showing my new DVD "A Kid's Guide to Fly Fishing". It will be hitting the fly shops in a couple of weeks. Hope to see you there.

I had a great January fishing the Uncompahgre River at different places near my house. All nymph fishing and lots of health fun rainbows, browns and cutthroats. I have done good fishing a two fly rig and a strike indicator as well as trying some of European nymph fishing techniques. Here are a few pictures from some of my trips.

Fly fishing with my little sister on January 2nd.

Little sister Vivian with a nice trout!

Amazing colors on this cutthroat.

Releasing a pretty rainbow below Ridgeway Reservoir.

Fishing very close to my house on the Uncompahgre River.

My friend Bob Burk. The owner of Cimarron Creek Fly Shop in Montrose, Colorado. He took me to his private water on the Uncompahgre River. It was a great time!

It does not get any better than catching healthy trout during the winter.

This Saturday, at 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM, I will be doing a book signing and fly tying demo at Cimarron Creek fly shop in Montrose, Colorado. I will be signing my two books, "A Kid's Guide to Fly Fishing" and "A Kid's Guide to Fly Tying". We will also be showing my new DVD "A Kid's Guide to Fly Fishing". It will be for sale in a couple of weeks. This same DVD is being included in the Ross Journey Youth Fly Fishing Outfits.

Be sure to stop by and check it out!

It has been a while since I posted a blog entry. November was a very busy month with school, swimming and of course fly fishing and fly tying. I had some fun days on the rivers near my home in Montrose, Colorado. We had great fall weather the whole month of November and the fish were hungry. Here are a few pictures from my fishing trips. Hope you like them.

I have some other exciting news to share in the next few days so keep checking back!

A nice looking Kokanee salmon.

My little sister trying to fight a Kokanee salmon with her cast on her left arm!

A nice Kokanee just before releasing it.

I love fall fly fishing!

Fighting a fish just before sundown.

My new fishing buddy Geoff Samples rigging up to catch some fish.

A couple of rainbows from this past Sunday on the Uncompahgre River near my home.

It has be a while since I added a new fly tying tutorial and I just added tutorial for one of my favorite streamer patterns. The fly is a Chuck's Sculpin. This is my version of the fly that is one of Chuck Stranahan's flies. This is a good streamer pattern to learn some tying techniques and it catches a lot of fish too! You can see the step-by-step fly ting insrtuctions for this pattern on the fly tying tutorial page of my site. Have fun tying this one!

Now that the snow started falling here in Montrose I will be working on more fly tying tutorials very soon. Keep checking back for new stuff on my site.