Few situations present more of a challenge for anglers than runoff in the West. Gentle mountain streams become raging torrents and lazy tailwaters become gushing, chocolate milk rivers as snow melts and swells waterways onec runoff gets going in late May and June. Depending on the year, runoff can last well...
Runoff is one of the more challenging aspects of fly fishing in the West during the months of May, June, and sometimes July. Tranquil streams that were mere trickles all of a sudden surge off steep slopes as snow melts and swells waters from Colorado to Montana. For some anglers,...
The first sign that summer is truly here has to do with...snow? Yes, snow! More specifically, the melting of snow in the mountains that leads to swollen rivers and streams at lower elevations. It’s quite the time as air temperatures can be in the 80s and 90s while the water...
