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A tan Elk Hair Caddis dry fly — pale flared elk-hair wing tied tent-style over ginger palmered hackle and a tan dubbed body on a gold dry-fly hook

The Elk Hair Caddis: My High-Floating Searching Dry for South Platte Summers

How I fish the Elk Hair Caddis on the South Platte — why it floats so high, when to skitter it, and the tan, olive, and peacock sizes I actually trust.

September 7, 202613 min read

A tan Chubby Chernobyl — closed-cell foam body, white poly-yarn wing, and rubber legs

The Chubby Chernobyl: My Summer Attractor and Dry-Dropper Anchor

How I fish the Chubby Chernobyl on the South Platte — a foam attractor that doubles as a summer searching dry and a dry-dropper anchor.

July 17, 20268 min read

Renato's Zebra Midge Torch — black tungsten bead, slim dark body, bright orange tag, tied on a jig hook in the vise

The Zebra Midge Torch — My South Platte Midge

The standard Zebra Midge catches fish. My version — black tungsten bead, orange tag, tied on a Fulling Mill jig hook — catches more. Here's the Torch.

May 28, 20265 min read

Barr's Slumpbuster streamer fly — olive pine squirrel Zonker strip with tungsten cone

Barr's Slumpbuster: The Streamer John Barr Built for Big Browns

John Barr's Slumpbuster is the most versatile streamer in Colorado fly fishing. How to fish it, when it works, and why pine squirrel beats a Woolly Bugger.

May 21, 20269 min read