Posts by Pat Dorsey

Rim Chung invented the original RS 2 (RS stands for “Rim’s Semblance”) in the early 1970s. It was tied on a Tiemco 101 (straight eye hook), had two split moose fibers for the tail, natural beaver fur for the abdomen, and saddle hackle webbing (fluffy stuff near the base of the feather) for the emerging…

Anglers throughout the state of Colorado are finding excellent dry fly fishing as of late! Currently, Colorado’s tailwaters are providing fly-fishers with reliable dry fly fishing with pale morning duns, yellow sallies, caddis and Tricos. River levels are perfect and the trout are eating a variety of surface offerings with confidence! Brian Leen fooled this…

It took a while, but spring run-off is finally prevailing on the majority of streams in Colorado! There are still a few tailwaters with low flows because the reservoir above have not filled yet. Government agencies are holding water back in an effort to fill Cheesman Reservoir, Spinney Reservoir, and Eleven Mile Reservoir, etc. until…

Very fewhatches get your juices flowing like a blizzard of moth-like insects known as caddisflies. These fluttering insects typically produce an emergence that brings forth staggering numbers of rising trout to the surface, often setting the stage for some of the most productive fishing of the early summer season. Being at the right place, at…

This has been a strange year with regard to spring run-off!Most of the state’s freestones are experiencing lower than normal flows (based on historic data) due to cool-weather trends. Don’t get me wrong–rivers like the Colorado and Gunnison are flowing over 2000 cfs, but this is still lower than they should be this time of…