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Fly Fishing High Mountain Lakes, Near Boulder Colorado

    I’ve been super excited to go fishing with an incredible guy from Trout Unlimited that I’ve worked with for a number of years, Tim Romano.  Tim is an entrepreneur that helps Trout Unlimited w...

DIY on The Blue River in Colorado

   The Blue River, Near Silverthorn, CO   Business trips to Denver are fantastic for a number of reasons, but for people like me, I get a chance to tack on a bit of fly fishing.  This trip in earl...

Epic Day Fly Fishing The Missouri River, Near Craig, Montana

Spring in Montana can be very interesting to say the least as far as weather goes.  Our family took a little trip to Missoula to visit our daughter and spend Mother’s Day in the mountains.  We hav...

Floating The Bitterroot Near Missoula, Montana: Day 1

You never know what sort of weather you’re going to get when you fish in late March in Montana.  Fortunately, I lucked out and got fantastic weather.  I’ve been planning another couple of days fish...

Great Hike & Fly Fishing on Rock Creek Near Missoula, Montana

  Jeff Ditsworth, Owner of Pescador on the Fly & His Daughter Juliet on Rock Creek, Near Missoula   There are so many great places to explore in the state of Montana.  One that I’ve always wan...

February 2022 Fly Fishing The White River, Arkansas - Day 1

  Jeff Ditsworth and one of many trout caught that day.   For our first fishing adventure of the year, we headed down to the world famous White River in Arkansas.  I spent a few evenings on the vi...

February 2022 White River, Arkansas Fly Fishing Adventure - Day 2

  22 Inch Brown on The White River, Arkansas   Maybe it‘s the fact that I’ve been coming down to fish The White River in February, but it seems like it always snows while I’m here.  My friends at ...

December Driftless Trout on the One Weight El Jefe Wild

  El Jefe Wild with a Driftless Brown Trout   Around a year ago, a friend of ours reached out to ask if we have ever considered building a series of super small combos, specifically the 0-2 weight...

Fall Streamer Fishing on The Upper Clark Fork, Montana

  Jeff Ditsworth, Owner of Pescador on the Fly with a Montana Brown Trout   Fall is one of my favorite times of the year to fish.  The leaves are changing colors, wildlife is on the move, and the ...

Monster Carp on the Fly

  Giant Fly Caught Carp on a 37 Inch Net…WOW   Sometimes you just need to drop everything, grab your fly fishing gear, and head to the river.  Because you never know what you are going to run into...

Flats Fishing in Key West, Florida

  El Jefe Salt Series   My wife Heather has been looking at a website a buddy of mine turned us onto called scottscheapflights.com.  He tells me he's able to book super cheap flights for his famil...

Beautiful Morning Fly Fishing Lake Taneycomo, Branson, MO

Fly fishing on the famous tailwater of Lake Taneycomo, near Branson, Missouri is a hidden gem in the midwest.  Fishing hear can be a bit tricky because it mainly depends on water generation coming ...

Lake Taneycomo Streamer Fishing at Night

  Large Rainbow Trout Caught at Night on Lake Taneycomo, Branson Missouri   Lake Taneycomo is a world famous tailwater that flows out of Table Rock Lake in Southern Missouri, near Branson.  This t...

Montana Backcountry Camping & Fly Fishing Adventure: Part 3

    One of the best parts of camping in the mountains is exploring new lakes.  We checked a GPS prior to heading up into the mountains, and noticed a couple of lakes straight up the river from whe...

Montana Backcountry Camping & Fly Fishing Adventure: Part 2

  Snake River Cutthroat Caught on El Jefe in Keyser Brown Lake, Montana   Waking up in a meadow right next to a crystal clear mountain lake, surrounded by mountains is something we should all expe...

Montana Backcountry Camping & Fly Fishing Adventure: Part 1

  Montana Master Minds Epic Camping Adventure Crew   Around the beginning of the year, a good friend of mine Cary Jack @cary_Jack, out of Bozeman, Montana, reached out with an idea.  He wanted to ...

Warm Water Fly Fishing is Heating Up

  Iowa Smallmouth Bass on the Fly   When the water temperatures are getting warmer all over the country, it's great to give our trout friends a break.  Warmer water contains less oxygen than colde...

Spring Iowa Largemouth Bass on the Fly

  Iowa Largemouth on The Fly   Testing fly rods can sometimes be a tough gig, but I’ll take it.  We’ve been “testing” our new El Jefe Saltwater series for months now.  The verdict is in, and they ...

Spring Iowa Smallmouth Bass on the Fly

Iowa Smallmouth Bass   Our window of time these days to get on the water can be so narrow, that no matter the weather, we are still going fishing.  There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad ...

Cutthroat Trout on the Streamer in Downtown Missoula, Montana

Cutthroat Trout Caught by Jeff Ditsworth of Pescador on the Fly   It’s hard to beat walking up to any river in the world with a fly rod and flies you tied yourself.  Especially when you walk up to...

Fly Fishing The Missouri River Near Craig, Montana

21 Inch Rainbow Trout & Professional Guide Jake Hensley   With the rivers in and around Missoula rising and turning to chocolate milk, the only game in town, was to get out of town.  Today, we...

Fly Fishing the Lower Clark Fork in Montana - Epic Skwala Hatch

Skwala on The Clark Fork   Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.  Timing the Skwala hatch on the lower Clark Fork near Missoula, Montana isn’t an easy thing to do.  My friend and guide Jake...

Streamer Fly Fishing for Trout in The Driftless Region March 2021

Jeff Ditsworth, Owner of Pescador on the Fly with an Iowa Driftless Brown Trout   When I left Arkansas a few weeks ago with trophy brown trout on my mind, I started thinking about fishing The Drif...

Streamer Fishing for Brown Trout on The White River in Arkansas

  Jeff Ditsworth with a Giant Brown Trout & El Jefe   The White River in Arkansas is an incredible fishery.  It’s aworld famous for their incredible population of large brown trout.  I'm told ...