Fishing/catching continues to be excellent especially for Big Trout. Nicole fished at Boxwood with guide Peter, @myflyfishingbuddy, Blue Quill Angler, and landed this perfect CutBow. What a gorgeous fish landed on a size 22! Don’t worry about what flies to bring your outfitter/guide will have all the right […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
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We kicked off December with a great start. Alaskan guide, Lance, fished with 5280 Angler and landed this beast on a size #22 Black Zebra Midge. Lance knows big fish when he sees one and did an excellent job bringing this beauty to the net on a #22 Black Zebra […]
Winter fishing has remained very strong even in a blizzard. Sam landed this 26 inch Brown in the brief blizzard we had a few days ago.The secret fly was a custom tied Zebra Midge that his guide, Tom Caprio, supplied. Tom guides for 5280 Angler. Their guides are at Boxwood a lot […]
Boxwood will be open this winter. See our Winter Fishing page for the details Denver Water has given us some assurance that they will be running water through Roberts Tunnel this winter. That means we can stay open until weather forces us to close. Check with one of our […]
We had flows of 200+cfs of gin clear water, with most of it from Dillon Reservoir through Roberts Tunnel.The fish loved it. They stayed quite active and willing to play all month. I had numerous reports of 30 inch + fish being landed almost every day….Sometimes 3-4 fish of trophy […]
Brian and Jolene spent 3 days fishing with us. These are the pics they sent from their day at Long Meadow. Can you ID all the species they landed at Long Meadow? (Their 2 days at Boxwood were just as great including a Boxwood Grand Slam of 7 species)Their guide, Tom, […]
Dave landed this huge Bow on the morning of Aug. 20 during a Midge Hatch. His fly of choice was a size 22 Black Beauty. His guide, Pat Dorsey with Blue Quill Angler, was there to net the fish. They taped it “accurately” at 34 inches. Pat estimated the […]
Brooke landed this monster Bow on a size 20 fly with a barbless hook in nearly 400 cfs of water. She gave it a big hug before releasing it. Great job, great pic. great fish. This fish and some others like it are waiting for you. Test your skill against these […]
Above is Jason with a 28 inch Brown Trout landed during the Battle at Boxwood event on July 21. Here is Dana, my daughter, with a great looking Rainbow landed on July 15 on a size 20 bug in 350cfs of water.These fish are good representatives of the size and […]
First…our thoughts and prayers go out to those folks suffering from the fires and low water conditions in South West Colorado and other parts of the country. We feel very fortunate to have plenty of cold, clear, water in our river. The fish are healthy and fighting hard. John S. […]