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Laramie Fishing Report – Start Fishing the Rivers with Not Much!
The Laramie River has dropped to almost normal this past week. It is still running fast, of course, with all the snow melt left in the Snowy Range Mountains. I visited 3 locations on the Big Laramie last week. All had fish ready to be caught for sure; just finding the right lure or fly pattern is the only obstacle. Okay, the other obstacle is with the fast current you might catch a fish, but landi
Best Rivers & Streams to Fish Around Laramie – Our Top 5
Southeastern Wyoming has some truly amazing fishing in countless lakes, rivers, streams, beaver ponds and reservoirs. If you are not taking advantage of the great fishing you need to. This week, after many weeks of flooding, the rivers are finally dropping to fish-able conditi...
Best Lakes to Fish in Albany County – Our Top 5
The rivers are anger my friends, and are still high and kind of dangerous right now. I had plans to float the North Platte from Treasure Island to Saratoga, if you survived the trip down the river good chance you would not catch anything because you would be moving too fast. So I’m thinking fishing the lakes are a good idea, this past week Lake Owen and Rob Roy Reservoir have opened and are fishin
Fishing Report – Back from Vacation and Ready to Fish!
Now the fishing starts! All this other stuff just leads you to the real fishing. Wading in a stream or river I get into the flow, so to speak. The rhythm of fly-fishing and anticipating where the trout are hanging out is my favorite part of fishing...
Fishing Report – Write What You Know, Wyoming fishing
As I plan a family vacation to New Mexico this week, I am thinking to myself, when I get back in a week the rivers will have receded and back to normal. The trout will be back in the big pools, but those holes might have change a little with all the spring flooding. Hemingway coined the phrase “write what you know” and it rings true for me. Although I could never compare what I do to Hemingway his
Fire in the Sky Display Dedicated to Memory of Former University of Wyoming Policeman
The 2011 City of Laramie sponsored Fire in the Sky fireworks display will be at 10:00 PM on Monday, July 4th unless the prevailing weather conditions prevent the show. In case of inclement weather, the show will be held July 5th. KCGY-FM (95...
Laramie Fishing Report – The Art of Fly-Fishing
The Art of Fly-Fishing
Fly-Fishing is something you must learn over your life-time. I know that sounds “out-there” but a couple of my friends have told me, this summer, I’m going to learn to fly-fish! I tell them, me too! Then explain I have been fly-fishing for over 30 years, and I don’t know anything. It’s like anything in life the more you think you know about something the more you realize you
Catch some Trout at this Year’s Huck Finn Fishing Derby at LaPrelle Park in Laramie
Fishing is a great activity to pass on to your children, teaching you kids to bait a hook and wait patiently or you won’t catch anything is a valuable lesson in life. It’s a great Father Son, Father Daughter, Mother Son, Mother Daughter activity. You get the idea! So come take part in this year’s Huck Finn Fishing Derby, July 23rd, 2011 from 11 AM to 2 PM at LaPrelle Park.