Yampa Valley Fly Fishers is hosting the 17th annual Fly Fishing Film Tour at 7 p.m. on April 7 at Colorado Mountain College’s Allbright Family Auditorium. Fly Fishing Film Tour is the original and largest.
Last July, Brett Lee ordered a shipment of hiking shoes for his store, Straightline Sports. He hoped they would arrive in time for this summer. He’s still waiting.
Steve Wyant releases a brown trout he caught Sunday afternoon in the Yampa River just below Stagecoach Reservoir. (Photo by Dylan Anderson)
Keith Hale thinks fishing in the Yampa Valley has started off different this year. Normally, the river is higher as the snow rapidly melts, making it cloudy and difficult to fish.
“It is usually chocolate milk out here,” said Andy Best, a fishing guide at Steamboat Flyfisher.
Initially, as the snow in the valley melts, the water gets cloudy, but that was back in March. Hale, also a guide at Steamboat Flyfisher, said now the water is more ice tea colored because it is getting colder at night, and the snow high in the mountains is taking longer to melt.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS It’s easy to fall in love with the hand-knit sweaters offered by Alpaca Imports.
But it wasn’t just the classic designs, the warm cozy feel or that soft fabric that pushed Julia Hebard and Katie Haynes to purchase the Steamboat Springs-based business in 2019. Hebard, who grew up in Steamboat, said it was more about the opportunity to continue long-time relationships with partners in Peru and Nepal and follow the type of business practices she thinks will be rewarded moving forward.
“I believe the way businesses are run is changing,” Hebard said. “Beyond profits, there is increasing emphasis placed on how companies impact the environment, the communities in which they operate, and the people who work for them. Alpaca Imports can make a difference through working with our partners to further our social and sustainable objectives.”