I’m needing recommendations for guides in the Glenwood Springs area. I hope to schedule a full day wade trip for myself and a novice lady in public waters. Ideally, someone willing to point me in the direction of good water and then spend the day patiently tutoring the lady.
Thanks.
Steve,
The Roaring Fork and Frying Pan are my “home” waters and you are headed in the right direction in thinking about hiring a guide. These are both very technical waters to fish for very large and wary trout. You might want to check out Taylor Creek fly shop or The Frying Pan Anglers for you guide services and be sure to mention that one of you is a novice (I have been fishing these waters over 27 years and have never hired a guide so I can’t recommend a specific one). That said, you can have some spectacular days on these rivers with over 100 fish touched with a few in the 5lb and up up up catagory. When are you planing on your trip as that will dictate what type of fishing you will encounter?
My wife and I had a great time on the Roaring Fork with Brody Henderson out of Fly Fishing Outfitters in Avon. He is a patient and highly recommended guide.
Hey beware…
Do you live near Woody Creek? I have family there.
Sorry to say this Post and the first Reply are bogus, both authored by a former dysfunctional member. I sent him 2 PMs and no answer back.
He most definitely has not been fly fishing for 27 years and 100 fish days? LOL He was truthful that he has never hired a Guide! LOL
Doug :roll:
Would that dysfunctional member be a grumpy old guy?
Your getting warm!
Doug
Mato,
No I don’t live near Woody Creek, but have spent many an afternoon having a beer or two at the Tavern, just down stream from one of my favorite spots. As an aside, the only time you would find Hunter there was late at night, after midnight.
Dshock,
The reason you got no reply to your PM’s is that they did not pertain to the original post, I will not respond to spam.
You are right, I have not been flyfishing for 27 years, I started with my dad on the White River oxbow lakes in Arkansas when I was 9 years old, so I have been flyfishing for 45 years. Read the post.
If you don’t believe we have 100 fish days on the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan than you have not been fishing these rivers. No, it’s not an every day occurance, but if you fish these rivers enough you will run into one.
Last but not least. Why would you call this post and my follow up “bogus”. What possible gain could be had by Steve’s original post and my follow up. Get a life, maybe go fishing instead of posting almost 4 times a day for 5 years. That’s a lot of time spent typing instead of casting.
Steve,
Don’t be discouraged by the negative posts from other members, it would seem that Dshock has very little to do other than bash posts. I replied in a sincere effort to help you out in your quest to have a nice trip to the Roaring Fork valley.
I do not know the guide in Avon that skes01 used, but he had a good time, which I believe is the goal of any fishing trip. Avon, is about 70 miles away from the prime fishing areas of the Roaring Fork valley, it is in the Eagle river valley. I only named the two fishing shops I am familier with and they are located in Basalt, Colorado where the Frying Pan joins the Roaring Fork. As I stated, I have never hired a guide, so I can’t recommend a particular one.
In Colorado, trespass is the responsibility of the trespasser, not the land owner. In short, land does not have to be marked as private, it is your repossibility to know what is private and what is public. You can be arrested for trespass on unmaked land. The fly shops have an excellent map detailing public access in the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan drainage. It is a patchwork of where you can fish and where you can’t. I recommend picking one up. You will not find solitude on these rivers, this is a highly populated valley with a lot of local and tourist flyfishers. None the less, Colorado doesn’t designate these waters as Gold Medal for nothing.
Tight lines,
Doug
Original Post; “Pompey Spillar” “Guide wanted Roaring Fork”
YOUR Reply? “I have been flyfishing for 27 years” LOL YOU have just started flyfishing! LOL “100 fish days”? In your dreams! LOL “I have never gone fishing with a Guide” I wouldn’t wish you on any Guide! Why would you answer a Post titled “GUIDE WANTED”, by bragging about your abilities? A Leopard can’t change his spots! LOL
Summary; You made a nuisance of yourself on every site you have been on and now you resort to talking to yourself!
My two PM’s to you; “Why don’t you introduce yourself?” & “Did you create the Post and first Reply?” I got no answer from either of the PM’s!
If this was your FIRST post, WHY would you not introduce yourself?
I regret telling you that even though you have developed a crush on me by following my Posts for 5 years, I do not accept any Fans into my Club. 
Thanks,
Doug 