Photo Montage of Friend Jeff at Spinney Res - Early April 2017

This trip started out on Spinney Reservoir where we and everyone within our line of sight struggled mightily to get a fish. We retreated to the river after lunch and Jeff long distance released a few and landed a few on what was otherwise tough fishing on the river, too! This trip was a birthday gift from Jeff's awesome wife, Michelle, and we just wanted to thank them both and once again wish Jeff a happy fishy bday! Thanks for your patience and friendship!





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Client Photos - Thomas at Deckers Feb 2017

So we decided it's a nicer presentation and more convenient to share a short video of the most recent client photos than it is to upload each individual picture to photobucket and then copy and paste each one here. Mr. Thomas had a great trip! All day it felt like it was summer in February, and when we left it was, literally, 65 degrees. The morning started out slow, but when the water warmed up the fish started biting, and as a beginner Tom landed 4-5 nice fish and long distance released 4-5 more, including a memorable 5-7 pound bow that we danced with for a minute but didn't get to net. Overall, this was a fantastic way to start my 2017 guide season!




All original material posted to this website is under ©copyright and belongs to Jon Kleis. Original material includes: photos, videos, and written content. This excludes linked material such as links to paid works written by Jon Kleis and sold to a reputable licensed publisher, or links to other websites for the purpose of sharing information and cross-promotion. Please be respectful and ask for permission before using any content. Currently no individual or entity is granted permission to borrow content from this site. If permission were given, please give credit to the author/artist (Jon Kleis). Thank you for following Colorado Fly Fishing Magazine! We hope to continue to share many more fishing reports, gear reviews, photos, videos, and original articles -- all exclusively found here!

Photos Of Clients Throwing Hoppers During a Recent Afternoon Trip

Just wanted to give a shout out to David, Rob, and Byron! Had a great time with you guys chasing wild trout with hoppers.

Photos From Recent Guide Trip 8-16-14

Had a great experience with a group of 6 clients, and fellow guide, Scott. Here are a few of the photos I took for these guys during the trip!

Scott spotting trout.

Happy clients.

There's no post card worthy scenery on the South Platte river...

Lunch for 8...

Camp fire chicken with a view! Call Anglers Covey and request Jon Kleis to book
a trip!

Another Round At Spinney!

I recently had the pleasure of guiding two hardcore troutbums who just so happen to be great people, Jamie Roth and Ben Lewis. I don't want to go into detail talking about the trip because Jamie has already taken the liberty of doing so. Jamie's an aspiring guide who currently has a real job, and he has a fantastic blog site that I think does a great job of showing his passion for fishing. Follow the link for the photos and full story of our adventure, and be sure to subscribe to his page!

Elevenmile Canyon Fishing Report 4-7-14

The last couple of days in 11 MC have been great! Anglers were caught, fish were caught, even wildlife. Flows are low and the water clear. There's been decent midge hatches in the morning giving away to blue wing olives by around 1 p.m. During the morning midge hatch there are only a few sporadic rises, so bring your 9' 5wt. nymph rod and 6x fluorocarbon. Good flies to bring are: Apricot Eggs, Black Beauties size 22-24, Top Secret Midges 22-24, Barr's Emergers bwo size 22, Cheesman Emergers size 22-24, JuJu Baetis size 22.

Between 12:30-1:00 p.m. there are still enough midges on the water -combined with emerging b.w.o.s- that the fish really let their guard down and the dry fly fishing gets good. The window for this is pretty short, with the surface bite only lasting 30-45 minutes. Afterwords, the fishing gets noticeably tougher. Anglers patient enough can still catch fish, but with water that clear, and the sun getting higher in the sky, the majority of fish go on siesta. Anglers wanting to throw dries should start covering a lot of ground and stalking individual fish. Anyone wanting to nymph should be prepared to move more and work harder, also. If your the type of angler that doesn't need to catch a ton of fish and doesn't mind working for them, but would prefer to have more space to yourself, the afternoon/evening is your time!

Good dry flies to bring are Parachute Adams size 24-26, Griffith's Gnats 22-26, and Barr's Visadun bwo size 22-24.

Current flow - 90 c.f.s.
Hatches -  Midges and Baetis
Fishing - 7/10

Here are a few photos from the last couple days. Hope they inspire you to get out somewhere and wet a line!

Fox At Cheesman Canyon

Had a fun day in March with a couple of great guys on the South Platte river in Cheesman Canyon. We worked extremely hard for our 5-6 quality fish, but that was just a small part of the trip. Our morning started out with an up close and personal greeting from a rather large and beautiful fox! Just wanted to give a shout out to Mike and Matt. Thanks for spending a day on the water with me! Hope you learned a few new tricks, and had as much fun as I did. Check out the photos...

Recent Photos From Elevenmile Canyon Fishing Adventure

Jan. 26th was my first guide trip for 2014, and it was a great time! My clients were completely new to fly-fishing, and they were capable and enthusiastic learners. The biggest thing working against us was the 40 m.p.h. wind... However, they fought through it and were rewarded with a colorful 11 Mile Canyon bow, and some great memories. Here's the photos...

Fishing Report - 11 Mile Canyon 11-16-13

Photo of saturday's client in 11 Mile Canyon

11 Mile Canyon is fishing good. Flows have been hovering in the upper 30 c.f.s. mark, and the water is very clear. The brown trout spawn is over and fish have moved into their typical winter holding water. Deep pools with dark bottoms and a healthy flow of oxygenated water are your best bet. The midge hatch was sporadic, and those tiny bwos that were hatching strong two weeks ago starting around noon have slowed down as well.

Nymph fishing with a two fly rig under an indicator is a great way to go. Bring your 6x fluorocarbon, smaller split shot, and small nymphs. We used apricot colored pegged beads as our attractor, and size 22 Chocolate Mojo Midges or Top Secret Midges as our dropper. Ratio of fish to eat the pegged egg vs. the variety of midges we threw was 70/30. Even though the spawn appears to be pretty much over, the egg fooled most of our fish. Our two best fish were a skinny spawned out brown that had a ton of color, and a fat healthy 17-18 rainbow. Fish count for the day was 9 to the net, and at least that many long distance releases. Not to shabby for a cold windy day with someone who had never fished in Colorado!

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Some Fall Colors

It's been a beautiful week here in Colorado, and yesterday's guide trip was no exception! Hope you're all having a great fall and a Happy Halloween!

Cheesman Canyon Guide Trip and Fishing Report 8-23-13

Ralph's first fish of the morning!

Had an amazing day on the water with client and friend Ralph T. at Cheesman Canyon! We started the morning out nymphing and landed some beautiful 16-18 inch rainbows and browns. Nymphs/emergers of choice were Barr's Emerger PMD in a size 18, and a small Trico Emerger size 24 that I tie that is yet to be named. Barr's Emerger picked up the most fish while indicator fishing.

Between 8:30-9:00 a.m. is when things really started to get interesting. Trico Duns littered the water and some very large fish were coming up to them. In between the usual break-offs that happen while using 6x tippet Ralph managed a few more fish in the 16" category and two very nice Cheesman fish on a size 22 Snowshoe Dun. As per the norm after the spinner fall finished and the sun got high in the sky the fishing slowed down, but anything after the type of morning we had wasn't going to excite. Ralph even admitted that it was his best day of fishing ever, and who can blame him! 18-20+ inch fish on dry flies in Cheesman Canyon isn't anything to scoff at! I'm feeling so blessed to be able to work with people and teach fishing! Thanks again Ralph!

One of two nice fish he landed on a size 22 dry fly!

A closer look at that brown dun eater.

Ralph's second fish on a 22 dry!