How to Find a Great Fly-Fishing Guide
How to Find a Great Fly-Fishing Guide We could write a whole blog about why fishing guides are great. They’re one of the fastest ways for you to learn how to be a more effective angler. They can h...
How 5280 Became the Front Range’s Leading Outfitter
Moonshine Colorado Trip from Moonshine Rod Company on Vimeo. Jay Baichi has come a long way in the past ten years. As the owner of 5280 Angler, he’s built a roster of fly-fishing guides who cover...
Field Guide: Chasing Early-Season Smallmouth
In our Field Guide series, we’re offering quick tips you can use on the water to catch more fish on the fly, species-by-species. In this edition: The cure for cold-weather blues. Around late winte...
Real Life: How Guide Phillip Kauffman Found Peace in Fly Fishing
Just like anyone else, anglers are shaped by our past experiences, both good and bad, and no one understands this more than Phillip Kauffman. He’s experienced trauma both as a civilian and a vetera...
Field Guide: The Fundamentals of Fly Fishing for Redfish
In our Field Guide series, we’re offering quick tips you can use on the water to catch more fish on the fly, species-by-species. In this edition: the adrenaline rush known as the redfish. On paper...
Susan Thrasher’s Journey From Newcomer to Renowned Guide
There’s an element of being a fishing guide where you need to let go of what people think. At some point, naysayers are going to tell you that you can’t fish for a living, or that it’ll never work....