Welcome to Trout Flies by Phil... The web site has been online since 1998 and contains a plethora of information about fly fishing Northern New Mexico watersheds. Click the About link to read about the genesis of Trout Flies by Phil. Featured on this site are nine watersheds. If you want to know where to go, what to use, get directions, tips...read on...

In my opinion, the hub of Northern New Mexico fly fishing is at the point shown in this photo. The view is looking north at the Rio Grande Gorge standing at the northern most boundary of the Jemez Mountains south of Taos, New Mexico off NM68. To the north is the Rio Grande/Red River Box, to the northwest is the Chama/Brazos, San Juan River and the Rio de Los Pinos, to the northeast is the Upper Red River and the Cimarron River. To the southwest of this point is the Lower Rio Grande and the Jemez and to the southeast of this point is the Pecos area.

I have fly fished these waters for many years and my experiences are reflected on these pages. I have also chronicled most of my fishing trips from 1998 until July 2008 in a Fishing Journal accessed from the Journal link in the menu above. I have created a blog where fly fishing journal entries from July 2008 to the present are posted. The archives will remain on this web site. The link to the blog is Diary of a Fly Fisherman. Contact Phil? Phil Springer

The descriptions for the areas can be accessed through the Watershed Descriptions section link. Once there you will find links to detailed descriptions for each of the areas featured with up-to-date stream flows, current area weather reports and fishing tips. There are also recommend fly patterns that have worked for me over the years for the featured watersheds on this site. The recommended fly patterns are linked from the individual watershed description pages. General fishing conditions and fishing reports are also accessed from the menu above under Links.

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