Trout Flies by Phil web site has been online since 1998 and contains a plethora of information about fly fishing Northern New Mexico watersheds. Featured on this site are nine watersheds: Jemez, (Upper) Pecos, (Upper) Red River, Red River/Rio Grande Box, (Lower) Rio Grande, Cimarron, Rio de Los Pinos, Chama/Brazos, and San Juan River. If you want to know where to go, what to use, get directions, tips...(Photo to the right was taken by Brandon Ruiz)

I have fished these waters for many years.  My experiences are reflected on these pages. I have chronicled most of his fishing trips from 1998 to the July 2008 in a Fishing Journal accessed from the menu. I have a blog where fly fishing journal entries from July 2008 to 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

If you want to know where to go fly fishing, continue to read on...

The descriptions for the areas can be accessed through the Watershed Descriptions Section or the menu to the left. Once there you will find general descriptions for each of the areas featured. General fishing conditions and fishing reports are also accessed from the menu.

For access to the Members Only section of this site click here for details. The Members Only section contains an expanded version of this site with more verbose descriptions and photos of the areas. In addition, there is current information about the water, up-to-date stream flows, current area weather reports and fishing tips. There are 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.

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