High Plains Drifters - Fly Fishing Club

High Plains Drifters - Fly Fishing Club First and foremost we Fish! We host trips far and near, Teach casting, Fly tying and rod building.

The High Plains Drifters (HPD) Fly Fishing Club is a charter club of Fly Fishers International serving the Denver area.

02/25/2026
02/20/2026
02/20/2026
Here is another presentation I will be doing with the amazing Ralph Scherder. Itโ€™s absolutely free and I would appreciat...
02/13/2026

Here is another presentation I will be doing with the amazing Ralph Scherder. Itโ€™s absolutely free and I would appreciate your support!

Jeff Johnson

Our next webinar is "Predator Rise: Decoding What Fish are Eating by How They Rise" on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

This webinar is open to everyone. You do not have to be a subscriber to the magazine to join, but you do have to register to get the link -- see link in bio!

This is going to be a really fun discussion! I'll be joining Jeff Johnson from IdentaFly to discuss how to determine which patterns to use -- dun, emerger, spinner, etc -- according to the type of riseforms you see on the water.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Here are just a few things we'll be going over:
- What's happening when you see flashes on the bottom and mid-column?
- The differences between boils, bulges, and wakes.
- Nose rise versus head-and-tail rise versus porpoise versus breach.
- Our methods and patterns for fishing these and other types of rises.
- And more!
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This is going to be awesome! Sign up for the webinar and plan to join us. And even if you cannot attend live, we will be recording the event and will send out a link to watch the recording the next day.

Why knot!  ๐Ÿชข  stop by booth 711 starting tomorrow at  to test your knot strength or try tying flies!  Weโ€™re excited to s...
02/05/2026

Why knot! ๐Ÿชข stop by booth 711 starting tomorrow at to test your knot strength or try tying flies!
Weโ€™re excited to see everyone at the official Learning Center. If you want to talk bugs, our friends from will also be there.

Carryon!

Get your special someone a gift they'll never forget: Caddis Love.  Our   is hosting another world famous "Fly Tying Wit...
02/02/2026

Get your special someone a gift they'll never forget: Caddis Love. Our is hosting another world famous "Fly Tying With Ralph", on Feb 14, 9am, at , We'll be tying up top water caddis flies: X-Caddis, Peacock Caddis, and Bloom Caddis. Please bring your own hooks and materials if you have them. If you donโ€™t have a vice or tools, they will be available for the event. What you do with the flies after is up to you!

๐Ÿšจ 2026 HPD CALENDAR IS LIVE! ๐ŸšจIf youโ€™re looking for the nicest, most welcoming, and downright awesome fly fishing club i...
01/24/2026

๐Ÿšจ 2026 HPD CALENDAR IS LIVE! ๐Ÿšจ

If youโ€™re looking for the nicest, most welcoming, and downright awesome fly fishing club in Coloradoโ€ฆ you just found it.

The High Plains Drifters Fly Fishing Club has officially released our 2026 Calendar of Trips, Events, and Classes, and itโ€™s stacked. With 70+ events on the schedule, thereโ€™s truly something for everyoneโ€”from club trips and casting clinics to classes, meetings, and social gatherings.

HPD is not an exclusive club and itโ€™s not expensive. We welcome men and women, families, beginners, experienced anglers, and couples who like to fish together. And hereโ€™s the best partโ€”100% of our trips, events, and classes are free.

Just want to check us out? No problem. Youโ€™re welcome to show up to any event, trip, or class without being a member. No pressure, no expectations. We just like to fish, learn, and meet new people.

No egos. No gatekeeping. Just good fishing and even better company.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Come join us and see why so many anglers call HPD home. ๐ŸŽฃ

Full Yearly Schedule for High Plains Drifters Fly Fishing Club

Some of our   members have had enough of the cold and flew south!  one member went to Panama;  and another to Lake Sando...
01/20/2026

Some of our members have had enough of the cold and flew south! one member went to Panama; and another to Lake Sandoval in the Amazon. Here's the story of Amazon fishing:
๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต 4 ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ 3? ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต 80 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง.

They're certainly living the life.

The world famous โ€œFly-A-Thon Challengeโ€ is a   event hosted for our   members each year. Itโ€™s a fast-paced, competitive ...
01/14/2026

The world famous โ€œFly-A-Thon Challengeโ€ is a event hosted for our members each year. Itโ€™s a fast-paced, competitive tying event packed with creativity, prizes, and friendly rivalry! Tying categories include:
- ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ
- ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ฅ๐ฒ
- ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

Thanks to our sponsor whoโ€™s got a ton of information in their app for anglers and tyers.

Feel free to sign up. No cost and you might learn something new!
01/08/2026

Feel free to sign up. No cost and you might learn something new!

"The Blue Wing Olive Blueprint" -- this is a webinar you won't want to miss!

- When: January 20, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM EST
- Where: Virtual/Zoom link

This webinar is a detailed look at one of the most important hatches in fly fishing. This presentation covers BWO identification, lifecycle stages, and behavior, then teaches anglers a step-by-step system for choosing the right size, silhouette, and stage during a hatch. Includes instruction on micro-drifts, seams, and rise interpretation. This blueprint gives anglers the formula for consistently catching more fish during BWO events.

Click here to register for this webinar: https://www.cognitoforms.com/DarkSkiesFlyFishing/RegisterForBlueWingOliveBlueprint

You'll receive a link to the webinar a couple days before the event.

Dark Skies Fly Fishing is hosting this webinar in conjunction with Jeff Johnson at IdentaFly and James Hill of Mountain Laurel Guide Service. This is going to a fun, educational event, and I hope you'll join us!

12/16/2025

Itโ€™s midge season! Learn about this great food source and maybe a recipe if youโ€™re into the

Get out and fish!

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