Meet the Editor

Meet the editor of BestFlyRods.com

Marshall Estes on Bear Creek West of Denver Sep 04 with G. Loomis Rod

Fly fishing enthusiast since 1969
Fly tier since 1970
Inventor of silver ribbed bead head RS2
Best year fishing -- 450 fish hooked and released in 2001 -- one year before disastrous Hayman Fire that destroyed 135,000 acres of forest and streamside vegetation.
Largest fish ever landed -- 28 inch 8 lb, Colorado Rainbow in the North Fork of South Platte river April 30, 2005 on the North Fork Ranch.
Most fish caught and released in one day 38.
Place 45 minutes from Denver, CO
Favorite flies
- bead head gold ribbed flashback hares ear -- sizes 12 through 18
- bead head prince -- sizes 12 through 18
- Gregs emerger -- sizes 14 through 18
- Gray thread body RS2 -- sizes 16 through 22 (with and without wing)
- Gray thread body silver ribbed RS2 -- sizes 14 through 20
- Gray thread body bead head silver ribbed RS2 -- sizes 16 and 18