Episode 99: Kyle Holt - Trout Fishing The Roaring Fork Valley

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Wilderness, Sports, Leisure, Education, Hobbies

5 • 973 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Holt is Taylor Creek Fly Shop’s head guide, whose favorite saying is "Fish Hard and Die Rich.” Having been raised in Springfield, Illinois, Kyle became heavily involved in fishing, hunting, and trapping the "flatlands" surrounding his home. As fortune would have it, Kyle's family decided to take regular vacations to Rocky Mountain National Park where he hooked his first browns, rainbows, and brookies - subsequently becoming hooked himself. In 1983 Kyle packed up all of his worldly possessions (which he relates were few) and moved from the cornfields to the Rockies in pursuit of any trout that would take a fly. Holt has been fishing in the Roaring Fork Valley & Frying Pan River for over 29 years, and is now considered a sub-god by many of his clientele because of his skill and knowledge of the area waters. Many years back, after taking a trip to the Bahamas with a group of clients, Kyle returned to Colorado in a sorry state. He realized his addiction for salt water fly fishing is an itch he can’t get rid of. Fast forward many moons, Kyle has been to Mexico, Belize, the Seychelles, Christmas Island, the Amazon, Costa Rica, Louisiana, and of course the Florida Keys targeting his dream catches on fly. On today’s podcast, we speak about the state of the fishery in the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan River, the challenges they face, etiquette on the river, and the Guide Alliance that Kyle helped start in 2014. We hope you enjoy.

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0:00.0	Whether on the boat, on the river, or in the woods, Yeti products are by our side.
0:08.0	There are many innovative first-class companies in the outdoor market today, but none more so than Yeti. In 2006, they took
0:16.6	the industry by storm when they produced their first roto-molded cooler that was
0:21.2	reliable and built for the wild. 17 years later with a
0:25.8	multitude of new products they continued to raise the bar and be the gold
0:30.3	standard for all outdoor brands. We couldn't be more proud to have them as a
0:35.2	millhouse sponsor and a family member.
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0:42.9	Pilar is a spirit that embodies adventure, named after the late Great Ernest Hemingway in his boat,
0:49.2	the Pilar.
0:50.3	The name says it all.
0:51.9	This ultra premium-blended rum is hand selected from around the Caribbean and blended by master blender Ron Call.
0:59.0	After a long day in the water when the sun is descending the sky, end on a good note with
1:04.6	peelard by your side. Go support them at pappas peelard.com or a liquor store near
1:10.4	you. For 27 years, Kyle Holt has been the head fishing guide for Taylor Creek Fly Shop in Basalt, Colorado.
1:26.0	He's been a close friend for many moons and was our guide for Jared Raskov and I on the TV show Silver Kings. He is well versed in the salt and has hosted people fishing throughout the world.
1:38.0	And just as important, if not more, he's president of the Roing Fork Guide Alliance, which will cover in
1:45.5	today's podcast along with his great life as a trout guide. We hope you enjoy. We broke everything, we broke lines, we broke cooks, we broke rods, we broke our minds,
2:01.8	our minds, we broke marriages, we broke the whole thing.
2:07.0	We came up with the idea of going out that night and chasing girls and whoever had the biggest pair of
2:12.8	pain he's won the pot. I knocked another arrow and he turned around the
2:16.8	other way and I shot him going through the other way so I double-lunged him both ways.
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