Flyathlon

29/06/2024

If you are a fan of craft beer, consider hitting one of Westbound & Down Brewing Company’s three Front Range locations (downtown, Lafayette, Idaho Springs) to pick up a four pack of Clear Cutt. Money raised with this limited-release collaboration will go towards future Greenback cutthroat trout projects via my 501c3, Running Rivers.

BTW, WB+D was recently named Top Brewery by in 5280 Magazine’s Top of the Town. (For the record, I’ve known that fact for years!)

26/07/2023

And just like that, with several days to spare, the Middle Creek Flyathlon has crested the $50k raised mark for the second straight year.

Unbelievable.

Want to see how high we can go? Give now to support Rio Grande cutthroat trout projects in2024 and beyond!

Check out 9th Annual Middle Creek Flyathlon Fundraiser by Running Rivers!

25/07/2023

I just about 4 days we will be gathering at the Upper Crossing Guard station celebrating another awesome event. Besides the incredible money raised by the flyathlates, the event is made special by our super spectular sponsors ...like VOORMI! Our top three fundraisers at each of the Colorado events will take home a huge prize package that will include a gift card from Voormi for a river run hoodie ...the go to flyfishing apparel choice of flyathletes everywhere!

15/07/2023

Once again Rick Lafferty at Pagosa Rod & Tackle along with Tim Johnson have combined to create a piece at art work that is as functional as it beautiful. The top fundraiser at the Middle Creek Flyathlon will take home this awesome 7’6” 3wt custom designed glass rod built on CtS blanks with struble agate stripping guides. The rod retails over $1000! I will not lie …I test drove it earlier today…it’s dreamy!

07/07/2023

Great video highlighting the impact that our Driftless Flyathletes have made in their own backyard at the Yellow River State Forest in northeastern IA.

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/843318075

Huge shout out to Ryan and his crew who drive the bus on this Flyathlon race!

06/07/2023

A colorful school of 2023 Flyathlon fish, thanks to the incredibly talented Julie Guirl!

28/06/2023

We are stoked to introduce our newest Flyathlon sponsor to everyone. BruTrek is based in Bonner, MT and has an incredible line of drinkware and travel presses to satisfy our flyathlete needs! Everyone who reaches their minimum $250 fundraising effort will go home with a BruTrek Can Coldie embossed with the Run Fish Beer Flyathlon logo. This will definitely be the envy of all your non Flyathlon friends and will get them excited and want to join the fun next year. Rumor has it there will also be several of BruTrek’s Double Shot 3.0 Travel Presses making an appearance at the events where some Flyathletes will have a chance to take one home. Take it from me, the double shot has multiple uses!!!

Check out BruTrek’s full line of products and other products from Planetary Design.

https://planetarydesign.com/brewing-products/

27/06/2023

Reminder that tomorrow's trivia night at our friend and sponsor Busey Brews benefits Running Rivers and the Flyathlon. Be there!!!

And if you want to join us on a pre-trivia run / fish, please let us know at [email protected] ASAP. Thinking of starting around 1:30 - 2:00 pm and run / hike until we run into a fishy lake or too much snow!

run. fish. beer. TRIVIA!

20/06/2023

And in a decidedly less awesome accomplishment, to try to make up for my sh*tty Saturday, I established a new Fastest Known Fish (FKF) course up at Lower Chicago Lake.

https://www.runningrivers.org/fkf--chicago-lake.html

Rest assured that this one is beatable, folks. I was running on fumes and the lake winds were a howling!

To see what FKFs are out there to beat, for now, check out this site:

https://www.runningrivers.org/fkf-routes.html

But stay tuned for an awesome new FKF platform which we will be rolling out mid-summer!

20/06/2023

Following an epic battle in the elements on Saturday, Kevin Browning and Katie Mazzia completed the Troutman Challenge at Sylvan Lake State Park in Colorado!

This is Kevin's second completion and Katie's first, making her only the second Troutwoman on the planet! Solid work!

https://www.runningrivers.org/run-fish-beer-blog

16/06/2023

Gearing up for tomorrow’s Troutman attempt at Sylvan Lake State Park-Colorado!

w/ Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Westbound & Down Brewing Company, Orvis, and VSSL

15/06/2023

Nestled in the mountains of Colorado, the families and people behind Busey Brews take pride in their exceptional service, food, and beer. They also are outstanding supporters of the Flyathlon and Running Rivers.

For example, throughout the month of June, if you purchase a "The Diggity" IPA, $1 comes to Running Rivers! And you also have the opportunity to round up your bill, which also comes to us in June.

Finally, on Wednesday, June 28th, we are planning to do some sort of running / fishing adventure up in the Indian Peaks, followed by a beer-fueled Trivia Night at Busey Brews. 15% of the proceeds from the night will come to support the conservation work of Running Rivers!

If you are interested in the running / fishing part of the day, please email us at [email protected] so we can give you all of the final details.

w/ Busey Brews

13/06/2023

Hey rest of the NBA! Meet our Denver Nuggets!!

w/ Westbound & Down Brewing Company

09/06/2023

The nest where most Colorado Flyathlon ideas are hatched...

While online mapping apps have their advantages and utility (particularly the free Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX) platform), there is just something super special about pouring over a hard copy map to spark that spirit of adventure!

And nobody does maps better than our friends and supporters at National Geographic Maps. This year, our Colorado Flyathletes will be receiving maps from the regions surrounding our races as a reminder to go out and explore.

Thanks for all that you do, National Geographic!

(And special thanks to our peeps at Laws Whiskey House for the creativity fuel...)

08/06/2023

As our summer Flyathlon races approach, we thought you might be interested in knowing about a couple of fledgling international Flyathlon events that popped up this past Spring...

We plan to work with these race organizers in future years to maximize the Flyathlon experience and impact abroad!

The High Country Flyathlon near Mansfield, Australia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx9-MrZjZs4&t=4s

The Bokong Flyathlon in Lesotho, Africa (starting at page 76):
https://themissionflymag.com/issues/issue-39/?portfolioCats=32

Africanus in Oman | The valley of flames | Satanic papayas | Highland tribe | Bokong flyathlon

07/06/2023

The Flyathlon is currently making an appearance in Outside Magazine Online via a piece highlighting unique ways that people pair running with other pursuits (in our case, fishing!).

https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/culture-running/people/no-wrong-way-to-run/?scope=anon

Oh, and apparently today is Global Running Day. So get outside and make it happen!

An inspiring lineup of one-of-a-kind runners you’ll wish you heard of sooner

02/06/2023

We are beyond excited to announce that Bighorn Toyota is a major sponsor of our 2023 Colorado Flyathlon events! With their support, the Middle Creek and Lake Fork Flyathlon events will be more epic than ever in our pursuit of raising money for native trout species in Colorado! For more, visit the run. fish. beer. blog.

https://www.runningrivers.org/run-fish-beer-blog/lets-go-places-together

31/05/2023

Front Range Flyathletes! Just a quick reminder that registration opens TOMORROW for the Suffer Better 7th Annual Fall Trail Runs held at the incredible Staunton State Park - Colorado Parks and Wildlife. (Staunton is about 45 minutes from Denver and has some epic trails!)

https://raceroster.com/events/2023/67349/suffer-better-7th-annual-fall-trail-runs

Importantly, this year there will be an official "Fish Slap" division of the 25K, wherein you must catch a brook trout out of the Elk Falls Pond which is located approximately halfway through the run. Several of us have fish slapped this race in past and will be attempting it again in October 2023.

And as a bonus, through this race, you can raise money for our organization, Running Rivers!