Colorado River – Flow: 2,240 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The river reopened to fishing on August 26th – unfortunately the river is too discolored to fish as water visibility has been ranging from 6-12″ inches. When the river clears here’s what anglers should expect – Attractor nymph patterns like rubberleg stoneflies, worms, princes etc will all catch some fish. PMDs and…

Crystal River – Flow: 76cfs/Redstone, 24 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: WOW!!! — This is THE time of year to experience the Crystal River. The river is low, clear and easily accessible with the fishing conducive to a variety of techniques and flies; dries, nymphs, streamers, Euro, swingin’ wets – all are capable of producing fish on the Crystal right now! Overall, the…

Roaring Fork River Flow: 124cfs/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 425cfs/Basalt, 609cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The water and air temps have cooled off and the fishing has rebounded in a big way. Hatches are consisting of Hoppers, PMDs/Rusty Spinners, caddis and BWOs. With the water dropping, fish are moving off of the banks and into midriver holding areas. The river is at a great…

Frying Pan River Flow: 267cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: Flows are ideal right now and the water is nice and clear and cold. The green drake/flav hatch is along the upper river now with PMDs still being the most widespread and consistent hatch with a good mix of both pink and yellow bodied duns. Red Quills can also be thrown in…

Colorado River – Flow: 2,060 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The river reopened to fishing this morning – here’s what anglers should be thinking. Monsoonal rains have been frequent and the water clarity has been temperamental with about 1-2’feet of visibility currently. Attractor nymph patterns like rubberleg stoneflies, worms, princes etc will all catch some fish. PMDs and psuedocleons (small fall BWOs)…

Crystal River – Flow: 165cfs/Redstone, 86 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: The Crystal River has been a bit hit-and-miss lately due to our monsoonal rains causing several mudslides below the town of Crystal (below the Crystal Mill) and above Avalanche Creek. The river has cleared considerably the past two days with about 2-3’ft of water visibility. Overall, the best fishing has been taking…

Roaring Fork River Flow: 206cfs/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 467cfs/Basalt, 728cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The lower river from Carbondale to Glenwood Springs has been fishing well in the mornings up until about 2pm or so. Water temps have been getting up to 68’f – because of that, anglers should be carrying a stream thermometer with them and cease fishing when temps meet or…

Frying Pan River Flow: 267cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: Flows are ideal right now and the water is nice and clear and cold. The hatches have really cranked-up this past week with more numbers of bugs being seen than the past two weeks. Green drakes are being seen throughout the river now especially along the middle river from mile markers 4-10.…

Crystal River – Flow: 261cfs/Redstone, 225 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: The Crystal is fishing great right now from Redstone up to Marble! If you despise the crowds on the Pan and Fork, the local’s choice is the Crystal. These forgiving fish like to eat a well presented fly and rewards anglers with opportunities for the Colorado Trout Slam (catching a cutthroat, brook,…

Roaring Fork River Flow: 348cfs/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 574cfs/Basalt, 991cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The lower river from Carbondale to Glenwood Springs has been fishing well in the mornings up until about 2pm or so. Water temps have been getting up to 68’f the past few days in late afternoons – because of that, anglers should be carrying a stream thermometer with them…

Frying Pan River Flow: 114cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: Low, clear and cold. We’re somewhat between hatches on the Frying Pan. The PMDs are still increasing in numbers weekly with the green drakes, serratellas and psuedocleons yet to hatch. It’s been kind of slim-pickens for rising fish of late BUT August generally yields the best hatches of entire year. Those looking…

Colorado River – Flow: 2,530 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The water is quickly dropping and warming. Early mornings have easily yielded the best and most responsible time to fish. Fishing tapers off by the early afternoon anyhow. We encourage anglers to carry a stream thermometer and to stop fishing when temperatures meet or exceed 68’f. Water clarity has varied this past…

Crystal River – Flow: 580cfs/Redstone, 594 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: Runoff is fading fast and with that comes some spectacular fishing taking place along the Crystal. It’ll be another week or so for the Crystal to really shine as the water continues to drop. Once it does, it’ll be game-on with some of the best fishing of the year taking place. If…

Roaring Fork River Flow: 532cfs/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 848cfs/Basalt, 1,670cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: We’ll cut right to the chase – green drakes are hatching in numbers below Carbondale and the fishing has been good to sensational! Anglers should expect to find the river dropping and clearing quite rapidly here in the next two weeks. We’re in that transitional period where large attractor…

Frying Pan River Flow: 114cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: Low, clear, cold and reliable. One of the very few rivers in the area that’s unfazed by runoff – and because of that the river is quite busy. As runoff subsides on the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers, fishing pressure should ease a little bit on the Pan. Good hatches of BWOs…

Colorado River – Flow: 4,050 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: We’re on the backend of runoff now with good to great water conditions and happy fish. The time to float and fish the river is now before the heat of August kicks in and the fishing tapers off. Besides green drakes, anglers should also expect to see golden stones, PMDs and caddis.…

Crystal River – Flow: 1550cfs/Redstone, 1900 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: Runoff is in full swing along the river. It’ll be a few weeks yet for the Crystal to really get back in play as the water drops. Once it does, it’ll be game-on with some of the best fishing of the year taking place. If you despise the crowds on the Pan…

Roaring Fork River Flow: 1130cfs/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 1770cfs/Basalt, 4190cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: We’re right at about peak runoff now which means that we’re hot on the heels of our world-renowned green drake mayfly hatch. Anglers should expect to find the river dropping and clearing quite rapidly here in the next two weeks. It’s still high-water conditions currently, meaning anglers should focus…

Frying Pan River Flow: 114cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: Low, clear, cold and reliable. One of the very few rivers in the area that’s unfazed by runoff – and because of that the river is quite busy. As runoff subsides on the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers, fishing pressure should ease on the Pan. Good hatches of BWOs are being seen…