Colorado Fly Fishing

Early Summer 2012

The Mother's Day Caddis is all but over now, at least in our neck of the woods. Time to start looking for Green Drakes? Almost. Before that happens we typically see stonenefly hatches, and that is happening now along the Colorado River. The water has been mostly fishable to beautiful for most of the Spring, due to low runoff & snow.

When we said "It may even be possible for us to fish right through runoff!", it was kind of tongue-in-cheek. It does seem to be shaping up that way though. Our guides are reporting lots of good fishing right now.

Check out our current Special on Guide Trips through May 31, 2012. We can also give you up-to-date information before your trip, give us a call at 1-800-781-8120. You can also contact us via our form or email.

Our Colorado Fly Shops

Our fly shops in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale stock a wide variety of equipment for everything from 8in. long finicky spring creek trout to 150lb Tarpon and Billfish. Fly tying supplies can be found at RFA in Glenwood Springs.

Local Weather

Fly Fishing Guide Trips

We’ve been doing Colorado Fly Fishing Guide Trips on these waters since 1980 and hold outfitting permits for float and wade fishing on the Roaring Fork River, Eagle River and upper and lower Colorado River. We also offer wade fishing on both the Frying Pan River and the Crystal River, and have access to several private ranches and spring creeks that are capable of producing trophy trout. With the help of a long time outfitter of the Gunnison Gorge, we are now booking three-day/two-night fly-fishing trips on the ‘Gunnie’. This trip is a good bet especially when we are in the middle of runoff here in the valley.

Quick Links

For accurate, up-to-date conditions check the Fishing Report, our Hatch Chart and River Flows.

Roaring Fork River Flows

Frying Pan River Flows

Colorado River Flows

Crystal River Flows

Roaring Fork Anglers & Alpine Angling

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Adventure Travel

We are now booking 2012 Bonefish, Permit, & Tarpon Saltwater trips and Patagonia Trout trips!!! Give us a call, at 1-800-781-8120 or email us, and we can fill you in.

Visit our Bahamas Gallery to see more about the lodge and CPR (Catch, Photo, Release) of Bahama Bonefish. Watch Bahamas video here.

Recent News

Copi Vojta
Copi has gotten some local press lately as he has recently been appointed Photo Editor of The Fly Fish Journal. You can also catch a short essay about him in the spring issue of The Drake.

Steve DiCampo

Our Friend and fellow employee Steve DiCampo passed away recently after a battle with cancer. There will be a celebration of Steve's Life on May 19 at the Sunlight Mountain Ski Resort. Please call the shop for details.

Recycled Fish

It's time for us to start gearing up for the 2012 24 hour Fish-A-Thon. Last year, Team Roaring Fork Anglers racked up over 100 fish and took the "Largest Fish - Any Species" prize for a 22" Rainbow. We encourage our friends to help out and support Team RFA by making a small donation to them for Recycled Fish & their cause. Or form your own team for this years 24 hour Fish-A-Thon event.

We are Stewards of Recycled Fish.