Since the last update things have changed quite a bit. We were at 80 % of average Snowpack Statewide. Now we are less than 50 % for this date. We are expecting a sizeable storm this weekend that could leave us with 10-20 inches of new snow. However, it looks as though the run-off we will be much smaller than normal and that many of the areas rivers will be fishing well In May and June. On the down side conditions may be tougher and lower than normal in August and Septmeber. We still have 4-5 five weeks left of possible winter weather remaining - so cross you fingers/rods, etc. However for the time being conditions are very good on all the local waters.

Blue River- low and clear- fishing well near Green Mt. Reservoir
Colorado River is open , low and clear fishing well everywhere form Hot Sulphur to Glenwood
Arkansas River is in great shape starting to see some Caddis down low and baetis on cloudy days.
S. Park streams are low and clear and fishing well including the Dream Stream
Antero and Spinney Reservoirs are open and fishing great
Eagle river is good but has been dirty below Wolcott since the warm weather hit.

Look for all the rivers to be in great shape for a while after this cold snap hits.

Pray for Snow !

It's March 12, 2012 and spring is in the air ! All the local rivers are opening up and the fishing has been great.
The S. Platte at the Dream stream, the Arkansas near Salida, the Blue north of Silverthorne, the Colorado near Kremmling ,and the Eagle near Vail have all bee fishing great. As the lower valley snows melt the water can become discolored in the afternoon -so take note of that. Also, as we get into April the best fishing can be found after
a cold front or storm blows through and freezes things upf or a day or two.

With the snowpack at 82 % statewide condtions for the summer look great. We will still have plenty of snow during the next two months and unlike last summer the rivers should be in great shape by the end of June. So make your plans to head to the mountains to experience all our area has to offer.

I will update as condtions warrant !

My apologies in not keeping up with the reports. I guess the motto "no news is good news" applies here. I have just been too darn busy guiding , managing and fishing to do the update. Although we had the big run-off this year the snowpack definitely loaded the groundwater and flows are still great just about everywhere- especially on the Ark, Blue and Colorado Rivers. I just floated yesterday with two of the guides and the fishing was fantastic. We floated our private put-in from Yellow -DOG Ranch to Catamount and hooked about 60 fish/ boated 35. Most fish were in the 15-19 inch range with one 20 inch included. If you can find the time I would recommnend this trip soon. Also, we have bee floating from New Castle to Rifle with great results.This water will remain great until sometime in Novmeber . The Holmestead Ranch in s. park has also been great. Here's the latest flows and conditions.

Blue River near Breckenridge- 43 cfs.--- Good flows and starting to see some browns form Dillon Arrive. Fishing has bee GOOD below Rec center in the statirstep pools. Great evening and am midge hatch.

Blue River- below Dillon Reservoir- 85 cfs. good angling - quite good near Green Mt.Reservoir- seeing Kokanees- bwo's on cloudy days.

Colorado River near Parshall -177 cfs- good condiiton- good cloudy day bwo's and some on sunny days. - great flow level

Colorado River - Pumphouse to Dotsero- 995 cfs at kremmling - Great flows and clarity. Blue Wings on most days even if not cloudy. Dry /dropper/ dries, streamers all good.

Colorado River Glenwwood- to Rifle- -2730 cfs- great flows / clarity and fishing using all techniques.

Williams Fork- near parshall-100 cfs- perfect flow- great bwo hatches-

South Park Streams

Middle Fork including Tomahawk and Badger Basn SWA's - 35 cfs. low and clear. Lots of spawners- be careful of walking on spawing beds. good angling !
South Fork of S. Platte above and below Antero- very low- only fair angling
S. Platte- Dream Stream- dropping fast 104 cfs today- still good until water is dropped below 60 cfs or so. baetis, small nymphs working best.

Get out there !

It's August 15th- the fish are happy and also the local anglers. Flows are perfect from South Park north to the Colorado River. water temps are great / the water is clear and hatches abound. What else can I say. Get out there now ! We look forward to a great finnish to the summer and an even better fall season in many years. Here's the Latest report:

Colorado River near Parshall including Breeze,Kemp, Lone Buck and Paul Gilbert State Wildlife Areas. flow above williams fork is 666 cfs. Fishing is great ! pmd, caddis,
fishing dry dropper with Barr's pmd trailer. nymphing all good ! . flow below Williams Fork is 943 cfs. ,clear good angling !

Colorado River Pumphouse to Dotsero- 1770 cfs at kremmling below where Blue comes in. Best fishing in years- stories and picutres of large and many fish being caught and Lost ! some pmds, tricos otherwise good nymphing and hopper /dropper fishing.

Blue river- below Dillon to Green Mt.Reservoir. flow at Dillon 206 cfs. clear, great flows and water temps. hatches of Green
Drakes, pmd and caddis. great all the way to Green Mt. Reservoir.

Blue river near Breckenridge- 111 cfs. great flows and temps- good hatches of caddis

South park rivers-

S. fork Above - Antero-25.4 cfs- fishing has been great here. pmds , caddis good sized fish for a small stream
S. fork belwo Antero 24.1- tricos- good angling as well

Middle fork from Alma to confluence with S. fork near Hartsel. Off the Charts-1 big and numberous fish.- pmds, hoppers, etc.

Dream Stream - below Spinney Reservoir- 207 cfs. great angling on big fish. Hatches of tricos , drowned tricos, caddis , flying ants, beetles, small nymphs.

GET OUT THERE NOW !

Greetings Again- Things are looking better everyday. Fishing is about perfect everywhere with even better prospects ahead. With all the snow pack and rains behind us
the future for a great end to summer and an even greater fall season look bright. here's the latest report for our rivers.

Colorado River - Parshall area- 997 cfs below the Williams Fork- dropping/ clear good to v good condtions. Caddis/ pmd/ Also check out Lone buck swa near the Canyon.

Colorado River -Pumphouse to Dotsero- 2420 CFs- dropping /clearing very good fishing. Water temps are perfect !- some pmd around 1pm. Hopper /dropper/ streamer action v. good

Williams Fork- below res. - 256 cfs. - good angling - pmd- caddis in pm- mosquito alert

Blue River - below Dillon Resy. - 578 cfs. clear/ dropping - good angling all the way to Green Mt. resy- pm caddis, green drakes, pmd.

Blue River near Breckenridge- 165 cfs. clear - good angling- some evening caddis green drakes, pmds

Arkansas River near Leadville- try the State Trust at Crystal pond- aprox. 390 cfs. - green drakes, pmd, caddis

south park- Middle Fork at Santa Maria 130 cfs -great flows clear- caddis/pmd green drakes- try tomahawk swa
south Fork above and below Antero Resy- aprox 45 cfs- very good angling- hoppers, ants,
Dream Stream- 308 cfs. good angling- trico. caddis- pts -
Sntero and Spinney have slowed up

tight lines till next time!

It's July 28th. the Lobster is dead ! What this means is that the run-off is peaked and subsided. Right now - the rains control our destiny. We are doing our first float trips on the Colorado on Monday. Three of the guides went out a few days ago on recon and did well. South Park has been good and the flows are dropping heading for prime
conditions soon. the Blue and upper Colorado are dropping fast. Look for a great August and September on all the rivers.-here's the report:

Upper Colorado -Parshall- 1349 cfs. dropping , clearing- fishing well and looking to be even better soon. Streamer fishing as been good.

Colorado - Pumphouse to Dotsero- 3100 cfs. dropping ,clearing - fishing well- streamers ,nymphing.

Williams Fork-359 cfs.- dropping, clear good.much better soon- mosquitoes- use 100 % deet

Blue River- below Dillon - 668 cfs/ dropping fast.- Clear- fishing well.

Blue River- near Breckenridge- 288 cfs. clear dropping fast - fishing fair

Middle Fork S. platte- 177 cfs. clear dropping, good hatches fishing very good

S. Fork S.Platte- above and below Antero Resy.- 53 cfs- above Antero good fishing - about 50 cfs near Hartsel fishing well

S. Platte below Spinney Reservoir- 223 cfs- Dream stream is fishing great !

Antero and Spinney Reservoir- has been slow !

Till next time- tight lines-

Well the Lobster has finally appeared on th e Front bowl of peak 8- and that means the run-off has finally peaked. look for allthe waters to reced quickly now As long as we don't keep getting these rainy days. We are now looking forward to a great summer of fishing -well into Septmeber !- here's the latest report.

Blue River near Breck 572 cfs- high and clear fishing ok.-

Blue River below Dillon Dam- 1720 cfs- very high and clear. tough but fishable

Colorado river near Kremmling- 7420 cfs.- very high droping -check back soon

Middle Fork S. platte- high - clear 321 cfs at Santa Maria- fishable

S. fork above and below Anter0- 100 cfs- good angling

Dream Stream below Spinney - 576 cfs.- high / clear fishable


stay tuned.

Water everwhere ! However the angler with moxy can do well. here's the best options.

Blue in silverthorne, -small stuff ,msysis
S.Platte in S. park - Dream Stream-small stuff
Antero Res- good
Spinney Res good
Middle Fork inS.park - high but clear.

best bet- Spinney !

Water shold peak soon.

The weather report is for a few days of warm weather. We still have tons of snow all over Colorado . snowpack in our area is 235 % of average. Look for the flows to get quite big in the next week or so. We should be looking at a fairly long and high run-off this year. here's the latest report;

Colorado River - flood stage- please stay away !
Blue River below Dillon Dam- clear high 1180 cfs- fishingis ok with mysis, worms, midgelarva, etc.
Blue River above Dillon -near Breck- 175 cfs and coming up going off color - fair angling
S.Park streams- Middle fork and S. Fork of the S.Platte.- stiill prety good -especially on the middle fork.
Antero and Spinney Reservoir are good.
Arkansas just came up fast. getting toughter !


Pray for warm weather !

Keep yur fly up !

It's snowing again ! We still have not lost much snow in the mountains around here yet.. I heard a report that
the colorado now pack is now 249 % of average. if that's true it's going to be crazy around here with flows.
The good thing is that we don't have tornadoes around here. I hope. Here's the latest report:

Colorado River- high dirty tough.

Blue River- below Dillon reservoir high - clear near Silverthorne and fair- possible hooking some big fish!

Blue River above lake Dillon near Breck- clear good- flows will go up soon. fish it now.

South. Park - Low and clear water for now on the Middle and S. Fork of the S.Platte . fishing is good. It's the only locale in the area that is good. All the lakes - Antero, Spinney Mt. and Eleven Mile are fishing well.

Arkansas River is still in good shape as well.

pray for snow- scratch that- pray for warm weather !