Fishing Report for the Roaring Fork Valley

Crystal River – Flow: 208 cfs/Redstone, 325 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: It’s been a big snowpack year along the Crystal River drainage and lately there’s been plenty of low-lying snow melting off with our warmer weather. Like most…

Colorado River – Flow: 2,860 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: Currently muddy and cold from warm weather and snowmelt. During periods of extended cold snaps there’s a possibility that the river might be clear enough to fish but…

Roaring Fork River Flow: N/A ice/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 421cfs/Basalt, 991cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: Our famous ‘Fifth-Season’ is well underway. In fact, warm weather and a big snowpack has made the river discolored the past few days with…

Flow: 49cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: We’ve seemingly turned the corner lately as warmer and longer days are finally here. That’s not to say that we won’t get another spring snow but the changing of the seasons…

Colorado River – Flow: 1,230 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The lower elevation waters of the Colorado River below Glenwood Springs annually kick-off our famous ‘Fifth-Season’ of fishing. It’s certainly a different year after all of last years…

Crystal River – Flow: 53cfs/Redstone, 63 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: Not a lot to report here as the majority of the river is still pretty locked-up in ice and snow once you’re out of headquarters here in Bonedale.…

Roaring Fork River Flow: N/A ice/Aspen (Jaffe Park), 184cfs/Basalt, 370cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The fishing has finally changed to point where a new fishing report was needed. Longer, warmer days are here and the fish have taken…

Frying Pan River Flow: 67cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions: We’ve seemingly turned the corner lately as warmer and longer days are finally here. That’s not to say that we won’t get another (and another and another) spring…