Fishing Report for the Roaring Fork Valley

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.…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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.…