Fly fishing the Colorado river

Frying Pan Anglers – a full service fly fishing shop and outfitter based in Basalt Colorado which provides guided fly fishing trips on the frying pan river, roaring fork river, Colorado river and other rivers in the Basalt area. Frying Pan Anglers carries fly fishing equipment, with Hardy fly fishing equipment, and fly fishing supplies. It provides regular fishing reports and fly fishing reports for the frying pan river, the roaring fork river and Colorado river in our area. Frying Pan Anglers is the premier fly fishing and guided fly fishing outfitter for the best quality guides and fly fishing equipment. Frying Pan Anglers provides a range of fly fishing equipment including orvis, hardy, greys, lamson, ross, galvan, and bauer fly fishing reels. In addition it carries orvis helios fly rods, hardy, greys, GL Loomis, mystic echo and St Croix fly rods. It is your one stop fly fishing shop and fly fishing outfitter in the frying pan river area for guided float and wade fishing trips and tours. It hosts excellent fly fishing guides and fly fishing tours on the frying pan river and other local waters. The guides will provide excellent teaching and coaching for clients of Frying Pan Anglers.

Colorado River

The Colorado River is a large river and best fished from a drift boat. We use McKenzie type boats and rafts that are very comfortable.

It is a big water and worth an introduction with local expertise. Although not as plentiful as the Fork or the Pan, the trout in the Colorado are big river fish. Since the completion of Wolford reservoir and the I-70 Glenwood canyon, the Colorado river is clearer and is more fishable year round.

There are a variety of hatches from midges, drakes, bwos, yellow sallies, PMD's, stoneflies and caddis.

Our float trips on the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers have been very productive with some excellent fish. A variety of flies will work well. Dries such as hoppers with baetis and stone fly droppers. Streamers are also productive.

We start fishing from the Grizzly put in all the way down to Rifle. In the heat of summer, the river improves below the confluence with the Roaring Fork if it is flowing well because of the colder water it adds.

Down lower the Colorado opens out and the sun gets on to the water. The big secret about the Colorado is the quality of the fishing as a result of a serious stocking program undertaken by the DOW. They have introduced hofers and other big rainbows into the river which together with the very big browns which live there have made for an excellent fishery.

Here is an example of a rainbow taken by Ed in March.

Ed in March 2010 on the Colorado

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