Updated 05/12/13

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San Juan River in New Mexico Real-time River Data

The Quality Water section of the San Juan River below Navajo Reservoir is arguably the best trout river in the world. The San Juan offers big fish, lots of them, and you can catch them 365 days a year!

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
250	Stable.	Good! Midges & BWO’s. Dries on the right day.	Red Analid, flash midge pupa, RS2.

San Juan River in Colorado Real-time River Data

Flowing through Pagosa Springs on its way to Navajo Reservoir, the “upper” San Juan is a good freestone river with good caddis and stonefly hatches.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
250	Falling.	Good	Buggers, streamers

Dolores River Below McPhee Real-time River Data

The Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir doesn’t get allocated enough water to blossum into the river it should be. Keep an eye on the little water it is getting and remember every drop counts!

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
16	Stable	VERY Low.	Midges

Dolores River Above McPhee Real-time River Data

This freestone river spills out of the high country and through a beautiful forested canyon. The limited access on the river should not be a deterent in exploring this great river.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
330	Falling.	Decent.	Buggers, streamers.

Piedra River Real-time River Data

Spilling out of the Weimunuche wilderness, this classic trout stream offer good dry fly opportunities and a surprising diversity of fishing opportunities and a surprising diversity of fish. Duranglers also has some outstanding guided private water on the Piedra!

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
456	Falling	Stoneflies coming off. Flows are a bit high.	Buggers, Stonefly nymphs and dries. Dry/dropper.

Los Pinos River Real-time River Data

This is the section below Vallecito Reservoir. Bordered by private property on both sides for its entire length below the reservoir, you can only fish it if you are lucky enough to own property on it or if you take a guide trip with Duranglers!

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
650	Irrigation flows.	Good	Prince, buggers, stonefly nymphs and dries. Dry/dropper.

Florida River

The difficult fly fishing on the Florida River will not be attractive to every angler, and beginners should take some time to hone their skills on other rivers before going there. Those who are willing to put in the necessary effort to discover its scenic wonders as well as its secret trout holes will be amply rewarded with much more than wild trout.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
77/224	Irrigation flow below Lemon	Improving below the dam.	Dry Dropper

Animas River Real-time River Data

One of the last free-flowing rivers in the state of Colorado, the Animas is a unique and rare treasure. With the newest and one of the best Gold Medal Water sections in Colorado, the Animas is a river that should be on your list of places to fish.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
1130	Falling.	Good, caddis and stoneflies.	Streamers, buggers, stonefly dries and nymphs.

Gunnison (Black Canyon)Real-time River Data

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison River offers one of the greatest wilderness/fishing experiences in the lower 48. The river has a good population of rainbows and brown and some of the best hatches around. Every angler should put our three-day float on their “places to fish before I die” list!

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
295	Stable	Good .	Caddis.

Rio Grande (30 mile /Wagon Wheel)Real-time River Data

The Rio Grande is a classic western river. It is a great dry fly river with one of the best Salmonfly hatches in Colorado. The flow is partially controlled by a dam, but the many tributaries add significant flow during spring and wet weather.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
356/903	Falling	Good	Dry/dropper. Stoneflies.

Creeks

Fishing Durango Colorado is very numerous and diverse. There is of course the famous San Juan River below Navajo Dam along with the larger freestone rivers like the Animas, Piedra and Dolores. But there are also more small mountain streams than can be fished in a lifetime.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
Moderate	Falling	Most are fishable.	Attractor Dry.

San MiguelReal-time River Data

Flowing out of the “hip” town of Telluride, the San Miguel is a small river/ large stream that offers some great fishing and pretty good access.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
557	Falling.	Decent, but a bit high.	Prince nymph, buggers

Frying PanReal-time River Data

One of the classic tailwater fisheries in the West. It gets crowded, but the fishing can be great! Don’t leave home without some Mysis shrimp patterns.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
108	Stable.	Good	Mysis, midges, Olives.

Roaring ForkReal-time River Data

The top section of this good freestone river. Wave to the movie stars and millionaires while you catch some great fish! The Roaring Fork gets pretty big by the time it gets to Glenwood Springs before it joins the massive Colorado River.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
337/3600	Starting to come down.	Runoff conditions.	Wait

UncompaghreReal-time River Data

The newest tailwater fishery in the state. The Unc. (we like to call it) has two faces. The overly manicured part of the river is a little like fishing at Disneyland. The “wild” section is a real river.

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
86	Stable.	Good	Midges & BWO’s

Lakes/Ponds

CFS	Rising/Falling	Fishing Conditions	Patterns/Bug
Decent condition.	Stable.	Most of our lakes are fishable.	Buggers.

Durango Area Rivers Report