Joined: Mar 26, 2005 Posts: 23 Location: New Hampshire
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: Denver, CO Winter Fishing
Will be in the area next week, was wondering if anyone had spent anytime winter fishing out there? Or if there were any rivers that are a short drive from the area?
Joined: May 31, 2004 Posts: 111 Location: Colorado
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:57 am Post subject:
NHTH-
Try the South Platte an area called the dream stream is about an hour and a half from Denver and holds some enormous browns and rainbows. It is a tailwater so bring your 6-7x and size 22-26's. Good luck I'll be in vail and probably fish the frying sometime. If you get that far west shoot me a PM.
Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 852 Location: Portland, Maine
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: bring snow shoes
bring your snow shoes ... ... 3feet or so last week and another storm today ... would be cool if you guys got a chance to fish together out there ... good luck ...
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject: Colorado
I used to live in Colorado. Cheesman Canyon and 11 Mile Canyon are fairly close (within a couple hours) and offer excellent winter fishing. The Poudre (near Ft Collins) used to be good in winter. The Big Thompson near Longmont was also good. I would not try to fish those two up too high this time of the year. They get cold and icy.
Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Littleton, CO
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject:
Don't forget the Blue in Summit County. Easy tailwater to get to about 1hr drive from Denver. You can do the Colorado Biathalon - Ski/Fish in the same day.
A sunny day in Cheeseman is well worth the trip. True Colorado experience with Big granite Boulders and lots of very tough fish. Very different fishing environment from anything in the east. I would recommend this for the overall experience including great fishing.
I'm NOT kidding about the tough part - this is as technical a fishery as any in North America.
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... 3feet or so last week and another storm today ... would be cool if you guys got a chance to fish together out there ... good luck ...