We'll keep this section as up-to-date as we possibly can. The report will include local fishing - for us, that will include the St. Vrain, Big Thompson, Rocky Mountain National Park, and local warm water fisheries.

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We'll also do our best to keep you informed of other spots we've been fishing, including the North Platte in Wyoming - the Miracle Mile is our specialty, the Cache la Poudre, the South Platte, the Blue, Frying Pan, Roaring Fork and Colorado, as well as select high lakes.

Each of the following links has specific information about the stream or lake noted, including access, fish and bugs, season and what you should expect. This is basic info that might help you decide where you'd like to go fish, the techniques and flies you'll need to hook trout.

*Please send us your feedback from your fishing experience: angler@peakpeak.com We'll add your info to the fishing reports to help your fellow anglers know what to expect! Thanks!

Freestone Rivers predominate Colorado fisheries. On these streams, the water is often pretty fast as the rivers drop quickly in elevation, particularly along the Front Range. Riffles, runs and pool punctuated with pocket water predominate.

Tailwater fisheries are created when a river is dammed up for water storage purposes. Colorado has lots of dams, which is a mixed blessing and curse. They do keep the populated areas in water and help to control flood issues; they also create wonderful tailwater fisheries. But, the days wild, uncontrolled rivers are gone, for the most part. Tailwater fisheries have more regular, consistent flows of water that are also more even in temperature than other streams. This allows fish longer growing seasons and creates healthy habitat for bugs for the fish to eat. Bugs below dams are often smaller than on freestone streams, but there are exceptions, including the large mayflies of the Frying Pan, Golden Stones in Cheesman Canyon on the South Platte, and so on. Tailwater fisheries also create year around fishing opportunities, with open water and hungry fish.

Meadow streams often meander through flat areas which are often called "Parks". Colorado has North, Middle and South Parks, which are all large areas that have rivers running through them. In shorter, smaller stretches of other streams, there are also smaller parks, which create similar conditions. The stream may create oxbows, undercut banks, deep pools connected by riffles and runs and so on. These areas often have grassy banks that supplement the food supply for trout by creating great habitat for terrestrial insects such as hoppers, crickets, beetles, ants and the occasional uncle. (Just wanted to see if you were reading.)

We'll continue to add basic fishing techniques for each as we develop and find out what you want on this web page. For now, that's some basic information about water types that we have. For more information on Tailwater fishing, try reading Ed Engle's wonderful book: Fly Fishing The Tailwaters, published by Stackpole Books.