Updated and revised, this second edition of the popular Fishing Colorado pinpoints over 125 of the best fisheries in the state along with information on fishing techniques, best times of year, favorite flies and lures, and camping facilities. Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(12) Whirling Disease 2(1) Drought 3(1) Wildlife 3(1) Weather 4(1) Finding Your Way 4(1) Catch and Release 4(1) Hiking 4(1) Fishing Regulations 5(1) Colorado Gamefish 5(122) Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) 5(1) Saugeye (Stizostedion vitreum x S. canadense) 6(1) Northern Pike (Esox lucius) 6(1) Tiger Muskie (Esox masquinongy x E. lucius) 7(1) Wiper (Morone saxatilis x M. chrysops) 7(1) Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) 8(1) Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui) 8(1) White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) 9(1) Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) 9(1) Rainbow Trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) 10(1) Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) 10(1) Cutthroat Trout (Onchorynchus clarki) 11(1) Fine-Spotted Snake River Cutthroat Trout (Onchorhynchus clarki behnkei) 11(1) Kokanee (Onchorynchus nerka) 11(1) Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) 12(1) Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 12(1) Using This Guide 13(2) Southwest Colorado 1. Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir 15(5) 2. McPhee Reservoir 20(1) 3. Upper Dolores River 20(1) 4. Totten Reservoir 21(1) 5. Puett Reservoir 21(1) 6. Miramonte Reservoir 22(1) 7. Groundhog Reservoir 22(1) 8. Animas River 23(1) 9. Haviland Lake 24(1) 10. Hermosa Creek 25(1) 11. East Fork of Hermosa Creek 25(2) 12. Lime and Cascade Creeks 27(1) 13. Little Molas Lake 27(1) 14. Lemon Reservoir 28(1) 15. Vallecito Reservoir 29(1) 16. Piedra River 30(1) 17. San Juan River in Pagosa Springs 31(1) 18. Ridgway Reservoir 32(1) 19. Uncompahgre River 33(1) 20. Upper Gunnison River 33(5) 21. Taylor River 38(1) 22. Taylor Park Reservoir 39(1) 23. Lake Fork of the Gunnison River 40(2) 24. Cochetopa Creek 42(1) 25. Blue Mesa Reservoir 42(2) 26. Lower Gunnison River in the Gunnison Gorge 44(2) 27. Fryingpan River 46(1) 28. Roaring Fork River 47(2) 29. Sylvan Lake 49(1) 30. Eagle River 50(1) 31. Vega Reservoir 51(1) 32. Crawford Reservoir 52(1) 33. Corn Lake 53(2) Northwest Colorado 34. Rio Blanco Reservoir 55(1) 35. Rifle Gap Reservoir 55(3) 36. Harvey Gap Reservoir 58(1) 37. White River 59(2) 38. Trapper's Lake 61(2) 39. Flat Tops Wilderness Lakes 63(1) 40. Elkhead Reservoir 64(1) 41. Steamboat Lake 65(1) 42. Lower Yampa River 66(1) 43. Upper Yampa River in Steamboat Springs 67(1) 44. Stagecoach Reservoir Tailwater 68(1) 45. Williams Fork Reservoir 68(2) 46. Williams Fork River 70(1) 47. Upper Colorado River 71(1) 48. Blue River in Silverthorne 72(3) Northeast Colorado 49. North Platte River 75(3) 50. Michigan River 78(2) 51. Lake John 80(1) 52. Delaney Butte Lakes 80(2) 53. Big Creek Lake 82(1) 54. Cowdrey Lake 82(1) 55. Seymour Lake 83(1) 56. North Park Cutthroat Lakes 83(1) 57. Colorado State Forest Cutthroat Lakes 84(3) 58. Rawah Wilderness Cutthroat Lakes 87(1) 59. Zimmerman Lake 87(2) 60. Joe Wright Reservoir 89(1) 61. Cache La Poudre River 89(1) 62. Cache La Poudre River, Big South Trail Segment 90(1) 63. Upper Cache La Poudre River 91(1) 64. Middle Cache La Poudre River 91(2) 65. South Fork of the Cache La Poudre River 93(1) 66. Lower Cache La Poudre River 94(1) 67. Rocky Mountain National Park 94(2) 68. Colorado River 96(1) 69. Fall River 97(1) 70. Roaring River 97(1) 71. Lawn Lake 98(1) 72. Crystal Lake 98(1) 73. Upper Big Thompson River 99(1) 74. Lily Lake 99(2) 75. Central Park Cutthroat Lakes 101(1) 76. Wild Basin Cutthroat Lakes 102(2) 77. Lower Big Thompson River 104(2) 78. Douglas Reservoir 106(1) 79. Boyd Lake 106(1) 80. Lon Hagler Reservoir 107(1) 81. Carter Lake 108(1) 82. Flatiron Reservoir 108(1) 83. Pinewood Reservoir 109(1) 84. Union Reservoir 110(1) 85. St. Vrain State Park Ponds 110(1) 86. South Fork of the South Platte River 111(3) 87. Middle Fork of the South Platte River 114(1) 88. Spinney Mountain Reservoir 115(1) 89. South Platte River between Spinney Mountain and Elevenmile Reservoirs 116(1) 90. South Platte River in Elevenmile Canyon 117(1) 91. South Platte River below Cheesman Reservoir 118(1) 92. Jackson Lake State Park 119(3) 93. Prewitt Reservoir 122(1) 94. North Sterling Reservoir 123(1) 95. Jumbo Reservoir 124(1) 96. Bonny Lake 124(3) Southeast Colorado 97. John Martin Reservoir 127(3) 98. Lake Hasty 130(1) 99. Meredith Reservoir 130(1) 100. Adobe Creek Reservoir 131(1) 101. Nee Noshe and Nee Gronda Reservoirs 131(1) 102. Trinidad Reservoir 132(1) 103. Horseshoe and Martin Reservoirs 132(4) 104. Pueblo Reservoir 136(1) 105. Arkansas River 137(1) 106. Upper Arkansas River 137(3) 107. Middle Arkansas River 140(2) 108. Lower Arkansas River 142(1) 109. Medano Creek 143(3) 110. Conejos River 146(1) 111. Kerr Lake 147(2) 112. Elk Creek 149(1) 113. Lake Fork of the Conejos River 150(1) 114. Trujillo Meadows Reservoir 150(1) 115. Rio Grande 151(2) 116. Big Meadows Reservoir 153(1) 117. Road Canyon Reservoir 153(1) 118. Poage Lake 154(1) Denver Metro Area 119. Chatfield Reservoir 155(2) 120. Cherry Creek Reservoir 157(1) 121. Quincy Reservoir 157(1) 122. Aurora Reservoir 158(1) 123. Hine Lake 159(1) 124. Ward Road Pond 159(1) 125. Chatfield Ponds 160(1) 126. South Platte River Ponds 160(1) 127. Bass Lake 160(3) Appendix: Colorado Angling Resources 163(2) About the Author 165