The fishing is Slow right now. From what we’ve heard, there was an algae bloom that killed a number of fish. There are still fish alive in the lake, but not fishing like it was. Best flies right now: Chironomids, Parachute Adams, Damsel Nymphs Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Green/Black Panther Martin, Pearl Swedish Pimple Best Baits: Worms, Chartreuse Powerbait
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Best fishing in the early morning or evening. Best flies right now: Balanced Leeches, Damsel Nymphs, Tan Tent Wing Caddis, Parachute Adams Best Lures: Red/Gold Kastmaster, Green/Silver Panther Martin, Rainbow Trout Rooster Tail Best Baits: Rainbow Powerbait, Green Fireballs
Some info from the game and fish biologist about the fish kill this past weekend. Recent Gelatt Lake fish kill event: On Friday July 9th anglers at Gelatt Lake were catching fish. But by the morning of July 10th, hundreds of trout were lost due to low oxygen conditions. In addition, thousands of dead Fathead Minnows were observed. Oxygen most likely fell to lethal levels during the night due to plant respiration. While a good proportion of fish died from a lack of oxygen, it was not a total fish kill. There have been reports of fish still being caught since the event. Aerators were in operation and might have provided a zone of better oxygenated water for some fish to survive.
The fishing is Fair right now. Fishing is best if you can get out from shore, even 20 yards out. Still waiting to hear about the impacts of the smallmouth and walleye stocking. Best flies right now: Chironomids, Thin Mint, Mr. QT Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Firetiger Rapala, Red/Silver Swedish Pimple Best Baits: Worms, Chartreuse Garlic Powerbait
The fishing is Good right now. Best Flies: Glass House Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis, Irresistible Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Silver/Pink Swedish Pimple, Pink Mepps Best Baits: Wanglers Worms
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Many lakes are still frozen, but Mirror, Marie, both Brooklyns, and the Telephone Lakes are open Best Flies: Elk Hair Caddis, Parachute Adams, Royal Wulff Best Lures: Brook Trout Rooster Tail, Silver/Red Swedish Pimple Best Baits: Wanglers Worms, Salmon Eggs
The fishing is Good right now. Best Flies: Midgie Modger, Rock Worm, Adams Best Lures: Copper Swedish Pimple, Silver Kastmaster Best Baits: Wangler Worms, Rainbow Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. The south cove is fishing well. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, Royal Wulff, Red copper John Best Lures: Gold Panther Martin, Copper Kastmaster, Red/Gold Little Cleo Best Baits: Worms, Leeches
The fishing is Good right now. Trolling in the coves has been great. Best flies right now: Royal Wulff, Irresistible, Mosquito Best Lures: Firetiger Kastmaster, Panther Martin UV Firetiger, Gold Panther Martin Best Baits: Worms, Salmon Eggs
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Flow Rate: 3000 cfs Current Flow Rate Best Flies: PMD, Foam Split Back PMD, Purple or Red Squirmy Worms Best Lures: Brown Trout Rooster Tail, Gold Kastmaster
The fishing is Fair to Good Right now. Flow rate: 1800 cfs Current Flow Rate Water clarity: Fair Best flies: Pats Rubber Legs, Twenty Incher, Purple Squirmy Worm Best lures: Rainbow Little Cleo, Brown Trout Katmaster, Black Panther Martin
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Water level is great for wading but poor for floating. Flow Rate: 300 cfs Current Flow Rate Water Clarity: Fair to Good Best Flies: Elk Hair Caddis, Glass House Caddis, Thin Mint Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Brown Trout Rooster Tail, Red/Yellow Silver Blade Panther Martin
The walleye fishing is Good right now. The trout fishing is Fair. Best Flies: Balanced Leech, Hare’s Ear, Olive Scud Best Lures: Reaper Lures, Firetiger Rapala, Rainbow Blue Fox Best Baits: Worms, Red or Chartreuse Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. Best flies right now: Hare’s Ear, BWO, Balanced Leech Best Lures: Firetiger Panther Martin, Green/Silver Kastmaster Best Baits: Worms, Chartreuse Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. The fish are moving deeper during the middle of the day. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, Olive Hare’s Ear, Damsel Nymph Best Lures: Red/Gold Panther Martin, Orange Black Fury, Brown Trout Cyclone Best Baits: Worms, Chartreuse Powerbait
The fishing is Slow to Fair. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, BWO, Damsel Nymph Best Lures: Silver/Chartreuse Blue Fox, Blue/Silver Kastmaster, Rainbow Little Cleo Best Baits: Worms, Leeches
The fishing is Slow right now. Water is murky and mossy. Best flies right now: Thin Mint, Damsel Nymph, Burgin’ Bugger Olive Best Lures: Rainbow Daredevil, Black and Yellow Panther Martin, Chartreuse Best Baits: Fl. Red Powerbait, Leeches To locate Diamond in a “maps app” search for Bosler Reservoir or you will end up in the wrong place on private land. Take I-80 to exit 279 Cooper Cove and head north.
The fishing is Fair right now. Fishing is best early morning and late evening. Plenty of dry fly action. Best flies right now: BWO, Parachute Adams, Damsel Nymph Best Lures: Firetiger Cyclone, Green/Gold Panther Martin Best Baits: Red, White, and Blue Powerbait, Night Crawlers
The fishing is Fair right now. With the warmer weather, fish are moving back towards the middle of the lake midday. Early morning and very late evening will produce the best results. Best flies right now: BWO, Damsel Nymph, Thin Mint Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Rainbow Blue Fox, Thomas Colorado Gold/Silver Best Baits: Rainbow Powerbait, Baby Nightcrawlers
The fishing is Fair to Good. Water level has dropped over the last two weeks and fishing has picked up. Best Flies: Elk Hair Caddis, Red Copper John, Irresistible Best Lures: Gold Kastmaster, Bronze Panther Martin Best Baits: Wanglers Worms
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. The water level just dropped over the last week and is getting clearer each day. Flow Rates: 130 cfs Current Flow Rates Water clarity is fair Best flies right now: Blue Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Squirmy Worms, Mayflies Best Lures: Gold Kastmaster, Copper Panther Martin, Brown Trout Kastmaster Best Baits: Worms, Brown Trout Fireballs
The fishing is Fair right now. With the warmer days to rainbows and kokanee are moving back out a little deeper Best flies right now: Thin Mint, Goldie, Renegade, BWO Best Lures: Red/White Daredevil, Rainbow Trout Blue Fox, Firetiger Rapala Best Baits: Worms, Florescent Red Powerbait
The fishing is Good right now. Like Gelatt, best fishing is early morning or very late evening. Best flies right now: Blue Winged Olive, Renegade, Mosquito Best Lures: Rainbow Rooster Tail, UV Firetiger Panther Martin Best Baits: Worms
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Best fishing is early morning or very late evening (8pm). Best flies right now: Blue Wing Olive, Boatman, Elk Hair Caddis Best Lures: Green/Gold Holographic Panther Martin, Green Black Fury Best Baits: Orange or Chartreuse Powerbait
The fishing is Slow right now. The fish seem very picky lately. Best flies right now: Hot Head Leeches, Parachute Adams, Renegade Best Lures: Rainbow Pattern Mepps or Kastmaster Best Baits: Worms To locate Diamond in a “maps app” search for Bosler Reservoir or you will end up in the wrong place on private land. Take I-80 to exit 279 Cooper Cove and head north.
Fishing is Fair to Good, Water levels are low and clear. The fish are very spooky and line shy Flow rate: 80 cfs Current Flow Rate Chart Water Clarity: Clear Best Flies: Midge and Baetis Patterns (BWO, PMD, Black, Purple), Size 18-22 Dry Flies (BWO, Black Midge) San Juan and Rock Worms, White Sucker Eggs Best Lures: Copper, Silver, Brass Colors
The fishing is Fair to Good, the water is high and can be hard to get flies down to the fish. Have to run an 8-9 ft leader and 2-3 AB weights to get flies down and slowed down for fish. Flow rate: 2590-2600 cfs Current Flow Rate Water clarity: Clear Best flies: Midge and Baetis Patterns (BWO, PMD, Black, Purple), Stone flies, San Juan and Rock Worms, White Sucker Eggs, Hare’s Ear, Prince, Pheasant Tail Best lures: Gold, Copper and Silver Colors
The fishing is Good right now, the upper end is clear and the lower end is off color. The fish are sitting in the faster runs and on shelfs feeding then going a little deeper as the heat comes up. Flow Rate: 485-500 cfs Current Flow Rate Best Flies: Midge and Baetis patterns (PMD, BWO, Black, Purple), San Juan Worms, Rock Worms, White Sucker Eggs Best Lures: Copper and Silver Colors
The fishing is Good, Caddis are hatching and coming off Flow Rate: 500-550 cfs Current Flow Rate Water Clarity: off color but not bad Best Flies: Caddis Larva and small caddis flies, Pats Rubber Legs, San Juan Worms and stone fly imitations Best Lures: Gold and Silver colors
Fishing is Good, the fish are looking for bugs and to the top for dries. Fish are a little line shy with the low clear water Flow rate: Holding steady at 75cfs Current Flow Rate Chart Water Clarity: Clear Best Flies: Midge and Baetis patterns (BWO and PMD), rock worms and starting into San Juan worms. Best Lures: Gold and Copper color
The fishing is Good, water is clear and fish are holding in the fast water seams and on shelfs. Flow Rate: Holding steady at 450 cfs Current Flow Rate Best Flies: Lots of Baetis and Midge patterns, Rock Worms, and San Juan worms Best Lures: Gold and Copper colors are doing well
Fishing is Fair to Good right now. Evening hatch of BWOs may be possible. Flow rate: 75cfs Current Flow Rate Chart Water Clarity: Fair/Good Best Flies: Jigged HotSpot Yellow Pheasant Tails, RS2 Grey, Rainbow Warrior Best Lures: Gold Kastmaster, Mepps Aglia Red Egg
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. The flow should continue to stay low for a while. Flow Rate: 450 cfs Current Flow Rate Best Flies: Split Foam Back PMD, Split Foam Back Little Stone, Cravens Juju Baetis Best Lures: Brown Trout Rooster Tail, Red/Gold Kastmaster
The fishing is Slow to Fair right now for trout and Good for walleye if you can get out on a boat. Best Flies: Hot Head Leech, Thin Mint, Bite-Me Buggers Best Lures for Trout: Thomas Colorado Spoons, Daredevil Rainbow Spoons Best lures for Walleye: Reaper Lures, Worm Harnesses Best Baits: Worms or Leeches
The fishing is Fair right now. Seems to be on and off depending on the weather. Best flies: Balanced Thin Mint, Hot Head Leech, Chironomids Best Lures: Brown Trout Panther Martins, Copper/Orange Thomas Cyclones Best Baits: Red or Chartreuse Powerbait
The fishing is Slow right now. Run-off is causing the river to run very high. Best Flies: Red Copper Johns, Prince Nymphs, Hot Head Leech Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Firetiger Tasmanian Devil Best Baits: Wangler Red Worms
The fishing is Fair right now. Dry flies are good on a warm, calm day. Best flies: Balanced Leeches, Renegades, Boatman, Flashy Olive Scud Best Lures: Mepps Orange Black Fury, Panther Martin UV Firetiger Best Baits: Red/Pink Powerbait
The fishing is Fair right now. Dry flies are out! Best Flies: Chironomids, BWO, Renegade, Black Gnat Best Lures: Green/Silver or Green/Gold Holographic Panther Martins Best Baits: Nightcrawlers
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. The rainbows are still in spawn, but only for another week or so. Dry flies are possible on a warm, calm day. Best flies: Hot Head Leech, Olive Buzzer, BWO, Renegades Best Lures: Red/Gold Panther Martin, Rainbow Pattern Rapala Original Floater Best Baits: Red/Orange Powerbait
The lakes are currently inaccessible. 130 has just been opened but the Snowy Range Lakes will still be frozen and snowed in for another few weeks.
Douglas Creek is currently inaccessible. We expect within a week or two for it to be accessible by ATV and possibly 4WD vehicles.
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Water clarity is staying decent. Flow rate: 2,700 cfs Current Flow Rate Water clarity: Fair Best flies: Cripplers Callibaetis, Thin Mint Leech, Foam Split Back BWO/Baetis, Twenty Inchers Best lures: Rainbow trout pattern spoons and spinners Best baits: Leeches
The fishing is Slow. The water has gotten very high and muddy in the last week due to run-off. Flow Rates: 500 cfs Current Flow Rates Water clarity is very poor. Best flies right now: Trina’s Rubber Bugger, Craw Patterns, Rusty Trombone Best Lures: Little Cleo Copper/Red, Silver Rapala Original Floater Best Baits: Nightcrawlers
The fishing is Fair right now. Look forward to dry flies on a warmer day. Best Flies: Bite-Me Bugger Black, Prince Nymph, Renegade, Pheasant Tail Flashback Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Chartreuse Mepps Balck Fury Best Baits: Wanglers Red Worms
The fishing is Slow right now. We are in run-off and waiting to hear about the effects of the fire. Flow Rate: 2,300 cfs Current Flow Rate Water Clarity: Poor Best Flies: Pat’s Rubber Legs, Speckled DB Stone, Peanut Envy, Blossom Special Best Lures: Panther Martin UV Firetiger, Thomas Colorado Gold/Silver
The fishing is Fair right now. Warms days will even allow a chance to use dry flies! Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, BWO Dry Fly, Renegade Best Lures: Copper Kastmaster, Rainbow Original Floater Rapala Best Baits: Worms
Fishing is Good, clear water with fish getting line shy but looking to the top for bugs Flow rate: 75 cfs Current Flow Rate Chart Best Flies: Blue Wing Olive (BWO) size 18-22, San Juan Worms, Rock Worms, Midge and Baetis patterns size 18-22 Best Lures: Gold, Silver, Trout Colors
Fishing is Slow to Fair. Lots of rain last couple days muddying up the water with sediment. Flows are 451 CFS and holding. https://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/hydromet_dayplt.pl?gdwy&q_i Best flies right now: RS2, Rock Worms, San Juan Worms, and Baetis patterns Best lures right now: Gold and Copper Mepps and Rooster Tails. Best bait right now: N/A
The fishing is Fair right now. We’ve seen a handful of good fish out of Leazenby, but it seems pretty hit or miss. Best flies right now: Hot Heads, Chan’s BMW, Balanced Leech Bruised Best Lures: Rainbow Panther Martin, Bronze Spoons Best Baits: Salmon Eggs, Florescent Red Powerbait
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. On a warm day you could even throw dry flies. Best flies right now: Red Copper John, Prince Nymph, Black Gnat Best Lures: Thomas Colorado Spoon, Gold Kastmaster Best Baits: Worms
The fishing is Fair right now. Rainbows are in spawn. Best Flies: Hot Head Leech, Egg Patterns, Bite-Me Bugger Olive Best Lures: Rainbow/Gold Spoons Best Baits: Worms, Leeches
The fishing is Fair. The lake is accessible but the road is a bit muddy. Best flies right now: Balanced Leeches, Olive Buzzer, Chan’s BMW Leech Best Lures: Rainbow Pattern Spinner, Orange Blade/Yellow Body Panther Martin Best Baits: Fluorescent Red Powerbait, Worms To locate Diamond in a “maps app” search for Bosler Reservoir or you will end up in the wrong place on private land. Take I-80 to exit 279 Cooper Cove and head north.
The fishing is Good right now. Baetis are out so its time to go throw some emergers. Flow Rate: 450 cfs Best Flies: Cripplers Callibaetis, Rusty Trombone, Foam Split Back BWO Best Lures: Brown Trout Pattern Spinners/Spoons
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Baetis hatch is strong as the weather is warming up. Flow rate: 2400+ cfs Water clarity: Good Best flies: Foam Split Back BWO, Foam Baetis, Rockworm Best lures: Rainbow Pattern Spinners/Spoons Best baits: Worms, Leeches
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Flowing at about 140 cfs. Water clarity is poor the last couple of weeks. Best flies right now: Olive Sculpin, Craw Patterns, Rusty Trombone Best Lures: Firetiger Rooster Tail, Gold Katmaster Best Baits: Worms, Leeches
The fishing is Fair to Good Best flies right now: Green, Orange, and Black Leaches or Balanced Leaches, smaller size Streamers (buggers) in olive or brown. Best lurers right now: Brown(copper) and orange Thomas spoons, Red/Gold holographic Panther Martin Best bait right now: Night crawlers, leaches, Red or R/W/B Power Bait
The fishing is Good right now. We’ve seen plenty of large, spawning rainbows caught in the last few weeks. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, Hot Head, Scuds Best Lures: Gold or Rainbow Trout spinners Best Baits: Florescent Red Powerbait
The fishing is Good right now. Rainbows and Cutthroat are very aggressive in the early morning or late evening. Best flies right now: Chironomids, Balanced Leech, Boatman Best Lures: Copper/Bronze Kastmasters Best Baits: Florescent Red Powerbait
The fishing is Good right now. Plenty of action over the last couple of weeks. Best flies right now: Chironomids, Balanced Leeches, Hot Heads Best Lures: Copper/Bronze Kastmasters Best Baits: Red/Pink Powerbait
The fishing is Fair to Good right now. Rainbows are spawning so it’s a great time to head out. Best flies right now: Balanced Leech, Hot Head, Scuds Best Lures: Red/White spinners or spoons Best Baits: Fluorescent Red Powerbait
Fishing is Fair to Good. Fishing has been picking up and doing well the last several days. Check the forecast but seem like a good time to hit up Gowdy. leaches. hot heads, and balanced leaches are the ticket right now. Florescent Red for power bait.
Hattie was about 40% open maybe a bit more. There are 3 separate open areas; from the the West end all the way to just past the point, some in the narrows and by the old boat ramp. You can find fishable open water if you are looking for it. Dam and main boat ramp are still locked in ice.
Meeboer was 100% open and free of ice. Looking forward to some great ice off fishing.
Twin Buttes opened up significantly yesterday in the wind. About 65% of the lake is now open including the boat ramp. There is still ice in the first bay and on the East end of the lake by the first outhouse. It was open water from the West end all the way past the boat ramp and all along the North shore. Should start to fish well with chironomid flies, and eggs but we’ll have to see how this goes this year.
Granite was about 80% open water. Fishing has been Fair. Eggs, Power Bait (chartreus, red), Krocodile’s (Red & White, Orange and Silver) Streamers and buggers are best bet right now Browns and Blacks.
Crystal was about 40% open water. Fishing has been Slow to Fair Power bait (pinks and reds) or eggs have had the best luck.
Twin was still completely capped but edges are shot every where we looked.
Gelatt was 70%+ open water with plenty of fishable area from shore. Boat ramp was clear of ice. East end was still capped with ice and a small amount of ice was still left on the West end. Fishing was fair to good before ice started to come off.
Meeboer was about 40% open with fishable water on the East and South sides. Boat ramp was clear of ice. The west end bay and 1/2 of the “horseshoe” was still capped. Fishing had been a little bit slower but should pick up as ice comes off
Lake is capped but ice conditions very and are thin around the shore. 1.5″-3″ of ice. Fishing has been hard to report with ice conditions changing daily.
Fishing has been fair. Plenty of open water, only ice today was on the east end of the lake.
Fishing is fair. Flies: Scuds (olive, tan, grey), Midges (red, olive, black), Damsels (blue and green), Leeches (balanced and hot-heads), Streamers (olive, brown, orange, purple) Bait and Lures: Rapalas (fire tiger, rainbow, brown in countdown, floating, and jointed), Krocodiles, Daredevils (red/white, black/white), redworms, large nightcrawlers, Pink and green glitter powerbait
Good to Great Flies: Grey Drakes, Elk Hair Caddis (olive, black, brown), Mayfly (black, cream, tan), Midges (olive, black, red), Mosquitos (nymph and dry), and Gnat Griffiths Bait and Lures: Kastmasters (small red/gold, nickel/blue), Mepps (gold, red, silver, chartreuse), Powerbait (Pink, purple, yellow with glitter), redworms and nightcrawlers.
Fishing is fair to good! Flies: chartreuse copper johns, chironomids, hot-headed leeches, wooly buggers in olive or brown, amphipods, and damsel nymphs Lures: kastmasters with red, gold, silver, or pink; rooster tails (rainbow patterns and gold); rapalas (rainbow or brown trout patterns) Bait: night crawlers
Wheatland Reservoir #3 has open water for the majority of the lake. The exception is at the boat ramp where there are ice chunks making launching boats difficult.
Had a Fly Store team member head out to #3 this morning. 95% frozen, very soft edges and ice didn’t look to thick. Will be ready soon (maybe snow and cold this weekend).