Winter Fly Fishing in Colorado

January 12, 2011 By: Marshall Cutchin

As R. Scott Rappold writes, you don’t have worry much over which flies to bring when it’s very cold, you just have to be sure to bundle up. He lists some top Colorado winter fisheries — though there are many other small tailwaters, like those on the Big Thompson and Taylor, that are also good bets.
“‘Just the diehards,’ said angler Jonathon Kleis, an employee and fishing guide at the shop Angler’s Covey, when asked what percentage of anglers fish year-round. ‘It’s a good chance to find solitude and fish the places that usually get pounded.'”