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Vail and Beaver Creek river conditions
Vail Valley's clear waterways, born of snow, offer gold-medal angling year-round. Here is the latest advice to locate the best stretches of river, along with the hottest flies.
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Fly Fishing Report

Fly Fishing Report for Thursday, July 29, 2010
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River Reports
  • Gore Creek

  • Eagle River

  • Colorado River


  • Fishing in the Vail Valley is wonderful with Gore Creek running through the town into the Eagle River which empties into the Colorado River farther down valley.  Fly fishing and spin fishing is great nearly all year around.  Before you go fishing, bookmark this page and check here first to check current river flows and conditions for fishing in the Vail Valley.




    Data provided daily by Gore Creek Fly Fisherman
     Gore Creek
    Water Flows: 52 CFS c.f.s.
    Water Temperature: warmer° F
    Fishing Quality: good
    Water Clarity: Gore Creek is very fishy right now and clarity is excellent so be aware that the trout can see you just like you can see them. Midge activity early and dry activity for most of the afternoon into the late evening.
    Hot Flies: Small Caddis and Blue Wing Olives along with midges all in sizes ranging from 16-22.Hoppers are everywhere. Fish the hopper/Dropper all day.
    Tips: Stealthy approachs necessary and be sure to use small indicators if any and 6x tippet is not out of the question.

     Eagle River
    Water Flows: 171 C.F.S. c.f.s.
    Water Temperature: Cold° F
    Fishing Quality: good
    Water Clarity: Possibly one of the best trout rivers in the country, the Eagle just continues to get better and better. Float fishing the Eagle commercially is finished for the season but wade fishing is perfect and will be for the rest of the season
    Hot Flies: Big stones in darker colors trailed by an RS2 or Johnny Flash or similar. BWO's are a great go to pattern. Midge dries and Caddis dries will produce, just be sure that you are fishing with smaller sizes now. 16-22 is the safe size zone.
    Tips: Rocks in the river are starting to get moss covered and are slippery. Wade safely and never fish alone and try to stay in mobile phone service in case of emergencies.

     Colorado River
    Water Flows: 224 CFS at Kremmling c.f.s.
    Water Temperature: warmer° F
    Fishing Quality: fair
    Water Clarity: Not typical Colorado color, not stained at all. We had an algae bloom last week and are still dealing with the algae assult. Its that time on the Colorado when you can run a dry dropper combination ar a dry dry set up and catch fish. The fish are happy and looking up for the adults.
    Hot Flies: 20 inchers, Princes, Hares Ears, Phesant Tails,H&L Variants, Para-Wulffs and super wolfs or equilavent will work great when paired up.
    Tips: The Colorado river is and will be floatable all season so you can do both in the same day when you book a float trip.




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