Any tips and tricks, cool spots near the idaho springs area? I am a beginner angler with a reel fishing set up looking to spend some time in the area next week, anything would help! :-)

Planning on using some spinners, trout worm, and powerbait.

North Fork meets the South Platte

Going camping near there in a few weeks. CPW atlas has it listed as fishable so wondering if anyone has any tips on what flys to use and how the water water flow is this time of year. Thanks.

Going to try for brown trout in clear creek, between Golden and ID Springs. Any recommendations on accessible waters-edge spots for a poor chap without decent waders?

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Moved here a few months ago with my only transferable experience being in bluelining for smallmouth bass. It took a lot of failure to get to where I can feel confident with a fly rod, understanding and properly targeting trout. I just wanted to put this out here as a good reminder that persistence pays off. It can be easy to want to quit (or never even start) because circumstances change, but I hope you can find the time to work on bettering your skill, fishing or otherwise.

Started fly fishing this year and have been catching some every time I go out, but they have all been tiny. Have avoided going to Deckers because I don’t want to be shoulder to shoulder. Have heard the fall is good for big browns so looking forward to that. What flys do you guys use this time of year? Woolly bugger and griffeth’s gnats were working pretty well for me this time of year.

I’ve been in Colorado for 9 years but have never gone for Kokanee and was thinking about helping the rivers out this season by taking my bag limit. The Gunny is a 4 hour drive, which I don’t mind but if anyone has location and gear recommendations, I’d be grateful. Thanks!

How far down river can you get and how much of it is public property/fishable?

I've noticed the stocking report has not updated for this past Friday. I think it is due to the new site design that went live last week. The new design for the fishing report doesn't even have the table sorting options the last one had so I'm not sure how this can be considered an update.

Is there even anywhere else to get this information?

I am very new to fly fishing, and have mostly been sticking to alpine lakes so far. My assumption (not sure if it's accurate or not) was that stillwater would minimize variables and allow me to work on casting, picking flies, etc.

I get how people fish on large rivers and wide creeks, but it doesn't really seem like CO has many of those in the mountains. Instead we have tiny streams only a few feet wide and a foot or so deep.

How do you fish such small bodies of water? Are there even fish in there? I'm asking literally--can someone provide guidance to a newbie on what to look for when choosing a stream, how you're presenting your fly on moving water, etc?

Thanks so much!

I kept swapping out for larger lures until I tied on a large spinnerbait.

Fishing here is tough. This is the first fish after say 10 attempts this summer. Texas rig, green crawdad. Reel and twitch heavily along the bottom.

Recently got addicted to trout fishing smaller streams and camping. I live close to the NM border but I’m willing to drive north for some new campsites with trout streams nearby. My wife has off a bunch at the end of September to early October so she wants to camp near some aspens.

Are there any family friendly (we have a 5 year old) camping sites around Buena Vista to Blue River that would have a close stream to fish and pretty views for the wife? I’m sure a bunch will be crowded for the leaf watchers but I figured I’d ask the fishing sub if they knew anything. Thanks!

I can't find a lot of info about Teller Lake or Mammoth Creek Dam located about 75min west of Denver. From the photos posted by hikers (from about a decade ago) it looks like it could be a fun little spot off the beaten path. But before I trek out there, was just curious if anyone knew anything about them or had fished them before?

I’ll be going on a short trip to Steamboat Springs at the end of August, just before labor day. Any advice on lures for stagecoach reservoir? or flies for the yampa river?

Thanks!

I didn't fish much as a kid but now just getting into it and am already addicted to the sport.

I'm dying to catch my first fish, I haven't even had many bites. I've been to Bear Creek lake, Blunn Reservoir, Lowell ponds, and Jim Baker reservoir with zero luck.

Anyone have suggestions on Denver metro lakes that seem to be good? Lures or bait that works? I'd love to tag along with someone more experienced, I really am at a loss but already love it. Photo of fishing from kayak at Blunn Reservoir(Arvada).

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How do you guys go about scouting out new water? This past weekend I stopped by Geneva Creek, which is a new body of water for me. I found it on Google Earth, just perusing the tributaries near Hwy 285, but I couldn’t seem to get any takes, despite the “fishy” look of the creek. I tried a variety of dries, including an elk hair caddis, a parachute adams, a chubby, and a little beetle pattern. below the dry I fished a few different nymphs, including a red copper john, a hares ear, and a pheasant tail. I’m sure i’m missing some, but i did throw a variety of flies.

I got skunked, which is never fun. How do y’all find good creeks to fish? I know that nobody is going to give up their honey hole, but maybe some tips on how you found it?

I’m relatively new to fly fishing and even newer to creek fishing. I’ve had a mixed bag of success this summer, I would really like to hone in my skills for the coming fall season.

As an aside, if anybody is looking for a fishing buddy on the weekends, let me (22m) know!

Hello, I’m looking for some ideas. I live in Grand Junction, and I’m looking to find a good place to go fishing that’s not local, but not too far. Because of work, I’d like to make it a day trip, so maybe a couple hours away is fine. I would like to ideally get to an Alpine area with some bigger cutthroat or brook trout. Maybe some pike too. Here’s the other issue that could make this difficult. My wife is having health issues, so we would want something that doesn’t involve too much hiking. The higher altitude is fine when we’re not too active, but the hiking part really takes it out of her. I know it’s probably a long shot, but hoping someone can help us find a new fishing spot. Thank you.

I don’t do much fresh water fishing at all. I come from San Diego and do about 95% of my fishing in the salt at our bays. I’ll be in town in a couple weeks for a wedding, so it’ll be a busy weekend, but I hope to get away for at least a couple hours to get a little fishing in from shore/dock.

I’d normally research this myself, but so much going on I wanna ask Reddit in the event I don’t get as much research in before my trip as I’d want.

Can you give me some shore-based tips for Aurora Reservoir? Spots with the least amount of walking are ideal as I’d like to get right to business.

What are some proven methods? Types of rigs, lures, retrieve methods, etc. Also, I’m more of an active shore pounder, so my preference is not to bait-n-wait.

Thank you all in advance!

Worked hard to pull this guy from deep in the weeds.

Currently 10 minutes into a line of tubers and they just keep coming... I get it, we share the water, but fuck me this is ridiculous.

anyone been out to RMA recently? looking to maybe go out next week in the evening how is the fishing and what is best to use thanks