Fishing Season: April-October

Rio Grande - CO

Fishing Outlook & Conditions

Water Temp:

65

Duranglers Flies and Supplies's Tip of the Week

It's time to think smaller dries, sadly. BWOs will be showing with wet weather. However, there are still some terrestrials out.

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Map of Rio Grande

5-Day Outlook as of 9/17/26

Cooler days and rainy weather have finally arrived. Expect more rain and cooler days over the next week!

Techniques & Tips as of 9/17/26

Terrestrials and small mayfly nymphs are a good idea with dry/dropper rigs as a good searching technique. Deeper holes may call for more depth with a full nymph rig. But hatches of BWOs will bring fish to the surface, so have a few mayfly dries. Also, streamer fishing begins to pick up this time of year. Throw some meats.

Local Species Available April-October

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    Trout

Duranglers Flies and Supplies's Recommended Fly Patterns

"Must-have" fly fishing patterns in descending order of importance:

Name: Colors: Size(s):
TH 20 Incher tan 10
RS2 Grey, Brown, Olive 18-22
Sparkle Dun Brown, Olive 14-20
Tactical Soft Hackle Hare’s Ear Jig Olive, Natural 12-16
Travis Para Ant Copper 18-20
Foam Park Hopper Tan 8-12
Spruce Moth Tan 10-14
Mini Dungeon Black, Olive, Grey 4-8
Parachute BWO Olive 18-20
Black Big Boned Caddis Black 12-16

TH 20 Incher

Big trout can't resist these deadly stonefly nymphs.

3.99

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Duranglers Flies and Supplies's Recommended Gear

Description: About Rio Grande

Head waters of the Rio Grande River. This is a freestone river with an abundance of large bugs, including stoneflies, drakes and blizzard caddis hatches during the early summer. Late summer sees pmd's and terrestrials. Most of the river consists of riffle/ runs and pocket water (traditional western river). There is approximately 90 miles of fishable trout water beginning at the headwaters 30 miles above Creede, Colorado, continuing downstream to Del Norte, Colorado. Approximately 50% of this water is public with the lower 20 miles being gold metal waters. Plenty of public put-in's for boater, with the floating season normally lasting from mid April thru July.

Nearest Airport:

Alamosa, Co.

Hatches:

Terrestrials, Tricos, BWOs

Best Time to Fish:

Sunrise to early afternoon

Best Stretch:

creede down stream

Best Access:

coller