Fishing Report

Current information about fishing conditions on major Wolf Creek Area streams. For the latest information, give us a call in the shop during regular business hours or shoot us an email.

South Fork of the Rio Grande

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:19 AM

The South Fork has been on a slow fall all week, Fishing has been great. too! Nymphing small attractor patterns has been producing high numbers of fish and there’s been big #8-10caddis hatching, brown stones #8-10, PMDs in numbers too. Fishing a Dry/Dropper Rig will work well. I fished it and Double Grand Slammed !

CFS: 256

Pagosa Springs Area Lakes

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 2, 2009 at 11:24 AM

The local lakes around Pagosa Springs Area are fishing great. Working small Woolly buggers, chironomid larva, & dry flies are producing numbers of nice trout. Also with warmer water temps the bass & panfish are more active, small poppers are working well on the warmwater fishes. Caenis Mayflies "Anglers Curse!" have been hatching bringing some large trout to the surface.

Wolf Creek Area Waters - Pagosa Springs & South Fork, CO

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:22 AM

Pagosa Springs Area: The San Juan is fishing Great again! I been fishing blanket hatches of Caddis below town with fish taking pupa and then dries in the evening. The second stocking of the river is July 3 in town.
Williams Crk. is fishing good with lots of bug activity and dry fly fishing.
Turkey Creek fishing well, Drakes, stones, & caddis hatching, We did excellent on dries last time I was up there.
All the Lakes are fishing great, for trout and some nice bass & panfishes have been landed.

South Fork Area: South side of the pass fishing is Excellent. Rio Grande jumped up alot on 7/01 due to a release from the Reservoir but is falling back down today. We’ve beening having thick Gray Drake Hatches, caddis, & about 5 different Stoneflies!
Beaver Crk, Park Crk., and the South Fork of the Rio Grande are fishing very well on all fishing attractor nymphs and stoneflies, & Caddis double grand slammed on the South Fork and just one fish away on Beaver.
Alder Crk., Embargo Crk., & La Garita Crk.all fishing well with action on Dry Flies! Small midge type dries adams, and smaller nymphs/larva patterns. Big Meadow, Beaver, Shaw, Road Canyon, & Poage Lakes, all fishing good. Fishing Buggers!

Piedra River

Current Status: GOOD
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:22 AM

Most of the whole Upper Piedra Drainage started to heat-up, with the advent of Insect activity. Nymph fishing large Stonefly nymphs trailed by a smaller nymph/larvae have produced and a few on dries. Also had Caddis, PMD’s and yellow Sallies hatching the past few days.
Call the Shop for most detailed updates.

Piedra River is also under Regulations Review, to change the regulations to:(Catch & Release Only, & Barbless Single Hooks Only). Please feel free to write a Letter pointing out your own experiences on this river ( such as declining size / numbers of fish &/or increasing fishing presure.)
To: Jim White
Aquatic Biologist, Durango (A-15)
Colorado Division of Wildlife
151 East 16th Street
Durango, CO. 81301

Rio Grande Box Canyon-Creede

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:23 AM

They had dropped down the release of water and the upper river is starting to fall back down. Fishing the Oxbows with streamers & nymphs has been awesome and Dry Fly fishing is getting better every day.The hatches of Stoneflies, Drakes, and Caddis are porgressing upstream.

CFS 507

Conejos River

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:23 AM

Conejos flows are back down to normal below Platoro. Fishing is heating back up. Dry Fly Season back in the swing of things again, now more & more bugs, stonflies hatching, and tons of Caddis. Drakes will start hatching soon.
CFS: @ Res. 186
@ Conejos 201
@ Mogote 545

Rio Grande Creede-South Fork

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:24 AM

The Rio dropping back down today. Water temps. have been holding up. Streamer or nymph fisherman are really catching fish, and Now Dry Fly fishing is on Fire. We have a blanket hatches of Caddis, Brown Stones, Black Stones, Goldens, Yellow Sallies and Gray Drakes. Our Guides have been floating the river daily since 5/25 fishing & guiding landing good numbers of fish on streamers, nymphs, and Dry Flies!

CFS: 1080

East Fork of the San Juan River

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:24 AM

The East Fork is falling back down is fishing is getting better. Jumped up, from some recent rain storms. We have been doing very well on attractor & stonefly nymphs. Dries are producing more with lower flows and warmer temps.. A dry / dropper rig is a good beat.

CFS: 418

Should be great fishing all summer, but you will have to access by, ATV or horseback, there is still a gate at the East Fork campground, but there’s a place off to the side that you can access with motorized vehicles under 50" wide, or thru Elwood Pass which is a tough 4 wheel trail. The forest sevice is in process of fixing the road there was also another road collaspe just past the slide. Be Careful! & please don’t block the gate, or Atv/horse access. Keep checking the reports for updates, or call the forest service.

San Juan from Pagosa to Trujillo Bridge

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:25 AM

The San Juan should be fishing excellent again Today! Jumped up Alot in CFS last week due to the hot weather and 6 days of rain storms of Rain. But, it’s extending our usually short window of time to float the lower section. The river is fishable Now!
Dryfly fishing with, Stoneflies hatching, lots of caddis, and yellow sallies and fishing stonefly nymphs and caddis pupa will produce. I had fished the San Juan in or below town about a hour or 2 everyday this week with Dries & some dry/droppper rigs, and got some large fish on dries and caddis pupa & dries. Below town the guides have been floating the canyon section and doing great on nymphs and dries and boating some large browns.

Attn: The PQFP had started stocking the San Juan in town as of Thurs. 06/18. Second stocking is July 3rd.

CFS: 428

Rio Grande South Fork-Del Norte

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:25 AM

The River down in this area is on a slower steady drop/fall, clearing, and warming, water temps. The guides been fishing & guiding all over from Upper Coller,149, 19, &/or 17 to Del Norte and catching fish, on streamers, nymphs, & Dries!. We been seeing, caddis, Gray Drakes, plus Brown Stones, Black Stones, Goldens, and Yellow Sallies. The hatches progress upstream towards South Fork, we have a thick caddis hatch blanketing the water, Drakes, and Stones! Fishing has been awesome with big trout eating big dries. The other day double landed with a combined length of the two fish 38".

CFS: 1440

Above Pagosa Springs

Current Status: EXCELLENT
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:26 AM

Water is falling & clearing quickly. Upper River is fishing excellent. Nymphing is producing fish, and the progression of Stoneflies, yellow sallies, drakes and caddis upstream is bringing some great dry fly fishing...

Williams Creek Below Reservoir

Current Status: GOOD
Reported: July 3, 2009 at 06:26 AM

Fishing is good in Williams Creek. clouded up a bit from the heavy rains, but good flow still, fishing slowed down a little too, but should pick back up. The creek is producing some nice browns in the lower stretches, and many smaller rainbows 8-13" throughout the stream, with a few really large 20-26" Rainbows being hooked on occasion. One of our guides Grand Slammed twice up there recently! We are having some good dry fly fishing. PMDs/PEDs, BWOs, midges, some caddis, Golden stones, Yellow Sallies.