Colorado Crystal River

[Mark]

A buddy and myself had a great vacation in late July. The Crystal River was perfect for us - a wadeable stream, no special regs as we are spin cast, bait fishermen, (use worms the whole time), and the area had plenty of campgrounds without huge crowds. The road runs right along the Crystal River with plenty of spots to pull over and fish. We stayed at Bogan Flats NF Campground right on the river with public access and public water to fish for about 7 miles downstream to almost the town of Redstone and 1 mile upstream to the town of Marble. We were about 17 miles from Carbondale, the closest town of any size for groceries and restaurants. We were about 50 miles from Glenwood Springs on I-70. The more famous Golden Trout Waters of the Roaring River and the Fryingpan River were close by, but both were more restricted on regs and had more people. There were lots of campgrounds in the area.

We took a chance on the Crystal River for a couple of good ol' bait fishermen and it was all we could have asked for. I would recommend the Crystal River to anyone.