Request For Info: Rocky Mts

[Mark]

A friend and I are wanting to go camping and trout fishing in the Rocky Mountains this summer. Could any of you give us some ideas on specific locations of places you have fished and camped?

Thanks, Mark

[flyfishmaster]

Mark,

There have been a few forum posting for the Rocky in the past, so there is some good info there as well.

Otherwise, for GREAT camping and fishing (fly or spinning)I recommend 11 Mile Canyon by Lake George, CO. 11 Mile is part of the South Platte river. From this location you can travel about 30 minutes and fish another section of the South Platte called Spinney or also know as "The Dream Stream". Also what is different about 11 Mile is that there are no guided fishing trips allowed there.

I have been going to 11 Mile Canyon, for 11 years now.

Send me a PM if you have any questions.

Later,

FFM

[Al Agnew]

I like flyfishmaster's advice. However, Colorado is far from my favorite western fishing state. I much prefer Montana. Fewer problems with river access--all the private water in Colorado drives me nuts. Check out some of the national forest campgrounds in the Absarokas south and east of Livingston. Lots of choices in that area, from the Yellowstone River (usually floated in driftboats, but there is quite a bit of water you can reach by wading from the many accesses) to the Boulder River to a number of small creeks that can be sweet. The area gets a lot of fishing pressure, but what area of the West doesn't? You can also go up into Yellowstone Park, but in the summer it's pretty much of a zoo unless you want to backpack and get off the beaten trails, in which case you can still find some great streams and even some solitude.

There are several campgrounds up in the mountains off the Paradise Valley of the Yellowstone, south of Livingston, and also some on the upper end of the Boulder south of Big Timber. Beautiful country up there, although I think the better fishing on the Boulder is farther downstream, closer to Big Timber.

[Kicknbass]

There is good fishing all over the state. Get a Delorme map and start studing.

I would visit Rocky mountian National park and The Black canyon of the gunnison if you have time, both are a must see for different reasons.

Google the Taylor creek fly shop in Basalt CO and visit the website for good info on the Frying Pan and Roaring fork.

Colorado is a great place to visit, beautiful mountains, but if you are going primarily to fish and you have the time, I agree w/ Al, go to western Montana. You won't be disappointed.

Good luck.

[Mark]

Thanks all. Al, I would like to tak to you more about it. I'll give you call if we start getting serious about it. For now, I'll keep researching. Any other info is appreciated. Keep in mind, we like to go on the cheap end of the spectrum.

[rainbow]

I fished the frying pan last summer and it was awesome. Caught a lunker bow and more browns than bows. Plenty of public access along the road from Basalt to the dam. Taylor creek is a good fly shop. I had a guide through them and would use him again.

[Trav]

Try the Wind River in Wyoming. Half of it is an Indian Res.

As far as colorado and its "private" land, I usually in the past managed to avoid it by camping Estes Park. Mostly brooks but there are a ton of them.