Crystal Fly Shop

Roaring Fork River Flow: ice/Aspen na/Basalt 405cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: Our heralded Fifth-Season is finally upon us! We arguably see some of the years best fishing right now – with very little fishing pressure to boot. While the entire riv...

Colorado River – Flow: 1 440 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: Our heralded Fifth-Season of fishing is now underway! While we’re not quite out of winter yet the days are longer and generally warmer with a perfect green tint to the river. We are final...

Frying Pan River 82cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions- Things are truly waking up along the Pan’. Midge hatches are commonplace daily now with warmth and overcast yielding the most ideal conditions. It feels awfully nice to ditch the old winter ny...

Crystal River – Flow: 38 cfs/Redstone 64 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: March is a temperamental month along the Crystal with feast-or-famine fishing conditions highly dependent upon the weather. Undoubtedly the most reliable fishing is through town her...

Crystal River – Flow: 84 cfs/Redstone 58 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: The Crystal very well might be the seeing the best fishing in the Valley right now! High floating small bushy dry flies like Mini Chubbys Dry Humpers and PMXs are guide favorites in...