Crystal Fly Shop

Roaring Fork River Flow: 555/Aspen 943/Basalt 1 750cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The river is still maintaining good clarity above Carbondale and the Crystal River. Stoneflies green drake nymphs caddis worms and attractors like princes rainbow wa...

Frying Pan River 131cfs/below Ruedi Reservoir Conditions- No runoff to battle here – conditions are great. We’re still seeing mostly BWOs midges and caddis in the way of bugs. Overcast days are giving up the best BWO hatches while the caddis and mid...

Crystal River – Flow: 771 cfs/Redstone 943 cfs/Carbondale Conditions: Currently high and dirty with runoff – this should change in another 2-3 weeks. Better conditions and fishing can be had on the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan rivers. That being said...

Colorado River – Flow: 4 770 cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: Despite the fact that we’re nearing peak runoff and fishing is basically non-existent at the moment we’re fired-up for the coming weeks of green drake caddis PMD and stonefly hatches. Wit...

Roaring Fork River Flow: 156/Aspen 475/Basalt 667cfs/Glenwood Springs Conditions: The lower river below the Crystal/Carbondale is seeing variable water conditions with early season runoff. Cool nights can often yield fishable conditions the followin...