The fabled Roaring Fork River is home to some of the most prolific aquatic insect hatches and hardest fighting trout on the planet. It descends nearly seven thousand feet over the course of its 70 mile journey from its source high in the Sawatch mountain range to downtown Glenwood Springs where it gets swallowed by the Colorado River. The Roaring Fork is one of western Colorado’s premier trout fisheries and can be fished either on foot or by boat almost 365 days a year. If you have never taken a fly fishing trip down this legendary river, you are missing out on an unforgettable experience.

If they don't seem to be fully rising to your dry, try throwing and emerger like an RS2 or remote control behind your dry.  Let it swing too!

Keep Em Wet: If you must take a photo, leave the fish in the water. 

Last updated by Emily on 10/14/2026

The Gore is low, but if you focus on the bigger pools of water you could still get into some fish. 

We have seen the fish start to focus on some midge and BWO dries and nymphs.  So a small dry dripper rig might be the ticket.

NYMPHS: Black rainbow warriors 16-20, RS2s in olive and grey 18-20, remote control olive and grey 18, magic fly BWO 18, two bit hooker olive and black 18, Blow torch 16-18, taz devil 16-18, daddy's caddis and fat cadass 16-18

DRIES: Para Adams 16-20, black elk hair caddis 18, hot mess caddis 16-18, missing link caddis 16-18, helion caddis grey 16-18,  film critic bwo 18, christiansons BWO 18-20.

STREAMERS: Thin Mints, Mini Dungeons, Rusty Trombone, and a few people have been crushing on small olive and black leeches