Fly Fishing and Skiing in Colorado

Gold Medal Winter Fly Fishing and Skiing in Colorado

Combine your Colorado ski trip with some winter fly fishing in Colorado. If you are a die-hard fisherman and an avid skier, you can enjoy both skiing and fly fishing Colorado during the winter.  Some rivers near ski resorts remain open water and offer excellent winter fly fishing. With a year round fishing season, enjoy fly fishing one day and skiing the next.

The Blue River is one such gold medal fishery. The upper Blue flows through Breckenridge down over the "steppes" area to Dillion Reservoir. This section is for fly fishing and open to flies and lures only. Catch and Release regulations apply here. Below Dillion Reservoir, the Blue flows to Green Mountain Reservoir at Kremmling 38 miles away. Then from the Green Mountain Reservoir, the Blue flows into the Colorado River.

Even during winter months, the Blue River below Dillion Dam remains open water for a mile or so and can be fished with flies and lures only. Some truly awesome rainbows inhabit this stretch of the river during winter months. Wear appropriate clothing under your waders such as "Underoos" polypropylene long johns or similar underwear. Wear good warm wool or polypropylene socks. Avoid any cotton socks as they will not breath and your feet will get very cold from moisture buildup inside the wader booties. The water temp’s will range from 36 to 42 degrees on many days.

Closer to the dam try a mysis shrimp pattern as a dropper, Or use it as a point fly with a midge emerger as the dropper. In December and January, midges are always a good patterns for fly fishing Colorado.

You may also find open water on the Upper Blue between Dillion Reservoir and Breckenridge. If so try fishing small midge emergers or a small Griffith gnat or Adams dry fly in sizes 20 - 22 with a 22 or 24 midge emerger as a dropper.  

Breckenridge is one of the most beautiful places in Colorado, winter or summer. 

If you are looking for a place to build a mountain home in Colorado, start with The Shores at Breckenridge. The Shores is located just north of Breckenridge near the Blue River. You can stand on the bank and see the Ten Mile Mountains and the Gore Range to the West. Parts of the Gore Range rise to over 13,000 feet. To the East the Williams Fork Mountains rise to a respectable 11,000 feet.

Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains Breckenridge offers most any sport an outdoorsman or woman could want. In winter, you can enjoy skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, winter carnivals and other events. Summer sports and events are golfing, hiking, mountain biking, nature series and cultural arts. Temperatures range from 28 degrees Fahrenheit in winter to mid 70’s in summer.

The Breckenridge Ski Resort hosted more than 1.4 million riders and skiers during the 2005 - 2006 season. The Resort operates 27 lifts accessing 146 trails that provide a wide variety of terrain challenges.

Open year round, the Resort offers scenic chairlift rides, hiking, a "Superslide", mountain biking on the slopes and more.

For more information on The Shores at Breckenridge, contact Jeffery McClintock at 1-800-791-3990 ext 421. Or visit the Summit County Mountain Property blog. (Great Header Picture of the views)

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