Poudre Wilderness Volunteers

Fish, learn,
and connect.

A community for PWV members who love fly fishing — beginners welcome, no pressure, just good water and good company.

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Get together

Upcoming Events

Gatherings on and off the water — casting practice, happy hours, shop tours, and fishing outings. Open to all members.

Mother's Day Caddis on the Lower Poudre

Saturday, May 18 · 6:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Picnic Rock Trailhead, Poudre Canyon Map It →

Annual group outing timed with the Mother's Day caddis emergence — meet at Picnic Rock at first light and work the canyon. Bring a 4 or 5wt, an X-Caddis box, and waders rated for 50° water. All skill levels welcome.
Also Coming Up
  • JUN 9 Monthly Happy Hour — Equinox Brewing
  • JUL 14 Beginner Casting Clinic — City Park Pond
Before you go

Rivers

Flow data, hatch charts, and fishing reports for our local waters.

01 Cache la Poudre river, cobble bed in foreground.
RIVER 01
Cache la Poudre
Class Tailwater + Freestone Length 126 mi Best Apr–Oct Access CO-14 / Hwy 287

Colorado's only Wild & Scenic river. The canyon section above Fort Collins fishes well from runoff's tail in mid-June through October, with reliable BWO and caddis hatches and willing brown trout in pocket water.

Fly JFMAMJ JASOND
Blue Winged Olive#16 – 24
Midges (various)#16 – 24
Streamers (various)#2 – 10
Stoneflies (various)#4 – 18
Caddis (various)#10 – 22
Green Drake#10 – 12
Red Quill#12 – 20
Terrestrials (various)#8 – 20
Active Compiled from member logs + USGS data
St. Peter's Fly Shop
Fort Collins, CO
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Mountain Fly Shop
Fort Collins, CO
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Rocky Mountain Anglers
Boulder, CO
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02 Big Thompson river running through a mountain meadow.
RIVER 02
Big Thompson
Class Tailwater Length 78 mi Best Year-round Access US-34

Cold, clear, and technical below Olympus Dam. Sight-fishing to rising trout in the narrows above the canyon is some of the most rewarding small-water dry-fly fishing in the state.

Fly JFMAMJ JASOND
Blue Winged Olive#16 – 24
Midges (various)#16 – 24
Streamers (various)#2 – 10
Caddis (various)#10 – 22
Stoneflies (various)#4 – 18
Green Drake#10 – 12
Red Quill#12 – 20
Terrestrials (various)#8 – 20
Active
Kirk's Flyshop
Estes Park, CO
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Estes Angler
Estes Park, CO
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St. Peter's Fly Shop
Fort Collins, CO
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Rocky Mountain Anglers
Boulder, CO
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03 The Yampa river winding through a mountain valley.
RIVER 03
Yampa
Class Freestone Length 250 mi Best Jul–Oct Access US-40

The last major free-flowing river in the West. Float the Stagecoach tailwater or wade the meadow stretches above Steamboat — big browns, hopper season, and stretches you can have to yourself if you walk a half mile.

Fly JFMAMJ JASOND
Blue Winged Olive#16 – 24
Midges (various)#16 – 24
Streamers (various)#2 – 10
Stoneflies (various)#4 – 18
Caddis (various)#10 – 22
Pale Morning Dun#14 – 20
Red Quill#12 – 20
Terrestrials (various)#8 – 20
Active
Steamboat Fly Fisher
Steamboat Springs, CO
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Flow data provided by RiverReports.com. Updated continuously.