Early Summer on the Upper Colorado: Blues, Caddis, and Twenty-Inch Browns

About this episode

The episode provides a detailed fishing report for the upper Colorado River during early summer, highlighting conditions, fish activity, and recommended fishing techniques.

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Colorado River fishing report for central Colorado. We’re rolling into a classic early‑summer pattern on the upper Colorado: cool nights, mild afternoons, and clear to partly cloudy skies. Daytime highs are running in the low to mid‑70s, with overnight lows in the 40s. Light winds in the morning, picking up to 10–15 mph by mid‑afternoon, so the best bite is early and late. No tides to worry about on this inland stretch, just river flow: expect moderately high, slightly off‑color water from snowmelt, but dropping and clearing a little more each day. First light is creeping in just after 5:30 a.m., with sunrise shortly after that and sunset around 8:30 p.m. That gives you a long window, but the prime activity is the first three hours of daylight and the last two before dark. Midday has been slower, especially on bright, cloudless afternoons. Fish activity has been solid. Anglers from Pump House down through Radium and into the State Bridge reach report good numbers of browns with a mix of rainbows. Recent trips have put a couple dozen fish to the net on float days, with wade anglers seeing 6–12 quality hookups if they stay mobile…

People in this episode

Host: Name’s Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing report
• Colorado River
• trout fishing
• summer patterns
• fly fishing
• outdoor activities

Keywords

• Colorado River
• fishing report
• browns
• rainbows
• Caddis
• Blue-winged olives
• trout
• summer fishing
• outdoor recreation

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Blue‑winged olives, Caddis

Places: Colorado River, central Colorado, Pump House, Radium, State Bridge

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