Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides these State Park passes and family activity backpacks through the Check Out Colorado State Parks Program. This Program seeks to encourage and allow Colorado residents of all ages to visit State Parks, enjoy and explore nature, and engage in healthy, fun activities.

In fly fishing, it's not the time of day, a hatch of insects, or the character of the water. It's the season. From spring and summer through fall and winter, changes in weather dictate changes in approach. Understanding the seasonal variations of fishing strategy is necessary for any angler, and this is the first-ever guidebook to tackle the subject.

"Shows some of the Centennial State's best trout waters ... and not just those with well-known reputations."--Container.

The best places and times to fish, and detailed maps and hatch charts plus top producing fly patterns with recipes. Local guides, outfitters, and other experts discuss techniques and tackle, including Pat Dorsey, John Barr, Will Sands, Steve Henderson, Bill Edrington, Larry Kingery, Jackson Streit, Ed Engle, and more.

Interactive map of fishing opportunities, the fish species in each spot, driving directions, etc.

This angler survey was conducted in 2020 on a stratified sample of resident and non-resident Colorado anglers who purchased licenses in 2019. A total of 6,000 questionnaires were mailed out to 4,151 Colorado residents and 1,849 non-residents. Of these, 1,284 respondents completed the mail-in survey and 361 respondents completed the survey online through Qualtrics, providing a total sample size of 1,645 anglers, and a response rate of 27.4%. Angler...