Fishing guides on the Colorado River.

The Colorado River is fished by 24 guides in the Driftline directory, across Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas. Book straight with the guide. Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

24 guides · Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas

The Colorado River is fished by 24 guides in the Driftline directory. They are based in Aspen, CO, Kremmling, CO, and Lago Vista, TX, plus 16 other towns. Trips run as walk and wade, drift boat, stillwater, and jet boat for brown trout, rainbow trout, trout, largemouth bass, and crappie. 8 of the 24 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example year round and May to Oct). You book straight with the guide: Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

On the Colorado River, photographed by AVA Fly-FishingAVA Fly-Fishing, CO
On the Colorado River
24 guides on the Colorado River
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Which guides fish the Colorado River?

Aspen Flyfishing, AVA Fly-Fishing, Bass Tours ATX, Breckenridge Whitewater, Capt Matt Thomas Fly Fishing Guide Service, and Castell Guide Service, and 18 more listed below. Every listing links straight to that operation, with their own water, phone number, and booking page.

What fish can you catch on the Colorado River?

Guides here run trips for brown trout, rainbow trout, trout, largemouth bass, crappie, white bass, bass, and sunfish. What is biting shifts through the year, so the guide sets the day around what is fishing best.

What kind of trips run on the Colorado River?

walk and wade, drift boat, stillwater, and jet boat trips. Trip lengths, group sizes, and what is included are set by each guide directly.

When can you fish the Colorado River with a guide?

8 of the 24 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example year round and May to Oct).

Where is the Colorado River fished from?

The guides listed here work out of Aspen, CO, Kremmling, CO, Lago Vista, TX, Breckenridge, CO, Carbondale, CO, and Castell, TX, plus 13 other towns.

Do you need a fishing licence?

Yes, and it is the licence of the state you fish, not the guide's. Buy your own from Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and Arizona Game and Fish Department. Each guide's page links the agency for their state.

How do you book a guide on the Colorado River?

You book directly with the guide, from their own listing. Driftline takes no commission and no booking fee, so the price you get is the guide's own.

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