Congratulations to Steve J. and Jeff S. for winning the 2020 Fly Festivus “Feats of Fishing Strength” tournament held at Boxwood Gulch. All told this year’s Fly Festivarians landed 242 Trout in 500 cfs of gin clear, 46 degree water. A mixed bag of Rainbows, Tigers, Palominos and CutBows were […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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Fishing/catching has remained quite good all thru June and July.We have plenty of gin clear water running at about 480 cfs with 350 cfs coming thru Roberts Tunnel from Dillon Reservoir….Thanks to Denver Water. Our water temp this morning, at 8:30, was a nice cold 46 degrees. Anglers from the […]
We opened on June 1 and ever since then the fishing has gotten better and better. Right now it is beyond fantastic. Some — not all — anglers” are landing 20+ fish. Total beginners are landing 4-5 fish up to 27 inches. Flows have been from 700 cfs to 400 […]
…Our 3rd try this season. Please see our May 2020 fishing report for more information. Due to our late opening, many trips from April and May were rebooked, as a consequence we are advising anglers to book a date asap. For those that are healthy and want to fish, please […]
I don’t think we ever officially opened this late in our 32+ year history. We had 2 full day and 3 1/2 day anglers with 3 different guides fishing in a flow of 400cfs. A total of 64 fish were landed mostly Rainbows up to 25 inches. Only a few […]
Boxwood/Long Meadow is scheduled to open for private water angling on May 11. We’ll be limiting group size and following social distancing protocols on our nearly 3 miles of river. Please contact one of our Authorized Outfitters to review other Covid-19 updates. For those that are healthy and want to fish, […]
Anglers — We are sorry for the delayed opening but we just don’t have enough water. It’s still very cold at higher elevations and the snow melt has been slow to get started. And Denver Water is not running water thru Roberts Tunnel because they don’t need the water in Denver. […]
We were anticipating being able to open in April but now that seems too early.There is lots of ice and snow and we don’t know when Denver Water will start running water from Dillon Reservoir through Roberts Tunnel. We do feel confident that no matter what Denver Water does Mother […]