Anglers have been enjoying fishable flows this winter on the North Fork South Platte! The fish have moved into their cold water wintering runs in the deep pools and tailouts near submerged structures. Most fish are fooled on nymph rigs, with egg-midge combos being the primary go to. Mysis, leech […]
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We have had a mild start to winter weather. Quite a few really nice days. The fishing has held up with good numbers of fish being landed, including some 26-28 inch Bows. Our population of Tigers is extremely high resulting in anglers landing 30% Tigers on each trip. You can […]
August and September offered terrific fishing at Boxwood Gulch and Long Meadow Ranch! Anglers enjoyed clear water and average flows around 300 cfs. Sight fishing with various nymphs such as eggs, small soft hackle patterns, green copper johns, hare’s ears, sowbugs, and pheasant tails has been the most effective technique. […]
The fishing at Boxwood this June and July has been outstanding! Anglers have enjoyed hooking/landing double digit numbers and fish well over 20.” Excellent stream flows have been generally steady between 350-550 CFS, with an average of 400 flowing from the Roberts tunnel. As other rivers around the state have begun […]
Fishing/catching has remained in the good to excellent range for all anglers, from 89 year old “doc” to a star at 9 years old including some great lady anglers fishing for the first time. Water clarity has been weak tea colored. Flows have been from 350 cfs to 200 cfs […]
Fishing/catching are close to excellent. Some anglers are putting 10+ fish in the net before lunch. Flows are 266 cfs from Lake Dillon and 100 cfs from Mother Nature. They’ll increase with warmer weather melting more snow. Water clarity is good … tea colored Some recent nice fish: 26 inch […]
The winter fishing in November was unusual in that we didn’t have cold weather, snow or rain. The fish even acted a little weird, one day they would be quite active and the next day they would be slow to get started. Quite a few fish over 22 inches were […]
Angler Testimonial Yesterday I was at Boxwood with Tom Caprio of 5280 Anglers. Below are just a few of the fish we caught. Most fish were well above 22”. Tom knows his stuff. He always had 4 rods with us and we fished all the time. I asked a lot […]
The lady anglers and kids sent in some great photos from their trips this month. Here they are landing big fish in big fast water. Some of these kids are getting an early start. The fish wanted little bugs and our guides had what they wanted. Spotting a 24 inch+ […]
Annabel landed this Boxwood Bow in Mid August while being guided by Marcello from 5280 Angler. I don’t know for sure but I bet it was fooled by a streamer … black or white. Marcello is a streamer expert. Fishing has been excellent with lots of 22 inch+ Bows landed […]