Colorado River Fly Fishing

The main river of the American Southwest, the Colorado River drains about 242,000 square miles of land. It covers the states of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California.

The Colorado River offers some of the best fly-fishing for trout an avid angler may ever experience.

The Green River is the primary tributary of the Colorado River; up until 1921 the Colorado River was not so named before the Grand and Green Rivers joined together in Utah. However, in 1921 the Grand River was renamed the Colorado River, following a request of the State of Colorado.

The headwaters of the Colorado River are to be found in Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado. At this point the altitude rises to 9,010 feet, and this is where the Colorado begins to flow southwestward toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. When the river enters the Grand Canyon the altitude drops to 3,110 feet, which is more than one mile from where it began.

The Colorado River boasts three varieties of trout, including brown, rainbow, and cutthroat. The fish are eight inches and up.