Fishing is good!

Florida River - Colorado (La Plata County)


by Duranglers Crew
7-16-2025
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CFS

18 CFS above

201 CFS (Below Lemon)

Rising/Falling

Steady Above and Steady Below Lemon

Fishing Conditions

Fishing is good above and below Lemon.  Above, fish it much like a classic high-country creek: an attractor dry fly with a small dropper in deeper water, should you need it.

Below Lemon it is mostly private, but look for hatches of caddis, mayflies, and hoppers to be out soon.  Dry/dropper rigs and even small streamers are a good place to start.

Patterns/Bug

Nymphs: Prince nymphs 12-18, Runt Stone Golden 12-16,  Pat’s Rubberlegs 8-12, 20 Incher 10-14, Flashback Pheasant Tail 14-20, Blowtorch Jig 14-16, Tungsten OCD Caddis #14-16, Thrift Shop Caddis #14-16.

Dries:  Parachute Adams 16-20, Vis A Dun Baetis, Baetis Parachute 18-22.  Elk Hair Caddis 14-18, Peacock Caddis 16-18.

Streamers: Sculpinator, Buggers, Skully BuggerKreelexFlash Fry.

 



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More Reports

Duranglers Reports
for Wednesday, July 16th

San Juan River : Fish will begin to eat better
Animas River: Watch the water temps!
San Juan River: The rubber hatch is on
Piedra River: Flows are extremely low and warm
Los Pinos River: It’s gametime above Vallecito
Dolores River- Below McPhee: Fishing remains good
Dolores River- Above McPhee: The upper D is a bit fast still
Rio Grande: Wade fishing time!

Duranglers Reports
for Wednesday, June 11th

San Juan River : Fish are feeding good
Animas River: Animas will be off color and cold
San Juan River: Fishing should be pretty good
Piedra River: The Piedra is dropping and clearing
Los Pinos River: It’s about gametime!
Dolores River- Below McPhee: It’s a really cool area to fish
Dolores River- Above McPhee: The upper D is a bit fast still
Rio Grande: Flows are dropping
Florida River: Flows are up
San Miguel River: The San Miguel is in runoff mode
Gunnison River- Black Canyon: Game time for you Gunnison explorers!
Uncompahgre River: Flows have been bumped up a little bit