Fly Fishing Photo Journal - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

A brief photo journal of fly fishing the Steamboat Springs Area of Colorado. The Steamboat area has a wide variety of fly fishing opportunities: from small mountain streams, to the Yampa and Elk Rivers, to some fine stillwater fishing.   Target species for the area include rainbows, cutthroats, brown trout, pike, and whitefish.    

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Fly Fishing the Yampa and Elk Rivers in Steamboat Springs Colorado

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The Yampa River Headwaters

In the Flattops wilderness area, outside the town of Yampa

River Maintenance Project

Performed by mother nature in the Flattops

Yampa River Headwaters

Nice water and very fishy

The Stagecoach Tailwater on the Yampa River

The Stagecoach Tailwater on the Yampa River

Sight casting to lots of large fish in pocket water.

The Stagecoach Tailwater on the Yampa River

More great water

The Yampa River in the Town of Steamboat

Lots of bugs - caddis, stoneflies, and mayflies all have a very strong presence.

The Yampa River in the Town of Steamboat

Look closely for the caddis flies - they are everywhere

Taming Another Beast

Guide Gary Osteen manning the net

Rainbow from the Yampa

The Yampa River west of Steamboat

Mostly private water west of town

22 inches on the dry fly

A great day

A Nice Yampa River Rainbow

Guide Gary Osteen on the left and Arthur Beck on the right


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