Rocky Mountain National Park Waters Added
At the beginning of the year, I started adding waters in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) to the Fish Explorer catalog. This is all thanks to Steve Schweitzer and his book
A Fly Fishing Guide To Rocky Mountain National Park.
It’s been said before, but bears repeating; if you plan on fishing the Park at all, get this book. Nevermind the awesome amount of information found inside, it’s just a beautiful book. You can
preview it here and you’ll see what I mean.
Steve will be speaking about the book and fishing RMNP at the May 20th meeting of the Cutthroat Chapter of Trout Unlimited. You can
read more about it here. Be sure to stop by if you can. Finally, his website
The Global Fly Fisher is another great fly fishing resource.
Here are the most recent additions from RMNP:
Zone 1 - North Central
Corral CreekLa Poudre Pass CreekWillow CreekCache La Poudre RiverCascade CreekChapin CreekHague CreekMummy Pass CreekMirror LakeZone 2 - Northeast
North Fork Big ThompsonLost Lake, Lake Husted, Lake Louise, Lake DunravenWest CreekCow CreekBlack Canyon CreekFall RiverHidden Valley CreekRoaring RiverLawn LakeCrystal Lake (aka Big Crystal Lake)Ypsilon Lake & CreekFay Lake, Lower (aka Caddis Lake)Zone 5 - Southeast
Copeland LakeSandbeach LakeSandbeach CreekNorth St. VrainCony CreekOuzel CreekBox Lake & DrainageThunder LakePear Lake & CreekHutcheson LakesZone 7 - West
North Inlet CreekPettingell LakePtarmigan CreekLake Nanita & DrainageSolitude LakeTonahutu CreekHaynach Lakes & DrainageZone 8 - Northwest
Colorado River - Below Shadow MountainColorado River - Kawuneeche to HeadwatersBaker Creek (Baker Gulch)Bowen Gulch (near Gaskil)Beaver Creek & Red GulchGrand Ditch (aka The Grand Canal)Timber CreekTimber LakeOnahu CreekYou can find links to the waters from Zones 3, 4, and 6 in my
February blog.
All of these waters will be viewable to members free for the next week. After that, the lakes will be available to FxR+ and Contributing Members.
Please visit the
Rocky Mountain National Park website to review the
special fishing regulations. Finally, don’t forget to practice
Leave No Trace principles.
So go support our national parks and fun fishing!