The tail end of may Im heading down to denver and will be wanting to do some flyfishing. Im looking for some contact someone might have down there. Looking fo help...

Hey, well I spent about 10 winters in Breckenridge in the 80's which luckily coencided with my ever expanding flyfishing addiction....They don't call the S.Platte(above Spinney Reservoir) the "dream stream" for nothing. I've had some of my best days anywhere there in Feb-May(before the crowds) and have caught some rainbows that were fatter than any steelhead I've caught(I ovbiously need to catch more steelhead...) There are also salmon sized Kokanee that run into the river in Feb-april? If memory serves me, the reservoir ices out sometime in may and the monsters are hungry and up on the surface(float tube)....believe many state records have come out of there, and to make it even more interesting, there are N. Pike in there also that are bigger than your tube. I'm also remembering one of my top 10 days ever that occured just below the dam on the Frying Pan(near Basalt on way to Aspen). Anyway, if I only had one day, I'd go straight to the S.Platte(2 hrs?)...Most of my friends moved away when the $10 pretzel place moved in, but I'll see if I can dig up some current info....I'm jealous....Tom

Hey, saw that Breckenridge Outfitters are still there (google it, and check out the photo's page, all the hogs are from the "dream stream"....I checked, and the Fryingpan day was in september for the "rusty spinner hatch"...they commonly dump water in may, but if they aren't when you are there, could be an option.....Mountain Angler in Breckenridge apparently acquired 6 miles of river near Hartsel which was awsome, and is most likely quite awsome now, but guessing that could be pricey(but if you have money,could be guaranteed fun)....Bought my first real pair of waders from Jackson(owner) back in '85 or so, still use the wader bag/boot holder that he threw in to the deal with my $300 simms waders/borger boots.....Colby and Alex(breckoutfitters) started the Orvis shop there later and are my age or so(45) and are great guys. I just got back from a trip to Utah, and got to fish the S.F boise on the way home, and it got me going.....just checked the report from the "dream stream" and it's making me wish I was there right now....I've fished all over the rockies, and colorado holds at least 5 of my top 10 days ever(and could be more like 7).....enjoy...Tom

Hey, just finally got the avatar up,,,,didn't want to harass everyone with the speyrod shot with this fish(long running joke w/friends).......19.5 lb silver the year everyone slayed them in seiku(2000?).....best salmon fishing in my life.....Tom

Lived in Colorado Springs from 80 to 89. Fished the Deckers area often. End of May should be just after lower mountain lakes have ice out. Always found plenty of easy acess around Deckers and plenty of fish could be seen however, not as easy to take they see presentation after presentation. If I remember correctly Denver proper had Fly water only in some of its lakes in town. Gold Medal water within 1 1/2hours of Denver any direction. Downtown had some excellent Fly shops --- very spendy but the information was free, they like to talk. End of May I would head into the mountain lakes for some hungry lakers, then head back to home via a few rivers for browns and bows.

Enjoy your stay the Front Range is great.

I was in CO for a week last year at just this time. Platte and Poudre were both blown out by snow melt, so I went to a high lake. I found Chambers Lake at about 8000', where the ice off was only about a week old. The locals told me that the Lake Trout (Mackinaw) cruise within 10 or 20 feet of the bank and bite aggressively. I went out in a pontoon, but a float tube will work if you have some serious insulation. Anyway, for once they weren't lying to a flat lander, because I hit a bunch of them along rocky shores with an intermediate line and cone head buggers. That's an option if the rivers are high.

Might want to keep a mosquito net handy.