Yampa River Fly Fishing in Runoff
Yampa River at Steamboat Springs. Guides and local shops report an ideal wade-fishing window of roughly 120–200 cfs (RiverReports). That's the general year-round read on this gauge; conditions in runoff specifically vary with runoff timing and reservoir releases, so check the live gauge below before you go.
- Yampa River below Stagecoach (mandatory)Full day closure.Stagecoach Dam downstream 0.6 mile to the Stagecoach State Park boundary. CPW reach notice
- Yampa River, Sarvis Creek State Wildlife Area (voluntary)Effective immediately, a full-day voluntary fishing closure is in place on the Yampa River from the top of the Sarvis Creek State Wildlife Area (about 1.7 miles downstream of Stagecoach dam), downstream through the Bureau of Land Management stretch of the river (about 3.3 miles downstream of Stagecoach dam).
Mandatory: fishing is prohibited in the listed reach during the closure. Voluntary: CPW asks anglers not to fish the listed reach during the closure.
Sourced hatch windows overlapping runoff
Species with a dated, sourced emergence window (river hatch baseline) that overlaps at least one day of runoff on the Yampa River. Each line cites the original hatch chart or report.
- Blue-Winged Olive (Blue Winged Olive (spring)) : source Fly Shack
- Caddis (Caddis (various)) : source Fly Shack
- Pale Morning Dun : source Fly Shack
- Salmonfly (Salmonflies) : source The Perfect Fly Store
- Yellow Sally (Little Yellow Stoneflies) : source The Perfect Fly Store
- Golden Stonefly (Golden Stone) : source The Catch and The Hatch
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