The headwaters of the San Juan River are a hop, skip, and jump from our fly shop, just on the other side of Wolf Creek Pass.  The Juan is a beautiful freestone river with prolific insect hatches which begins upstream of the Town of Pagosa Springs, and leaves Colorado as it goes into Navajo Lake on the state line.  Despite most of this river's notoriety coming from the tailwater stretch below Navajo in New Mexico, the upper stretch in Colorado can hold some impressive trout too!  The upper Juan is a wading angler's dream come true, but it can also be fished very effectively from a boat when flows are ideal.  Public access on the San Juan can be rather spotty above and below Pagosa Springs, but the town has a unique agreement with property owners which allows public access along the river up to the high-water mark within town limits.  Call now to reserve your chance to fish the San Juan with one of our awesome guides!

The Rio Grande is located right out the door of our fly shop here in South Fork, Colorado.  As one of the longest stretches of gold medal waters in the state, this great river has excellent hatches, lots of hungry trout, and is an excellent river to float.  The Rio is also wadable during lower flows and throughout its upper stretches too.  There is ample public access along the river from the headwaters west of Creede, around South Fork, and all the way downstream to Del Norte and beyond - over 40 miles of fishable waters, plus dozens of small creeks and tributaries which dump into this mighty river.  It is no wonder the locals say that you can spend a lifetime fishing all the different waters in the upper Rio Grande!  Call now to book your next guided fly fishing trip on the Rio Grande with one of our fantastic guides today!

At Wolf Creek Anglers, we are incredibly lucky to fly fish the headwaters of some of the most pivotal rivers in the American southwest.  While these rivers look dramatically different downstream in other states, in Colorado their headwaters provide some of the prettiest scenery our great state has to offer, plus many outstanding fly fishing opportunities.  In fact, South Fork and the upper Rio Grande has dozens of small streams and over 80 fishable lakes, right in our backyard!  From reservoirs stocked with catchable rainbow trout, to small creeks filled with beautiful, wild and native Rio Grande cutthroat trout - there is surely a lake or stream nearby for you!  

On the west side of Wolf Creek Pass, the mighty San Juan River begins modestly at the confluence of its East and West Forks, and absorbs many other tributaries above and below the town of Pagosa Springs.  These streams and stillwaters in the upper San Juan drainage hold rainbow trout, browns, brookies, cutt-bows, and the equally-beautiful Colorado River cutthroat trout.  Some of these streams even contain a rare genetic-strain of Colorado River cutts that are only found in the headwaters of the San Juan River in Colorado!  

Please give us a call if you would like more information about these amazing fly fishing waters!