Colorado Fly Fishing Playbook - 2026 Field Edition
Know where to fish.
Know what to bring.
A practical Colorado fly fishing field kit. River choice, seasonal timing, hatches, flies and trip planning in one place, so you leave the house with a plan instead of a dozen open tabs.
- 15 Colorado waters
- 6 field tools
- 2026 Field Edition
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$19.99$7.99 launch price
One-time purchase · Instant digital access
See the six tools · Download once, then use them on your phone or print what you want for the truck.
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15 Colorado waters
Access, seasons, flows and regulations, river by river
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12 months of hatches
What to expect, in what size, and how to cover it
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30-pattern fly box
Patterns, sizes and quantities for Colorado water
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Trip planner
One sheet, plus what to confirm before you drive
Why Not Just Search For It?
You can. It just takes all evening.
Every piece of this exists online somewhere. That is the problem. Planning one Colorado day means moving between river reports, USGS gauges, regulation pages, hatch charts, access maps, fly lists and a shop report, then holding all of it in your head while you decide.
All of it is useful. Very little of it is in one place, and none of it is organised around the question you are actually asking: where should I go this weekend, and what should I bring?
AnglerTrove organises the planning. It tells you what to check, in what order, what to pack, and what to look for once you are standing there.
One reference
Planning information gathered into a single place instead of scattered across a dozen tabs.
Organised by water and month
Structured the way trips are actually planned: pick a river, check the season, build the box.
Built to skim
Made to be scanned the night before, not read cover to cover.
Works in the field
Phone-sized cards for the truck, the trailhead, or when you are already in the river.
What’s Inside
One purchase. Six fishing tools.
Not one long document. Six purpose-built pieces, each answering a question you would otherwise be researching the night before a trip.
Colorado Fly Fishing Playbook
Colorado River Quick Cards
Colorado Hatch Calendar
Colorado Fly Box Checklist
Fishing Trip Planner
Phone-Friendly Seasonal Cheat Sheet
This is not built to be read cover to cover. It is built to be used.
Download once and it is yours. Keep the quick cards and the cheat sheet on your phone for the truck and the riverbank, print the checklist and the planner if you would rather work on paper, and open the river chapter for whichever water you picked. Nothing ships, nothing expires, no subscription.
Before The Trip
Five questions, in the order you actually ask them
The kit does not answer these for you in real time. It gives you the reference and the sequence, so nothing important gets missed on a Friday night.
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Where should I go?
Work through the river cards and the monthly water guidance to narrow fifteen Colorado waters down to one, plus a plan-B for the drive up.
River Quick Cards
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When should I go?
Check the seasonal pattern for that water and the hatch timing for the month, so the day you book is a day the water tends to fish.
Hatch Calendar
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What should I bring?
Run the fly box checklist against the month and the water, and pack a tray that matches the trip instead of the whole bag.
Fly Box Checklist
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How should I start?
Take the starting rig and the backup rig straight from the river chapter, so the first hour goes into fishing rather than guessing.
Playbook chapters
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What should I verify?
Before you leave, confirm current flow, weather, water temperature, regulations, closures, fire restrictions and access, and read a recent report from a local fly shop. The planner lists what to check and where to check it.
Trip Planner
Coverage
Waters covered
Fifteen river cards, each with its own chapter in the Playbook.
- South Platte - Cheesman / Deckers
- South Platte - Dream Stream
- South Platte - Eleven Mile Canyon
- Big Thompson & RMNP
- Cache la Poudre
- Arkansas River
- Blue River
- Colorado River - Upper
- Eagle River
- Taylor River
- Gunnison - Black Canyon / Gorge
- Fryingpan River
- Roaring Fork River
- Yampa River
- Rio Grande
The Playbook covers access, seasonal strategy and fly selection for these waters. It does not report live conditions or flows: always check current flows and Colorado regulations before you fish.
Preview
See what’s inside
Preview the field kit before you buy.
Swipe to explore the six parts of the AnglerTrove Playbook.
Actual pages from the bundle. 54 pages in total across the six files.
$7.99 introductory launch price, regular $19.99 · One-time purchase · Instant digital access
Not sure where your gaps are?
Take the free Colorado Skill Test first. 20 questions, about five minutes, and it tells you which of these chapters to read first.
Who It’s For
Built for anglers planning Colorado days
- Weekend anglers with limited days who want each one to count
- Visiting anglers planning a Colorado trip from out of state
- Beginner and intermediate anglers who know how to cast but not where to start
- Anglers putting together a weekend on short notice
- Anyone tired of scattered, contradictory online research
How It’s Put Together
Researched for Colorado, honest about the rest
Written for named Colorado water
Every card and chapter is written for a specific Colorado river and section, rather than general advice with a state name attached.
Built on primary sources
Access rules, regulations and flow guidance are drawn from primary sources and established Colorado fishing resources, and each one is paired with where to check the current version yourself.
Nothing is promised
No hatch, no flow and no fish is guaranteed. Where information can change, the guide says so and points you at the authority that keeps it current.
Corrections reach buyers
Water changes and so do regulations. Report something wrong or out of date and we will correct the files, and buyers get the corrected version.
What the toolkit is not
It complements live river reports, current regulations, weather forecasts, USGS flow data and your local fly shop. It does not replace them.
Regulations, public access, permitted methods, bag limits, seasonal closures and access fees all change. Water levels and weather change daily, and can be hazardous. Check current information with the relevant authority before you fish.
AnglerTrove is independent. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife or any government agency, and nothing here guarantees a hatch, a flow, or a fish.
Introductory Launch Price
The complete Colorado Fly Fishing Field Kit
Six practical tools in one field kit. One payment, one download, no subscription and no account to keep.
Colorado Fly Fishing Playbook - 2026 Field Edition
Regular price
$19.99
$7.99
One-time purchase · Instant digital access
Launch pricing won’t last
- Colorado Fly Fishing Playbook The core guide, 27 pages
- Colorado River Quick Cards 15 rivers, one page each
- Colorado Hatch Calendar 12 months at a glance
- Colorado Fly Box Checklist 30 patterns with quantities
- Fishing Trip Planner Plan sheet plus checklist
- Phone-Friendly Seasonal Cheat Sheet 6 screens, sized for a phone
Digital download in USD. Read it on any device, or print it for personal use.
14 days to ask for a refund, no justification needed. Read the refund policy or get in touch.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What exactly do I get?
Six files: the Colorado Fly Fishing Playbook with a chapter per river, fifteen River Quick Cards, a twelve-month Hatch Calendar, a 30-pattern Fly Box Checklist, a Fishing Trip Planner with a pre-trip checklist, and a phone-friendly Seasonal Cheat Sheet. 54 pages in total. This is the 2026 Field Edition.
Is this a physical book?
No. It is a digital download. Nothing ships to you.
So it is just a PDF?
The files are PDFs, because a PDF works offline, on any phone, and on a printer. But the kit is not written to be read like a book. The quick cards, cheat sheet, checklist and planner are reference tools you open at a specific moment: before you pick a water, while you pack, and when you are standing at the truck.
Can I read it on my phone?
Yes. The bundle includes a phone-friendly seasonal cheat sheet, and every file is readable on a phone, tablet or computer.
Can I print it?
Yes, for your own personal use. Please don’t redistribute or resell the files.
Does this include live river conditions?
No. The Playbook is a planning and reference resource. It does not include live flows, current river reports or real-time conditions of any kind, and it is not a fishing report service.
What it does include is the flow range each water tends to fish best in and the gauge number to check it on, so you know what number to look up and what it means when you see it. The current reading itself comes from USGS, and the trip planner tells you when to check it.
Are fishing conditions or results guaranteed?
No. Conditions change, hatches vary year to year, and no resource can promise fish. The Playbook is designed to help you plan and make decisions, not to guarantee an outcome.
Do I still need to check regulations?
Yes, always. Regulations, access and closures change. Check current Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulations for any water before you fish it. The Playbook gives you a regulations snapshot per water so you know what to look for, but CPW is the authority.
Which Colorado waters are covered?
Fifteen: the South Platte at Cheesman and Deckers, the Dream Stream and Eleven Mile Canyon, the Big Thompson and Rocky Mountain National Park, the Cache la Poudre, Arkansas, Blue, Upper Colorado, Eagle, Taylor, the Gunnison through the Black Canyon and the Gorge, the Fryingpan, Roaring Fork, Yampa and Rio Grande.
Is this for beginners or experienced anglers?
Both, for different reasons. If you are newer, the starting rigs, fly box list and Colorado basics give you a place to begin instead of a blank page. If you already fish well, the value is the planning: fifteen waters, their seasons and their regulations in one reference, so a trip to unfamiliar water takes minutes to scope instead of an evening.
Do I get corrections or updates?
Yes. If something turns out to be wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct the files, and buyers get the corrected version at no extra cost. This is the 2026 Field Edition, second printing.
Is this a one-time purchase?
Yes. One payment, no subscription, no renewal and no account to maintain. The files are yours to keep. $7.99 is an introductory launch price against a regular price of $19.99, and it will not run indefinitely.
How will I receive my files?
After payment you’ll be sent secure download instructions by email, and your files will also be available immediately on the confirmation page.
What is the refund policy?
See the full refund policy.
Colorado Fly Fishing Playbook
Where to fish.
When to go.
What to throw.
Fifteen Colorado waters and six field tools, in one download.
$19.99
$7.99
at the introductory launch price.
One-time purchase · Instant digital access · Read on any device