Steamboat Springs, CO
Bucking Rainbow Outfitters in Steamboat Springs, Colorado brings a full-service approach to fly fishing on the Yampa River and the surrounding streams of northwest Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness. The Yampa, unusually for a major Colorado river, remains undammed through its Steamboat reaches — a distinction that produces a more naturalistic fishery with wild brown trout responding to seasonal hatches in ways that tailwater fish often don't. Spring brings prolific Baetis hatches to the Yampa Valley's willow-lined channels, summer sees reliable caddis and PMD hatches in the productive afternoon hours, and fall provides streamer fishing as browns feed aggressively before winter. The shop covers the full range of Yampa access from the town section through the more remote canyon water downstream, with float trips and wade options depending on conditions. Backcountry trips to the Flat Tops' numerous high-elevation lakes and streams add a wilderness dimension that few Rocky Mountain operations can match within the same regional area.
Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Steamboat Springs, CO
