Fishing Guides in Colorado
Colorado has 263+ fishing guides operating on 60 rivers and waters including the Colorado River, Gunnison River, South Platte River, Arkansas River targeting rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, trout, and more. Compare services, rivers, and contact information to find the right guide for your trip.
Species in Colorado
Rainbow Trout (20)Brown Trout (18)Brook Trout (10)Trout (7)Cutthroat Trout (7)Kokanee Salmon (2)Cuttbow (2)
Rivers & Waters
Rivers with live conditions data:
Colorado River (29)Gunnison River (25)South Platte River (18)Arkansas River (15)Private Waters (12)Roaring Fork River (12)Blue River (12)Taylor River (11)San Juan River (11)Rio Grande (10)Eagle River (9)North Platte River (8)Yampa River (8)East River (8)Boxwood Gulch (7)Frying Pan River (6)Animas River (6)Clear Creek (5)Long Meadow (5)Big Thompson River (5)Spinney Mountain Ranch (4)Spinney Mountain Reservoir (4)Fraser River (4)Conejos River (4)Rocky Mountain National Park (4)North Fork Meadows (4)Gunnison Gorge (3)San Miguel River (3)Blue Mesa Reservoir (3)William’s Fork River (3)Farmers Union (3)Crystal River (3)Cimarron River (3)Williams Fork River (3)Uncompahgre River (3)Dolores River (3)Tarryall Creek (3)Antero Reservoir (2)Bear Creek (2)North Fork Ranch (2)Bar-ZX Ranch (2)High Lonesome Ranch (2)Chama River (2)Culebra Creek (2)Red River (2)Gore Creek (2)Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch (2)Boulder Creek (2)High Mountain Lakes and Streams (2)Muddy Creek (2)North Fork (2)Navajo Lake (2)Rocky Mountain Angling Club (2)Local Waters (2)Elk River (2)Local Lakes (2)North Fork Guest Ranch (2)Pine River (2)Green River (2)West Fork of the Dolores River (2)
263 fishing guides in Colorado
Sorted by name- 11 Mile Sports — photo outstanding
- 4UR Ranch — photo outstanding
- 5280 Angler — photo outstanding
- Adventure Fly-Fishing — photo outstanding
- Adventure Ice Fishing — photo outstanding
- Adventures Beyond — photo outstanding
- Almont Anglers — photo outstanding
- Alpine Angling — photo outstanding
- Alpine Angling/Adventure Travel — photo outstanding
- Alpine Fishing Adventures — photo outstanding
- Anasazi Angler — photo outstanding
- Andersonâs Fish Camp — photo outstanding
- Angler’s All — photo outstanding
- Angler’s Covey — photo outstanding
- Animas Valley Anglers — photo outstanding
- Antero & Blue Mesa Fishing Guide — photo outstanding
- Arbor Anglers — photo outstanding
- ArkAnglers — photo outstanding
- Arkansas River Tours — photo outstanding
- Artful Angler — photo outstanding
- Ascent Fly Guides — photo outstanding
- Aspen Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Aspen Flyfishing Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Aspen Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Aspen Outfitting — photo outstanding
- Aspen Trout Guides — photo outstanding
- Aspire Tours — photo outstanding
- Basalt Fishing Expeditions — photo outstanding
- Basin + Bend — photo outstanding
- Bill Dvorak’s Expeditions — photo outstanding
- Black Canyon Anglers — photo outstanding
- Blue Mesa Fly Fishing Guide — photo outstanding
- Blue Mesa Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Blue Quill Anglers — photo outstanding
- Blue River Anglers — photo outstanding
- Blue River Consulting — photo outstanding
- Breckenridge Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Broadacres Ranch — photo outstanding
- Broadmoor Fly Fishing Camp — photo outstanding
- Bucking Rainbow Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Budge's Wilderness Lodge — photo outstanding
- Buffalo Creek Ranch — photo outstanding
- C Lazy U Ranch — photo outstanding
- Call of the Wild Tours — photo outstanding
- Canopy Flyfishing — photo outstanding
- CB MacTrout — photo outstanding
- Clear Creek Outdoors — photo outstanding
- Coal Creek Anglers — photo outstanding
- Cole Glenn Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Colorado Adrenaline Fishing — photo outstanding
- Colorado Angling — photo outstanding
- Colorado Angling Company — photo outstanding
- Colorado Canyon Anglers — photo outstanding
- Colorado Fishing Company — photo outstanding
- Colorado Fly Fish — photo outstanding
- Colorado Fly Fishing Adventures — photo outstanding
- Colorado Fly Fishing Guides — photo outstanding
- Colorado Friends & Family Fishing — photo outstanding
- Colorado River Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Colorado River Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Colorado Trout Hunters — photo outstanding
- Colorado West Slope Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Columbine Flyfishers — photo outstanding
- Conejos River Anglers — photo outstanding
- Confluence Casting — photo outstanding
- Crested Butte Angler — photo outstanding
- Crystal Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Crystal River Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Culebra Creek Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Cutthroat Anglers — photo outstanding
- Dan's Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Dave Parri's Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Del's Triangle 3 Ranch — photo outstanding
- Denver Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Desert River Anglers — photo outstanding
- Devil's Thumb Fly Fishing Center — photo outstanding
- Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa — photo outstanding
- Dos Amigos Anglers Fly Shop & Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Dragonfly Anglers — photo outstanding
- Drift Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Dunton Hot Springs — photo outstanding
- Dunton River Camp — photo outstanding
- Duranglers — photo outstanding
- Duranglers Flies & Supplies — photo outstanding
- Durango Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Dvorak Fishing Expeditions — photo outstanding
- Eagle River Anglers — photo outstanding
- Eagle River Outfitter — photo outstanding
- Echo Canyon River Expeditions — photo outstanding
- Eleven Taylor River Lodge — photo outstanding
- Elk Mountain Angling — photo outstanding
- Elk Trout Lodge — photo outstanding
- Elkhorn Lodge — photo outstanding
- Estes Angler — photo outstanding
- Estes Park Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Ferro's Blue Mesa Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Fish and Fungi — photo outstanding
- Fish Creek Outfitting — photo outstanding
- Fish Head Outdoors — photo outstanding
- Fish on Colorado — photo outstanding
- Fishboy303 — photo outstanding
- Fisher Guide Services — photo outstanding
- Fisher's Ski & Bow Rack — photo outstanding
- Fishers Peak Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Fishing with Bernie — photo outstanding
- Flatirons Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Fly Fishing Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Fly Fishing Services — photo outstanding
- Fly Fishing the Rocky Mountains — photo outstanding
- Fly Guides — photo outstanding
- Flyfish Colorado — photo outstanding
- Freestone Anglers — photo outstanding
- Freestone Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Front Range Anglers — photo outstanding
- Frying Pan Anglers — photo outstanding
- Go Fish Durango — photo outstanding
- Golden River Sports — photo outstanding
- Gone Fishing Colorado — photo outstanding
- Gore Creek Fly Fisherman — photo outstanding
- Granby Bait N Tackle — photo outstanding
- Grand County Fishing Company — photo outstanding
- Grand County Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Great Divide Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Green River Drifters — photo outstanding
- Gunnison Country Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Gunnison Fish & Raft — photo outstanding
- Gunnison Fish and Raft — photo outstanding
- Gunnison Fly Fishing Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Gunnison River Expeditions — photo outstanding
- Gunnison River Guides — photo outstanding
- Gunnison River Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Gunnison Sports Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Gunnison Valley Anglers — photo outstanding
- Harcourt Fly Fishing 3G — photo outstanding
- Harmel's Guides — photo outstanding
- Harmels on the Taylor — photo outstanding
- Heads Up Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Heron Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- High Country Fishing Charters — photo outstanding
- High Mountain Drifters — photo outstanding
- High Mountain Drifters Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Highside Adventure Tours — photo outstanding
- Hooked Up Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Integrity Fishing Ventures — photo outstanding
- Into The Wild Kayak Fishing Adventures — photo outstanding
- J & J Flyfishing — photo outstanding
- Jackalope Anglers — photo outstanding
- JDM Fishing & Outdoor Adventures — photo outstanding
- Jenni Lee's Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- JML Outfitters — photo outstanding
- JoeFish — photo outstanding
- Ken’s Anglers — photo outstanding
- Kindred Anglers — photo outstanding
- Kirks Flyshop — photo outstanding
- Land of Enchantment Guides — photo outstanding
- Laughing Grizzly Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Lillard Fly Fishing Expeditions — photo outstanding
- Living Waters Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Lowry Outdoor Adventures — photo outstanding
- Mayfly Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Mile High Angler — photo outstanding
- Minturn Anglers — photo outstanding
- Mo Henry's Trout Shop — photo outstanding
- Mountain Angler — photo outstanding
- Mountain River Lodge — photo outstanding
- Native Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Native Waters Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Natural Drift Anglers — photo outstanding
- North Fork Ranch — photo outstanding
- North Fork Ranch Guide Service — photo outstanding
- North Park Anglers — photo outstanding
- North Park Fishing Club — photo outstanding
- Northern Colorado Fishing Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Northern Colorado Fishing OutfittersFish from boat, shore, night & ice; Trout, Bass, Walleye — photo outstanding
Fly fishing
Ft Collins, CO
- Outlaw Fishing Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Pagosa Troutfitters — photo outstanding
- Patriot Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Piedra River Anglers — photo outstanding
- Pikes Peak Fishing Charters — photo outstanding
- Pikes Peak Fishing Charters LLCBoat Charters- — photo outstanding
- Pocketwater Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Proudline — photo outstanding
- R and D Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Rainbow Lodge & Resolution Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Rainbow Trout Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Rawah Ranch — photo outstanding
- Riffle and Rise Outfitters — photo outstanding
- RIGS Fly Shop & Guide Service — photo outstanding
- RIGS Fly Shop and Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Rio Grande Angler — photo outstanding
- Rio Grange Angler & South Fork Anglers — photo outstanding
- Rio Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Rise Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- River Sister Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Roaring Fork Anglers — photo outstanding
- Roaring Fork Anglers – Alpine Angling — photo outstanding
- Roaring Fork Club — photo outstanding
- Rocky Mountain Adventures — photo outstanding
- Rocky Mountain Anglers — photo outstanding
- Rogers' Traditions: Faith, Family, Fishing — photo outstanding
- Royal Gorge Anglers — photo outstanding
- Salida Fly — photo outstanding
- San Juan Angler — photo outstanding
- Scenic River Tours — photo outstanding
- Scots Sporting Goods — photo outstanding
- Silver Flask Fishing — photo outstanding
- SK Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Solitary Angler Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Sopris Fishing Outfitters — photo outstanding
- South Fork Anglers — photo outstanding
- South Platte Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- South Platte Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Sport Fish Colorado — photo outstanding
- Sportsman Outdoors — photo outstanding
- St. Peter’s Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Steamboat Flyfisher — photo outstanding
- Steel City Anglers — photo outstanding
- Stonefly Angler — photo outstanding
- Straightline Sports — photo outstanding
- Sunrise Anglers — photo outstanding
- Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch — photo outstanding
- Tarryall River Ranch — photo outstanding
- Taylor Creek Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Taylor Creek Fly Shops — photo outstanding
- Telluride Angler — photo outstanding
- Telluride Fly Fishing Company — photo outstanding
- Telluride Flyfishers — photo outstanding
- Thackston Anglers — photo outstanding
- The Affable Angler — photo outstanding
- The Blue Quill Angler — photo outstanding
- The Broadmoor Fly Fishing Camp — photo outstanding
- The Colorado Angler — photo outstanding
- The Flyfisher — photo outstanding
- The Flyfisher Guide Service — photo outstanding
- The High Lonesome Ranch — photo outstanding
- The Peak Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- The Reel Mission Fishin' Adventures — photo outstanding
- The Sportsman Outdoors & Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Three Rivers Resort — photo outstanding
- Three Rivers Resort & Outfitting — photo outstanding
- Thunder River Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Toad’s Guide Shop — photo outstanding
- Tom Rushlow Fly Fishing Guide — photo outstanding
- Trout Trickers — photo outstanding
- Trout’s Fly Fishing — photo outstanding
- Troutturners — photo outstanding
- Tumbling Trout — photo outstanding
- Tumbling Trout Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Uncompahgre Valley Anglers — photo outstanding
- Vail Valley Anglers — photo outstanding
- Vista Verde Ranch — photo outstanding
- Waypoint Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Weekend Warrior Outdoors — photo outstanding
- Western Anglers — photo outstanding
- Western Anglers Guide Service — photo outstanding
- Wilder on the Taylor — photo outstanding
- Willowfly Anglers — photo outstanding
- Winter Park Flyfisher — photo outstanding
- Winterhawk Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Wolf Creek Anglers — photo outstanding
- Wolf Creek Anglers Fly Shop — photo outstanding
- Yampa River Outfitters — photo outstanding
- Yampa Valley Anglers — photo outstanding
Frequently Asked Questions
How many fishing guides are in Colorado?+
Avonture lists 263+ fishing guides and outfitters operating across Colorado, including 106 outfitters and 20 fly shops.
What are the best fishing rivers in Colorado?+
Colorado's top fishing rivers include the Colorado River, Gunnison River, South Platte River, Arkansas River, Private Waters, Roaring Fork River, and Blue River. The Colorado River alone has 29 guides listed on Avonture.
What fish species can you target in Colorado?+
Colorado fishing guides target rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, trout, cutthroat trout, and kokanee salmon. Rainbow Trout is the most popular, with 20 guides offering trips.
Do I need a guide to fish in Colorado?+
While not required, a local fishing guide provides knowledge of hatches, access points, and river conditions that significantly improves your experience, especially on unfamiliar water.
When is the best time to fish in Colorado?+
Most Colorado fishing guides operate from spring through fall, with peak conditions varying by river and species. Contact individual guides for the best timing on specific waters.
Are there fly shops in Colorado?+
Yes, Avonture lists 20 fly shops across Colorado that offer gear, flies, local intel, and guided trips.
How do I choose a fishing guide in Colorado?+
Consider which rivers or species you want to target, then compare guides on Avonture by their services, waters fished, and contact information. Guides with more complete profiles tend to be more established operations.
Can I find fly fishing guides in Colorado?+
Yes, many of Colorado's 263 listed guides specialize in fly fishing, particularly on the Colorado River, Gunnison River, South Platte River.