Blue Creek Lodge
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Brook Trout
Daily limit: 4
Curated from CPW statewide bag. Many small mountain streams have an 8-fish bonus limit — confirm at the source link.
Brown Trout
Daily limit: 4
Curated from CPW statewide bag. Counts toward 4-trout aggregate.
Cutthroat Trout
Daily limit: 4
Curated from CPW statewide bag. Greenback / Rio Grande / Colorado River cutthroat populations have additional water-specific restrictions — confirm at the source link.
Kokanee
Daily limit: 10
Curated from CPW statewide bag. Daily limit drops to 5 on some reservoirs during snagging season — confirm at source link.
Lake Trout
Daily limit: 8
Curated from CPW statewide bag. Lake trout do NOT count toward the 4-trout aggregate.
Largemouth Bass
Daily limit: 5 · Min size: 15"
Curated from CPW statewide bag. Confirm water-specific exceptions at source link.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife
The Rio Grande near Wagon Wheel Gap in the San Luis Valley offers excellent fly fishing for wild brown trout in a scenic high-desert canyon setting. This section of the river is a designated Wild Trout water with good populations of large brown trout that respond well to dry flies and streamers. The river flows through a mix of public and private land, with several well-marked public access points available.

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