The fishing on the Roaring Fork is good every month of the year and is one of Colorado's most productive winter fisheries.  The Fork is floatable all year and weather conditions in February and March are often very comfortable with temperatures between 40 to 55 during winter! We provide Guided Fishing Trips even throughout the winter. Let us show you some tips to catching fish by hiring a guide for the day.  If you would like we can meet you in Glenwood Springs or anywhere in the Roaring Fork valley.

Last Updated by JP Modderno on 11/30/2025

The Fork is low but fishing pretty good. It tends to be on of the better winter fisheries in the area until the ice starts building up and we get those ice dams and ice flows. Like the Eagle, most of the fish have moved into those slower, deeper winter runs and aren't moving a lot for your flies. Working water tends to be the best way to catch fish right now, especially since they're mostly eating tiny midges. Eggs and worms can work on days where there is little to no hatch going on. The Fork does have some of the better winter hatches when the water is open so make sure you keep some small midge dries, emergers, and clusters on you in case you happen stumble into one.

Midges, midges, midges!

NYMPHS: Zebra Midge 18-22, Rainbow Warrior blk 20-24, rs2 gray and black 20-22, Remote control gray 18-20, demon midge 18-22, Perdigon 14-18, Pheasant Tail 16-24, 20 Incher Stone 14-16, Pats Rubber Leg 10-14, Hares Ear 10-18, Prince Nymph 12-18, Eggs, Worms

DRIES: Parachute Adams 20-24, Brooks Sprout Midge 18-22, renegade 18-20, griffith's gnat 18-20, Roy's special emerge 18-20

STREAMERS: Double Thin Mint, Ebony, Hawkins triple double