How many times have you planned
a trip to an ordinarily terrific Colorado fishing spot only to find that today it’s not so great? Do you keep casting or just
give up and go home? Maybe you’ve been in the area, and are familiar with some other local bodies of water that might hold fish. If that’s the case, you will probably give those places a shot.
With Colorado’s Ultimate Fishing Guide in your possession, you
no longer have to rely on your memory of an area to try to save the day. Now you have the ability to find several options of
quality fishing waters near your initial choice. Our spreadsheet format makes it simple. You just decide whether you want to
tackle streams or lakes. Maybe you’re focused on catching a particular species of fish. With Colorado’s Ultimate Fishing
Guide, you can very quickly see which of the waters near you hold that species. The key here is speed and simplicity. No more reading through page after page of information, just to try to find what you’re looking for.
The next step is to pull
out your Colorado Atlas and Gazetteer, or Colorado Road and Recreation Atlas. Find the spot you’ve chosen on the map,
and you’re there. When combining the maps of these fine publications with the specific fishing information of this guide, you
have everything you need to have a wonderful time exploring new fishing waters. You may also want to go to the map first, and
then check Colorado’s Ultimate Fishing Guide to see if the spot you’ve chosen is listed. If the body of water you find on the
map isn’t listed in this guide, we could find no documented proof of fish being present. That doesn’t mean they’re not there,
but your chances of success will go up substantially if you choose waters in our guide. Each body of water has been documented
to hold the species shown within the last ten years.
This guide is also terrific for planning a trip. Again, in very little time you have the ability to choose an area, and the bodies of water you want to target. Maybe you decide to head up to Steamboat, and fish the Yampa in the morning, Stagecoach in the afternoon, and end the day on a small high elevation brookie lake. No problem, just look in the Steamboat area of Colorado’s Ultimate Fishing Guide for a lake that holds brook trout at a higher elevation. You can even see if you’ll need to hike, or if the water is right next to the road. It’s all up to you, and very simple.
Only with the web version you can sort all of these bodies of water any way you desire, and add columns for more information. You will also find links to websites for each fishing spot with additional data, including info related to directions, topos, and aerials. If you have previously purchased a printed version of Colorado's Ultimate Fishing Guide, the purchase price will be applied to your computer file purchase.
These are just a few ideas of how to use Colorado’s Ultimate Fishing Guide. This
is a work in progress, and will be updated yearly. We truly hope you enjoy this fishing guide and appreciate your support!
NEVER FORGET THE DETAILS OF YOUR PAST
FISHING TRIPS AGAIN!
How many times have you ventured out to visit a fishing spot where you had great success in the past, only
to realize you have totally forgotten what method you used to catch all those fish?
All anglers who are focused on improving
their skills adjust how they go about ensuring a successful fishing trip many times throughout their lives. Types of flies,
lures, baits, and the way they set up and retrieve are just a few things that can change radically over the years. If you go
back to a body of water that you haven’t fished in a long time, your typical method of today may be totally different than the last
time you were there.
With Freshwater Angler’s Diary you have the ability to log every detail of your fishing trip. If you commit to entering data during and after your day on the water, you will find that not only will you have information to fall back on when you have forgotten the specifics of your last time at a particular body of water, you will be able to use your FreshwaterAngler’s Diary to help you overcome less than stellar fishing conditions at other locations by going back and looking at methods you have used in the past to turn a similar tough day into gold. Maybe the best part is that this valuable tool is pocketsized!
