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Fly fishing near Gunnison, Colorado

The Taylor River running through a rocky, wooded valley in Gunnison County
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The Taylor River, Gunnison County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

3 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Gunnison, Colorado, in a straight line; the nearest are Taylor River (9 mi), Blue Mesa Reservoir (16 mi) and Cochetopa Creek (17 mi).

More about Gunnison

2 fly shops and 1 fly-fishing guide are in Gunnison or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan, 57 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

3 waters near Gunnison

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Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Taylor RiverTailwater · 9 mi · Gold Medal Water · live USGS flow
  2. Blue Mesa ReservoirLake or reservoir · 16 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  3. Cochetopa CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Gunnison as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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Guides and outfitters that name Gunnison as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan · 57 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 188995, Gunnison County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.