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Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing veterans at Rapidan Camp, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Photo: N. Lewis, National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Colorado fishing licenses for veterans
What Colorado Parks and Wildlife says about free or reduced fishing licenses for veterans, disabled veterans, service members and their families.
What the agency says
Disabled veterans
Free lifetime fishing licence, or lifetime fishing and small game combination licence, for Colorado veterans with a service-connected disability.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is proud to offer a free Lifetime Fishing License or a Lifetime Fishing and Small Game Hunting Combination License (VA combo license) to veterans with a service-connected disability.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read October 20, 2026Residents serving away, home on leave
Colorado residents serving out of state may fish free without a licence while home on temporary leave, with leave papers.
Colorado residents on active duty with U.S. armed forces out of state can fish free without a license while here on temporary leave, maximum of 30 days a year. You must carry official leave papers while fishing.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read October 20, 2026
Colorado Parks and Wildlife: licenses
Quoted from the agency's own page; rules, ratings and fees change, so confirm with the agency before you buy.
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