The Blue River is a tailwater in Colorado, listed as Gold Medal Water by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
4 USGS gauges on the water report flow. 7 guides and 5 shops nearby are listed here.
Blue River is a tailwater in Colorado.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Blue River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Blue River with 4 USGS gauges, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Blue River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of 6 restrooms near Blue River
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 6 restrooms near Blue River, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Snake RiverThe South Platte River in Waterton Canyon, southwest of Denver. Photo: mark byzewski, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Snake River.
Colorado · about 7 mi
Gold Medal WaterRepresentative photo · not Gore CreekThe Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam at the Rocky Fork day-use area. Photo: Klambpatten (with Bureau of Reclamation), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Gore Creek.
Colorado · about 12 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Bobtail CreekThe Colorado River and Onahu Creek in the Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: KimonBerlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bobtail Creek.
Colorado · about 13 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Duck CreekThe Big Thompson River at Viestenz-Smith Park in Big Thompson Canyon. Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Duck Creek.
Colorado · about 19 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Fork Clear CreekNorth St. Vrain Creek in the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Fork Clear Creek.
Colorado · about 23 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Slater LakeNavajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Slater Lake.
Colorado · about 24 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Gold Medal Streams list (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
On the CPW Quality Waters list (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
On the Special Regulations: Fishing Waters (all trout must be returned to the water) list (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
On the Special Regulations: Fishing Waters (trout rules: artificial flies and lures, trout limits) list (Colorado Parks and Wildlife, read 2026-11-05). All waters with this designation
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
3 guides name it on their website
Dillon, CO · 1 mi
Walk-and-wade · Beginners & lessons · Snake & Blue
Names this water
Dillon, CO · 1 mi
Lake & stillwater · Beginners & lessons · Blue River
Names this water
Littleton, CO · 51 mi
Beginners & lessons · South Platte & Blue
Names this water
Wolcott, CO · 33 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · Roaring Fork & Colorado
Nearby
What 4 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 4 nearby guide websites
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Green drake (June to July)
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
A wade-fishing checklist for big western trout rivers: a 9 ft 5–6 weight outfit, nymph, dry and streamer setups, waders, boots and a wading staff, with estimated prices by tier and where to buy.
9′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating line · Rainbow and brown trout, whitefish
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Blue River.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the USGS gauge BLUE RIVER BELOW DILLON, CO.. Water type is our own classification.
Freestone riverRepresentative photo · not Snake RiverThe South Platte River in Waterton Canyon, southwest of Denver. Photo: mark byzewski, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Snake River.
Colorado · about 7 mi
Gold Medal WaterRepresentative photo · not Gore CreekThe Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam at the Rocky Fork day-use area. Photo: Klambpatten (with Bureau of Reclamation), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Gore Creek.
Colorado · about 12 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Bobtail CreekThe Colorado River and Onahu Creek in the Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: KimonBerlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bobtail Creek.
Colorado · about 13 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Duck CreekThe Big Thompson River at Viestenz-Smith Park in Big Thompson Canyon. Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Duck Creek.
Colorado · about 19 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Fork Clear CreekNorth St. Vrain Creek in the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Fork Clear Creek.
Colorado · about 23 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Slater LakeNavajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Slater Lake.
Colorado · about 24 mi
Silverthorne, Colorado
Guest ranch · 4.3 mi
