The Best Colorado Fly Fishing you will find, and only 60 minutes from Denver. You will be fishing for trophy sized Trout with experienced guides on nearly 3 miles of private water on the North Fork of the South Platte River. It doesn’t get any better. This is a guided, walk and wade, river fishing experience on the North Fork of the South Platte River. You will have approximately one mile of the river at Boxwood and 2 miles at Long Meadow to fish depending on the section/sections that you reserve. We are 1/2 mile past mile marker 216 if coming from the Denver area or 1/2 mile past mile marker 215 if coming from the Fairplay/Breckenridge area.

1. Plenty of trophy-sized trout. 2. Total Privacy- Boxwood section: If your group is 10 or more only your group will

be fishing the property. If fewer than 10 anglers we may add anglers. They will have their own guide and share the property independent of your group. At Long Meadow section, you may see a few other anglers not in your group.

3. Easy river access—no long hikes over rough terrain. 4. Only 60 minutes from down town Denver via State Hwy. 285—no jeep trails. 5. A combination of wild fish, spawned fish, and stocked fish make the fishing

challenging enough for the expert yet friendly enough for the novice. 6. There is a good chance that you will hook into and hopefully land the largest trout

of your lifetime at Boxwood. You also stand a good chance of catching more trout than you have ever caught in a river fishing experience.

Boxwood Gulch offers several species of trout for the angler who enjoys a mixed bag or perhaps hasn’t experienced the pleasure of fighting a certain trout breed before. Tactics for each of our species varies from midging for super selective rainbows, to streamer fishing for monster browns. Boxwood Gulches population is made up of over 1500 fish on 1 mile of water with trout ranging from 12 inch brookies to 30 inch bows and browns – 50% rainbows, 30% browns, 20% cutbows, snake river cutthroats, brookies, and the elusive palomino rainbow.

Boxwood Bows- Highly successful spawns in recent years have increased the numbers of young fish which subsequently brought the average size down from 19″ to 17″, but has increased anglers catches from 15 to 20+ fish per angler.

Always in tune to the surface, Boxwood bows start rising in March and are still taking hoppers and attractor patterns well into October. BIG BOWS? One only has to glance at the big fish board in Boxwoods clubhouse to see countless photos of elated anglers holding fish of 24 and 28″ to see what awaits them among the riffles and runs of Boxwood Gulch.

Aggressive, wary, and stout best describes the browns that average 18″ and are full of color and fight. The fisher that likes to swing a bugger in pocket water or skate a mouse pattern across a deep run will find him or herself targeting this species simply because of the rod jarring strikes.

Bigger browns of the 2 foot caliber are evening predators, and are usually taken on large streamers like sculpins or string leeches as twighlight begins to shroud overhanging willows where the ambush by a monster brown is usually the big fish of the day. Snake River Cutthroat- Sometimes referred to as Salmo inaccessablis, this trout is usually taken in tight water after careful stalking and the perfect cast. Known to reach 28″ in length at Boxwood, this species can be both a joy to hook, or very humbling after countless refusals of the anglers offerings.

POWER, HEAVY, LINE BREAKERS. Easy to recognize immediatly after the hook set because of their leaping ability and speed. This fish rarely reaches 22″ in length, but boasts the biggest girth of all Boxwood trout. With a distinct love for LARGE flies, the Cutbow is the first to knock a mouse pattern off the water in early summer or smack a hopper with reckless abandon.

Brookies- The first to look to the surface in early spring, this species is always an unexpected delight. Averaging 14″ with some males reaching 17″, they start to dress in spectacular colors in mid-September in preparation for the fall spawning ritual.

Palomino Rainbow- The elusive Palomino is Boxwoods toughest fish to catch. Because of their unusual coloration this species has had to develop it’s senses to the highest degree simply to survive bird predation from Ospreys, Eagles, and Kingfishers. Advice from your guide on taking one of these is usually two words.

Breakfast and Lunch Check with your Guide/Outfitter about meeting times, meeting places, breakfast and lunch or any other special requirements that you may have. If you book the Boxwood section lunch will be provided at the Clubhouse. All of our authorized guides and outfitters will be able to accommodate your requests.

Gear 4 and 5 weight, medium fast rods are suggested, backed with disc drag reels. Floating line and 4x or 5x leaders and tippets. Waist high waders allow anglers to access 90% of the water, with chest high needed only for the brave at heart. Bring your polarized sunglasses because you will be sight fishing for “monster trout” in crystal clear water. Rain gear is always a good idea. Flies Dry fly action starts in late March and lasts through early October. Boxwood Gulch guides suggest that clients use their confidence patterns. Suggested dry patterns are mostly attractors such as Royal Wulffs, Stimulators, Trude Wing Coachmen, Hoppers and Caddis in sizes from #14 to #8s. Special Boxwood Patterns such as Olive Death Gold Prince nymphs.

• Determine which day/days you can fish. • Review past Fishing Reports for that period so you can see what to expect. • Determine which property you want to fish. • Review the calendar below to determine if that date is available or is it reserved. • If it says Reserved it is no longer available. • If it says Available you can use any outfitter from our list of Authorized Outfitters. • If you see an Authorized Outfitter listed under the date you want to fish that means that outfitter has that date but is still looking for anglers.

Winter Fishing: Winter months can offer some of the best nymph fishing in the Rocky Mountain range, because of the mild conditions, we fish in what is referred to as the “Bailey Banana Belt.” Stone flies, Wooly Buggers, and other nymph patterns can yield an angler a 20 fish day. Streamer fishing is a year round affair at Long Meadow. Because of the competition between more than 2000 fish on approximately 2 miles of river, Streamer patterns such as Spruce streamers and sculpins, can trigger savage strikes that will make even the most experienced anglers tighten their drag.

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