Flows and water temps have been pretty steady, and the fishing continues to be great! Sight fishing for the larger fish has been a great tactic, especially with streamers. Hatches have been BWO's, PMD's, and midges.

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For dries, use a Daniel's Humpy, TR's Sneaky Spinner, MCPH Caddis, Baby Boy Hopper, Chubby Chernobyl, Parachute PMD, Hi Vis BWO, Patriot, and Hippy Stomper.

For subsurface presentation, use a Mercury Flash RS-2, BTS Mysis, Jigged Mysis, Blow Torch, Globug, Aero Baetis, BTS Baetis, BTS Mayfly in PMD, Jig CDC Prince, Sparing Partner Baby Gonga, and a Double Dirty Hippy.

Despite its location and a good population of trout, not many people consider the Blue their favorite river. However, for those who know the Blue, “Big trout,” “Broken tippet” and “the one that came off,” are all phrases that are commonly heard as those anglers head home from the river.

It hasn’t always been that way; improvements on the Blue over the last four or five years have benefited the fishery. New catch-and-release regulations to strengthen the population of larger fish and the fact that the rainbows, browns, and brookies in this river have bellied up to a diet of seafood – a white shrimp called Mysis – have played a big part in these improvements.

The Blue below Dillon Reservoir is not a typical Colorado tailwater. In fact, fishing the Blue below Dillon is a somewhat urban experience – it flows through Silverthorne, and those fast food joints, gas stations, and factory outlet stores make a strange setting for a gold medal trout stream.