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Blue River (below Dillon)

Live conditions for Blue River (below Dillon): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

35cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 35 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.

Water temp46.6°F

Stage4.43 ft

Engine callOFF 35 cfs outside wade band 53–130

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 09046600. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Blue River (below Dillon) is a tailwater in Colorado, fished for trout, salmon — rainbow, brown. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Dillon Dam Tailwater / Marina Park Recpath Accesswalk in
River's Edge Park (Blue River Trail)walk in
Silverthorne Outlet Mall Bank Accesswalk in
Rainbow Park / Blue River Trail Accesswalk in
Hamilton Creek Road Bridgebridge
Blue River Campground River Accesswalk in
Sutton Unit (Blue River State Wildlife Area)walk in
Columbine Landing Recreation Sitecarry

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Blue River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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