freestone river · trout

Cache la Poudre River (Fort Collins)

Live conditions for Cache la Poudre River (Fort Collins): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

9cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 9 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.

Water temp—

Stage0.50 ft

Engine callOFF 10 cfs outside wade band 80–300

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 06752260. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Cache la Poudre River (Fort Collins) is a freestone river in Denver, fished for trout — brown, rainbow. 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.

troutbrown troutrainbow trout

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

Access

Gateway Natural Area (North Fork confluence)walk in
Bellvue State Trust Lands (Filter Plant Run access)walk in
Picnic Rock / Bellvue river accesswalk in
Lions Open Space (Overland Trail, La Porte)walk in
Shields Street River Accesscarry
Legacy Parkwalk in
Poudre River Whitewater Parkramp
Lee Martinez Parkwalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Cache la Poudre 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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