freestone river · trout

Dolores River (Dolores — above McPhee)

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

Right now

227cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -5.4% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage3.04 ft

Engine callGO 230 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 7:45 AM CDT · USGS 09166500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Dolores River (Dolores — above McPhee) is a freestone river in Colorado, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook, cutthroat. 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

CO-145 Roadside Access – "S" Curve to Lizard Head Passwalk in
Hillside Drive Road (FR 436) Bridgebridge
Priest Gulch Trailhead Accesswalk in
Bear Creek Trailhead Footbridgewalk in
Stoner River Accesswalk in
Twin Spruce Ponds State Wildlife Areawalk in
Milepost 17 Bridgebridge
Dolores River State Wildlife Area (64-acre)walk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Dolores 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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