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Fly Fishing Rivers, Streams and Lakes in Pagosa Springs, CO

Piedra River Anglers in Pagosa Springs offers a wide variety of fly fishing trips targeting all main species of trout with a guide. We have both private and public water options and offer both half day fly fishing trips and full day fly fishing trips. You have the option to choose a wade trip through rivers, streams and creeks as well as kick tube trips on lakes and other still water right in Pagosa Springs, CO. You also have the choice of a fly fishing in a drift boat on lakes and still water. Piedra River Anglers also has partners with whom you can take overnight trips on horse back into a high mountain lake if desired! Public wade trips are on state governed waters. Click on the "book now" button for pricing and availability. There is an additional $75 private land fee charged at checkout per person for private water access.

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Fly Fishing for Northern Pike and/or Common Carp

Piedra River Anglers also offers fly fishing for both pike and carp using fly rods on the beautiful and massive Navajo Reservoir near Pagosa Springs. We fly fish from the deck of a bass boat and both fish can usually be targeted in the same day if desired. Pike trips are offered all year except during the months of July-August as these fish are very water temperature sensitive. These trips unfortunately ARE NOT beginner friendly. Northern Pike are extremely hard to catch and are labeled the fish of 1000 casts but Navajo Reservoir has GIANT Pike. Carp trips are a bit more beginner friendly but man do those fish fight hard! Common Carp are fast becoming a highly desired game fish. Click the "book now" button.

Con. Permit 621 & 622

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Float Fishing near Pagosa Springs, CO

Piedra River Anglers offers float trips, fly fishing from drift boats and rafts on the San Juan River tailwater nea Pagosa Springs, CO. For those looking to see more of the river this can be a great option! Float fishing can be a little tougher to learn the art of fly fishing for the first time, but we aspire to give everyone the knowledge they need to be successful with their guide as well as on their own. Our knowledge comes earned on the water and we have the strong desire to help others learn to enjoy the water while respecting it as well! Click on the "book now" button for pricing and availability.

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Ice Fishing in Pagosa Springs, CO

Piedra River Anglers offers guided ice fishing trips on exclusively leased private bodies of water! Our ice fishing guides were the first guides to offer these trips in Pagosa Springs, CO. Piedra River Anglers has several locations with trophy trout or smaller fish in great numbers. Ice fishing can be very discouraging and tough without proper gear. For that reason, Piedra River Anglers supplies all the gear needed to efficiently fish through the ice. Click on the "book now" button for pricing and availability. There is an additional $75 private land fee charged at checkout per person for private water.

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Affiliate Guides

Jamie Aponte. Jamie is the founder and owner/operator of Piedra River Anglers. His love for fly fishing is something he wants to share with every person who is willing to put in the work. Fly Fishing is after all, the most technical and difficult method of fishing and this is why Jamie can't get enough of it! Fly fishing taught him that fishing isn't just about poking fish. With the sport, there comes an understanding behind the conservation and preservation of our local waters. This is something Jamie teaches on every guide trip and he is excited to share these things with you! His love of fishing came on at an early age in Puerto Rico as a young boy out fishing with his family, mainly his father. After coming stateside, he continued to fish and learned what it means to be an outdoorsman. His parents spent many summers taking the family rafting, camping, hiking, and fishing in the Smokey Mountains and this inevitably created an addiction that brought Jamie out west. Finding Pagosa Springs on accident, he is here to stay and lives to spread his love of fly fishing and conservation to anyone who is willing to listen.

The man. The Myth. The legend. Bryan Smith is too epic to show a standard trophy fish picture. We think it is better for you to gather your own opinions when you get on the water with this seasoned guide. His southern hospitality and charm along with this extensive knowledge of the Pagosa Springs area and it's fisheries will leave you itching for more! Currently going to school in Bozeman, MT Bryan spends his summers guiding here in Pagosa and loves teaching others how amazing a location SW Colorado can be. He also shares his passion for taking care of and respecting our local fisheries without sacrificing our personal recreation in the woods, rivers, lakes and creeks. This Georgia boy constantly has water and fish on his mind and this is only one of the many great guide qualities that make a day on the river with Bryan such an adventure.

This is Edward Eckert. Eddie is a true jack of all trades. I mean, the amount of different things this guy is into and has true knowledge of is crazy. I bet the first thing you don't think is, "Hey! I bet that guy is a master cook!" Well, he is. He is obsessed with bird hunting, fishing, big game hunting and he puts his magic touch on all of these in the kitchen like no other man can. And ladies... he's single. Originally from Texas, Eddie brings a smile and extremely positive attitude that is infectious to everyone nearby and he's come to Pagosa Springs, Colorado to show you around the river! Eddie spends his summers on the water fly fishing and most of Spring and Fall chasing the bird migration. He is very close to his family in Texas and heads back frequently to visit and catch up. Eddie is eager to get you on fish and get you fishing a fly rod like pro! Let's get you on the water with him.

Brad Rivas. Or B-Rad as we all like to call out to him since this nickname seems to fit him so much better. B-Rad was born and raised in the paradise that is known to all of us as Pagosa Springs, CO. He made the mistake of moving away for a very short time and came back with a longing to be submersed in his home roots. B-Rad is a husband and father. These are two roles that he takes very seriously and that fills his heart with joy. But B-Rad will also tell you that the woods, rivers, streams, and mountains of the surrounding area are almost just as much a part of his heart as his family. A true outdoorsman, B-Rad hunts deer and elk, bass fishes, has been fly fishing for trout since he was little tyke, but his favorite fish to poke on the fly right now would probably be the Northern Pike. With a massive amount of true Pagosa Springs native knowledge, B-Rad will show you a good time while leaving you with many more incredible activities to check out while you're in town!