Fly Fishing at Bear Creek, Colorado
Rating: 2/5
Current River Conditions
Thu May 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Bear Creek is low, but very fishable. BWO's and midges are routinely hatching, but the "fun hatch" is finally here: caddis! These hatches will vary from day-to-day, but keep a lookout and have plenty of caddis dries with you as the trout can't resist them. A single dry fly would be great in the heat of the hatch, but fish aren't actively rising or bugs aren't flying, we'd suggest running a tiny nymph below the caddis dry. Water temps are quickly going to become too hot to fish, so get it while you can.
Dry Flies:
- Bucky's Midge Cluster
- Galloup's Goober Midge
- Keller's Ms. Tickle Cripple
- Hi-Viz Parachute Adams
- Iwan-E-Dun Para
- High Rise Foam Caddis
- CDC Caddis
- Keller's Henneberry Hopper
- Hi-Viz Micro Chubby
- Jake's All Season Caddis
Nymphs:
- Zebra Midge
- Juan's Red Ale Midge
- Howell's Shuck-It Jig
- Jig CDC Thrasher
- Jig Fullback Napoleon
- Jig Pearl Rib Perdigon
- Hilbert's Sexi Top May
- Juan's Splitback Shady
- Crystal Bender
- Silverman's Caddis Larva
