Fishing & Floating in Colorado

Ahhh, ...on the water, by the water, in the water - it's all good. There's something unequaled about the effect that water has on us. For the casual floaters or the fishing buffs among us, we offer many maps and books to enrich and inform you of the waters you may be entering. We carry Flyfisher's Guides by Wilderness Adventures Press, paddling and canoe camping books . For Montana we stock many river and stream maps, from the Montana Afloat series for all the major rivers, to the Rocky Mountain Survey maps of the Absaroka Beartooth area. Idaho's Wild and Scenic Salmon River and Montana's Wild and Scenic Upper Missouri River are certainly worth a look. So check your tackle box, pack the bug spray and hit the water!

Colorado's Best Fishing Waters, 2nd Ed.
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Colorado's Best Fishing Waters contains detailed maps for anglers of over 73 of the best waters, now including GPS. Maps, maps, and more maps! Colorado's 31 best rivers and streams and 42 best lakes are completely revealed in excellent, detailed, full-color maps showing every fishing access, campground, boat launch, tributary, and trail… read more

Flyfisher's Guide to Colorado
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Breaking the state into six sections, Marty Bartholomew, a Colorado native and guide, blends his personal knowledge with the experience of state biologists and regional shop owners to offer the most complete flyfishing guide ever offered on Colorado. Includes a warm-water section and the top ten flies. Flyfisher's Guide to Colorado also includes… read more

Canoe Camping
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Imagine pulling your canoe to shore at the day's end, cooking up a hearty meal, and lying back in your warm sleeping bag to watch the stars. 'There is the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded by distance, adventure, solitude and peace...' wrote Sigurd F. Olson in The Lonely Land. The pleasures of the extended canoe trip… read more

Canoeing & Camping Beyond the Basics, 3rd & 30th Anniv. Ed.
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Canoeing & Camping Beyond the Basics provides expert instruction on canoe camping along North America's waterways. This thirtieth-anniversary edition details the skills you need to make your canoe camping excursions safe and enjoyable, whether you paddle on millponds, lazy rivers, or wilderness lakes. Veteran wilderness guide C… read more

Fishing Colorado, 2nd Edition
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Colorado is one of the most popular sport-fishing destinations in North America. It offers blue-ribbon trout streams, backcountry jewels, high mountain lakes, easy access parks, and trophy warm-water fisheries. But how do anglers know when and where to fish, how to get there, and what kind of fly, lure, or other gear will reel in the catch? The answ… read more

Fly Fishing the Mountain Lakes
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Gary LaFontaine needs no introduction. He was renowned worldwide for his innovative fly patterns, his books, and his enormous influence in the world of fly fishing and fly tying. In this classic work on fishing for trout in the high-altitude lakes of the West, he turns his considerable talents to this highly specialized but also endlessly absorbing as… read more

Floater's Guide to Colorado
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This unique and handy Floater's Guide to Colorado has proven to be the favorite of beginning floaters and skilled river rats alike. Author and outfitter Doug Wheat combines ten years of research on the geology, wildlije, plantlife, and human adventure of Colorado's rivers with detailed maps, firsthand observations and vital information such as wate… read more