The Blue below Dillon is a good spot to check out this winter. A recent push of rainbows has heated up the fishing, which picked up in early december. A lot of quality bows ( 14-22 inches) are being caught, with a few colorful shrimp fed trophies showing up as well. Fish mysis, eggs, and midges down to #24 for the best success above highway 9. Farther downstream of town ice starts to become an issue so keep fishing the upper 2 miles for the cleanest edges. Look for midges to be sporadic for now, but lengthening days will help the hatches get stronger throughout winter. Scuds and small black stones have been good farther downstream of town, but the best fishing is definitely on the upper reaches for now. Very chilly in the mornings, but the fish are eating and don't mind the cold. A good spot for a winter destination, just don't get caught in ski traffic!! Try tippets down to 6x for the more selective, heavily pressured fish. Streamers have been good for some guys on the nastier days.

Below Green Mountain the shadows are cold and the sun don't shine!! The fishing has been pretty damn good despite the cold. There are still a good number of browns in the upper stretches that will chase a streamer, try a slow strip. The nymphing has been good with scuds, ray charles, stones, eggs, and midges. We are starting to see colorful rainbows take the place of the buttery browns we were catching. Leeches twitched under indicators are good, as are larger stonefly and drake nymphs. The flows keep food moving along the bottom and larger tippets up to 3x are usually ok, especially when fishing larger stones and leeches. More easily wadable when flows are below 350 cfs, better floating above 500. Cold, but an excellent winter fish. Steep icy banks make for some difficult hiking this time of year....be safe!