Larimer County, Colorado
Cache la Poudre River
Live Conditions
Cache la Poudre River — Fort Collins
7-Day Flow
↑ Rising
24-Hr Pressure
23.44 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
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77° / 51°
Tomorrow
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76° / 49°
Thu
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53° / 37°
Fri
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60° / 33°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Cache la Poudre River · April · Spring
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BWOs active (size 18-20). Caddis beginning (size 14-16). Golden Stoneflies starting in the canyon. Watch CFS — the Poudre can spike fast in April from Laramie Mountains drainage.
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About Cache la Poudre River
Colorado's only National Wild and Scenic River. Poudre Canyon is 30 minutes from Fort Collins — the closest quality trout water for the Northern Front Range.