Pueblo County, Colorado
Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater
Live Conditions
Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater — Pueblo (Moffat Street)
Live Conditions
Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater — Near Pueblo (gauge inactive)
Local Weather
Today
🌤️Partly cloudy
83° / 38°
Tomorrow
☁️Overcast
85° / 55°
Wed
☁️Overcast
85° / 53°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
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What should I fish today?
One call. Specific to today's exact conditions on the Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater.
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What should I pack?
Rod, flies, tippet, and safety gear specific to today's Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater conditions.
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater · April · Spring
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MOTHER'S DAY CADDIS (size 14-16) — this is the month. The Pueblo tailwater produces one of Colorado's most reliable and prolific caddis hatches in April and early May. Book the trip. Elk Hair Caddis and Graphic Caddis are your flies.
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About Arkansas River — Pueblo Tailwater
Don't sleep on the lower Arkansas. The 8-mile tailwater below Pueblo Reservoir is one of Colorado's most accessible year-round trout fisheries — regulated flows, trophy-class rainbows in the first 4 miles below the dam, and a legitimate Mother's Day caddis hatch that draws anglers statewide every April. Multiple city parks and the Pueblo Riverwalk mean you can park and be in the water in 5 minutes. Tailwater fish are selective, though — they've seen every pattern.