Cochetopa Creek

Cochetopa Creek flows north from the area above Eddiesville to its confluence with Tomichi Creek. The best areas to fish are the Coleman easement and the area by Eddiesville. The creek has plenty of brown and rainbow trout in its waters. There are way too many other creeks in this area to name. Time spent up high around this area will provide plenty of creeks that hold cutthroat and brook trout. The roads that give access to the creek are Hwy 114, road KK14 and several other forest service roads that do close in the winter .

05/21/23

BLOWN OUT!! WELL, AT AT LEAST THE GUNNISON IS RIGHT NOW. THE SHERIFF HAS ALSO POSTED A CLOSURE/WARNING FOR THE STRETCH BETWEEN ALMONT RESORT AND GARLIC MIKE’S RESTAURANT LOCATED AT NORTH BRIDGE. ANYTHING OVER 2000CFS AND YOU RISK LOSING YOUR HEAD ON A COUPLE OF BRIDGES. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS OF LARGE TREES FLOATING DOWN THE GUNNY, THAT’S NO BUENO! SO, NOW WHAT? THE GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS TO KEEP A LINE WET DURING RUN-OFF. THE TAYLOR IS UP DUE TO INCREASED FLOWS SO THE RESERVOIR DOESN’T OVERFLOW, HOWEVER, IT IS STILL FISHING VERY WELL! EVERYTHING FROM EGG…

06/04/22 Fishing report

Rivers are slightly up but fishing has been great! Taylor: Rising from Taylor damn scheduled releases. I was on it yesterday, it was fast and clear, but the fish were easy to find holding on the edges and pocket water. Bouncing anything heavy with pheasant tail did the trick. BWO’s came off as it clouded up but no real surface action. Gunnison: Still high but some clarity. Our clients landed fish yesterday on black streamers and big stoneflies. Cochetopa, Spring Creek and the Tomichi: Running great and clear! Pretty much any attractor on top, Adams, Amy’s ant’s…… with a small…

05/03/22

Things are looking up, well, coming up. Currently the Gunnison in town is running between 867 at the whitewater park and 882 just west of there at county road 32. Fish can still be found though. Dredge the bottom with streamers and bigger bugs. Large black or darker colored stoneflies along with egg and worm patterns bounced on the bottom along the edges and in pocket water will produce fish. If you are floating, slap those big ugly streamers along the banks and pocket water as well, the fish are going to doing their best to stay out of the…

04/11/2022

Welcome to spring in the valley!! Folks have been hitting the rivers as the shelf ice is no longer a factor on our major rivers and the fish are hungry!! Guide Gibby spent some time on the lower section of the upper Gunny and had good luck with several different patterns, including a grey soft hackle behind a SJ worm and a peacock thin mint. On the Cochetopa he caught fish on red SJ worms and purple perdigons. The browns were also actively chasing Galloups Dungeons in olive. The Coch was “Like chocolate milk with a surface temp of 40”!…