Fly Fishing the South Fork Conejos River, Colorado

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The South Fork Conejos River is a tributary to the Conejos River in Southern Colorado. It offers some really good trout fishing. The South Fork flows for 14 miles thru the South San Juan Wilderness. There are several trails that lead to the stream and follow it to its headwaters, although my experience is these trails sometimes disappear so if you want to explore this stream, bring a GPS and be ready for some off trail maneuvers.
I spoke with a couple local anglers about their thoughts on the south fork. They told me they had fished it long ago but consider it a dangerous place to fish and prefer the many safer areas nearby. I have to agree the whole area is dangerous, with steep canyon like areas made of easily erodible terrain. Several times I had to climb around obstructions on this day and that did not seem like a safe thing to do. So if you're going to fish, do be careful.
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