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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@larryhudgins6988 6 ай бұрын

That was epic on that big fish under the rock. Well done Sir.

@garyrafferty7625 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful backcountry stream ... thanks for sharing. Great job hooking, fighting and landing the big one under the rock. However, it was a Cuttbow hybrid... not a pure-strain Cutt. Still a trophy in that tiny stream.

@RyanJameson-e3f 2 ай бұрын

This is exactly how social media ruins all wilderness gems. If you can't help posting, please at least refrain from mapping out exact locations. This is ridiculous!

@CoppersmithStudios1 2 ай бұрын

What is ridiculous are these stupid attitudes that public recreational resources should be hidden from the public. See my full response at: www.coppersmithstudios.com/a_ruin.html

@ninesixthree369 6 ай бұрын

Love your video! What a day and fish! Do you have any suggestions for directions to get to those spots? Thank you.

@manygates 6 ай бұрын

look it up on a map

@williambechtold5811 5 ай бұрын

I live on the Conejos. The South Fork is really not hard to get to. Take State Road 17 to Forest road 250, and drive toward the Platoro reservoir. There is a well marked trail head to the South Fork. You will have to hike in a couple of miles to reach the river. As the author states, the trail is not always obvious, but not difficult to find.

@Athanasiuscontramundum919 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful nature and landscape! Awesome video! Thank you for sharing! I was hooked on your video - how to fish flies with the spinning rod, floating crankbaits etc. and was laughing seeing you giving up and switching to the fly fishing gear! 🙂 Good luck and God bless you! It would be awesome if you would share the list of the equipment you are using under every video, I suppose that would be of a great value for the viewers and followers! Thank you!

@CoppersmithStudios1 3 ай бұрын

I use a fly rod when practical because my viewers demand it and I admit it looks better, but when conditions get tough I am quick to put on a spinning reel. I will adding info about the spin-fly rods used in the near future as that is a new type of equipment that I invented and have a patent on.

@wherethefishare 2 ай бұрын

Glad you got into some good ones. Keep exploring and videoing and enjoying God’s creation!

@andyj296 Ай бұрын

Did you really post an article trying to justify mishandling fish?? How bout just do the best you can to cause the least amount of stress and/or injury to the fish regardless of whatever statistics you found on trout mortality.

@CoppersmithStudios1 Ай бұрын

I also posted an article on fanaticism. Did you read that one? Do you think trout are people? The fish wasn't injured. Do you realize the majority of stress occurs from being caught? Do you catch fish yourself? Do you define mishandling as anything that deviates from the corrupt outdoor media that exploits fanatical attitudes such as yours?

@tdfmtig 3 ай бұрын

That’s a cut bow not a rio cutt, for sure has a lot of cutthroat in his genes

@danm66 2 ай бұрын

Nice gloves

@UteRxHunter Ай бұрын

Gotta remove the fish’s slime layer somehow

@jonathanstoffregen390 6 ай бұрын

Exciting video, great scenery, beautiful nature, fine fishing. Lots of fun!

@Tog_Tastic 6 ай бұрын

Nice fish!! Thanks for all your instructional videos over the years

@noelslater822 6 ай бұрын

That was fun to watch! I've had some tough fish to bring in that your experience reminded me of! Congrats, it's a beaut! So this was in July when you were fishing? How were the mosquitoes?

@CoppersmithStudios1 6 ай бұрын

This was July 28. There are not many mosquitoes in that area but up until July 18 there are a lot of black flies. These are not gnats, they are actual flies, and they buzz around you. July 18-20 is also when the area streams start having easy water levels to fish.

@manygates 6 ай бұрын

the black flies are horrible, and they bite

@rjf1877 6 ай бұрын

Great job ! thanks for the video

@JoshEthanJohnson 6 ай бұрын

good ones!!

@mlbchamps1908 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on that Rio that’s a lifetime fish. So this is July 28? It looks like it would be dangerous to fish this with flows any higher would you agree?

@CoppersmithStudios1 6 ай бұрын

Well, it is kind of dangerous to fish even at low flows due to the canyon like terrain with crumbly rock, but I think mid-July would have been fine too.

@artvandelay5749 6 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks!

@rustyknott-W.D 3 ай бұрын

I've fished it many times and have always been driven off by heavy monsoon rain. Hell with getting struck by lightning, I was more afraid of a flash flood up in the canyon! Great fishing, though.