Gunnison County, Colorado (Crested Butte)
Slate River
Live Conditions
Slate River — Near Crested Butte
24-Hr Pressure
21.53 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
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70° / 43°
Tomorrow
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70° / 43°
Thu
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71° / 47°
Fri
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72° / 43°
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
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One call. Specific to today's exact conditions on the Slate River.
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Slate River · June · Early Summer
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Flows settling mid-to-late June. Yellow Sally Stoneflies (size 14) active. Caddis hatching. Small stream character — use 5X or 6X, approach carefully, make short casts to holding lies.
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About Slate River
Crested Butte's backyard creek. Flows right along Slate River Road (CO-734) north of town — walk out your truck door and start fishing. Wild brown, rainbow, and brook trout in classic small-stream pocket water. Public land is north of CB; south of town the land goes private until the confluence with the East River at CB South.