Fly Fishing Guide to Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness

Everything an angler needs to know about fly fishing the Flat Tops Wilderness Area! The Flat Tops, located in west-central Colorado, is an angler’s paradise with trout-laden lakes, ponds, and streams crisscrossing this vast wilderness.

Al Marlowe, a fly fisherman for more than forty years, shares with you the best spots to fly fish, how to get there, which trout species are where, GPS coordinates, lake elevations, fish stocking information, topo maps for orientation, and helpful contact information.

Each chapter will cover a section of the Colorado river and provides information on access, parking, seasons, hatches, recommended equipment, and fly patterns.

Al Marlowe, freelance writer and photographer for outdoor recreation publications, is a member of the Rocky Mountain Outdoor Writers and Photographers. He has been published in American Angler, American Survival Guide, Arkansas Outdoors, Backpacker, Bird Dog News, Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources, Colorado Outdoors, National Wildlife Federation, Rocky Mountain Game & Fish, Rocky Mountain Streamside, and Western Outdoors.

Karen Christopherson has been fishing since her childhood in Boulder, Colorado. A geophysicist by education and training, Karen has traveled extensively throughout the US and across the world, often with her fly rod in tow. Writing has been a passion since school and she feels fortunate to author books about fly fishing as a diversion from the technical world of geosciences.