Spot report
🇺🇸Fryingpan River, Colorado
updated 03:15 local · open-meteo
🎣 Fishing· tailwater river · base: Basalt
Gold Medal tailwater below Ruedi Reservoir famous for the 'Toilet Bowl' trophy trout and mysis shrimp, with a fly-shop culture in Basalt.
Heads up · Tiny flies and technical fish; limited public access; winter cold
Wind
6 km/h
gusts 7 · from W
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 6 °C
Daylight
07:16 → 18:30
6 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 6 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 4 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
29 km/h
2–13 °C · 3 mm
⛵Sailing
Thu
29 km/h
0–10 °C
⛵Sailing
Fri
10 km/h
-4–12 °C
🏄SUP
Sat
10 km/h
0–14 °C
🏄SUP
Sun
10 km/h
4–14 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Mon
10 km/h
3–15 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Tue
10 km/h
3–16 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 6 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 6 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 07:16–18:30 → golden hour from 17:30
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