The Water
Where Cole guides
Front Range tailwaters, the upper Arkansas, and the southern Colorado river he grew up on.
Deckers
South Platte River · Front Range
A tailwater stretch of the South Platte in Pike National Forest, southwest of Denver — one of the closest pieces of trout water to the Front Range.
Eleven Mile Canyon
South Platte River · Front Range
The South Platte below Eleven Mile Reservoir, running through a granite canyon west of Lake George.
Browns Canyon
Arkansas River · Upper Arkansas
The Arkansas near Nathrop, between Buena Vista and Salida, inside Browns Canyon National Monument.
Arkansas at Pueblo
Arkansas River · Southern Front Range
The tailwater below Pueblo Reservoir — the lowest-elevation water Cole guides, and the one that fishes longest into the cold months.
Conejos River
Conejos River · Southern Colorado
The river Cole grew up on, in the San Juans of southern Colorado, where his grandparents owned a lodge. Fished on specialty and destination trips.