Rio Epic Float & Wade Fly Fishing Adventures in Southwest Colorado & the San Juan River.
For over 25 years Rio Epic has been sharing epic fly fishing experiences with our guests throughout the Southwest. Our custom guided trips are safe, educational and a blast. From the world famous San Juan River in northern New Mexico to the Animas, Rio Grande, Dolores, Pine and regional lakes we have a trip for you.

If your vacation is near the amazing towns of Durango, Creede, South Fork, Silverton, Dolores, Pagosa, Bayfield and Navajo Dam New Mexico we will get you on the water.


rio
rēō (spanish for riv·er) | - noun
large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
epic
ˈepik | - adjective
heroic or grand in scale or character: an epic journey to the best fly waters in southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico.


It's going to be epic!
Fly Fishing News & Notes
Report June 20 2025
Prime time summer fishing is here. From the Rio Grande, to the San Juan to the mountain streams and everything else in between it has been fantastic. Book an adventure today.
quick click - guide reports
Photos: 1. Salmon fly on the Rio. 2. Doug with a cranker of a brown. What a dry fly eat! 3. Owen on the sticks and John tight to a trout. 4. Owen and Jeff with a stunner on the Rio. From the story it was an epic skinny water eat.

Rio Epic Celebrating 25 Epic Years
We have been at it for a long time making Rio Epic guides some of the best in the fly-fishing and outdoor education industry. From float or wade adventures in southwest Colorado on the Animas, Rio Grande, Dolores, Pine, mountain streams to the legendary San Juan River below Navajo Dam we have you covered.


photography
We tell a lot of our story through photography. All the images you see on the site or in galleries are taken on our local waters either on guide trips or on "guides days off". Click away!