The Toilet Bowl is a popular fishing spot below Ruedi Dam on the Fryingpan River. Use the hatch chart above to know what flies you will want to have in your fly box during your adventure on the river and then select the flies here 30 days before your trip to get them at a great price.

We (my friend/teammate and I) showed up that morning at about 7:00 AM and to our surprise, we had the toilet bowl to ourselves.

The "Toilet Bowl" is a famous spot on the Fryingpan River in Eagle County.

I have been making regular pilgrimages to the Pan for years now. People are allowed to fish from the shore, however, no one is allowed to enter the water of this area for any reason.

There is a spot just below the spillway that is affectionately know as the "toilet bowl' because of it's deep swirling eddy.

I couldn’t resist checking out the ginormous mysis-eaters at the outflow of the dam, in the “Toilet Bowl”.

Voluntary fishing closure sought at ‘Toilet Bowl’ below Ruedi dam Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking anglers to honor a voluntary closure of a popular spot on the Fryingpan River just below Ruedi Reservoir dam.

One, “The Toilet Bowl” and Frying Pan River were about 3.5-4 hours from where I lived making it almost impossible to do in a day. The majority of anglers squeeze elbow to elbow dredging the Toilet Bowl while more experienced anglers spend the spring and summer months a few miles down river netting double digit dry fly catches. Frying Pan River Flies. The only negative about the Frying Pan River downstream from Ruedi is that it can be quite crowded because of it's reputation. The Toilet Bowl is THE place to be on the Frying Pan and after finding it crowded several times, we finally managed to get a spot to cast over the monsters that live there. Hello Everyone! Some seem to … Aptly named, the Toilet Bowl is a deep, circular pool at the base of the dam where the spillway flushes into the river. This is a site near Basalt, CO. News about the Toilet Bowl can be found at: Despite all we had heard about how technical it was, it actually seemed easier than the Taylor and the fish were every bit as large.

Frying Pan River Colorado Toilet Bowl Closing Down! You can stand on the rip-rap bank here, and watch the submarine-sized trout, pick off the mysis shrimp that wash out of the reservoir – there are some very large fish.

But it wasn’t until this past fall that I put some serious time in at the Toilet Bowl. Two, I was told that it’s almost impossible to get access to “The Toilet Bowl” section due to its popularity. These are the the top flies we sell for this river. Video Link at bottom of post!!

Toilet Bowl of the Fryingpan River, Eagle River, and Gore Creek On Tuesday, October 16, my friend Scott and I took the 6:00 a.m. flight to Denver. Although the Pan is know for its shrimp, whats not as well known is the incredible mayfly and caddis hatches of the Frying Pan River. That spot, if you can claim it, has produced some of the largest trout I've ever caught. New member here...Just wanted to post about my recent trip to the Frying Pan River Toilet Bowl. The Toilet Bowl.

When we arrived in Denver we got a rental car and first headed to DFD ( Deli Fresh Designs ) workshop to meet Ross White.