Fly Fishing Grey Reef on the North Platte River

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Erik Aune. Fly Fishing Grey Reef on the North Platte River

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Grey Reef (North Platte River, Central Wyoming)

Location: The Grey Reef section of the North Platte River originates in central Wyoming near Alcova, about 25 miles southwest of Casper. Grey Reef is a 4-hour drive from Denver and 5½ hours from Salt Lake City. Casper is served by flights from major airlines in Denver and Salt Lake City.

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Grey Reef produces year-round, as it’s ultra-insulated from runoff by five reservoirs tightly spaced upstream. Grey Reef Dam was completed in 1961 and has performed its duty as an afterbay to Alcova Reservoir ever since. Prior to the Grey Reef Dam, the North Platte River below Alcova Dam was subject to wild changes in daily flow due to electricity demands. Now, the flows are consistent and increase or decrease only with seasonal demand. The river intersects classic Western sagebrush prairie and is flanked by a variety of landscapes, including rolling hills, mountains, and cottonwood bottoms.

The North Platte originates in northern Colorado just across the Continental Divide from major tributaries of the Colorado River system. It relies on snowpack from the mountains of the Routt National Forest in northern Colorado and the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges in the Medicine Bow National

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