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Lodging

Lodging in Ridgway, Ouray, Telluride, and Montrose can transform your trip from a vacation into an adventure. Choosing the right home base for discovering the region, gives you the opportunity to experience the vast diversity of landscape. Explore the region’s fascinating geological beauty; from San Juan Mountain Range majestic peaks to the beautiful open valleys. Spend a day floating through the pink and yellow desert sandstone cliffs of the Lower Gunnison then the next day in the high country rivers of the Cimarron Range. Take in the heritage and history of the region with stories of mining, ranching, mountaineering, and adventurers. A livable community with a unique local culture that blends the best of the cowboy west blended with the modern outdoor adventure seeker.

Montrose

  • Days Inn
  • Hampton Inn
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
  • Quality Inn & Suites

Ouray

  • Beaumont Hotel & Spa
  • Box Canyon Lodge and Hot Springs
  • Comfort Inn Ouray
  • KOA Ouray/Ridgway
  • Matterhorn Motel
  • Ouray Brokers Real Estate Sales
  • Ouray Chalet Inn
  • Ouray Chamber of Commerce
  • Ouray Inn
  • Ouray Victorian Inn
  • Timber Ridge Lodge
  • Twin Peaks Lodge

Ridgway

  • Chipeta Sun Lodge & Spa
  • Cow Creek Suites
  • KOA Ouray/Ridgway
  • Orvis Hot Springs
  • Ridgway Lodge
  • Ridgway State Park – RV Hook-ups & Campgrounds near Ridgway

Telluride

  • Camel’s Garden
  • Fairmont Heritage Place Franz Klammer Lodge
  • Hotel Columbia
  • Hotel Madeline
  • Ice House Lodge
  • Inn at Lost Creek
  • Mountain Lodge Telluride
  • New Sheridan Hotel
  • Telluride Rentals
  • Telluride Reservations Center
  • The Hotel Telluride
  • The Peaks Grand Heritage Resort and Spa
  • The River Club
  • The San Sophia Inn
  • The Victorian Inn

More than just a fly shop

While we specialize in fly fishing, we also offer many other services including Colorado white water rafting, inflatable kayak trips, stand up paddle board instruction & rentals, raft guide training, fly fishing guide training and hourly paddle sport rentals.

Hunting and Fishing Licenses are available at RIGS Fly Shop. However, we encourage you to purchase DOW Licenses online prior to your trip to save time and hassle. When purchasing a Division of Wildlife License, be prepared that the State requires you to give us your driver’s license or id, social security number, address, height, weight, and phone number to issue any license.
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RIGS Fly Shop & Guide Service

1075 Sherman St, Unit 101,
Ridgway,Colorado 81432

970.626.4460
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RIGS is an Orvis Endorsed Fly-Fishing outfiter!

Colorado Outfitter #2169 - Outfitting Southwest Colorado Since 2001

RIGS Fly Shop, Guide Service & White Water River Rafting is an "equal opportunity service provider" and is a permittee of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests. All or part of this operation is conducted on Public Lands under special permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Parks & U.S. Forest Service. RIGS certified professional guides provide quality outdoor experiences and believe in conducting each trip in an educational, safe, and fun manner.

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