Willow Creek Reservoir Fishing Guide, Albany County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Within Albany County, Wyoming, you have Willow Creek Reservoir. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. The water covers some 46 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 2.2 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Head to Laramie, 13 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 45 miles to Fort Collins, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Willow Creek Reservoir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Albany County records list brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, longnose sucker and white sucker among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Willow Creek Reservoir gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 63°F, while January sits near 23°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Expect Willow Creek Reservoir to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Hundred Springs Reservoir sits 3.6 miles off and takes the overflow. What applies at Willow Creek Reservoir may have changed since it was mapped.