Best place to go tent camping in colorado near the river?

Question

would like to camp near waters edge.

Answer 1

Gosh, there are many places along the upper colorado, State Bridge, Burns, North of I-70.   There is the Yampa River that runs through Steamboat Springs, flows West - check map for state and Fed land and many other rivers.

Answer 2

Poudre river hi-way 14 north of fort Collins, did this trip 4 or 5 years ago had had a blast campgrounds all along the way (privet,state and national forest) did a lot of fly-fishing with my boy a Summer I'll never forget.