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<br />f\ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />DenverPost.com - Charlie Meyers <br /> <br />00068~ <br /> <br /> <br />NEWS <br />BLOGHOUSE <br />BUSINESS <br />COLUMNISTS <br />FRONT PAGE <br />LOCAL NEWS <br />NA TIONIWORLD <br />OBITUARIES <br />POLITICS <br />SPECIAL REPORTS <br />WEATHER <br /> <br />FEATURES <br />BOOKS <br />COLUMNISTS <br />ENTERTAINMENT <br />FOOD 1 DINING <br />COMICS <br />HEALTH <br />LIFESTYLES <br />MOVIES <br />TRAVEL. NEW! <br />TV LISTINGS <br /> <br />OPINION <br />COLUMNISTS <br />EDITORIALS <br />LETTERS <br />PERSPECTIVE <br />KEEFE CARTOON <br />MESSAGE BOARDS <br /> <br />SPORTS <br />AVALANCHEINHL <br />BRONCOSlNFL <br />COLLEGES <br />COLUMNISTS <br />CRUSH 1 AFL <br />EXTREMES <br />MAMMOTH 1 NLL <br />NUGGETS 1 NBA <br />PREPS <br />RAPIDS 1 MLS <br />ROCKIES 1 MLB <br />SNOW SPORTS <br />SCORES <br />OTHER SPORTS <br /> <br />SERVICES <br />RIDE THE ROCKIES <br />ARCHIVES <br />POST INTERNSHIPS <br />ABOUT USlHELP <br />CONTACT US <br />E-MAIL NEWS <br />SCORE <br />SUBSCRIBE <br /> <br />ADVERTISING <br />AUTOS <br />FANTASY SPORTS <br />HOMES <br />JOBS <br />MARKETPLACE <br />MEMORIALS <br />NEWSPAPER ADS <br />PERSONALS <br /> <br />~~~~l,';.' Tuesday, April 26, 2005 <br />.com Denver, CO <br /> <br />View Previous News <br />Select an Edition <br /> <br />G EMAIL ARTICLE <br /> <br />f:11 <br />E; LINK TO ARTICLE <br /> <br />~ PRINT ARTICLE <br /> <br />Article Published: Tuesdav, April 26, 2005 <br /> <br />charlie meyers <br />Kayakers, anglers soon to <br />share similar boat <br /> <br />By Charlie Mevers <br />P~nv.~rf'Q~t._Q_l,!tdQo.r~__(;.dit9.r <br /> <br />Among my least favorite fishing memories is of a distant <br />afternoon on the Colorado River where I tried to tempt a <br />trout or two from a pocket of quiet water that curled <br />near shore. <br /> <br />The reverie was broken by a kayaker, who, with full <br />malice aforethought, aimed his craft directly over my fly <br />line while shooting me an evil look. Then, just to show <br />his disdain and because he could, the paddler spun the <br />craft back through an eddy on the far bank and did it all <br />over again. <br /> <br />My recourses were, in order of preference, 1) plant a <br />hook in some part of his anatomy with the resulting loss <br />of a perfectly good, if much too tiny, $1. 75 fly; or, 2) <br />hurl an appropriate insult. I chose the latter, with no <br />apparent redemptive result. <br /> <br />Such frequently has been the extent of relationships <br />between those who paddle kayaks and those who cast <br />from shore. Two inexorably opposed entities vying for <br />the same resource. Row vs. wade. <br /> <br />Recent events in the Colorado courts and legislature <br />now form the relationship in a bright new light. Coming <br />soon to a river near you: Kayakers and anglers as <br />bosom buddies. <br /> <br />Through the auspices of recreation-conscious <br />municipalities, kayakers in 2001 gained an important <br />legislative concession toward recreational in- channel <br />diversion water rights. The Colorado Supreme Court <br />recently attached a doctrine of reasonableness based on <br />water availability while validating these so-called RICD <br />rights. A bill aimed at sinking these recreational rights in <br />the current session of the Colorado legislation was <br />beaten back, leaving the paddlers sitting tall at the <br /> <br />http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/O. 1413,36-11 0-2835954,00.html <br /> <br />Page 1 of5 <br /> <br /> <br />OTHER <br /> <br />COLUMNS <br /> <br />Apr. 24 <br /> <br />- An opening less <br />than grand <br /> <br />Apr. 20 <br /> <br />- Primed by the <br />ID!1l1Q <br /> <br />Apr. 19 <br /> <br />- No cause to cry <br />fowl over proposed <br />limit <br /> <br />Apr. 17 <br /> <br />- On the hunt for <br />Aoache trout <br /> <br />Apr. 13 <br /> <br />- Lightning in a <br />bottle <br /> <br />Apr. 12 <br /> <br />- Bill's sponsors <br />struggling with <br />drastic cuts <br /> <br />Mar. 30 <br /> <br />- Sure sign of <br />illiilll <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />3C <br /> <br />mo <br /> <br />FR <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />'~ <br /> <br />Inti <br />sito <br />outs <br /> <br />Iff <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />4/26/2005 <br />