Colorado Outdoors, September-October 2005

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• As other tailwater fisheries, the , 3 F DOW plans to continue stoddng the Arkansas produces copious numbers o f . , f ' �_ » upper seven mi e aas needed,andwit ant - midges. They area mainstay of trout v . ` _ . e atoddng the n site-water p aaf t ssg• diets and midge imitating patterns on 4 men which was cons on marg - fine leader t are standard , '� al habitat before the project but now may Bah - � Y _.� r meat for fly- ermen. - be sui4abk for tnaut and possibly ot The river also has Blue Wing Oli gait 'Well Probe stack about tike asrnr grea test river also a has Bluer. the Ttver'8 = . :.....rt,,,.. t�. w'' T uirtj aver a ?vim me Arkansas through Pueblo at a lower eh- we'll probably that number aver a nat ion flan most trout streams, winter kmger s teee ch of rives It's somethir g that and early spring days generally are the s conditio along we're lo at rwva:" warmest Mayfly hatc oa�ar earlier the ps e river sign suggests, u ge sts, sge ra p idl ir. ns !4 The rurxt step in the habitat pro will dun on other waters and they ten to be removal of invasive tamarisk and t Russian olive trees from the river ba Wh� mid or mayflies, fly -fish- amts anct. d the standard fouz`trout limit and replacing them with native vegeta ermen on a day t er joy is in effe lion. Hobson also hopes to develop addi- last shirul eve while oth streems Traut err not the sole a traction, how- tional public assess points to the rives are in their winter doldrums ever `he river also holds a grab bag of That would be just fine with �uui 1m. At other times of yeas; fly patte warm -water species that have been "We've gone from a deem {$ab- that suggest terrestrial insects and swe down from the reservoir, log} holes to a hundred good bdlea" be streamer flies also can be effe ct i ve. Fisherman may enamnter a walleye; said. "That's what we were trying m wooly sa�eamrrs th liar aanaflmouth bassi elfish.... Some ever► accomplish all along That what fhb was the abundant era w#Islt b h z y fo the teepees. all about." Cl p ve With limited, if any, natural repmduc- ttla „fl fishing interes has been lion of rainbow trout to the rtvez fiisldng K ARI Lips is a fete in Colorado and pho- boomin t he river h no spe c ial res aic success lar ta jiila said the t fafs ar r J �t1u thin Spin and bait fishermen are wel- s ng by $ i 77.:4-.4:711 ti'ver'aletZt ; b *W the dam •k 3 : ad ' tf ;h r for<}lea„rs, a b- ''',.,,t,',.....,4'..' h�. { • { spring abitat mi .�� "�• '. { ... 15 I.. n MA'ni.w1 t _ � � � AMA'”- A y i. fit t :u ` 7 - �1 r f M iri „ r' .!f s p .. .�•r 3) • .Y .�•.._ , y , .,_......•,•� rf;: . { f I t t ., • �. --ma►"" C 3 " ,`".-.= t < ' -';' , A 'r »' ,. i. .� , $ = ' September /October 2005 9. 1