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<br /> <br />good fishing use and the Rio Grande is one of the most heavily <br /> <br />utilized streams in Coloradoo lJ!UlJ:!:Ws.._J'.a.J::!R~rs.Sha.UOl'..and <br /> <br />SmmYside Q!:!!!lka...IU~!l_FQsted !,ut s:l?i:t.l. reoeive~od.!'~.t<:.~~ Deep <br /> <br />S!:!~~_aE.! "!:tIao_t~ Y.'i'. stree.m, wi thin :\;h!l reservoir Jl,rsa .. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />:25. Fishing preSsure on the llio Grande !"rom the headwaters <br /> <br /> <br />of the reservoir site to the South Fork is extremely heavy. Colorado <br /> <br />Geme and Fish Department data show that fishing suooess is high as <br /> <br />evidenoed by a rate of oatoh of 0093 trout per hour, Most of the <br /> <br />reservoir-area streams and about...2.-of the, 15 miles bel~. the ~ site <br />are open to plll:1lio fi Rbll:1&.. and, ~.t~l!:h ifi.lt. remainder of toe ri.xlll'_ <br />~os ted. a h~~'2'f!.~~~.'p:.!..~!!~~"J,!l.~~~~~n~tl:w..~.!:'!,.J$,~ st~.g!:,JiJlA. <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />~8.I.'l.,;:~~~orts ~d o.f/.llUlJl..' <br /> <br />From the South Fork_i:9_..D~Lfu1rt;~,..!is_~. is <br />"'"--- --.------ <br /> <br />~tense than i~~~':.!~e.~.Il:~~~~~l!t1~s~.lll'fl!ll~il!!I..high, .1'o!l.:\;1,w <br /> <br />from Del..!.o.!'!;e_to .MontEl Vista rest,riots fishing m~i.nly..1:o,.the lpoal <br /> <br /> <br />]29-PYl.ili.e..n, The fishing season is 160 days above !.bnte Vista but is <br /> <br />open the entire year below this town, a situation whioh penni ts oon- <br /> <br />siderable fishing by the looal population in winter and spring priol' <br /> <br />to opening of the shorter season upstream. <br /> <br />260 The tio Grande is the nearest good trout stream to Texas, <br /> <br />Oklahoma. and Kansas and large numbers of fishermen from trese States <br /> <br />oome to the Rio Grande, It is estimated that the Rio Grande and its <br /> <br />tributaries wi thin the affeoted projeot areas reoei ve an average <br /> <br />annual use of about 92,700 fisherman dayso Table 6, Summary of <br /> <br />utilization, lists the estimated fishennan-day use. <br /> <br />1176 <br /> <br />Need for stream fi shing opportunities <br /> <br />27. The demand for fishing is inoreasing as is shown by the in- <br /> <br />oreased sale of fishing lioenses annually and the oontinued expansion <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />