Runoff limits fishing opportunities
Though this week’s cooler weather may bring a reprieve to some swollen rivers, spring runoff has reduced angling options across Colorado, the state Division of Wildlife noted in its weekly fishing report, issued Tuesday, May 13.
May 13, 1:31 PM | Aspen Times Staff Report
Aspen, CO Colorado
Caddis hatch time on the Arkansas
SALIDA, Colo. — Every April, a natural phenomenon draws throngs of anglers to Colorado’s Arkansas River between Cañon City and Leadville. It’s the annual caddisfly hatch.
Apr 23, 10:56 AM | Division of Wildlife report
Aspen, CO Colorado
Fryingpan River flows jump again
BASALT — Releases from Ruedi Reservoir were increased by 50 cubic feet per second (cfs) by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Tuesday, and they were scheduled to go up another 50 cfs Tuesday night.
Apr 23, 8:59 AM | Aspen Times Staff Report
Aspen, CO Colorado
DOW stocks Lake Christine with lunkers
BASALT — The Colorado Division of Wildlife put the cherry on top of its two-year effort to rehabilitate Basalt’s Lake Christine on Friday.
Apr 21, 6:20 AM | Scott Condon
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Expect big water on the Blue River
SUMMIT COUNTY — Flows in the Lower Blue downstream of Dillon Reservoir are rising quickly this week as Denver Water ramps up releases from Dillon Reservoir.
Apr 16, 4:30 PM | Bob Berwyn
Summit County correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
On the Fly: Nice day for fishing
BASALT — Fly-fishing is not about fish. It’s about patience and communing with nature. At least, that’s what I tell myself.
Apr 16, 6:21 AM | Janet Urquhart
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Summit Lake not for suckers anymore
MANCOS, Colo. — Nearly 20,000 good-sized rainbow trout were dumped in Summit Lake earlier this month, restocking a lake where just six months ago all fish were poisoned.
Mar 21, 7:25 AM | Shannon Livick
Courtez Journal/AP
Aspen, CO Colorado
Colorado inmates learn craft of rod-making and fly-tying
CANON CITY, Colo. — An inmate has turned a fishy idea into a profitable business for Correctional Industries, providing education, job skills and therapy for fellow prisoners.
Mar 14, 2:02 PM | Tracy Harmon
The Pueblo Chieftain/AP
Aspen, CO Colorado
Nature gets chance to heal Fryingpan River wounds
BASALT — Nature will be allowed to fix its own problems this spring at the confluence of Seven Castles Creek and the Fryingpan River.
Mar 2, 8:08 AM | Scott Condon
The Aspen Times
Aspen, Co Colorado
My flies aren't fit to be tied
The trout won’t know what hit them — literally.
Feb 29, 7:01 AM | Janet Urquhart
The Aspen Times
Aspen, CO Colorado
Citizens question Lower Blue plan
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — Eddies of skepticism swirled around the Silverthorne library Tuesday night, as local boaters and anglers questioned officials about potential use restrictions on the Lower Blue River, downstream of Green Mountain Reservoir.
Feb 15, 11:00 AM | Bob Berwyn
Summit County correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
Disease-resistant rainbows spawn successfully in Fryingpan ponds
BASALT — For the first time since whirling disease decimated most naturally reproducing rainbow trout populations in Colorado more than a decade ago, a new strain of the sport fish has reproduced naturally.
Feb 1, 4:26 PM | Janet Urquhart
Aspen, CO Colorado
Clean Eagle River may mean more trout
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — You could start seeing more trout in the polluted Eagle River if the state adopts new, more stringent caps on how much toxic metal can flow through the water.
Jan 30, 8:39 AM | Matt Terrell
Vail correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
Glenwood — best fishing town in U.S.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Brad Ray loves fishing the waters of the Roaring Fork River. But, he didn't realize what he was getting himself into when he moved to Glenwood Springs three-and-a-half years ago.
Jan 18, 9:29 AM | John Gardner
Glenwood Springs correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
Colorado's rainbows ready to rise
After being decimated by whirling disease, Colorado's trout rainbow trout fishery could be primed for a big comeback.
Dec 24, 9:28 AM | Bob Berwyn
Summit County correspondent
Aspen, CO Colorado
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