Fly Fishing Colorado

9/9
Bas Pro’s Kids Day Fishing Derby last Saturday 9/6/08 was a great success.  Eighty kids plus walkins signed up for the morning fishing derby.  Eighty kids also signed up for the afternoon derby. 
The Fishing Derby was held at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.  The Arsenal is part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.  Many species including bison [...]

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 Who Does Poaching Hurt?
All of us who hunt, fish, trap, watch wildlife, guides and outfitters or sell gear for these activities.
How Does Poaching Hurt?
By removing trophy elk, deer, big horn sheep, fish or other trophy species, the gene pool is damaged.  Trophies of any species are survivors.  Removing the survivors damages the herd or the fishery so [...]

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If you hold a Colorado Annual Fishing License, the license period has been extended to 3/31/2009.  The Habitat Stamp period has also been extended to 3/31/2009.
Starting 4/1/2009, the fishing season  will run from 4/1 through 3/31 the next year.  (Ex. 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010)
Per a DOW representative I talked with today, this change is being done [...]

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7/30
There’s no denying it. Northern Pike are big toothy critters.  Especially the ones I ran across the other day in this post. This newwest.net post on pike fishing at the Cree Lodge in northern Saskatchewan, Canada caught my eye.

Gene with 47 inch pike caught at Unknown Lake on Cree River - Guide Louie on right called this [...]

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 7/17
I fish Bear Creek west of metro Denver a lot and write fishing condition reports about it.  Here are some Virtual Earth views of some cool fly fishing spots.
There are two ways to use the links.  Each link will take you to the spot named.  And it will open in a new window.  The other way [...]

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