Fly Fishing Elevenmile Canyon on the South Platte River

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Jon Kleis. Fly Fishing Elevenmile Canyon on the South Platte River

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Elevenmile Canyon (South Platte River, Colorado)

Location: Southwest Colorado, 1 hour west of Colorado Springs and 1 ½ hours southwest of Denver. Both have major airports with direct flights.

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Colorado. When anglers aren’t busy catching Snake River cutthroat, rainbows, or brown trout, they can look up and admire the unmatched beauty of their surroundings. In fact, the Canyon is considered so gorgeous that it attracts more than just anglers looking to harass fish. On a summer day you could see rock climbers, joggers, and hikers on the many trails; campers; artists painting images of steep canyon walls; and, depending on the flow, kayakers and others playing in the cool, clean water.

In 2002, Colorado was dealing with the Hayman Fire, which was its largest fire to date and threatened a large portion of the South Platte River. Hayman brought with it a lot of attention directed at the health of the South Platte, and a new project called Trees For Trout was born. The goal was to take burned trees from the Hayman fire and use them to stabilize the banks of the South Platte, and to

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