Article: RIVERS CLEAR FOR PRIME DRY-FLY FISHING.(Sports)(Column)

Byline: Ed Dentry

Dry-fly season has arrived. It's what the fly rod was made for: clear rivers, flies that float, trout rising and graceful casts unencumbered by clunky weights.

With few exceptions, Colorado's rivers are striking prime time on schedule. That's quite a relief after last year's monster runoff, which kept everyone out of the water, waiting, forever.

In 1995, most rivers roared and lapped over their banks until September. Flows in early August were twice as high as they are now. This year, some guides and anglers say they are seeing more big trout than usual in heavily fished special regulation waters.

They theorize that ...

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