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Article: A revival along the river/ Population survey finds more, bigger rainbows in the regulated portion of Elevenmile Canyon
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- November 24, 2002
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LAKE GEORGE - As one Elevenmile Canyon window of opportunity
slowly narrows, another just keeps getting better.
"No point getting there before 10 in the morning," fishing guide
Ed Harris said, reflecting on a day late last week in the canyon.
"And by 3 in the afternoon, you'll be in the shadows again. The
fishing slows down and you can get cold in a hurry."
Indeed, the prime fishing hours grow shorter with the winter days.
Sunshine struggles with shadow throughout the day, and as the winter
sun moves progressively toward the south, at least some part of the
canyon always seems to be in the shade.
When the sun is on a given bend of the South Platte River, a
particular pool or boulder-strewn ...