Angling and rafting enthusiast Bob Hamel took a drive by the Arkansas River this weekend.
He says he saw a few rafting boats start up and the biggest concentration of fishermen out after the Caddis hatch, an influx lasting another two weeks.
The difference between this and any other year is 2021 posed a record year with river recreation. Numbers came in at 40% higher in Arkansas River usage and 50% higher in revenues over the 2020 year with the enthusiasts taking advantage of being out after COVID, he said. “With fishing, it will be really busy for another couple of weeks. They’ll disappear through the high water peak flows, then come out at the end of June. Rivers will get really muddy and fishing gets difficult. There are more people fishing now even than in the summer. They just spread out to the rest of the state later.”
“It will with weather come and go, then it moves upstream. Right now, the leading edge of it is above Salida. It will keep going all the way up towards Buena Vista. It’s an elevation and geography.”
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