I know not another urban fishing blog, but lets face it most of us live
in an urban environment. When most people think of urban fishing its
usually a city park pond or city reservoir. If you look hard enough
there are always other options. Many of the cities and towns here in
Colorado have multiple small streams and creeks flowing into them or
through them. Because of their size they are often over looked and
passed by. This is a huge mistake.
Urban small streams fish a lot like their mountain brothers, in that the
fish hold to the same cover and deep pockets. However one advantage is
they don?t spook as easy as the wild trout of the high country small
streams because they have been conditioned to the traffic, dog walkers,
kids playing in the creek, etc. This allows you to position yourself in
good casting lanes and a lot closer to your prey.
Just in Colorado Springs I can think five small creeks that have fish in
them. I can also think of several creeks in the Denver area that have
both warm and cold water species in them. With the amazing weather we
have been having these creeks are already open and are great places to
get a couple hours of fishing in after work. They still allow for the
small stream challenges and the enjoyment of putting fish to hand.
This past week I hit fountain creek starting at under the highway bridge
I caught my first rainbow of the day. Hiking upstream into town was
able to catch a few more brown trout, stop in at a local tavern have a
burger and a beer, then finish walking the stream to the other side of
town while the wife stopped in to check out a few shops.
Get out and enjoy them before runoff!
