| When anyone thinks of fishing and mountains, | | | | fishing needs. |
| which usually means trout fishing, they think of | | | | When fishing in Colorado, obviously you need a |
| Colorado. And in many cases the first thing a | | | | fishing license. Don't worry though, they're quite |
| person thinks of is "flea flicking" (or fly fishing to | | | | affordable. For a resident a full year will only run |
| the uninitiated), but traditional spin fishing is very | | | | you about $25 and for a non-resident they run |
| popular as well. With thousands of rivers, streams, | | | | about $60. If you're just planning a vacation type |
| and lakes to spend time angling in, Colorado is a | | | | trip, there are 1 day and 5 day licenses available |
| virtual fisherman's paradise. Trout might be the | | | | as well. This way you don't have to waste $60 |
| fish that immediately comes to mind, but | | | | bucks if you only plan on fishing in Colorado for a |
| Colorado offers great fishing for many other | | | | day or two. A license can be obtained either over |
| species as well. | | | | the counter at many locations or on the internet. |
| A very popular technique in the state of Colorado, | | | | Colorado's excellent fishing opportunities are made |
| as well as many parts of the country, is the use | | | | even better by the efforts of the Colorado |
| of live worms as bait. Everyone knows that fish | | | | Division of Wildlife's 19 hatcheries. The Division of |
| of all kind love live worms and the best way to | | | | Wildlife stocks 3.5 million fish every year. An |
| present a live worm as bait is through the use of | | | | additional 58 million warm-water species and 13 |
| a set of gang hooks. What's a set of gang | | | | million cold-water species are stocked. With all of |
| hooks? A set of gang hooks is simply two small | | | | these fish being stocked in Colorado's waterways, |
| hooks tied in tandem, and it is the most natural | | | | your chances of catching fish is greatly increased. |
| way to present a live worm to fish. And, gang | | | | Catch and release angling is encouraged in the |
| hooks are completely legal in the state of | | | | state of Colorado, just as in many other states. |
| Colorado, as a way to present live bait. | | | | This means if you don't plan on eating the fish, |
| There's nothing quite like the moment when | | | | get it back in the water as quickly as possible, so |
| anticipation turns into exhilaration as a sharp tug | | | | as not to harm it. |
| or "tap-tap" on the end of your line. In Colorado | | | | Remember, when you think of fishing in Colorado |
| there are 8,000 miles of rivers and streams, and | | | | you don't have to be a trout angler or a flea |
| more than 2,000 lakes that are brimming with | | | | flicker. Although the trout fishing is quite popular |
| hungry fish for the angler to attempt to catch. | | | | there are many other fishing opportunities in the |
| Whether you're a "flea flicker" or traditional angler, | | | | wonderful state of Colorado to anglers of all kinds. |
| Colorado can accommodate you and all of you | | | | |