Comments on: Whitewater Parks in Native Trout Rivers? http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1867/whitewater-parks-native-trout-rivers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss essays and musings on fly fishing for native trout Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1867/whitewater-parks-native-trout-rivers/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Cutthroat Stalker (Scott) Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:17:56 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1867#comment-1604 Brian, That's really good information to know for those of us nowhere near it. I'm typically against "river degradation" things, but, if it was as you say, "...really nasty..." then what is new is probably an improvement, not degradation. The Colorado TU people seem to think the parks in Colorado are better than before because they get consistent water flows in some places that were highly diverted before. It will be interesting to see if in a few years the fish are gone or not. Hopefully they did some fish counts before they put in the parks for a baseline and can get a good count later. Brian, That’s really good information to know for those of us nowhere near it. I’m typically against “river degradation” things, but, if it was as you say, “…really nasty…” then what is new is probably an improvement, not degradation. The Colorado TU people seem to think the parks in Colorado are better than before because they get consistent water flows in some places that were highly diverted before.

It will be interesting to see if in a few years the fish are gone or not. Hopefully they did some fish counts before they put in the parks for a baseline and can get a good count later.

]]> By: Brian http://scarles.org/blog/cutthroat-stalker/1867/whitewater-parks-native-trout-rivers/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Brian Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:54:40 +0000 http://scarles.org/blog/?p=1867#comment-1603 the kayak park in sparks is the second whitewater park built on the truckee-- there is one in downtown reno. I'm not sure of the environmental implications in their entirety but in both cases (reno & sparks) I supported them. I say this because in both cases really nasty existing parks (derelicts, shady deals, and goose poop!) were turned into really beautiful spots on the river that allow people to bring their kids and enjoy the river. And if you get up early you can still catch plenty of fish in them... :-) the kayak park in sparks is the second whitewater park built on the truckee– there is one in downtown reno.

I’m not sure of the environmental implications in their entirety but in both cases (reno & sparks) I supported them. I say this because in both cases really nasty existing parks (derelicts, shady deals, and goose poop!) were turned into really beautiful spots on the river that allow people to bring their kids and enjoy the river.

And if you get up early you can still catch plenty of fish in them…

:-)

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