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Ripples - Fish - Colorado

The Arkansas River

Colorado's longest river, with world-class fishing

By gowestusa Staff

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No matter what your relationship is with the Arkansas, as a newcomer or an angler with a long-burning passion, the beauty and quality of this central Colorado fishery is certain to take a lasting place in your heart.

What makes the Arkansas so special? Many things.

First of all, it drops nearly 5,000 feet along its course, resulting in a wide diversity of habitat and topography. You can fish in the shade of a cottonwood, cast a fly...[continued]

Santa Rosa Island NPS photo by Derek Lohuis

The brilliant yellow coreopsis flowers usually peak between late January through March. The best fields are on Santa Barbara, Anacapa, and San Miguel Islands. The most common sightings of gray whales are from mid- to late-December through mid-March, blue and humpback whales during the summer, and common dolphins throughout the entire year.

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Ripples - Fish - Idaho

The Henrys Fork of the Snake

"Even the dumb fish in here have their PhDs".

By gowestusa Staff

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In 1902, just about the time the Rockefellers were buying up land around Jackson Hole, the Guggenheims, Harrimans and Union Pacific Railroad investors started acquiring land on the west side of the Tetons. Eventually, 11,000 acres were in their portfolio and the portion which became Idaho’s Harriman State Park served as their cattle ranch and private retreat.

Touted as one of the top fly fishing streams in the nation, the Henrys Fork of ...[continued]

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Ripples | Boat - A dam made with thousands of hand-hewn stones. [more]

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