07-25-2002, 12:17 AM
John, John, you've been doing nothing but crying about conditions and fishing in Colorado since I've been reading this board. Are you being paid by the Texas tourists' bureau? True there have been a lot of fires and water is scarce and getting more scarce, but it's not nearly as bad as you are spreading.<br><br>The reservoirs are drawing down, but what can you expect when the radical, zero population growth wing of environmentalists stop all new dam construction and people from other places like Texas keep moving in. <br><br>You can't have it al, full reservoirs, no new water holding construction, and more people. Unless we get more water holding capacity to keep our water instead of having to let it go downstream, our reservoirs will have to be our water tanks, full when we have a lot of moisture and don't need it and low or bone dry when we have little or no precipitation.<br><br>I just fished Clear Creek (a small creek just West of Denver) last week. After reading all your dire reports, I found the amount of water was amazingly good and crystal clear. The fishing was excellent. <br><br>We may run into some water problems (fishing-wise) in a month or two, but it's good to excellent now. The conditions are like most late summers, low and clear. The fly fishermen are having a ball.<br><br>Maybe you ought to think seriously of leaving this terrible state and going back to your wonderful Texas. <br><br>