SALIDA, Colo. Sometime between the time you read this and when Mother's Day rears its head, an amazing phenomena occurs on the Arkansas River: A caddis hatch erupts, a hatch so intense that ...

One such river is the Arkansas. In the area from Leadville to ... We also discussed the famous “Mother’s Day caddis hatch.” In the past, this hatch would start (usually well before Mother ...

But the hatchery stopped using the river's water in 2000 after whirling disease was detected in it. Whirling disease is a parasite that deforms and kills young trout. CPW spent $1.5 million at the ...

The Arkansas River runs ... ideal conditions for a midge hatch. I decided to fish a size #20 dry fly that often passes for a midge on the South Platte River and trail a size #22 Black Beauty ...

This chart shows predictions for the timing and height of flood crests along the Arkansas River. - Photo by National Weather Service “We are making our forecast crest predictions based on the ...