top whitewater ride in the country has turned rafting and kayaking into a multi-million dollar business and has focused attention on water quality and scenic beauty. What was once the classic battle of "row vs. wade" has now become a partnership in success. Simply stated, whitewater rafting is good when fly fishing is not, and conversely, lower water preferred by fly fishers is not cherished by boaters. The ArkansWe were driving North into Colorado from Taos on one of those brilliant October mornings in the Southern Rockies. I had always loved those days the most. When you live in West Texas, any day in the mountains with your Dad and your fly rod was special. I had been raised on Bass ponds in Texas and small streams in Northern New Mexico. Now that I was out of college, had a job, and a new pickup truck, I was taking my Father on a trip to a big river. We had fished the Rio Grande, but after walking out of the Box Canyon near Questa, I suspected that I did not need to go back there any time soon. As the aspen and cottonwood leaves blew across US 285 on Poncha Pass, we talked of how we would fish the Arkansas. Royal Wulffs or Rio Grande Kings, wet or dry, would probably work just fine. My Dad loved Brown Trout and wet flies. That was twenty-five years ago.

Once home to the endangered, but resurgent Greenback Cutthroat, the Arkansas is somewhat of an exception to many Western rivers, in that it travels more than 150 miles from its headwaters on Mt. Massive until it encounters a dam in Pueblo, on Colorado’s Eastern plains. It is a resilient freestone that has suffered its share of man-made misfortune and yet with the help of a "Superfund" cleanup project brought on-line at California Gulch in 1993, has become more ecologically balanced than many ever expected.

In a time where crowds, pollution and Whirling Disease have permeated the brains of fly fishers everywhere, this river looms as a constant reminder of what can be done when agencies cooperate and people look for solutions instead of protecting turf. The Arkansas’ reputation as the top whitewater ride in the country has turned rafting and kayaking into a multi-million dollar business and has focused attention on water quality and scenic beauty. What was once the classic battle of "row vs. wade" has now become a partnership in success. Simply stated, whitewater rafting is good when fly fishing is not, and conversely, lower water preferred by fly fishers is not cherished by boaters. The Arkans

Father on a trip to a big river. We had fished the Rio Grande, but after walking out of the Box Canyon near Questa, I suspected that I did not need to go back there any time soon. As the aspen and cottonwood leaves blew across US 285 on Poncha Pass, we talked of how we would fish the Arkansas. Royal Wulffs or Rio Grande Kings, wet or dry, would probably work just fine. My Dad loved Brown Trout and wet flies. That was twenty-five years ago.

Once home to the endangered, but resurgent Greenback Cutthroat, the Arkansas is somewhat of an exception to many Western rivers, in that it travels more than 150 miles from its headwaters on Mt. Massive until it encounters a dam in Pueblo, on Colorado’s Eastern plains. It is a resilient freestone that has suffered its share of man-made misfortune and yet with the help of a "Superfund" cleanup project brought on-line at California Gulch in 1993, has become more ecologically balanced than many ever expected.

In a time where crowds, pollution and Whirling Disease have permeated the brains of fly fishers everywhere, this river looms as a constant reminder of what can be done when agencies cooperate and people look for solutions instead of protecting turf. The Arkansas’ reputation as the top whitewater ride in the country has turned rafting and kayaking into a multi-million dollar business and has focused attention on water quality and scenic beauty. What was once the classic battle of "row vs. wade" has now become a partnership in success. Simply stated, whitewater rafting is good when fly fishing is not, and conversely, lower water preferred by fly fishers is not cherished by boaters. The Arkans

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