Too much water in the Fryingpan for fishing
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:01AM 
Water releases from Ruedi Reservoir made fishing the Pan virtually impossible for 6 weeks this summer and there could be more of the same in the future.
Mark Fuller, director of the Ruedi Water and Power Authority, said the releases were handled differently this year than over the last decade or so. The flow in the Fryingpan River is generally maintained at 250 cubic feet per second during summer months. It has rarely exceeded 300 cfs during summers and if it did, it was only for a day or two, he said.
This year the flow in the Fryingpan topped 250 cfs the week of July 29 and kept climbing. It topped 400 cfs by Aug. 12 and 500 cfs by Aug. 19. Flows didn't drop below 250 cfs until the week of Sept. 9.
Flows above 250 cfs make most of the Fryingpan River inaccessible for anglers.
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Reader Comments (1)
Hopefully things will change. The high water proved to be tough to fish for most people though for those in the know, it was SICK. Big fish and gob upon gobs of Mysis. The higher water also benefitted the Roaring Fork below the confluence of the Pan with cooler summer flows....can't please everyone I guess though.