Primary jobs contribute to the development of a healthy economy. Primary jobs bring dollars into Colorado Springs from outside the local economy. When those dollars are spent in Colorado Springs, secondary jobs are created. Primary industries in Colorado Springs include the military, visitor industry, aerospace, defense, manufacturing, higher  education, national nonprofits, Olympic sports, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, call centers, and others. Secondary jobs depend on primary jobs. Each primary job supports a little more than one secondary job in Colorado Springs. Take primary jobs away and the local economy slows, secondary jobs are lost and unemployment rises even further.
 
The local economy must create new primary jobs every year just to keep up with a growing labor force. Colorado Springs’s labor force grows every year, even if no new people move to the city. Creating new primary jobs must be a continuous effort. It’s a fact of modern business. Companies come and go.  The local economy must create new primary jobs every year just to keep up with existing primary industry closing or moving jobs out of town.
 
Creating primary jobs makes for a stronger local tax base. Creating new primary jobs every year means more in property and sales taxes for the city, the county, school districts and other local governments such as the library. Let primary job creation slip and the tax base will decline. New primary jobs provide opportunities for local workers to move up to higher paying jobs. Many local workers have taken advantage of these higher paying jobs and have moved up the career ladder.  Local income has increased as a result.
 
Primary job creation produces a high return on investment to the citizens of Colorado Springs. Growth of primary jobs increases incomes and that means a stronger tax base. A strong local tax base combined with the voter support to use it generates the funding to build schools, provide quality education programs, maintain and improve roads, build parks, fund recreation programs and maintain a high level of public safety.
 
The most effective way to create new primary jobs is to build a quality living and business environment. Attracting new primary industry and providing existing primary businesses the opportunity for expansion is much more effective in a community with high quality schools, roads, open space, business climate, recreation opportunities, workforce, public safety and a strong tax base. These are the key factors that provide a foundation for the local economy to continue to renew itself and to thrive.

Colorado has some of the best fly fishing in the west. Within 2 hours of Denver, world class rivers are right at your fingertips. The many tailwaters are unique to Colorado. . These rivers are known for holding giant trout who are willing to take a fly.

Within 2 hours of Denver, Colorado you have so many fly fishing opportunities. The main areas are the South Platte River Basin and the Colorado River Basin. Within the South Platte River Basin, there is access to Deckers, Dream Stream, Eleven Mile, Cheesman Canyon, Tomahawk, Antero Reservoir, Spinney Reservoir and Elevenmile Reservoir. All of these fisheries are full of gigantic trout and are within 1-2 hours of Denver. These sections of the South Platte are gold medal water, which means they are “special” due to the amount of trout per mile.

The Colorado Basin is home to the mighty Colorado River, in which there are many sections you can publicly access and fly fish. There are many other rivers within this Basin that you can fly fish. The Blue River, Williams Fork River, Eagle River and Frasier River are all within 2 hours of Downtown Denver. The Frying Pan and Roaring Fork River are also included in the Colorado River Basin, but are a bit further away. The Colorado River offers the ability to fish from a drift boat, which is a very exciting way to fish. The drift boat floats down the river and the fly fisher fishes out of the side of the boat. A truly relaxing and enjoyable way to fly fish.

Although Colorado does not have a fishing season, some months are better than others. The weather begins to warm in April and by June the fishing is well under way. July, August and September are peak season for fly fishers in Colorado, but do not underestimate the fall. The weather can be unpredictable, but if you are willing to brave the elements, then you will be rewarded. The fall brown trout migration begins in the fall and fishing is incredible!