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can fish get over the dams?

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I have been wondering this for a while.

I had fished the poudre today around gateway park hitting the north fork and it was good for 10-12" browns and a lone rainbow that got off before I could land him...around 12" from what I saw...

anyway, on the way home I stopped to hit the dam below picnic rock because I can almost always pull something out of there in 5-10 min of casting nymphs and I saw a big something...bow or brown flying around in the foam at the base of the dam and trying to swim up and over. It didn't make it.

are fish able to get over these spillway type dams or is each section of the river seperate and independent as far as the fish are concerned?

If the fish can't get past dams, why doesn't the DOW install fish ladder type dams?

just curious.

and thanks again for everyone's previous help...my fly fishing has been incredibly consistant with all the advice from the forum.
 
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