What about Almont, or I think it's called Woodland Park ?
Almont is north of Gunnison by about 10 miles... If you want fun little town with bars and restaurants, don't stay in Almont, stay in Gunnison. Almont is basically a fishing village with 2-3 resorts. It's great, but no quality restaurants or bars. It does have one restaurant with a bar in it at the Almont or three rivers resort.. but it's not really what I would call a fun area outside of the fishing. It is gorgeous though...and the fishing is good. The Gunnison river is a bit tougher to fish, but the fish are bigger than the Arkansas. There is also a tailwater up the canyon that holds some of the biggest fish in the state, but it's a zoo.... combat fishing for huge fish on 6x-7x with size 24-28 flies.. if that's your thing.
While I love that area, I still prefer Salida. It's an hour and 20 min to Amont from Salida and so you can fish there pretty easy. That said, doing both isn't a bad idea.
Woodland Park is just 20 min from Colorado Springs. It's close to the South Platte river (which is stunning in 11 mile Canyon) and it's close to some great lakes. The problem with Woodland park is you are fishing only tailwaters. Tailwaters are fun, but taking a float is what fly fishing in CO is all about IMO.