Other opportunities exist and likewise need to be pursued. Another dilemma is the best fish habitat lies upstream of Broadway Bridge. Habitat would be even better, but most snags have to be removed for tuber safety. Fortunately, the City's new River Plan establishes a policy of helping create more habitat to mitigate for snag removal. Meanwhile, the South Fork merits several visits every year because the river changes so dramatically with the seasons.
Late summer brings dry hills and flow more conducive to wading.
Then in the winter it is a dormant, gray canyon, and a stream of white fish surrounded by snow, mud and ice. The River and its denizens appear healthy, but I wonder whether the loss of tributary spawning habitat due to Anderson Ranch Dam spells long-term trouble for the River. The canyon below Danskin Bridge must act as a refuge since the fishing pressure is so much less than upstream. Perhaps fish move to the deep pools in the canyon for the winter. Meanwhile, I have caught more than a few hatchery recruits sucked out of Anderson Reservoir.