Five miles of heaven

For 5 miles, Tarryall Creek meanders through the historic 1,860-acre Collard Ranch, which sits immediately off Highway 285 10 miles northeast of Fairplay, Colorado. The ranch is adjacent to the existing Cline Ranch State Wildlife Area near the town of Como. For decades, the ranch’s trout water was held private, and in recent years, access was leased to RareWaters, a company that works with private landowners to secure private fishing access for paying fly fishers. But the ranch owners wanted to sell, and in recent years the property was listed by various agencies for asking prices up to $9.7 million. To avoid the threat of development, subdivision, or worse, in December 2023 Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC) purchased the property to preserve this outstanding stretch of Tarryall Creek, and the rest of…

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Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, June/July 2024

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