Salomone: Benefits of beaver ponds.

Salomone: Benefits of beaver ponds.

Beaver ponds are found throughout the Colorado high country. Toss a lightweight fly rod in your vehicle and hit some high country roads. Any short hike along a mountain stream will lead to a beaver pond at some point. Most roads inevitably parallel the course of a small watershed. Keep your eyes open. When you see the trickle of water pan out beyond the stream banks, you’ve found one. The fish I have found in beaver ponds are surprising. Brook t…