Catch and Release Clinic
Article by Ron Loehman Photos by Tad Tucker and Ron Loehman “A trout is too valuable to catch only once”. That quotation, from famous fly angler Lee Wulff, is the idea that brought more than forty New Mexico Trout members to the Rio Chama below El Vado Dam. There, on March 28th, Noah Parker, owner […]
2015 Conclave Conservation Presentation
Here is a copy of Ron Loehman’s conservation presentation from the Conclave: 2015ConclaveConservation
Fly of the Month – No Vise Tenkara Fly
Fly, Notes and Photo by Anthony Naples Used by Permission From the January 2015 Newsletter Hook: Eyeless Owner Keiryu Hook (available from Tenkara Bum) Body: Sewing Thread Eye: No. 2 Griffin Silk Bead Cord – (just do a google search)Hackle: Hen Pheasant Hackle A video of Anthony tying this fly is at http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/ Well another new year […]
Meet the Board – Lance Leach, Vice President
Lance Leach, Vice President. I’ve been hooked on fishing since I was 3 years old when my granddad took me catfishing. In the early 70’s I learned to tie flies, 6 lessons for $10. I still have the first fly I ever tied. I can’t believe Gerding didn’t give me my money back and throw […]
Wetlands Roundtable Meeting
From Land and Water Program Director, Mollie Walton, PhD January 2015 Newsletter The New Mexico Wetland Roundtables are part of a Wetlands Program Development Grant from EPA Region 6 to foster partnerships and collaboration for the restoration and protection of wetlands and riparian resources in New Mexico and are conducted on a semi-annual schedule. If you […]
Fish Tank at Walatowa Visitor Center has a New Home at Valles Caldera
The Forest Service has asked us to remove the aquarium setup at the Walatowa visitor center which NMT purchased for them in 2003. The NMT Board of directors posted the “free to a good home” notice on the NM Sci Teachers’ web site and got a bunch of requests. Of them, the Board selected the […]
January Meeting Recap and Chama River Catch & Release
From the January 2015 Newsletter Noah Parker the owner of The Land of Enchantment Guides was the featured speaker at the January 13 general meeting. Noah’s guiding operation is Orvis endorsed and is one of the best fly fishing guiding operations in New Mexico. Noah provided an armchair tour of the Chama river and its tributaries, Wolf Creek […]
New District Ranger in Jemez Springs
by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair From the January 2015 Newsletter Last month a small delegation from New Mexico Trout met with Erik Taylor, who assumed the District Ranger position last August for the Jemez District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Erik previously was the District Ranger for the Caddo-Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands in Texas, […]