The New Mexico Fish on Film Fest will be showing in Albuquerque courtesy of NMF3 host, New Mexico Trout. Location: Sandia Preparatory School Theater, 532 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, NM Date: March 7th (03/07/2015) Time: 1:00-3:30PM Ticket sales for the show begin at 1:00 and will cost $10 each BUCKET RAFFLES- $5 and $20 with some AWESOME prizes! 1:30-2:30 We will watch the submitted videos as well as a couple others contributed by show organizers. (Organizers videos will not be on the ballot cards and are not eligible for winning) 2:30-3:00 Last chance to purchase raffle tickets while judges ... Read More
January 19, 2015
Help get the word out at the NM Outdoor Adventures Hunting and Fishing Show. After a hiatus, the NM Outdoor Adventures Hunting and Fishing Show is back. In the tradition of the late, great Bob Gerding show, this is the largest outdoor & sporting show in New Mexico. The NM Department of Game and Fish and the NM Wildlife Foundation are working together to bring the show back. Admission to the show will be $3 for adults or free to youth under the age of 18 or anyone who holds a valid hunting, fishing or furbearer license. NMT will ... Read More
January 14, 2015
Fly, Notes and Photo by Martin Joergensen Used by Permission from the December 2014 Newsletter Hook: Straight shank, down eye streamer hook, size 6-2 Thread: Red Underbody: Red chenille or yarn Tail, body and hackle: Clear Mylar tubing Head:Tying thread, varnished I honestly used to detest this fly! It's so primitive, it is close to being embarrassing. It's even ugly. It uses one material only and a crude and synthetic one at that. But... and there's a but... I have to admit that it's an efficient fly. It catches a lot of fish. I have caught fish on it in the ... Read More
December 14, 2014
From the December 2014 Newsletter New Mexico's Interstate Stream Commission voted to notify the U.S. Interior Department that it wants to take advantage of federal funding to build a diversion and storage system along the Gila River. The Commission also decided that some of the money should go toward municipal conservation efforts and other projects aimed at stretching the drought-stricken region's water supplies. State Engineer Scott Verhines, New Mexico's top water official and a member of the commission, said the point of regional water planning is to identify and implement strategies to balance supply and demand. He said the options ... Read More
December 14, 2014
From the December 2014 Newsletter The US Senate cleared a large defense spending bill that included transferring control of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service. Since 2000, the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera has been managed by a board of trustees with the goal of financial self sufficiency by this year. Instead, the caldera is expected to generate just $800,000 this expenditures of about $3.4 million. Among other changes authorized by the bill, the Valles Caldera's management will no longer have to ask Congress for a new budget each year. Instead, the Caldera will be a part ... Read More
December 14, 2014
by Mark Kalin Wayne Thurber, flyshop owner and guide, journeyed to Albuquerque from his northern New Mexico home to present an update an fishing conditions in the waters of the Enchanted Circle area. He operates Dos Amigos Anglers flyshops and guide services in Taos, Red River, and Eagle Nest, and lives near Angel Fire. To drive the Enchanted Circle is to make scenic trip through some of northern New Mexico's high country that can include Taos, Questa, Red River, Eagle Nest, and Angel Fire. Wayne made informative observations specific to individual streams as well as lakes in this part of ... Read More
December 14, 2014
by Mark Kalin from the December 2014 Newsletter Seen at the New Mexico Trout Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, 15 November 2014: Two ladies tying nice flies without using bobbins (shades of Helen Shaw) Margaret Roybal and her daughter Ramona Lopez were tying very nice flies without using bobbins. Rather they each were controlling the tying thread with their fingers. For a pictorial portrayal of the technique, check out the 1979 book Fly-Tying by Fly Fishing Hall of Fame member Helen Shaw. Of course, Margaret and Ramona also whip finish their flies by hand. I was among a number of individuals with whom ... Read More
December 14, 2014
by Jerry Burton, NMT President from the December 2014 Newsletter The Vivegash fire in 2000 burned approximately 38,000 acres in the headwaters of Cow Creek. While some of the headwaters tributaries were not devastated by the fire, it did wipe out most of Cow Creeks' trout population. After a few years the stream slowly was repopulated with Rio Grande cutthroats, cut-bows, rainbows, and brook trout that had managed to survive the fire in a few small headwater streams. None of these small headwater streams contained brown trout. I started to guide at the Cow Creek Ranch in April of 2004, ... Read More
December 14, 2014