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 and Brazos, from the Colorado border to below Abiquiu dam. His stunning pictures and accounts of fish habits and appropriate fising techniques on these stretches was enlightening. In addition to discussing where he guides and how he fishes various waters, he outlined a proposal he ... Read More
January 26, 2015
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, and before that he was with the Klamath National Forest in California. Erik began his job as District Ranger shortly after the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse was listed as an endangered species. Much of the Jumping Mouse's identified habitat is in the Jemez District, ... Read More
January 26, 2015
Dates have been set for the youth/adult fly fishing clinics for 2015 at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. New Mexico Trout will again provide the instructors for the clinics. New for this year we will be conducting the casting practice on a large stock tank rather than on land. Also new this year we will be fishing San Antonio Creek for the fishing part of the clinic. As in past years, the clinics will be held on weekends and the volunteers and students will be able to stay overnight in either the bunkhouse or the lodge. Dates for this year are June 20 ... Read More
January 26, 2015
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