Rio Guadalupe Cleanup - Saturday, April 20, 2013 New Mexico Trout has a tradition of welcoming the Spring opening of FR 376 between the Gilman Tunnels and Porter's Landing with a volunteer trash pickup. That Forest Service road provides access to our Rio Guadalupe home water and it accumulates a lot of roadside trash over a season's heavy use by the many people who visit that corridor. Doing these annual cleanups is one way we can express our thanks for the wonderful trout fishing opportunities the Rio Guadalupe affords while we help maintain it in a state that we like ... Read More
April 16, 2013
Ron Loehman, Conservation Chairman In July 2010, a collaboration of the Santa Fe National Forest and the Valles Caldera National Preserve, and several Pueblo tribes was awarded a ten-year $40 million Federal project to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire in the Southwest Jemez. The objective is to restore many of the characteristics the forest enjoyed before centuries of overgrazing, logging, and fire suppression produced the landscape we see today of smaller, closely spaced trees that are susceptible to massive crown fires. After a lot of study, formal environmental assessments, and many public hearings, the collaboration has released its Proposed ... Read More
April 16, 2013
Instead of the regular general meetings in February and March, plan on attending other NM Trout sponsored events: the Fly Fishing Movies tour on February 22 and the Conclave on March 2 ... Read More
February 10, 2013
Fly by Jim LaFevers, Photo by Hans Weilenmann Used by permission Hook: Tiemco 2487 #16 or equivalent scud hook Thread: Nylon Tying Thread Ribbing: Nylon Tying Thread Abdomen: Larva Lace # 4 (Chartreuse) Thorax: Black Superfine Dubbing Note: A pattern using Phil Camera's tying techniques and products (see his book Fly Tying With Synthetics Patterns and Techniques). Tie in various colors and schemes to imitate various caddis, mayfly nymph, midges etc. Jim suggests fishing this pattern like a standard nymph. More flies by Jim are at http://www.danica.com/flytier/jlafevers/jlafevers.htm ... Read More
January 22, 2013
Content: Volunteer Opportunities, Fly Fishing Film Tour, NMT Membership, Conservation News, Fly of the Month, NMT Fashions, Meet the Board January 2013 (pdf) ... Read More
January 22, 2013
Fly and photo by Tim Barker Used by permission HOOK: TMC 100 SP BL - #18 - #20 THREAD: Tiemco 16/0 White - Under Abdomen and Thorax...then, Tiemco 16/0, Black - Head SHUCK/TAIL: Three short strands, Midge Flash, Pearl RIB: UTC Wire, Red, extra-small ABDOMEN: Micro Floss, Purple THORAX: Ice Dub UV Lavender BEAD: Behind hackle, Hi-Lite Glass Bead, Quick Silver, extra-small HACKLE: Starling Dyed Purple More flies by Tim are at http://planettrout.wordpress.com/ (December 2012 newsletter) ... Read More
January 20, 2013
by Mike Hogue, used by permission from http://www.eflytyer.com/patterns/chaos.html I had been attending the FFF National Conclave and I was determined to see and fish a few of the really great spots. I went into Blue Ribbon flies and talked with Craig Mathews, one of the owners of Blue Ribbon. I asked Craig what flies he suggested and he said that the Chaos Hopper was one of the best flies he had been using all summer. Some time later the Chaos Hopper appeared in the Flies of the West which is a book of patterns put together by Schollmeyer and Leeson ... Read More
January 20, 2013