This year the Conclave will include an "Identify the Stream" contest to test and reward attendees' ability to recognize New Mexico fishing waters. Photos of approximately ten streams, identified only by a number, will be posted around the Sandia Prep Commons area during the Conclave. Each photo will be of a stream in New Mexico on public land or on land accessible to the public without charge. The stream will be known to harbor fish targeted by fly anglers. The photos will include enough of the surroundings to give contestants a reasonable, but not necessarily easy, chance to identify the ... Read More
January 10, 2017
Santa Fe novelist, John Nichols, has published his latest book, The Annual Big Arsenic Fishing Contest!, which is set in the Big Arsenic Springs of the Wild River segment of the Rio Grande above Questa. Nichols has fished up and down the river for about 40 years, from Pilar to the Wild River section, and his story has rich and poetic descriptions of this section of the river. This novella is about middle-age male bonding, about the love of fly fishing and about the love of New Mexico. The contest in the title is an at times friendly, at times ... Read More
January 10, 2017
A diesel tanker truck overturned on 27 December, spilling hundreds of gallons of fuel into the Cimarron river near Eagle Nest. New Mexico Environment Department and Game and Fish Department assisted in the cleanup, using absorbent booms to stem the downstream flow of the contaminant, and allowing the fuel to be pumped from the river. Four days later, authorities reported that the spill had been cleaned up, but that monitoring of the river would continue for several months. Link to ABQ Journal article. ... Read More
January 10, 2017
The Santa Fe National Forest has installed eight signs along the Jemez river to educate the public on the importance of the streamside vegetation and unrestricted river flown suitable habitat for trout ... Read More
January 10, 2017
The New Mexico Game and Fish Commission approved catch and release regulations on a portion of the Rio Chama at its November 2016 meeting, due in large part to the tireless efforts of Noah Parker over several years ... Read More
January 10, 2017
Online ticket sales have been closed. Tickets will be for sale at the Conclave, starting at 8:30 in the theater lobby at Sandia Prep. Lunches have been ordered based on the number of tickets sold as of Thursday, so pack your own lunch ... Read More
December 29, 2016
Jill Wick from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will give a presentation on Gila Trout Restoration in New Mexico. Time: 7:00 pm Location: Commons room at Sandia Prep. If you want to get reminders, join our Meetup page and RSVP to this event ... Read More
December 20, 2016
Introducing our newest social media venture – Meetup. Use it as a calendar and a place for discussions about tips and trips ... Read More
December 7, 2016