Our 2017 NM Trout Conclave was an outstanding success. Compliments were heard from many long-time members and even our key note speaker, George Daniel, was impressed with how smoothly everything ran and the high degree of involvement by rank and file NMT members ... Read More
March 8, 2017
The 2017 conclave has got a lot of good stuff to raffle, including gear, clothing, art and guide services ... Read More
February 9, 2017
For those of you who have been asking, here is the schedule for the 2017 Conclave. Tickets are still on sale at Los Pinos, Charlie's and our website ... Read More
February 8, 2017
The Frenchie was created by one of the best anglers I know, Lance Egan. The similarities to a Pheasant Tail nymph are definitely there, but this particular fly will outproduce just about any other fly from my experience ... Read More
January 20, 2017
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