Fish habitat is being reconstructed on two sections of the Red River - one adjacent to Eagle Rock Lake and another just upstream from the Red River Fish Hatchery. Those projects intend to provide more places for fish to hold and improve the stream ecology in the hopes that it will create a more prolific fishery. The project near the fish hatchery also includes the removal of a concrete dam that blocked fish from moving upstream. A two-year study released in February found significant levels of a bacteria in the San Juan and Animas rivers that indicate the presence of human waste. Officials involved ... Read More
April 26, 2015
by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair 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 to visit. Twenty ... Read More
April 26, 2015
The Board would like to welcome to our group Jon Goecke. Jon comes to us from his participation in the Project Healing Waters Program headed up by Dave Patton. Jon is a new resident to New Mexico and member to New Mexico Trout. He brought the idea to the board to be the club's fishmaster, his duties will be to organize fishing outings for clubs members. He ran a similar program to take veterans hunting while living in Arizona. We would like to welcome Jon and his talents to the club and board of directors. The board would also like ... Read More
April 26, 2015
Article by Ron Loehman Photos by Tad Tucker and Ron Loehman "A trout is too valuable to catch only once". That quotation, from famous fly angler Lee Wulff, is the idea that brought more than forty New Mexico Trout members to the Rio Chama below El Vado Dam. There, on March 28th, Noah Parker, owner of Land of Enchantment Guides, conducted a workshop on the benefits that catch and release regulations would bring to the tailwater fisheries on the Rio Chama. It was a near perfect spring day as Noah described the initiative he is leading to persuade the NM Department ... Read More
April 26, 2015
New Mexico Trout, herein referred to as the Club, is aware of the issues surrounding the passing of SB226/HB235. Governor Martinez has until April 10th to either sign or pocket veto the bill. The Club would like to provide some basic information for the membership to be able to review , if they are so inclined, and make their feelings known to the Governor's office as soon as possible at, 505-476-2200. Here is the link to SB226/HB235: https://www.newmexicotrout.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SB0226.pdf Here is the link to former AG Gary King's opinion on stream access: https://www.newmexicotrout.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NMAG040914.pdf Here is some additional information regarding navigable waters as ... Read More
March 30, 2015
Here is a copy of Ron Loehman's conservation presentation from the Conclave: 2015ConclaveConservation ... Read More
February 12, 2015
Fly, Notes and Photo by Anthony Naples Used by Permission From the January 2015 Newsletter Hook: Eyeless Owner Keiryu Hook (available from Tenkara Bum) Body: Sewing Thread Eye: No. 2 Griffin Silk Bead Cord - (just do a google search)Hackle: Hen Pheasant Hackle A video of Anthony tying this fly is at http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/ Well another new year has somehow happened - they have a way of doing that don't they? In spite of the inevitability of time's (and life's) runaway bulldozer, people annually attempt to grasp at the controls and so resolve to effect changes. Often these resolutions involve vices or more ... Read More
January 26, 2015
Lance Leach, Vice President. I've been hooked on fishing since I was 3 years old when my granddad took me catfishing. In the early 70's I learned to tie flies, 6 lessons for $10. I still have the first fly I ever tied. I can't believe Gerding didn't give me my money back and throw me out of his shop. The next year I moved to Aztec, NM and learned to flyfish on the San Juan and joined NM Trout. I moved back to Albuquerque and finally retired last year. My job kept me on the road all week, every ... Read More
January 26, 2015