Dave Marsh is originally from a small town in Arkansas where he grew up bass fishing, crappie fishing and duck hunting. He has a love for scuba diving, backpacking and horseback riding, played basketball in the state championships, played football and flew small airplanes. In college he was an ROTC member and afterwards went into the Army where he received two Masters Degrees in Contract Management. Dave has worked with FEMA, the Corps of Engineers, the Air Force and Goodrich Space Systems just to name a few of his accomplishments. Retirement in 1993 lead to moving to Albuquerque and marketing ... Read More
Join us Tuesday, 10 May at 7:00 PM for updates from the new Santa Fe National Forest Fish Biologist, Stephen Hampton ... Read More
Join us Tuesday April 12th at 7:00 PM for Department of Game and Fish’s, Jacob Mazzone. Jacob is Jicarilla Apache Nation’s Fisheries Biologist and will talk about the condition of the water on the Jicarilla Apache Nation, like Stone and Mundo lakes ... Read More
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 ... Read More
In person! Join us Tuesday, March 8 at 7:00 PM for a demonstration of how to tie flies that really work in our local waters ... Read More
Skip Morris is offering - free to all - a 3-page pdf of the proper proportions for 9 common types of flies from one of his popular books ... Read More
General meetings for 2022: January 11, March 8, April 12, September 13, October 11, November 8. Details will be provided when it becomes available ... Read More
The linked YouTube video describes a long-term restoration project along Dixie Creek, a small stream near Elko, Nevada. Thirty-two years ago, the BLM fenced a segment of the creek to exclude cattle. Over the years, BLM staff photographed the recovery of the stream and its adjacent riparian area. The amazing result is a testament to the resilience of natural systems and shows what can result if they are just allowed to recover. We encourage you to watch the video and be encouraged that streams can recover if we are persistent ... Read More