By DJ Patton, Project Healing Waters Thomas Peña, born in Albuquerque, NM, passed away at UNMH in Albuquerque after loosing his battle with liver disease on January 23, 2021, at sixty-five years old. Thomas was truly a renaissance man. He was a published author and photographer, world-traveler, ESL instructor, loving husband and father, home chef and baker par excellence, and fly fishing instructor extraordinaire. He was a lifelong learner, and attended college at California State University, Los Angeles, Universidad Compultense de Madrid, and the University of New Mexico studying studio art and Spanish language and literature. He proudly served his country ... Read More
NMT members, the time of year is here to renew your membership for 2021. Our membership is based on the calendar year: 1 January – 31 December ... Read More
Due to the Covid virus Starting in January 2021 we will be holding our Monthly Membership Meetings on Zoom ... Read More
These are a new style of baetis pattern. They are designed to be fish seekers, and finders. ... Read More
When Europeans first came to North America, beaver were everywhere. Nowadays, not so much. Researchers are recognizing that beavers can be a very effective means to improve stream quantity and the extent of riparian areas ... Read More
It's time for board elections (vice president and treasurer). Send in your nominations and we'll meet on Zoom on December 8 ... Read More
Consider the stay-home curfew we are all living by. Every month that we have to stay home, the fish grow another inch. By fall the fish stocked in March will be “Braggin” sized. Here are some tips for your stay-at-time by Wes Bigney ... Read More
Hint: It's Not Because They Eat Them A summary of research by Lauren Flynn New Mexico State University Reported by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chairman Brown trout tend to replace Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) where they occur together in New Mexico streams, not because of predation, but because brown trout outcompete RGCT for food and habitat. That is the conclusion of research recently completed by Lauren Flynn for an MS degree in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology from New Mexico State University. This result was independent of water temperature for a sample of eight New Mexico streams in the Santa Fe ... Read More