Thanks to the New Mexico Game and Fish, the US Forest Service, the BLM and the few volunteers who helped stock brown trout fry into the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic Area on Tuesday January 30th. Their efforts should be greatly appreciated by everyone who fishes this spectacular part of our “mother river”.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual fundraising banquet this Saturday March 3, 2007 at the Hilton Inn in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6:30 and dinner is at 7:30. The guest speaker will author and artist James Prosek. Mr. Prosekwill also have a showing of his artwork at the Gerald Peter's Gallery from 6 till 7:30 pm on Friday March 2nd. The High Desert Angler has filled up one table and we have a few spots at another table. Please call us at the shop (505-988-7688) to save you a space at one of them. We also have raffle tickets with some great prizes to be had and you do not have to attend the banquet to win. RSVP for the banquet to Bob O'Connor at 505-603-0797.
Want to get out of these cold temps for a while? We still have a few spaces left on our trip to El Pescador Lodge on Ambergris Caye in Belize. The dates are March 15th through the 22nd. Trip includes 7 nights lodging, 6 days of guided fishing, all meals, domestic alcohol, and the flight from Belize City to Ambergris Caye. The price is $2995.00 per person double occupancy. Please call the shop for more details at 505-988-7688.
Fly Tying seminar at the High Desert Angler on Saturday April 21, 2007. Learn to tie a variety of trout patterns that are effective throughout the West. Spend a full day with Jack Schlotter, Umpqua Feather Merchant's signature fly designer and Whiting Pro Team member. Jack will lead you through a number of his signature patterns, as well as some others that will broaden and improve your fly tying and fishing expertise. Class runs from 10am till 5pm. Cost of the class is $75.00 which includes materials and lunch. This is for intermediate tyers and above. Advance registration and payment are required. Please contact the fly shop at 505-988-7688 for more details.
High Desert Angler's senior guide Norman Maktima is hosting a fly fishing trip to the Wind River in Wyoming and a day float on the Bighorn River in Wyoming July 3rd through July 7th 2007. Experience one of the last wild fisheries in the U.S. without the trek into the wilderness. Float down the Wind River for two days and cast big dries to huge browns, rainbows, and cutthroats, then fish the trico hatches on the Bighorn near Thermopolis. The cost is $625 per person double occupancy (extra charge applies for singles). This includes two days of guided float fishing on the Wind River and one day's guided float on the Bighorn River, plus four nights lodging at the Holiday Inn of the Waters and Spa. The cost does not include Wyoming state fishing licenses, tackle, meals, or transportation to Thermopolis, Wyoming. Lunch will be provided on the fishing days. A presentaion by Norman Maktima will be given at the High Desert Angler at 6 pm on Friday March 16th. For more information call Noramn at 505-470-0405.
