The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting Tuesday September 4th. We will now be open from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having an open house from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm on Sunday September 23rd. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The regular office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600. Have a look at their new office and see what projects they have in store for the Pecos. In what seems like the worst year on the Pecos in terms or trash and degradation to the riparian areas, the UPWA is leading the charge on making a lasting change for the better. Please come support them and their efforts.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having their stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It will be held at the Village of Pecos Meeting Hall from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be a presentation on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. San Miguel County Commissioner Huey Ley will be giving the introduction. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, will give the presentation, "An Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative." Mr. Graves will also introduce Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, USDA Forest Service, which will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 25% off of 2007 retail prices. Please call the shop for details.
