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Trout Unlimited’s mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds.

TU accomplishes this mission on local, state and national levels with an extensive and dedicated volunteer network. Rocky Mountain Flycasters is your local chapter of TU. Find out more.

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2009-2010
$1000+ Cutthroat Donors

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Big Grins Pediatric Dentistry
CMS Mechanical Services, Inc.
Colorado Trout Unlimited Gomolchak Grant
Coloradoan
JAX Mercantile, Co.
New Belgium Brewing Company
Sierra Club Water Sentinels
Trout Unlimited Embrace-A-Stream Grant

$500-$999 Rainbow Donors

Rainbow Trout Donor

Dr. Timothy Anderson, DDS
Morrell Printing
Mountain Media
Odell Brewing
OtterBox Foundation
Peak Fishing

$100-$499 Brown Donors

Brown Trout Donor

Elkhorn Fly Rod & Reel, LLC
Richard Bader
Dennis Cook
Ken Eis
Lee Evans
John Fraser
Walt Graul
L.L. Bean
Mountain Web Design
David Piske
St. Peter’s Fly Shop
Herb Renke (In memory of his brother Larry)
James Sanden
Robert Streeter
Paul Wehr

$50-$99 Brook Donors

Brook Trout Donor

Russell Johnson
David Kinkaid
Stanley Woodring

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Rocky Mountain Flycasters and Trout Unlimited

Latest Additions

Looking forward to September 2010

Coming up in September (see our calendar) will be a Division of Wildlife Rendezvous, our first meeting of the season with Ty Churchwell, the state-wide river cleanup on the Poudre River, an Eagle’s Nest Trail Maintenance Day, and a Boys & Girls Club “Day for Kids”. See the September calendar and our Volunteer page to get involved.


August 2010

Rocky Mountain National Park fishery biologist Chris Kennedy continues research in the Park. The week of August 30-September 3, work begins on the Upper Poudre (Long Draw Area) with measuring flows, mapping and recording travel times. That work will continue for a couple of weeks, and then a third week will be electro-fishing the same areas. See the Volunteer page for more details.


NoCO Youth Camper
NoCO Youth Camper

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RMF’s NoCO Youth River Conservation and Fly Fishing Day Camp in July was a great success!

In our first year, we had some terrific young people and—with many volunteers—covered topics ranging from entomology to fishing ethics to protecting the riparian habitat. See the brief review of the camp on our Youth Outreach page. There are more pictures and stories to come, so return often. Commendations to all those who volunteered to make this happen and a special thanks to Dennis Cook who lead this major project.


Rocky Mountain Flycasters’ mechandise is now available to order online. You can order high quality hats and the Poudre River Basin Angling Guide from our merchandise page.


Are you a Sustaining Donor? Sustaining Donors are members of Trout Unlimited (TU), non-members, and businesses who recognize that without this kind of community support our Chapter can not adequately protect, conserve, and restore Colorado’s cold-water fisheries and their watersheds. Sustaining Donors are recognized at various levels. Contributions are greatly appreciated and we acknowledge sustaining donors in various ways. Find out more.

April 2010 Flypaper

The second issue of the revived Flypaper newsletter is available now. You can sign up to receive it online by using our signup form or by sending a message to our Flypaper editor. You can also download a pdf version of the newsletter from the newsletter page.


There is a new fish story to come out of the RMF Green River trip taken after the March meeting. You'll find it with the rest of the fish stories. This one is about finding Green on the Green. If you have a story to tell, you’re welcome to share it here.


What else? Want to find out more about what Rocky Mountain Flycasters does in our area? Take a look at the About Us page and download the brochure we prepared. Select the image link on the left.

Phantom Canyon Trail Maintenance scheduled. See the Phantom Canyon page for more details about how you can volunteer to help with trail maintenance and be able to fish part of the Phantom Canyon.

More on our Current Calendar

Behnke-RMF Research Fellowship

Rocky Mountain Flycasters continues to support the Robert J. Behnke-RMF Research Fellowship. We need to raise money through donations for each year's fellowship and we are seeking additional donations. Read more about the fellowship and you can use this Donation Form to make a contribution. This fellowship helps a Colorado State graduate student with research and honors the continuing contributions being made by Dr. Behnke.

Rocky Mountain Flycasters' Exclusives

Stop cross-water contamination!

Whirling disease. Dydimo. New Zealand Mud Snails. Chytrid fungus. These are very real threats to our waters. If you follow some very simple, inexpensive procedures, you can help curb the spread of these diseases. See Common Sense Disinfection Procedure by Phil Wright.

Inexpensive Wading staff

Are you as "sure footed" as you would like to be? Are you ready for the spring run-off? The raging spring torrents can quicky take your feet from under you. It could be that you might need a wading stick. Here's how to build one out of inexpensive/used materials. Phil Wright put together this helpful HOW-TO (pdf 412 KB) so you can have your own hand-crafted wading stick.

Flycasters’ Forum

Head on over to Forum.RockyMtnFlycasters.org/phpbb and sign up to join the fun. Sign up soon so you can have the user name of your choice.

Current Issues

Rock Snot

Is didymo invading your favorite stream? Read this article and Phil Wright's about decontamination.

Call for Volunteers

Volunteers

There are frequently opportunities to volunteer in various capacities to help meet our mission goals. In addition to the Eagle's nest project, the Narrows cleanup, Youth Outreach, there are several other opportunities to contribute to the conservation, protection and restoration of local trout fisheries and watersheds. Be sure to check our current volunteer page and below.

Mud Snail Threat

See Conservation News for information.

For water conditions in our area, please check U.S. Geological Survey's Real-time water data.

TU Life Membership is a Great Offer—Visit the TU website for details.

Last updated: 24 Aug 2010