Rocky Mountain Flycasters and Trout Unlimited

Volunteers Needed! Poudre Headwaters Greenback Recovery Fish Tagging Electrofish, tag and move 500 - 1,000 fish over the course of a week. All work the week of 9/24 - 9/28 is part of the long-awaited Long Draw Greenback Recovery Project.   Volunteers Needed: Monday 2; Tuesday 1-5; Wednesday 4-8: Thursday 4-8; Friday 1-2.   Follow links on our Volunteer Page to sign up for this opportunity.

Disinfection station Long Draw Project Volunteers who would like to participate in volunteer efforts on the Long Draw Greenback Cutthroat Recovery Project need to be aware of the need and procedures for wader and boot disinfection. Equipment disinfection is needed to prevent the spread of invasive organisms such as New Zealand mudsnails, quagga mussels, and zebra mussels, as well as to prevent the spread of chytrid fungus and whirling disease.   See the updated equipment disinfection Guidelines below.

L.L.Bean donates to Platte River Veterans Dave Morse accepts for PRVFF Rocky Mountain Flycasters President Mickey McGuire (right) presents three L.L. Bean Angler II fly fishing outfits to the chapter’s Veterans Service Coordinator, Dave Morse. The rods will be used by chapter volunteers to teach Northern Colorado veterans fly casting and fishing skills.   he fly rod outfits were awarded as part of a donation program through Trout Unlimited. For more than 20 years, L.L. Bean has been donating fly rods and reels to TU Chapters. This year, more than 100 chapters applied for the more than 400 donated outfits, valued at nearly $40,000.   For more of the story, see our PRVFF page.

2018 Conservation Field Season North Fork work Colorado Greenback Volunteers Volunteers are needed Monday 9/24/2018 through Friday 9/28/2018 in support of greenback cutthroat trout restoration in the Upper Poudre River Watershed. The postponed project originally scheduled for August 27-31 is now planned for next week. Volunteers are needed to collect, tag, and release as many as 1000 brook trout. Brook trout collection will be by electrofishing and hook and line angling. Forest Service personnel will direct volunteers at the worksite. The worksite is located on the Big South branch of the Poudre River. Follow links on our Volunteer Page to sign up for this opportunity. For additional information, please contact Phil Wright.

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Mickey models a shirt RMF now has logo shirts

Rocky Mountain Flycasters is now offering special order fishing shirts from Columbia. Both men’s and women’s styles are available in a wide variety of colors and patterns.
 
Get the order form, make your choices and submit your order to get a special discount price on these functional, attractive shirts.

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New Order of Hats!

We got in a new order of RMF Logo Hats recently. New colors and new pricing. Hats are now priced 25% lower than before. Show your pride in the work of Trout Unlimited and Rocky Mountain Flycasters. Get your hat(s) from our merchandise page and wear it with dignity.

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Rocky Mountain Flycasters’ sew-on patches are back in stock.

You can order yours online or pick one up at our General Meetings. Show your pride in our chapter by showing your membership on your shirt, jacket, and/or vest.

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What is noteable and quotable? See the brand new Quotes and Notes on the calendar page. Perhaps something you’ve written or said is included. There is a new one for every day of the year.

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Recently posted

• RMF has teamed up with the volunteer management system (VMS) company Volgistics to better manage the many opportunities we have to volunteer doing restoration, rehabilitation, and sustaining our cold water preservation mission. Connect with our VMS system on our newly designed Volunteer page.
• Small can be beautiful. Read Mark Miller’s story Fishing the Headwaters of the Big Thompson River.
• You can now download our calendar in digital format. See the new Calendar page. You can also download individual fishing events from our Let’s Go Fishing page.
• What is noteable and quotable? See the brand new Quotes and Notes on the calendar page. Perhaps something you’ve written or said is included.
• RMF fishing story from Marc McKenzie - Classical Music and Fly Fishing in Aspen.

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Upcoming Events

• September 25 Collect, Tag, Release Brookies
• September 26 Collect, Tag, Release Brookies
• September 27 Collect, Tag, Release Brookies
• September 28 Collect, Tag, Release Brookies
• September 29 Collect, Tag, Release Brookies
• October 5 Kokanee Trip
• October 6 Kokanee Trip
• October 10 Board Meeting
• October 17 General Meeting

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 multiple ways. Find out more.

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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.

More on our Current Calendar

Behnke-RMF Research Fellowship

Rocky Mountain Flycasters continues to support the Robert J. Behnke-RMF Research Fellowship through donations for each year’s fellowship and we are actively seeking 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 life-long contributions made by Dr. Behnke.

Rocky Mountain Flycasters’ Exclusives

Stop cross-water contamination! Newly Revised!

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.