Colorado River, November 4, Mercury Ginny Midge |
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Conserve, Protect And Restore |
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NOV MEETING & DEC HOLIDAY PARTY CANCELLED |
We are cancelling our November meeting as the presenter that had been scheduled unfortunately had a conflict. Additionally, we had planned on having our Holiday Party (as always in place of the December chapter meeting) at Breckenridge Brewery. However, we did not get enough interest in attendance to justify the cost and we are therefore cancelling it…likely a good idea from a safety standpoint as well. We look forward to starting the 2022 year off with a clean slate with the January 18 meeting, in person at Cresthill Middle School. |
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OCTOBER MEETING PRESENTATIONS ON CCTU YOUTUBE CHANNEL |
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The October chapter meeting is now up on the CCTU YouTube channel. Audrey Harris, this year’s recipient of the CCTU Steve Bailey Memorial Fellowship and a master’s candidate in the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at Colorado State gave a fascinating presentation on her master’s research “Assisting greenback cutthroat trout recovery using an unlikely tool - brook trout genetics”. She reviewed the brook trout study in the Poudre Headwaters Project area and what their genetic signatures can tell us about fish movement between streams, barriers in the study area, and what environmental variables influence movement. Author, lecturer, journalist, photographer Ron Belak presented a slideshow entitled “800 High Lakes in Colorado - Recommendations on Where to Fish”, celebrating his new book “The Fishing Guide to 800 High Lakes in Colorado” (BookBaby, 2021). He covered key lakes in the Front Range, Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Mesa, Central Mountains and Weminuche Wilderness…some accessible by passenger vehicles while others require easy to moderate day hikes. This book is full of great fishing location tips and can be ordered at www.ronbelak.com.
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CCTU has lost another great friend as Ray Carney passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct 24th. Ray was a long-standing member of our chapter and the champion of the Clear Creek Clean Up Project for longer than most of us can remember. He was a great friend, fly fishing mentor to many, and one of the truly nicer people in this world. Many of the chapter has spent time on the water with Ray and marveled at his attitude, quiet love of life and nymphing abilities. He celebrated his 94th birthday on October 11 and will be missed forever by those that knew him.
The funeral was held on Saturday, October 30. A full obituary and Tribute wall can be accessed at…
Given his long service to the Cutthroat Chapter, CCTU will remember Ray by naming the chapter volunteer of the year award after him…it will now be known as the CCTU Ray Carney Volunteer of the Year Award. We are also exploring with the City of Idaho Springs purchasing a plaque near Clear Creek, to memorialize his many years of running the Clear Creek Clean-up Project.
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CCTU OCTOBER SAN JUAN CHAPTER FISHING TRIP |
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After a year off from the San Juan due to COVID, this year's trip to the San Juan was highly anticipated. We had good BWO hatches every day but did have strong winds on a couple days and a full blown gale one morning. The snow, rain, and wind did not deter us from throwing dries and catching some nice fish. If you have never fished the "Juan", perhaps you may want to join us next year. More details on the trip will be out in the spring. In the meantime, don't forget the trips to the Green and Bighorn in April and May, 2022. Contact Rich Hus at r_hus@hotmail.com regarding the Green and Bighorn trips.
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FLY OF THE MONTH - MAYER'S MINI LEECH JIG
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Leeches are a key part of a trout’s diet, but many leeches are less than an inch long. The well-known Mayer Mini Leech is designed to imitate these smaller leeches, as is variation the Mayer Mini Leech Jig. The Mini Leech Jig offers very lifelike action in the water, as the pine squirrel undulates even better with the jig hook/bead combo. The slotted bead gets it down quickly and the jig hook also limits snagging and lost flies. Fish it as part of a nymph rig, behind a larger streamer, tightline style, and it is deadly in a dry-dropper set-up. Don’t forget to try it on closed mouth bass and carp as well.
Hook – TMC 403 Barbless 60o Jig Hook #10-16
Bead – Tungsten slotted bead 2.3mm
Thread – UTC 70 or 8/0 Black
Underbody – Purple Krystle Flash
Rear Body – Micro Pine Squirrell
Collar – Black or Gray Ostrich Herl
UV Resin – Solarez Bone Dry
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NEW READS & RE-READS
LANDON MAYER, GUIDE FLIES…EASY TO TIE PATTERNS FOR TOUGH WATERS
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This fantastic new book comes out on December 1. In it, Landon shares 20 of his top patterns for trophy trout…all simple, easy-to-tie. Get tying instructions for 12 of his own designs, including the Tails Up Trico, Mayer’s Mini Leech, Titan Tube Midge, Mini Leech Jig Damsel, and eight more. He also includes eight other of his favorite flies including patterns by Arlo Townsend, Angus Drummond, Phil Tereyla, Walt Mueller, Jr., Michael Burgess, Dave Hoover, Kevan Davidson, and Ken Walwrath. Instructions for each fly are covered in over 200 detailed step-by-step photos, and each chapter includes fishing and rigging tips.
Support a great supporter of the Cutthroat chapter and pre-order a copy now at Landon's website or Amazon.
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Barry Wiebe photos of the East Troublesome Fire Zone via a fishing hike on North Inlet Creek in RMNP. Significant burn damage below Cascade Falls. Fishing and damage not severely impacted above the Falls...all the way to Big Pool.
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CCTU EVERYDAY FUNDRAISING VEHICLES
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King Soopers Card Program – Link up your King Soopers Rewards Card to CCTU for their Community Rewards program and get King Soopers donations flowing to the Chapter. Requires no ongoing effort on your part. Set up is very simple….check the CCTU website at CCTU Website for the directions how to link your King Soopers card to Community Rewards donations to CCTU.
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Amazon Smile - Amazon Smile provides .5% of the price of your Amazon purchase to the charitable organization of your choice. When buying something from Amazon, simply go to the Amazon Smile website (https://smile.amazon.com) to sign into your Amazon account, rather than going to Amazon.com. Once you sign into your Amazon account via the Amazon Smile website, you will be transported to the Amazon website and all purchases will register for the .5% donation to CCTU.
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11/16 CCTU Chapter Meeting...CANCELLED
12/7 CCTU BOD Meeting, Virtual Meeting via Zoom, 7-8:30pm
12/21 CCTU Holiday Party...CANCELLED
1/4 CCTU BOD Meeting, Virtual Meeting via Zoom, 7-8:30pm
1/18 CCTU Chapter Meeting, Cresthill Middle School, 7-8:30pm
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Cutthroat Chapter Trout Unlimited
1285 Nightfire Circle
Castle Rock, CO 80104
(720) 584-9396
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