Everyone has bailed on the spring pike trip even though I received a report that over 50 fish were caught before noon Saturday last weekend!
Please join ME on a trip to the Nebraska Sand Hills for a private water pike fly-fishing adventure. The cost is very reasonable at $75 per person each day for lodging accommodations and access to Spring Meadows Ranch located 5 hours from Denver or 2 hours 20 minutes northeast of Cabelas in Sidney NB.
We will plan to depart Friday, May 8th arriving for some late afternoon fishing and departing by mid day Sunday May 10th. Transportation, food and beverage are not included but group meals could be planned if attendees agreed upon divisions of cost. Car pooling arrangements can also be made.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to chase these toothy predators with your fly-rod! Space is limited to the 1st ten anglers so sign up now!
Please contact Larry Quilling for more information.
Don’t forget to bring your mother!
Many of our members might respond, “hey, I’m a trout fisherman..I don’t do pike!”WATCH THIS!
64% of the voting members want to see one of three things …. local fishing, warm water fishing and the Blue River with the first category racking up 37% of the total.
Some 20 years or so ago Mike was active member of CTU/BFC. He currently resides in Richmond, Virginia, where he continues to pursue his passion for angling, art and his dedication to the preservation of game fish. Among Simon’s book illustrations are Trout Bum, by John Gierach and Freshwater Wilderness, by John D. Varley and Paul Shullery. He has also been commissioned to create limited edition posters, murals and lithographs for Trout Unlimited, The Federation of Flyfishers and the American Museum of Fly Fishing
Here is a YouTube video of an odd little fish with very unusual mechanisms for seeing. I feel certain that I have finally found a species of fish that Paul Prentiss has not caught on a fly rod! Click here to see the video.
Boulder Flycasters ,the Boulder Valley YMCA, and Colorado Division of Wildlife are proud to announce a Rivers Conservation and Fly-fishing Youth Day, Saturday, March 7th from 2 to 5PM at the YMCA Arapahoe Center. (click here for a map to the Arapahoe Center)
Activities for the day will include:
Fly-fishing Equipment & Rigging your Gear
Fly Tying
Fish Species & Rivers Conservation
Water Quality & Entomology: Trout Insects
Fly Casting
Where to go? Local fishing destinations
Each of the stations will be divided into 30 minute clinics and participants will move through the clinics in a circuit. Representatives from Boulder Flycasters, the Boulder Valley YMCA and Colorado Division of Wildlife will be on hand to provide expert instruction and fun! Hourly door prizes and skills awards will be presented throughout the day for youth participants.
This should be Colorado’s largest youth fly-fishing event of the year so bring your family for an afternoon of fun and information.
Please post a comment to this article if you have any questions.
The Colorado Trout Unlimited River Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp is a week long experience that introduces students aged 14-18 to the principles of science-based conservation and the fine arts of fly fishing and fly tying.
Participants learn from experts in various fields of environmental science, representing organizations such as the U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado State University.
Activities include participating in a habitat restoration project, snorkeling to observe fish behavior, water quality sampling, tours of a hydro-electric facility and a fish hatchery, and of course, plenty of fishing.
Academic sessions include stream ecology, entomology, hydrology and human impacts on Rocky Mountain ecosystems.
Cost for the 6-day camp is $450, but financial aid is often available from TU chapters. To find your local chapter, visit www.cotrout.org or phone Colorado Trout Unlimited at 303-440-2937.
Applicants must be 14-18 years of age and must submit an application as well as a brief essay on why the student would like to attend the camp.
Successful candidates will be selected by CTU staff and chapter leaders based on the student’s commitment to learning about conservation. Applications must be received by March 30, 2009, and may be emailed to mcnich5@comcast.net, or mailed to Mike Nicholson, Camp Director, S. Fenton St., Denver CO 80227. For more information contact Mike Nicholson at mcnich5@comcast.net (303 – 987-8425) or David Nickum at dnickum@tu.org (303-440-2937 ext. 101).
This final Stream Team Report is a presentation of water quality data collected by Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative (BCWI) Stream Team volunteers for the year 2008. The data is displayed in tables for the purposes of this report. This information can be used to increase knowledge and awareness about the relationship between water quality and the health of Boulder Creek and its tributaries. The baseline of water quality information provided here represents an effective tool for observing trends over time and space and can act as a reference point for future data collection.
I posted in January the unfortunate tale of an accident my friend Tom had with his truck & boat on Wilson Pass in Oregon. It is a drive I have made with Tom countless times and it really highlighted the dangers of winter steelhead fishing.
As an update to the story, Tom had a great incentive to get the boat repaired and ready to drop in the water again this season. Rains have been infrequent in Oregon this winter so the steelhead are still stacked up out in the Pacific waitng to make their runs. Tom has expeidted the repairs on his boat and is ready for the late season. Here are some pictures of his repairs and the motivation as to why we steelhead fish.
Everyone has bailed on the spring pike trip even though I received a report that over 50 fish were caught before noon Saturday last weekend! 
