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Early March Gold Medal Smile from Lisa Palka assisting Tom Palka with catch and release. photo: Tom Palka

Gunnison Gorge Anglers TU Chapter Project Above and below the Black Canyon with Trout Unlimited

2014 Events Calendar

Put These Meeting dates and key activities on yourcalendar: April 2 Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Citizen Task force Meeting 9:30 a.m. Chaffee County Fairgrounds April 4-6 Colorado TU spring Conference Redstone, CO. April 9 Collegiate Peaks Anglers meeting Buena Vista High School ( media center ) Railroad Street & Marquette Ave. Buena Vista 7:00 p.m. April 12-13 Home & Garden Show Sat. 9-5 Sun. 11-4 Chaffee County Fairgrounds April 8 Banquet mailing Shavano Manor, Salida 12:00 April 22 Banquet Status Review

Arkansas eAngler

Issue Number 38

April 2014

Upcoming Meeting

April Meetingwill be held at the

Buena Vista High Schoolmedia center

located at Railroad Street &Marquette Ave. at 7:00

Social time with refreshmentsbegins at 6:30

The chapter board of directors meetingstarts at 4:45 and is open to the public.

High Country Bank Hwy. 24 North, Buena Vista 12:00 April 25 FlyGals Casting Clinic See information in FlyGal activities schedule below. April 29 Banquet Sorting May 2 Banquet Set Up Chaffee County Fairgrounds 9:00 a.m. May 3 FINAL Banquet Set Up, C C Fairgrounds 9:00 a.m. May 3 Collegiate Peaks Anglers CADDIS FESTIVAL Banquet Chaffee County Fairgrounds 5:00 May 6 Chapter Fishing Trip. See article below JULY 12 FlyGals 2nd Annual Arkansas River Event ( River Helpers Needed ) See information in FlyGals Activities Schedule below.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2014 CADDIS FESTIVAL

BANQUET Planning for the 2014 Caddis Festival in underway. The Caddis Festival is theCollegiate Peak Angler Trout Unlimited Chapter's only fund-raiser and will beheld at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds on May 3, 2014. The money raised fromthis event supports many chapter projects, including stream restoration,educational activities, scholarships, and the Kid's Fishing Derbies in Salida andBuena Vista. We need you and other Chapter members to help with this event. There are anumber of ways you can be a part of this effort.

Join the Banquet Committee for planning for the Caddis Festival.1.Consider becoming a sponsor when you receive the letter announcing theevent.

2.

Donate something for the silent or live auction (preparing a gourmetdinner, providing a gift certificate, donating your art or handicraft items,flies you have tied, trips you will guide).

3.

Participate in the solicitation for donations or sponsorships from localbusinesses.

4.

Order your tickets when they letter comes in the mail (you can donateyour tickets if you can't attend; we can use them for VIPs and other invitedguests).

5.

Help with the set-up for the Caddis Festival on either or both May 2nd and3rd at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds

6.

Serve as a greeter or sell raffle tickets at the Caddis Festival.7.

We'd love to have you be part of this important chapter event. For moreinformation, contact Barbara Plake (2014 Banquet Committee Chair) at 395-0478or at bplake@unl.edu

Spring 2014 Chapter Fishing Trip San Juan River

Collegiate Peaks Anglers has a tradition of doing one or more fishing trips eachyear. These areopen to all members and their guests. Usually we try to go somewhere within a

APRIL PROGRAM

MARSHALL PENDERGRASS Above and below the

Black Canyon withTrout Unlimited

Have you ever wondered what Trout Unlimited mightbe doing to restore or improve the fisheries in one ofColorado's iconic fisheries... that stretch of theGunnison River from Blue Mesa Reservoir down tothe city of Delta ? Most of that water is within theBlack Canyon or Gunnison Gorge, is relatively hardto get to, and has some great fishing. The GunnisonGorge Anglers TU chapter, based in Montrose,recently completed two interesting and importantprojects there...the primary subject for this month'sprogram. Marshall Pendergrass is the current Vice President ofTU's state council, Colorado Trout Unlimited, and isthe immediate past president of Gunnison GorgeAnglers. He is retired with 35 years of experience inoperating hydro, fossil fueled, and nuclear powerplants and that experience gave him a strongunderstanding of some of the challenges faced inprotecting and restoring the Gunnison's coldwaterfisheries. GGA worked with local irrigators on a project torebuild the diversion structure for the Relief Ditchjust downstream from the confluence with the NorthFork in order to better protect river values andprovide safe boating passage, while still assuring fulldelivery of irrigation water to area farmers. Theproject is a "win-win" for anglers and agriculture.Another of his chapter's recently completed projectswas the installation of an electronic fish barrier toprevent fish from being sucked into the tunneldiversion at the Crystal Dam just above the BlackCanyon. Marshall is also an expert in fishing the lowerGunnison River. So join Collegiate Peaks Anglers foran informative evening about the other side of the divide.

Marshall Pendergrass

reasonabledriving distance, at as low cost as possible, and to places where consistentfishing is predictable. We also try to pick an area where activities other than fishing are readilyavailable.At the February chapter meeting we will announce these tentative details aboutthis year's trip: When: May 6-10 (4 nights - Tuesday thru Saturday)Where: San Juan River in NW New Mexico below Navajo Dam The plan is to get a combination of motel/cabin lodging and also somecampsites at Cottonwood Campground (a New Mexico State Park), which are afew miles downstream from the dam and next to the river. This is about 4-5hours from Salida.Everyone will be responsible for obtaining their own lodging, meals andreservations. Listed below are the websites for two of the areas services as wellas the reservation site for Cottonwood Campground. Abe's Motel and Fly Shop http://www.sanjuanriver.com Fisheads San Juan River Lodge http://www.fisheadsofthesanjuan.com Cottonwood Campground http://newmexicostateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/Navajo_Lake/r/campsiteCalendar.do?page=calendar&search=site&contractCode=NM&parkId=430020&topTabIndex=CampingSpot Right now we need an idea of the number interested so, without making anironclad commitment, contact Larry Payne at 719-338-8837.

River Champion----take a look http://www.ourpubliclands.org/nwf-organizer--dvorak-named-river-champion

Newsletter Credits Michael Harrington Editor Collegiate Peaks Anglers meet every second Wednesday (except May). Themeeting place alternates between Salida and Buena Vista. Member submissions to the newsletter are needed and encouraged.Send by email or regular mail. Editor's deadline is the 23rd of the month. Questions 719-530-0691 or e-mail mikeebluedun@ridgeviewtel.us.

The FlyGals

The Collegiate Peak Anglers Chapter of TU has an awesome group ofladies in their ranks - the FlyGals.

FlyGals host great events like Companion Fishing, where moreexperienced women fly fishers are paired with more novice women for aday of fly-fishing, and River Fishing, where each woman has a "riverhelper" (often a member of Collegiate Peaks Anglers) to serve as a"guide" for a morning of fly fishing on the Arkansas River.waterfishing. In the summer the FlyGals get together for trips from high mountainlakes fishing for native cutthroats to private water on the Arkansas. With over 30 women currently on the roster, FlyGals is a greattestament to women on the rise in fly fishing!

River LoreTry to give yourself two consecutive daysfor fishing, as one of the two always seemsto be better.That would be reward for braving each day unknown.But if you can only fish one day, then fish itas your best day.

Michael C. Harrington

Quick Links

Chapter WebsiteColorado Trout Unlimited WebsiteNational Trout Unlimited Website

Welcome NewMembers

William McFadden LeadvilleDouglas Dolton CoaldalePatrick Black-Dale Buena Vista

Board of Directors

Click here for complete chapter Board member

information:

http://collegiatepeaksanglerstu.org/about/board-

of-directors

 

CONTACT US

This is the e-Newsletter of Collegiate PeaksAnglers, a Chapter of the Nation's LeadingColdwater Conservation Organization--TroutUnlimited

Contact us at :

collegiatepeaksanglers@gmail.com

Our Mission

Trout Unlimited's mission is to conserve, protect andrestore North America's coldwater fisheries and theirwatersheds.

For more information or to join the FlyGals email list, please contactBarbara Plake at bplake1@unl.edu http://www.coloradotu.org/2013/04the-flygals/.

FlyGals 2014 Activities Schedule

FlyGals' Casting Clinic Stuart Andrews, guide with ArkAnglers, will offer a casting clinic for FlyGals onFriday, April 25th from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. We will meet at Mt. Ouray Wildlife Area inSalida and walk to the nearby Bovie's ponds. We will be able to provide someloaner rods and reels, but will need to know in advance if you are interested inloaner equipment. To register, please contact Barbara Plake, 395-0478;bplake@unl.edu by April 18th. May 3rd - Collegiate Peaks Anglers Caddis Festival. Chaffee CountyFairgrounds, 5:00 - 9:00

June 14 - 15 - Fly Fishing Clinic June 14, 9 - 3; June 15, 9 - 12

July 4th - Collegiate Peaks Anglers Kids Fishing Derby Salida,9 - noon

FLYGALS Arkansas River Event River Helpers Needed Saturday, July 12th the FlyGals are holding a fishing event on the Arkansas Riverfrom 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Because most of the FlyGals participants are relativelynew to fly fishing and wading, we are seeking experienced fly fishers to serve as"River Helpers". We are inviting both men and women to serve as river helpers.We'd like to have one river helper for each of the FlyGals participants. Theparticipants and river helpers will meet the morning of the event to coordinateplans and then go in teams to the river for a couple of hours of fly fishing. Wewill then have a lunch cookout at Chisolm Park in Salida at 2:00 pm. Because thenumber of FlyGals participants will be limited to the number of river helpers,we'd like to know how many river helpers can help out before we announce theFishing on the Arkansas River FlyGals event. Therefore, we'd like to know thenumber of river helpers by May 1st. If you are interested in participating in thisevent as a river helper, please contact Barbara Plake (719-395-0478 or by emailbplake@unl.edu). We hope you'll be willing to help out in this FlyGals event. Barbara Plake and Dominique Naccarato, 2014 FlyGals Co-Chairs

August 16th - Crystal Lake fly fishing 9 - 3

August 30th - Collegiate Peaks Anglers Kids Fishing Derby BV,9 - noon

October 18th - Wine and Cheese Social and Year-in-Review, 4:00 - 6:30. Details for each event are on the FlyGals Facebook page: Collegiate PeaksAnglers FlyGals Collegiate Peaks Anglers Newsletter and Website:http://collegiatepeaksanglerstu.org Barbara Plake and Dominique Narracato, 2014 FlyGals Co-ChairsMarjie Gray and Tracy Craig, FlyGals Planning Committee

Fishing Quote "In this ever changing world, there are few things that have remained constantfor me.The chance of hooking a nice trout still excites me to this day....just as it didwhen I

was a kid. I like that". M. A.Bookout

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