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January, 2016
TERRITORIAL TROUT TRIBUNE And Piscatorial Post
MEETING LOCATION 01/21/2016, 5:30 P.M.
SERGIO’S STEAK, SEAFOOD AND PASTA RESTAURANT
1224 NO. 25TH STREET
(Former Cinema 25 Building)
Ken Neubecker fishing with Gus Photo compliments of Ken Neubecker
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JAN. 21st PROGRAM BASIC COLORADO WATER LAW
WITH KEN NEUBECKER People sometimes wonder why there is a stream running through the property they just pur-
chased but they don’t have any right to use the water from it. In the spring you inspect property you are interested in purchasing and the pas-tures are being irrigated and the property is lush. You visit it for a final time in August before
purchasing and even though there is water in the stream on the property there is no irrigation water on the pastures and they are all brown. What happened? You live here in the desert and haul your water to a cistern and think
to yourself, to conserve water I will use rain bar-rels to catch the water running off the roofs of the buildings and irrigate my small garden. Do you have the right to use this water? Ken will answer these questions during his Power Point
presentation on Basic Water Law. He will discuss ways we can keep water in our streams to sustain fish. You won’t want to miss this informative presentation.
Ken is the Associate Director of American Rivers Colorado River Basin Program. He is also Envi-
ronmental Representative on the Colorado River
WATER LAW WITH KEN NEUBECKER, Cont.
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Basin Roundtable, a member of the
Hutchins Water Center at Colorado Mesa University Advisory Council and a past President of Colorado Trout Unlimited. He has been in-volved with water and river issues
for over 20 years. Ken also teaches a class in Watershed Science and Land Use Policy at Colorado Moun-tain College.
Ken first became seriously involved in river conservation with the
Homestake II project and the Eagle Mine disaster in Eagle County, Col-orado. He was one of the authors of the Eagle River Watershed Man-agement Plan and a co-founder of
the Eagle River Watershed Council. Ken has also served on the Eagle County Planning Commission and the Governor’s Forest Health Advi-
sory Council. Ken is a graduate of Lawrence Uni-
versity in Appleton, Wisconsin (BA, Geology) and the University of Col-orado – Boulder (M.Ed., Experien-tial Education). Over the past 35 years Ken has worked as a profes-
sional land surveyor, naturalist, wil-derness and river guide, writer, photographer, teacher and organ-izer. He lives in Carbondale with his wife, Paula Fothergill and their
“river schnauzer” Gus.
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and
Other Stories
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
Feb. 18—Taylor Creek Anglers, Fishing the
Roaring Fork & Frying Pan Rivers
Mar. 17—RIGGS Fly Shop & Guide Service
Fishing the Uncompahgre
Apr. 21—Lori Martin from CPW with an up-
date on West Creek and Grand Mesa
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FLY LINE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Happy New Year to everyone!! We held our annual Fishmas party/ business meet-ing and election this last December 17th 2015. Before I go into the results, I'd like to take a moment to thank two individu-
als who stepped down from the board. To Jim Patton and Tom Bell, thank you for your time and service to the GVA Board and I truly hope you'll both stay involved
as we move forward. With their leaving, I'm pleased to wel-
come and introduce Marc Batterson and Gerald "Bruce" McBride to fill those open seats. Both gentlemen I've known for a while, and look forward to their input with our sitting board. Thank you both
for stepping up from me. To the mem-bers, please welcome them, and thank them in person if the opportunity arises. We also have a new position we opened
for a board member from Colorado Mesa University. As GVA is looking to further youth involvement with the chapter, this will provide us a step in the right direc-tion. Kudos to my vice president Ben
Bloodworth for making these all im-portant connections. There will be further information on our new member in the February newsletter.
I had the pleasure of making two out-standing service awards at this year’s par-
ty also. The first went to Chris Jauhola for her singlehanded planning and execu-tion of a few separate events this year. First, the river clean ups this last year. Second, keeping us informed on govern-
mental agency policy/changes. And last but by no means least...procuring the venues, providing and cooking the food for our sum-mer general meetings. This last one alone was a daunting task that she dove whole heartedly
into. Thank you again Chris!!! The second award went to someone that has long been in the background of the chapter, but has played a vital role none the less. Katy
Trimm has long provided any printing needs the chapter may have. Her willingness to jump in, has truly saved the chapter many times, in both time and money. This recognition has been long overdue and it was my pleasure to
present this award. To the new board members and the award re-cipients, I thank you. To all the current board
members, thank you for being there thru a tough year. To the membership, thank you all. Without you, none of us would be here. As another note, Harriett Matthews, secretary/treasurer, Ben Bloodworth, Vice President and I as President are honored to serve another
term as your officers. Please join with us, as we take further steps toward the future of Grand Valley Anglers.
GVA has a few things lined up for January.
Jan. 12-14. Roan Plateau Environmental Im-pact Study review in Rifle. This EIS has quite the amount of historical significance to the chapter. Grand Valley Anglers played a signifi-cant role in stopping any development on the
plateau, Jan 23rd....the Ironfly competition at Western Anglers. Details to follow.
I'd like to close on a personal note. This past Tuesday, December 29, a very close friend, fel-low fly tier and fellow artist passed away. Tim Witsman, age 68, died unexpectedly. He was a
true gentleman and good friend. To his wife and family, I give my sincerest condolences. To his many friends, I share in your grief, God speed my friend. You will be truly missed.
Sincerely, Bill Fenstermaker [email protected] 970-901-8646
GVA ANNUAL MEETING By Pat Oglesby
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Fishmas is GVA’s annual meeting and election of officers as well as an annual celebration. Proposed bylaw changes were distributed to GVA members in early December for review
and were ratified by attending members at the annual meeting.
Board Elections – Outgoing and Incoming A special thanks goes out to Tom Bell and Jim Patton for their service as past members of the GVA board. Jim fulfilled his term but Tom had to resign due to health reasons. Our best to
you Tom. Jim has been an active and dedicated member of GVA for many years. He served as Fly Tying Committee chair, rather he was the committee, for the Expo for the entire timespan of the Expo except for the first few years. Tom was a dedicated board member as-
sisting and helping whenever asked. Also a special thanks go to Mark Batterson and Bruce McBride for stepping up and volunteer-ing to serve in a board capacity. The board is a “working board” and each is expected to con-
tribute by serving on a committee or assisting on a committee. The board meets the second Tuesday of each month at Bray and Company on the corner of 7th and Belford at 6:00 pm.
Chris Jauhola and Katy Trimm each received certificates of appreciation for their service to GVA. Katy is very creative and a master with computer graphics and does our brochure de-sign and printing. Chris cooked and prepared all the meals at our monthly picnics last sum-mer. She planned and purchased the food, delivered it to Fruita State Park and then did all
the cooking. Her choice of locally raised hamburger was outstanding! She also serves as chair of the Conservation Committee.
Thanks to the 61 attendees for participating in Fishmas.
Thanks to all the following silent auction donors; we had so many items we ran out of table display space.
Dave Bogott Jack Bombardier (Confluence Casting) Bill Fenstermaker Richard Griffin via John Smith
Dawn Gwin Charlie Hensel Cliff Knapp Don Mear
Pat and Carol Oglesby Kirk Rider Sportsmans Warehouse Jerry Toft
Dave Trimm Western Anglers Whiting Farms Alan Workman
Bruce McBride with a 36” Tiger Muskie! Photo compliments of Bruce McBride
MARC BATTERSON: I was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. I moved to Colorado in 1993. I’ve
been an avid fisherman my whole life, growing up in the Great Lakes region.
Owner of a successful construction company in Grand Junction. Certified river guide, I work the Upper Colorado, Roaring Fork and Gunnison Rivers. I am the first and only fly fishing guide for Gateway Canyons Resort.
Determined outdoorsman and fly fishing addict, I consider the Gunnison Basin my home wa-ters. My other passions include listening to live music and spending time with my 11 year old princess. I look forward to working with Trout Unlimited on different projects to help
the local environment. (Photo unavailable)
WELCOME TO GVA’s NEW BOARD MEMBERS MARC BATTERSON & BRUCE MCBRIDE
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BRUCE McBRIDE: Bruce and his wife met in Colorado Springs in 1965 and were married there
in 1966; they wanted to leave California and return to Colorado, it just took nearly 48 years to accomplish! Bruce first fly fished eight years ago in the streams around Boulder Mountain, Utah, near Capitol Reef National Park. Why did they move to Grand Junction? Instead of a 10 hour, one way drive to fly fish around Boulder Mountain, it’s only a 4 hour drive from Grand Junction. Instead of the 5½ hour drive to catch only stocked fish with a spinning rig in Califor-
nia’s Eastern Sierras, Grand Mesa, and its lakes and streams, beckons from an hour and a half away. Hmm…think hard, tough choices there!! The thrill of catching wild trout for eight years has certainly more than replaced Bruce’s charter membership in the ‘catch and fillet’ club that he once held as a bait/spin fisherman for 40+ years. So far Bruce has not gotten into ty-
ing his own flies, but that may be next.
2016 WATER COURSE By Ben Bloodworth, GVA VP
PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE
The Ruth Powell Hutchins Water Center at Colorado Mesa University is offering a three-evening Water Course entitled: Planning for Resilience. Delivered in three separate three-hour sessions, the course includes speakers from CMU, CWCB, CSU Extension, the Colora-do Water Institute, the National Weather Service, and a former CO Supreme Court Justice. Offered on February 18th, 25th, and March 3rd, from 6-9 pm; each day can be attended as a
stand-alone course ($20/each) or all three days may be attended for a discount ($45).
To see the agenda, topics, and speakers, please visit http://www.coloradomesa.edu/water-center/2016-water-course.html
CONSERVATION CORNER By Pat Oglesby
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Chris Jauhola and I attended an open house held in Rifle on Jan 14th regarding the Roan Plat-
eau Draft Supplemental EIS that is open for comments until Feb 18th.
In November 2014, Secretary of the Interior Jewell, BLM Director Kornze, Governor Hick-enlooper, and a group of energy and conservation stakeholders announced a settlement of long-standing litigation over oil and gas development on the Roan Plateau. The agreement struck a balance between protecting outstanding habitat for big game and native cutthroat trout fisheries, and enabling responsible development of natural gas resources on less sensi-
tive lands. The agreement was only a first step – now the BLM needs to finish the job and put in place a new final management plan that incorporates the settlement’s protections and approach to
responsible energy for the Roan . The BLM has issued its new Draft Environmental Impact Statement and is expected to make a final decision on the Roan in the next few months, so speaking out now can make a difference.
Chris will explain more in detail at the meeting and have public comment sheets for each one
of us to fill out at the meeting and she will make sure they are submitted.
First Ever—West Side IRON FLY!!!
By Ben Bloodworth
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Based on the very popular Iron Chef tel-
evision series, wherein chefs compete against each other head-to-head to cre-ate the best dish using the same exact ingredients, Pig Farm Ink out of Tennes-see had the vision and genius to initiate
Iron Fly. For the first time ever, spon-sored by Upslope Brewing Company, Iron Fly will be held on the Western Slope to allow our local tiers to go at it head-to-head to see who has the prow-
ess to be declared the next Iron Fly champion. Ned and Jeff from Western Anglers have developed a format that should pit all available tiers against each other in an entertaining format that will allow creativity, pre-planning,
and a bit of luck to shine through.
At Western Anglers, on Saturday, Janu-ary 23rd, 24 tiers (first 24 to register) will go against each other in a three-round tie-off to see who can create the best
flies (all using the same ingredients). Three separate judges will determine which tiers move on to the next round based on creativity, construction, and “fishability”. Competition rules will be provided at the event, but tiers should
bring their own vises and tying equip-ment to better equip themselves for the challenges ahead. Western Anglers can provide vises/equipment as needed, but no complaints allowed by users. We
plan to have the event on-screen for au-dience members to see the action as it happens, and hecklers are always wel-comed! Beverages provided by Upslope, competition prizes provided
by Western Anglers and GVA, and door prizes provided by Costa, Western An-glers, and TU. So, set the date on your
calendar and come enjoy a memorable evening hanging out with tiers, wanna-bes, and general ruffians to usher in a new era of fly tying in Grand Junction –
IRON FLY!
Western Anglers Saturday Jan. 23rd, 5 pm till… (competition
starts at 6p.m.)
$5 entry fee covers beverages and door
prize opportunities
$5 additional gets a seat at the vise
Monies earned will be put toward future GVA/WA events
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Forest Reichen, Mike Klein and Dawn Gwin submitted entries to the 3rd Annual
Project Healing Waters Fly Tying Contest. Dawn Gwin received the first place award for her entry. Congratulations to the three of them for taking time to enter the contest.
Photo compliments of Dawn Gwin
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Fly of the Month—By Jim Patton Parallel (Scuttle) Weave
“Black Creeper Deception”
Photo by Jim Patton
Hook: Nymph/Streamer 3X Long, Size #6 (or smaller) Thread: Ultra Thread - Black 140 Denier
Underbody: Optional Body: Embroidery Floss DMC 608 (Fire Orange) below and Embroidery Floss DMC 310
(Black), Stretch Magic© Black (1mm) Bead & Jewelry Cord or Black Yarn atop. Hair Hackle: Black Deer Hair
Head: Black Deer Hair Tied in Bullet Style Legs: Optional – Black Rubber
Note: 1. Embroidery Floss is available in six strands; reduce the number of strands for small-
er size hooks. 2. Embroidery Floss can be waxed for easier handling.
3. Use an underbody if a tapered or flattened body is desired.
Instruction
This is a relatively simple weave that when finished produces a fly body with one color on top (black), another color on the bottom (orange), and short rib-like bands along the side. It is commonly used to weave polish nymphs, dragonfly and stonefly nymph bod-ies. Orientation of the vise for the weave is optional. The instructions below are for the
vise in standard position.
“Black Creeper Deception” Cont. By Jim Patton
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1. After mounting the tying thread on the hook shank and preparing the under-
body (if desired), bind the bottom strand of material (orange) the full length of the body on the near side of the hook. Likewise, bind the top strand of ma-terial (black) the full length of the body on the far side of the hook. You can
tie of the thread if desired to make weaving easier.
2. Pull the black strand toward you across the top of the hook shank. Bring the orange strand behind the black strand and over the black and under the hook shank to the far side. Carry the black strand back over the top of the
hook shank to the far side.
3. On the far side, bring the orange strand behind the black strand, over the black and under the hook shank to the near side. The strands are now in the original position, as in Step 2. Carry the black strand over the top of the hook
shank to the near side.
4. Repeat steps 2-3 until the woven body reaches the two thirds point of the hook shank. Tie down the material strands securely and trim.
5. Wrap the thread so that it is immediately behind the hook eye. Cut, clean and stack fine deer hair. The hair bunch should be about the diameter of three match heads. The hair is tied in immediately behind the eye with the tips for-ward and the butts toward the bend. The length of the hair forward from tie in should be the shank length (eye to bend). Tie in the butts securely pro-
ceeding back to the 2/3 point. Trim the excess butts beyond the 2/3 point.
6. Fold the hair back evenly with the hair surrounding the hook shank. Smooth the hair to form a neat bullet head prior to tie-in at the 2/3 point. Wrap the
thread evenly at the tie-in point (about 8-12 wraps).
7. Optional: Tie-in the legs on each side at the 2/3 point. The front legs should be about 3 head widths in length and the back legs should extend about a gape width beyond the hook bend. Whip finish and glue the thread at the
leg tie-in points.
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CTU WINTER BOARD MEETING
By Pat Oglesby
The winter CTU Board meeting was held in Golden on January 9th. In addi-tion to the monthly financial reports and discussions on financial matters
other topics included: Jen Bolton, CTU’s legislative lobbyist,
discussed what bills might be proposed in the 2016 session. In the wake of the Gold King spill there is expected to be bills blaming the EPA and even limit their authority. Other mining related
bills may be those to require higher bonding limits for mining and time lim-its for reclamation. Jen expects to see numerous attempts to roll back the cur-rent Renewable Energy Standard, some
of which will likely try to grant renewa-ble credits for large conventional hy-dropower projects. She expects many of the bills from previous years to resur-face, including attempts to cede con-trol or ownership of federal lands to
the state. Jen says that there will, for sure, be a bill regarding Off Highway Vehicles regulations.
Discussion was held on the “Protect Our Rivers” license plates. We need to get the word out to our members, and
everyone else, that this is a great way to show support for protection of our rivers and also provides revenue for CTU. (There is information on page 13 in the TTT&PP regarding details to pur-
chase the plates.)
The Annual CTU Gala will be held on March 10th at Mile High Station in Den-ver. This is CTU’s annual fundraiser and donations are welcomed from
Chapters as well as individuals. (A dona-tion form is included on page 12 of the TTT&PP.)
The Annual CTU Rendezvous will be relo-cated this spring from Redstone to Glen-wood Springs due to facility constraints.
The three-day event will be held at the Hotel Colorado April 22-24th and you can expect to see registration information soon. This is CTU’s annual meeting and election of officers as well as chapter lead-
ership training workshops. Saturday evening will be the annual awards dinner and a showing of the film from f3t.
WESTERN ANGLERS NEWS
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Have you been into the shop lately?!? If not there is no better time then now! We are very well stocked for the New Year, and
we have redesigned the whole store layout including a brand new fishing report board, new handmade clothing racks & more. Plus we are continuously adding new product inventory and are welcoming back the addition of Patagonia . Please keep in mind that TU Members and/or Grand Valley Anglers always receive a 10% Off discount everyday on in-stock Items at Western Anglers ~ "Grand Junction's Only Local Fly Shop" (Please
inform us upon payment/checking out at the shop so we don't overlook your discount).
Western Anglers is also very excited to announce that our New Website is up!!! Please go to www.westernanglers.com to check it out & while you’re there please sign up for our Newsletter to stay tuned on up-to-date sales, events, product information,
services offered, blogs and other awesome stuff!!!
Annual Saturday Tying Sessions are back!!! Please note these sessions are FREE and are a great time to learn specific patterns that work on local surrounding waters. We look forward to seeing you there this upcoming Season! For a list of dates, tiers and times
please see our Website (Events) at: www.westernanglers.com Did you know that Western Anglers is on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter? Just click the
easy tab icons located on our website or go visit us and give us a like or follow )><)))'> We hope to see you in the store soon and look forward to serving you! As always thank you in advance for your support and business!
Happy Near Year from all of us at Western Anglers!!!
Don't forget we price-match everyday on in-stock items; No reason not to “Shop Local” because we do Special Orders too with no additional charges...
Western Anglers—413 Main St., Grand Jct., CO 970-244-8658 — www.westernanglers.com
Email — [email protected]
ABOUT G.V.A.
Grand Valley Anglers meets the third Thursday of each Month at 5:30 p.m. at an indoor location. Oc-tober through April . May through September picnics are held at a local park. The public is invited.
Board Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at Bray & Co. Real Estate, 244 North 7th St., Grand Jct. Members are wel-
come and encouraged to attend. Officers: Bill Fenstermaker, President Ben Bloodworth, Vice-President Harriet Matthews, Sec./Treas. Tilda Evans, Past-president Board Members: Marc Batterson, Dawn Gwin, Chris Jauhola, Kevin Matthews, Bruce, McBride, Don Mear, Kirk Rider, Phil Trimm Conservation Chair: Chris Jauhola, Program Chair: Pat Oglesby, Newsletter Editor: Carol Oglesby
Member of Trout Unlimited: Conserving, Protecting and Restoring North America’s Coldwater Fisheries and their watersheds; Affiliate of the International Federation of Fly Fishers: Conserving, Restoring and Educating through fly fishing.
G r a nd V a l l e y Ang l er s P . O. Box 4 4 5 1 G r a nd J ct . , CO 8 1 50 2
This is your newsletter—please help by contributing a
Fly of The Month, a story, picture, or article of interest
to the GVA group. Email your item to the Editor, Carol
Oglesby, at [email protected].
Thanks to everyone who helped with this month’s
news!
I welcome input for the newsletter!
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UPCOMING GVA EVENTS:
Jan. 21—GVA Meeting @ Sergio’s
Program: Basic Colo. Water Law
Feb. 18—GVA Meeting @ Sergio’s
Program by Taylor Creek
Mar. 17—GVA Meeting @ Sergio’s
Program by RIGGS Fly Shop & Guide Service
Apr. 21—GVA Meeting @ Sergio’s
Program by Lori Martin
Territorial Trout Tribune & Piscatorial Post Editor: Carol Oglesby
[email protected] To submit articles, photos, news or a fly of the
month, please email the editor.
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