The Greenbacker

 

Alpine Anglers Chapter

Estes Park, Colorado

 

September 10, 2007

 

Photo courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park

 

Time to clean up!

This Saturday, September 15 is Colorado TU Stream Cleanup Day. Alpine Anglers will take on the Big Thompson River below Estes Park. We’ll meet at the handicapped fisherman access at mile marker 72 at 9:00 A.M. There will be coffee. There will be donuts. There will be about two hours of work, and we’ll leave the Big T a nicer place to visit and fish. Many hands make light work, so come out and help!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Sept 20

7:00 P.M.

Estes Park Library, Hondius Room

Program: Rob Buirgy

 

 

 

 

 

Rob is the founding coordinator and Executive Director of the Big Thompson Watershed Forum. Come hear what BTWF is doing to help assure water quality in our favorite fishery.

September meeting details

 

Next month

Bill Dvorak, owner of Bill Dvorak’s Kayak and Rafting Expeditions, is Colorado’s first licensed outfitter. Bill will talk about floating and fishing Gunnison Gorge. If you would like to get the details on one of the most remote and productive stretches of river in Colorado, don’t miss this one. October 18 in the Hondius Room of the Estes Park Library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be there!

 

 

 

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Alpine Anglers lightens the load for greenback recovery volunteers

If the only thing standing between you and volunteering for a greenback recovery project is a 50 pound pack and 2500 feet of vertical, then help has arrived. Thanks to a grant from Colorado Trout Unlimited, Alpine Anglers is supplying pack animals to carry volunteers’ personal gear on select backcountry greenback projects. Pack animals are scheduled to transport gear up to the project site on the first day of the project and return to carry it out on the last. Thanks to Alpine Anglers Les Beery and Dallas Maurer, contributing to the greenback recovery program has gotten easier. To volunteer for a greenback project or for more information contact Austin Condon (AWCFlash@aol.com) or go to the Alpine Anglers website (www.alpineanglers.org).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National Fly Fishing Championships coming to area

Sponsored by Colorado Trout Unlimited (CTU), the National Fly Fishing Championship will take place in Colorado during the first week of October. Venues include Parvin and Dowdy Lakes, the Cache La Poudre and the Big Thompson. This event is a major fundraiser for CTU, and it is designed to increase awareness of coldwater conservation issues.

In addition to gold, silver and bronze medals, participants are vying for a slot on Team USA to represent the U.S. at the World Fly Fishing Championships. (There is no prize money.) Here’s a chance to see how some of the best fly fishers in the country do it. Even better, see the action up close by volunteering to be a judge. Alpine Anglers president Dallas Maurer is the venue coordinator for the upper Poudre and one day on the Big T. Contact Dallas to volunteer (dwmcmc@msn.com) or go to the CTU web site (www.cotrout.org) for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be there!