Dolores River Anglers Trout Unlimited

03/18/2026

What a fun night at our chapter meeting! We did a fly casting competition with three different rounds including accuracy on target, catching the fish as many times as possible in 30 seconds and roll casting accuracy.

This was our annual business meeting as well. Some things that our chapter, The Dolores River Anglers 145, did this fiscal year includes
🎣The annual Fly Fishing Derby at the Cortez City Park in June (16 years running)
🦟Bugs & casting at Escalante Days in August
🗑️Trash clean up of the Twin Spruce Ponds in October
🪨West Fork/Robinson CWCB restoration/enhancement project
🧍‍♂️Great presenters at our meetings such as Kade Jackson from CPW in January
🪰Fly Tying classes in February
💰Secured funding for a future conservation project (!!!)

We love our local waters and our community.
We’ve got a big year ahead and are always looking for more anglers or people who simply care about the Dolores Watershed. None of this could happen without community.

Interested in becoming a Trout Unlimited member? Check out tu.org for more information.

03/11/2026

Monday March 16th at the Wildedge Brewing Collective in Cortez:
Fly Casting Competition and Annual Business Meeting

For the first time we will be holding an indoor fly casting competition! We’ll be busting out the chapter’s Echo’s Micro Practice Rods with categories for accuracy, speed, roll casting and one handed. Prizes for each category and overall champion!

Before the fun begins we’ll be holding our annual chapter business meeting with elections. Non officer board seats are available, we also currently have a vacancy for the chapter treasurer for anyone wanting to help crunch numbers for the chapter!

Meet and greet starts at 6:30 with pizza and salad, please bring a $10 donation for food. Presentation starts at 7pm.

02/18/2026

Week 1 Fly Tying ✅

Next class 2/24.

Link in bio to sign up!

01/30/2026

Taught by local experts, you will leave with a better understanding of cold-water fly-fishing, bugs and how trout see them. All the flies you tie are yours to keep!

Sign up through the link in our bio!
All materials are provided.

01/27/2026

Tonight at 7pm at WildEdge Brewing Collective and Coffee. We're stoked to have Kade Jackson here presenting. As always, this is open to the public! Please come join us!

Postponed 1 week, please join us on Monday January 26th at 7pm!

We’re honored for Kade to join us for our January meeting to give an update on the fisheries management of our local waters. He’ll talk about the work being done to protect the Upper Dolores’ native strain of Cutthroat Trout and what the future holds for our local fishery.

Presentation starts at 7pm

Meet and greet starts at 6:30pm with pizza and salad, please bring a $10 donation for food.

Looking forward to seeing folks then!

01/08/2026

Postponed 1 week, please join us on Monday January 26th at 7pm!

We’re honored for Kade to join us for our January meeting to give an update on the fisheries management of our local waters. He’ll talk about the work being done to protect the Upper Dolores’ native strain of Cutthroat Trout and what the future holds for our local fishery.

Presentation starts at 7pm

Meet and greet starts at 6:30pm with pizza and salad, please bring a $10 donation for food.

Looking forward to seeing folks then!

12/02/2025

Pictures from the Twin Spruce Ponds Clean-Up in early November. We clean this area annually to keep it nice and accessible for all anglers to enjoy. Years back, we installed the container to dispose of used fishing line.

Remember to enjoy our outdoor spaces and to leave no trace. Happy Fishing!

Brad makes his famous black gap stew every year & it’s a hit across all ages!

11/26/2025

December 1st:
Holiday Party at Wildedge Brewing Collective
Our annual holiday party and white elephant gift exchange will be on Monday December 1st at 6:30 pm. Please bring $10 for food, a fishing or cold water fisheries inspired gift valuing no more than $25 (or a gently used gift of fair value in need of some love) and we also encourage all chapter members to bring their significant other to join in on the fun!

Late January (date and venue TBD):
Conservation meeting with CPW Aquatic Biologist Kade Jackson
We’re honored for Kade to join us for our January meeting to give an update on the fisheries management of our local waters. Stay tuned for finalized date and venue.

06/27/2025

The Gunnison Gorge Anglers are hosting a Troutapalooza at the Sheridan Opera House in Telluride on July 15th at 6 p.m.

Check out the website for more details https://troutapalooza.org/

Support the Montrose Trout Unlimited Chapter. Bound to be a good time!!

06/07/2025

The derby is tomorrow & we still have open spots! This is a FREE event for ages. Parents, you can fish too! Registration is free! Please click the link to register (or use the QR code).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9InlXrGq5wi6FS6s-ZrJnZxE8I2RvokNXSEZOiEE2AEG_Kg/viewform?pli=1

04/07/2025

A big congratulations to Eric Ludemann on being elected President of the Dolores River Anglers Chapter 145. Eric has been a prominent member of the board for many years serving as vice president and fulfilling secretary duties. Eric is there to support at every event, project and meeting we have. His passion for this area and for TU is evident in all he does. Next time you see him, ask him about finding public fishing spots. He’s got a lot of knowledge! Congrats Eric! 🎣

04/03/2025

We’d like to thank Brad Waltman for serving as our chapter president for the past two years. As some you know, this wasn’t his first time serving as president of our chapter. Brad contributed to the start of this chapter many years ago and we are very lucky to have his expertise. With chapter elections coming to a close, he will now be serving as Vice President! He also serves as the Education chair on our board and is passionate about working with the youth in our community. His friends call him “Fish” and if you know him, you understand why. Thank you Brad!