Truchas Chapter Trout Unlimited

08/31/2026

The state's Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout biologist is coming to our September board meeting.

Bryan Ferguson of the New Mexico Department of Wildlife joins us Wednesday, September 9 at Hervé Wine Bar in Santa Fe. He is covering where Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout stand statewide, the cutthroat populations of the Pecos watershed, the Pecos restoration projects underway right now, and the Pecos strain broodstock.

That Pecos half is why the date is fixed. Our chapter is making the case to Trout Unlimited National that the Upper Pecos should be recognized as a priority water in New Mexico, and this is the science behind it.

Social hour at 5:00, Bryan speaks 5:30 to 6:00, board meeting at 6:00. Free, and open to chapter members and their guests. The upstairs room only holds so many, so please RSVP by Saturday, September 5.

RSVP on the event page: https://truchastu.org/event/social-hour-board-meeting-all-members-welcome-3-2/

Bryan Ferguson, Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Biologist with the New Mexico Department of Wildlife, speaks at our September board meeting. Wednesday, September 9 at Hervé Wine Bar. Social hour 5:00, talk 5:30 to 6:00. Members and their guests.

08/31/2026

08/30/2026

Monte del Sol Charter School has been pairing Santa Fe high school students with mentors from around town since 2000. Students pick a field they want to go deep on, and someone who has spent a lifetime doing it takes them through a school year of it. Recent mentorships have covered welding, orthodontics, aviation, drone photography, hip hop dance and bioinformatics.

Fly angling would be new.

Our board has signed the chapter on, and we are looking for chapter members willing to teach one student to fly fish. Two hours a week, outside school hours, September through spring. Matching happens in September and October.

If you are interested, email Eric Callow at [email protected]. He will answer what he can and introduce you to Giselle Piburn, the Mentorship Program Director at Monte del Sol.

More on the program: https://truchastu.org/monte-del-sol-mentorship-program/

The Truchas Chapter is looking for members to mentor a Monte del Sol high school student in Santa Fe in fly angling and conservation this school year.

08/21/2026

Hundreds of members, and most of us know maybe a dozen of each other by name.

The picnic is the fix for that. On September 5 you will meet the people who put Trout in the Classroom into 16 schools this year, the volunteers who run our casting sessions at Magers Field, and the folks who show up for the Upper Pecos cleanup because somebody has to. The Truchas Chapter is almost 400 members strong, and none of the work happens without the person standing next to you at the grill.

Your ticket and the auction table both feed the same thing: conservation and community work for northern New Mexico's cold water, from the Santa Fe River to the Pecos Wilderness, and for the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout that depends on it.

Saturday, September 5, noon to 4:00 p.m., Eldorado Community Center. $20 per person, $30 per family.

Tickets: https://truchastu.org/event/truchas-chapter-end-of-summer-bbq-picnic/

Hello Truchas TU Members, End of Summer Truchas Chapter of TU BBQ, Eldorado, Saturday, 9/5/2026, 12-4pm – 1 Hacienda Loop, Santa Fe, NM 87508 In addition to the BBQ, we’ll […]

08/07/2026

08/05/2026

For most of us, it started with a simple wish to make a better cast. This fall, we will help you take a step down that road.

On Saturday, October 24, the Truchas Chapter is hosting a Fall Casting Clinic at Magers Field, and we are opening it up to all of Santa Fe, not just members. FFI Certified Casting Instructors will take you through the fundamentals in small groups, whether you are picking up a fly rod for the first time or tightening up a cast you already have.

Saturday, October 24, 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, at Fort Marcy. All levels, beginners very much included. Only 40 tickets.

Tickets are $25. Grab yours on the event page: https://truchastu.org/event/fall-casting-clinic-with-the-truchas-chapter/

A half-day of fly casting instruction for every level, taught by FFI Certified Casting Instructors. Saturday, October 24, on the grass at Fort Marcy. Open to all of Santa Fe.

08/04/2026

Before you fish this week, put a thermometer in the water. We are in a hot stretch and our streams are feeling it.

Trout do best between 45 and 65 degrees. At 68 they are in real trouble. Warm water holds less oxygen, so a trout you fight in it may not recover even after it swims off looking strong. That delayed loss is the part none of us ever sees.

The chapter's rule of thumb: 67°F or warmer, do not fish.

Somewhere to go instead: Our high-country stream flows are unusually low and the fish are highly stressed, so this is a good week to focus on the San Juan River or head up to our high-country lakes. If you do fish a stream, go at first light or last light, look for higher and shadier water, and keep the fish wet.

The full write-up: https://truchastu.org/high-temp-fly-fishing-risks/

Let's enjoy our rivers sustainably by knowing when to give the trout a break.

08/03/2026

Tickets are live for the End-of-Summer BBQ Picnic.

Saturday, September 5, noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Eldorado Community Center. Barbecue, a raffle, a silent auction of fly-fishing gear, and four hours to catch up with the people you only ever see on the water or in the chapter thread. Labor Day weekend, so bring the family and make an afternoon of it.

$20 per person, $30 for a family. Every dollar goes back into the chapter's conservation and community work in northern New Mexico.

Grab your tickets here: https://truchastu.org/event/truchas-chapter-end-of-summer-bbq-picnic/

Celebrate Labor Day weekend with the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited at our End-of-Summer BBQ Picnic! Please join us on Saturday, September 5, from noon to 4:00 p.m. at the […]

07/28/2026

Protect the Pecos!