ISSUE NO. 47 / DECEMBER 2014 Events and Meetings Calendar The up-to-date calendar can be always found on our web site's Calendar page. Put these mee)ng dates and key ac)vi)es on your calendar: Arkansas e-Angler This is the e-Newsletter of Collegiate Peaks Anglers, a chapter of the nation's leading coldwater conservation organization -- Trout Unlimited. Jan 14, 6pm: Member mee)ng, Mt. Princeton Resort. Buena Vista Jan 20, noon: 2015 Banquet CommiHee mee)ng, High Country Bank, Buena Vista 2015 BoD and Member Meetings Schedule January 14 Member mee)ng, Mt. Princeton Resort February 11 BoD mee)ng, Mt. Princeton Resort March 11 Member mee)ng, Boathouse Can)na, Salida April 8 BoD mee)ng, Boathouse Can)na. Salida May 2 Caddis Banquet member mee)ng, Chaffee County Fairgrounds June 10 Member mee)ng, Mt. Princeton Resort July 8 BoD mee)ng, Mt. Princeton Resort August 12 BoD mee)ng, Boathouse Can)na, Salida Sept. 9 "Big" Member mee)ng, Movie Night, Steamplant Ballroom, Salida October 14 BoD mee)ng, Mt. Princeton Resort Nov. 14 Charity Fly Tying and Year in Review Member mee)ng. Granzell a Hall, Salida December 9 BoD mee)ng, Boathouse Can)na, Salida QUICK LINKS A Look at CPA's Volunteer Hours Chapter web site ______________________________ __________________________________ Calendar Board of Directors Contact Us Colorado TU website National TU website by Ann Klaiman For the 2013-‐2014 fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), CPA logged 3,316 volunteer hours. Of that total, 431 were travel hours, driving 21,526 miles. We logged 25% fewer hours than in the previous year (2012-‐2013). The number of volunteers increased 29%, up to 125 this year vs. 97 last year. Hours spent on Conserva)on projects dropped, as did Youth Outreach/Educa)on. Hours spent on Engagement with the community increased 16% Join us on Facebook through ac)vi)es like Fly Gals, booths at FIBArk and at the Home & Garden Show, 2 fishing derbies, the Gear Swap, and the Fly Tying Jamboree. Hours spent on fundraising remained constant. In 2012-‐2013, the average number of hours reported by a TU chapter (regardless of size) was 2,900. We just logged 3,316 hours, 13% above that average. Na)onal TU requires us to log our volunteer hours as part of our yearly financial report. At all levels of our organiza)on, a strong total of volunteer hours gives us leverage for solici)ng funding and engaging in projects. You can help by being sure your hours are reported every month. Contact Ann and Henry Klaiman for details, [email protected]. Welcome New Members! Bob Box John Chacosky Blake Fanning Larry Horn John Koshak Bryan Leuenberger G T Miller Francis Schmotz Ron Sentell Joyce Tomanek Bryan Ward Buena Vista Leadville Poncha Springs Westcliff Hillside Salida Salida Buena Vista Westcliff Greenwood Village Poncha Springs The FlyGals The Collegiate Peak Anglers Chapter of TU has an awesome group of ladies in their ranks - the FlyGals. FlyGals host great events like Companion Fishing, where more experienced women fly fishers are paired with more novice women for a day of fly-fishing, and River Fishing, where each woman has a "river helper" (often a member of Collegiate Peaks Anglers) to serve as a "guide" for a morning of fly fishing on the Arkansas River. In the summer the FlyGals get together for trips from high mountain lakes fishing for native cutthroats to private water on the Arkansas. With over 30 women currently on the roster, FlyGals is a great testament to women on the rise in fly fishing! For more information or to join the FlyGals e-mail list, please contact Barbara Plake at [email protected]. Details for each event are on the Collegiate Peaks Anglers FlyGals Facebook page. Barbara Plake and Dominique Narracato, 2014 FlyGals Co-Chairs Marjie Gray and Tracy Craig, FlyGals Planning Committee River Lore by Michael C. Harrington Follow the sun in December. Nature usually helps you remember, that even in winter, a sliver of heat, upping waters temperature, fish will eat. A guessing game where they'll meet, so a drift through the light, be ready, set, bite! Merry Fishmas & Happy New Year Still looking for fly tying volunteers The 2014 Fly Tiers' Jamboree was a success -‐-‐ but we s)ll need some volunteers to )e flies. A list of the paHerns we need is listed on our web site. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jim Impara. Thanks! Flies for Charity In The Seam by Greg Felt, Ark Anglers, Salida. CO We expect flow management on the Arkansas River to be somewhat different this winter, both in the short and long term. Over the next couple of weeks, flows will be ramped up ar)ficially to simulate a mild high water experience. This is being done so that safety modifica)ons implemented this fall at the low head diversion dam in Buena Vista, also known as the Silver Bullet rapid, can be tested while the contractor is on-‐site and well in advance of next year's boa)ng season. Releases from Twin Lakes will be incrementally ramped up, star)ng yesterday, such that flows at Wellsville next Wednesday (11/26) will briefly hit about 1200 cfs. Releases from Twin Lakes will then be incrementally reduced so that the flow over the Thanksgiving weekend will be in the 800 cfs range (about 400 cfs coming down Lake Creek). Aner the Thanksgiving weekend, we an)cipate the Bureau of Reclama)on will reduce the Twin Lakes release s)ll further, probably to 250 cfs, and such a change would result in Wellsville flows of 600-‐650 cfs. There is approximately 45,000 acre feet of water in Twin Lakes and Turquoise Reservoirs that needs to be moved to Pueblo Reservoir prior to next year's runoff. With flows in March, April, and the first half of May being cri)cal to the health of the brown trout popula)on in terms of fry emergence and condi)oning for runoff, as well as to the quality of the spring fishing experience itself, the inten)on of the BOR is to move all necessary water during the winter and then reduce the flows to na)ve (under 400 cfs) by early spring. So, given a "normal" winter, we expect the flows to be maintained at the 600-‐650 cfs level through February. An abnormally weak or strong winter precipita)on season could modify these plans -‐ the model used for projec)ons was based on an average snowpack. While the foresight and efforts on behalf of the fishery are appreciated, those who fish the Arkansas River during the next three months may wonder what to expect. We don't know. But one would think that with a greater flow, the river will be harder to wade but also less likely to freeze over and less suscep)ble to fluctua)ons in water temperature. Winter holding water will mostly remain the same as it has been, just deeper and maybe a liHle more turbulent. I think the posi)ves and nega)ves will probably balance, with the big plus of low spring flows making this a good approach to fishery flow management. We will communicate any modifica)ons to the plan as the winter goes on. For now, though, this is what fish and anglers can expect for the months ahead. Thank You, Greg Felt ArkAnglers 719-539-4223 Fishing Quote by Ted Leeson, "The Heart of Rivers", 1994 "The take instantly validates our efforts, conferring a measure of definitiveness and closure to an enterprise otherwise riddled with uncertainty and inconclusiveness. Few things in life, I think, have this to offer." "The fine print" Michael Harrington Editor Collegiate Peaks Anglers will meet periodically on the second Wednesday (except in May) The meetings alternate between Salida and Buena Vista. The e-letter will continue monthly, announcing upcoming meetings, programs, and events, in the EVENTS CALENDAR. Member submissions to the newsletter are needed and encouraged. Have a comment? Opinion? Humor? Viewpoint? Share it, IN THE SEAM. Anything relative to fishing will appear now and then. Send questions or submissions by email ([email protected]) or call (719-530-0691). Editor's deadline is the 23rd of the month. 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