They say you’re either born with the "fishing gene" or you aren’t. Looking back at eighty-plus years of wandering through the American West, I’m convinced I was born with a double dose of it. My father fished, but my Uncle Paul - an outdoorsman from the get -go - was the one who lit the fuse.
The conservation work Truchas Chapter has done on northern New Mexico’s cold-water streams doesn’t happen from behind a desk. It happens on the ground — boots in the mud, post-pounder in hand, willow whips stacked and ready. This spring and…
Truchas Chapter Announces Best Film at the 2026 Santa Fe Fly Fishing Film Festival The votes are in, the reels have rolled, and the crowd has spoken. We’re thrilled to announce that “The A-Rod Project”has been named the Winner at the…
Recently, a Truchas Chapter member shared Trout Unlimited’s State of the Trout report along with a thoughtful note about what it means to watch a lifetime of rivers change. He pointed out that the report appears to have been published in June…
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s Annual Fundraising Auction opens February 21, 2026 at 9:00 am MST and runs through March 8, 2026 at 6:00 pm MST. This is one of our most important fundraisers of the year — and…
Nothing focuses the mind like competition. Not simply in the event, but also in all the preparation that leads up to it. Most anglers I know are unaware that fly casting has a long history of competitive events, beginning in…
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited was recently featured on 98.1 Radio Free Santa Fe, where representatives Darrel Connely and Mike J. joined host Honey Harris to discuss the chapter’s conservation work and preview the upcoming Santa Fe Fly Fishing…
This fall and winter, River Source continued its powerful work of connecting young people to the rivers of northern New Mexico—through hands-on science, outdoor exploration, and meaningful stewardship. As detailed in the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited Report for Fall 2025/Winter…
From Indigenous peoples of Pecos Pueblo to 16th-century Spanish explorers and early 20th-century ranchers, people have fished the Pecos River for centuries. Today, anglers can access a carefully managed stretch of trout water inside Pecos National Historical Park, where fishing…