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The West Denver Chapter of TU is a non-profit organization serving anglers and environmentally conscious friends in an ongoing effort to fulfill the mission of Trout Unlimited:
... Conserving, protecting and enhancing Colorado's coldwater fisheries through volunteerism, education and outreach.
We dedicate ourselves to presenting timely and informative news concerning local conservation, restoration and related topics. We also organize various outings, have educational programs, and conservation work. As volunteers, the results from our activities are both fun and satisfying. If you share our passions for conservation, then please consider joining and participating in Trout Unlimited. Also, be sure to sign up for our email list to receive updates on critical issues concerning fisheries conservation.
We hope you will bookmark our site (http://www.wdtu.org) and visit often.
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Conserving, protecting and enhancing Colorado's coldwater fisheries through volunteerism, education and outreach.
Canyon Reach Project
Adventures of Idaho Bob
Photo gallery of our 2011 Fly Tying Clinic at Jeffco Fairgrounds- photos by Joe Cunningham
monthly and some what true stories
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April 2012
19-22 Rendezvous – Redstone
and the CTU Raffle Drawing
May 2012
2 Tying Corner/Welcome 6:30 PM
Chapter Meeting
Speaker: Dave Sweet
Fantasy Raffle Drawing
7 Board Meeting: 7 PM – 300 CSM
14 Board Meeting: 7 PM – 300 CSM
18 June ANGLERS’ EDGE deadline
Contact Randy Cordova for more details
23-27 Golden Games – Golden River Sports
June 2012
6 Tying Corner/Welcome 6:30 PM
Chapter Meeting
Speaker: Vinnie Pachilli
Election of Officers
1 1 Board Meeting: 7 PM, 300 HH, CSM*
16-17 Bass Pro Cook Out-Father’s Day Weekend
23 River Watch--9:00 AM
July 2012
No Chapter Meeting--Gone Fishing
9 Board Meeting: 7 PM, 300 HH, CSM*
15 August ANGLERS’ EDGE deadline
28 River Watch--9AM
Note!
*Our board meetings are held in
Room 300 (Williams Room) in Hill Hall
on the Colorado School of Mines Campus.
West Denver Trout Unlimited devoted August and September of 2011 to the heavy construction portion of the Canyon Reach Project, our second Clear Creek fisheries restoration effort. The Canyon Reach Project especially seeks to improve portions of Clear Creek that provide safe and relatively easy access to good fishing habitat for young families and less than optimally mobile , and is being constructed in three separate sections. The most downstream section of this project is located at Mayhem Gulch, about 9.5 miles upstream of the intersection of Highways U.S. 6 and CO 93, or just downstream of Mile Marker 262 on Hwy 6. The middle section is located at a large unpaved parking area located roughly 0.7 miles above Mayhem Gulch, and the upper-most section is near Mile Marker 261, where a paved parking area and a Jefferson County Canyon Park Open Space sign has recently been installed. The top of the project is a short distance below the confluence of Clear Creek’s north fork and the main stem.
The contractor for the Canyon Reach Project is again Frontier Environmental Services, a company that WDTU has found to be very responsive and professional.... continued
West Denver TU Wins Silver Trout Award
West Denver TU Wins Silver Trout Award – The West Denver Chapter was awarded one of the highest chapter awards in TU. They are very deserving of this honor for their broad based, steady, and consistent approach to all aspects of being a TU chapter. They run a strong youth program, are consistently reaching out to new members, have done phase after phase of restoration work on their home streams, and are engaged in various aspects surrounding impacts from the I-70 corridor. Congratulations!
THE GORGEOUS GREEN RIVER:
Upon arriving at 1 PM the Friday of Mothers Day weekend, we were greeted with some very wintry weather as the rain and snow seemed to be socked into the canyon and made for some very tough fishing all afternoon at Little hole.
We again stayed at the Vacation Inn in Manila Utah and made do with cooking for ourselves as this Inn had all the accommodations of a 1 bedroom apartment. But the next morning when we woke up, the snow was piled high on our truck and we were very concerned we might not make it over the pass and to our Guide and drift boat that was awaiting us 30 miles away at Dutch John. Ask Frank McMahon or Martin Mahanti about the two semi trucks stuck side by side on the mountain turn. 1 hour and 20 minutes later we arrive and were greeted by our guide Brian Shipley from Kingfisher Drifters, from Loveland, and we prepared to set sail into the Green River Canyon and a 7 mile fishing expedition. The first for both Frank and myself.
WDTU is one of the largest and most active Chapters in the state of Colorado. We created this
web site to facilitate better communications among our membership and with the community at large. Here you will find information about our Chapter and the Trout Unlimited organization, details on our current and past activities and projects, important conservation and legislative information, and some fly fishing news. Please feel free to browse our site and come back as often as you like. We are always striving to improve, so we welcome your feedback. From all of us at WDTU, enjoy!
