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Taos Regional Rendezvous 21-24 April 2005 by Diane Stoner and Susan Hunter
Seven anglers, IWFF Board member Fanny Kreiger, three from New Mexico and three from Colorado, participated in the Taos Regional Rendezvous. The women from Colorado were Sally Brady, Lana McFadden and Debora Ratliff. New Mexico was represented by Diane Stoner, Margaret Gaylor and Susan Hunter. Sally, Lana, Diane and Margaret are new members of IWFF. The group convened for drinks, nibbles and planning on Thursday evening. Fanny Krieger welcomed new IWFF members, gave a brief but fascinating history of IWFF and assisted in planning the next two days’ fishing. After the participants exchanged information about themselves and their fishing experiences, the group was joined by an owner of Solitary Angler, a Taos guide service, Van Beacham, who presented a slide show of local fishing venues. Van is a third generation fishing guide in Northern New Mexico. Following the slide show, the group proceeded to dinner at the Sagebrush Inn. All seven participants fished the Culebra all day Friday. The Culebra is a tailwater stream located in Colorado just north of the New Mexico border. It snakes its way through meadows and, in the distance, snow-covered 14K peaks are visible. For a reasonable rod fee, one can work the riffles and pools on private land in a designated beat. On Friday, the water was fairly low but clear. Large rainbows and browns were taking nymphs. An Albuquerque fisher caught a 21 inch brown and a Colorado angler netted a large rainbow and hooked an even bigger one which would not fit in the net.. The weather was pleasantly warm and the skies that wonderful high-altitude deep blue. We were joined by one of Van’s guides, Spence Seim, who shared his special version of a price nymph and cranefly larva flies with us. Saturday, the group fished in Cimarron near State Highway 58. We stopped in Eagle Nest, New Mexico at the Dos Amigos Anglers Fly Shop, which was small but well stocked with plenty of local fly patterns and some items ON SALE. Although it was another day of sun and blue skies, the river was running high and muddy due to spring runoff. No fish were landed, but several herds of white tail deer and miles of beautiful scenery made the day a success. The group dined together at an excellent bistro near the hotel. Sunday, we made our way home through a hard, driving rain, feeling most fortunate to have had two wonderful days of fishing in perfect weather. The bond of camaraderie that emerged was very strong and all the gals became fast friends. The desire to reactivate the women fly fishing club in Albuquerque and remain connected motivated everyone to exchange addresses and promises were made to get together to fish and have fun. Some of the gals plan to come to the Festival in Squaw Valley and join IWFF. |
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