In my opinion Boulder Flycasters had a successful and constructive year. Our successes over the last 12 months covered a broad spectrum of achievements. Paul lists eight positive acomplishments the chapter achieved in 2006. Please click below for the complete list!
Paul Prentiss

There is something missing this time of year. It’s not that the festivities of the holidays are past us and we feel deflated. And most of us have accepted the fact that winter is here and that it will be a while til the warm days of spring return. It’s something more pervasive and somber. Things are so….so gray! Adam has a unique perspective on this time of year, click below to read all about it!

by Paul Prentiss.


Considerable work and expense went into preparing a grant request for our Rogers Park project on Middle Boulder Creek. Initially we had receive strong signals that approval was highly likely but over time those indications turned sour as the DOW made a decision to funnel almost every dollar raised by hunting, fishing, and state park fees into game habitat. We knew it was an uphill battle but we thought there would be an equitable distribution.

A definite setback, but the Project Team lead by Roger Svendsen will not be deterred and is actively soliciting funds from other sources.

If you would like to read more about the DOW decision, see below (you won’t find anything in the press - I wonder why?). To read CTU's "Steve Craig" article in the December release of Currents, click the link below.

by Larry Quilling.

Elyssa Ridinger (in center), of Broomfield, CO and a participant in the 2006 CTU Conservation Youth Camp, has received a science education grant from SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY in Longmont, CO in the amount of $1,700. For the complete story, please click below.

by Paul Prentiss.
Here's a study by the Montana’s FWP on the value of the Bighorn River to the local economy….would you believe that it brought in some $25 million dollars in 2005? So much for the thought that fishery improvement is nice but not essential. Please read the study and see for yourself what a good fishery can do for a state's economy!! Quite amazing!!

by Bob Bush

Ever wonder what is happening to the fish and wildlife which inhabit our streams and lakes when the water temperature gets unusually high! Fish and animals die! Let's not let this happen again!!!

That's right . . . The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission will be adopting temperature standards for the protection of fish in our streams and lakes very soon and we need our voices heard.

Comments addressing your in-the-stream experience are needed!!!
Please e-mail or write the commission or attend a hearing - January 8th!

How we can help the fish in our streams and lakes? Click below to read what we can do to make the standards we already have in place "have more teeth" and what new laws we'll need for upgrading the water temperatures throughout the state.

Trout Unlimited Chapter and Council financial reports are now completed. We had a significant increase in the number of submissions (380) over last year (350). Overall our volunteer contributions have continued to increase.

With this year's mulitplier at $18.05 per volunteer hour, the value of your efforts is over $10 million in total conservation benefit. This represents an all-time high and yet another superb year for TU Volunteers.

For any of you who would like to advertise in our electronic newsletter, we are offering some very attractive rates. We reach approximately 550 Boulder Flycaster readers each month and with this plan, we can deliver your message easily and effortlessly each and every month of the year. Newsletters go out the last week of the month announcing the next month's program.

To request placement of an ad, you'll need to do two things. Create a "Microsoft Word page/s" that we can convert to html. This html page/s will be linked from the email newsletter and can be up to two pages in length (depending on size of file). A furnished photo & text to run with the ad in the text of the emailed newsletter will also be required.

Cost: We have three levels of ad types:

(A) Ads with advertising copy only . . . Cost:
a. $25.00 each ad plus $.20 for each click through
b. $20.00 plus $.15 for each click through (Requires a 1 year contract)

(B) Ads with advertising copy that also have information of value to BFC members . . . Cost:
a. $18.00 each ad plus $.15 for each click through
b. $15.00 plus $.10 for each click through (Requires a 1 year contract)

(C) Ads which are simply links to a commercial website via a name and/or logo . . . Cost:
$12.00 each ad flat rate