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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="">The Truchas
Chapter, in association with High Desert Angler and The Reel Life of Santa Fe,
is pleased to announce our second annual Rio Grande Pike Clinic</b> to be held
at the Taos
Junction Bridge, 8 miles north of Pilar on
<strong>Saturday, January 27</strong><sup><strong>th</strong><span style=""> </span></sup>at 10:00 am and going until
dark.<span style=""> </span>High Desert's Jarrett Sasser
and Ed L'Heureux, along with Jeff Croy and top guides from The Reel Life, will
offer hands on guidance and instruction about casting techniques and equipment,
fly selection, specialty knots,<span style="">
</span>rigging and on-the-water drift tactics to try and lure <em>Esox
Lucius</em>, the Great Northern Pike to a fly, this great, majestic game
fish that inhabits our waters of the Rio Grande.<span style=""> </span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style=""></span>The Fly Shops will
both be offering TU members a 10% discount on all flies and equipment.<span style=""> </span>And they plan to conduct
mini-seminars prior to the 27<sup>th</sup> to prepare those who sign up for a
great day's fishing.<span style=""> </span>Space is
limited.<span style=""> </span>The fee is $10.00 per
person to cover our permit fees and the cost of a hot lunch and drinks, all
provided by the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited for those who chose to
attend.<span style=""> </span>Contact Bob O'Connor,
</font></font><a href="mailto:Roboconnor@aol.com"><font face="Times New Roman">Roboconnor@aol.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> or (505) 603-0797 for all the details.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="">The Truchas
Chapter is offering a very special Soaring Eagle Lodge Weekend on the world
famous San Juan River for two nights and three
days of trophy trout fishing, Friday and Saturday February 23<sup>rd</sup> and
24<sup>th</sup>.</b><span style=""> </span>This is
designed primarily as a "Couples" weekend getaway for Truchas Chapter members
and your wives or your significant others.<span style="">
</span>Larry Johnson, the owner of Soaring Eagle Lodge, has extended us very
special rates.<span style=""> </span><b style="">A</b> <b style="">total $119 per person/per day</b> includes
$60.00/per person/per night double occupancy in one of the Soaring Eagles'
private cabins, $29.00/per person/per day for a gourmet breakfast and full
gourmet dinner meal prepared each day by the Lodge's own private Chef, exclusive
use of the Lodge Conference Room and a rod fee of $25.00 which allows up to six
(6) Truchas Chapter anglers exclusive access to the Soaring Eagle private waters
each day.<span style=""> </span>These shifts can be
divided into half-day turns so up to 12 anglers can sample the best Soaring
Eagle has to offer each day.<span style=""> </span>Guide
service and Float/Wade trips are available if booked in advance and can be
reserved with the Soaring Eagle directly.<span style="">
</span>There is also the opportunity to book a special triple room rate for
those without a partner.<span style=""> </span>The daily
room rate is $48.34 per person/per night/triple occupancy, or $145/triple
occupancy/per day, with the $29.00/per person/per day breakfast and dinner and
the $25.00/day rod fees remaining the same.</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">We need a minimum six (6) couples to make these arrangements work
and three (3) slots are already taken.<span style="">
</span>We can probably accommodate up to ten (10) couples maximum, as well as
two parties of three (3) seeking triple occupancy.<span style=""> </span>However, if we are over subscribed,
access to the Soaring Eagle private waters may be limited.<span style=""> </span>We will require a 50% deposit in advance
to hold your reservation so please contact Bob O'Connor at </font><a href="mailto:Roboconnor@aol.com"><font face="Times New Roman">Roboconnor@aol.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> or (505) 603-0797 at the earliest possible opportunity for
further details.<span style=""> </span>Get involved if
you have the chance.<span style=""> </span>It should be a
great weekend!</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">And once again, the Truchas Chapter will be
co-sponsoring <strong>The 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Two-Fly Event in
conjunction with Jeff Croy and The Reel Life of Santa Fe.</strong><span style=""><strong> </strong> </span>Dates have not been set
yet due to uncertainty about the time of the peak Spring run-off.<span style=""> </span>Last year's winning team caught more
than 25 trout in just over 3 hours of fishing for a total 427 inches
combined.<span style=""> </span>And of the
eight teams that competed in both sessions, not a single angler, 16 anglers in
all, chose the same fly for the event.<span style="">
</span>This year will be even better.<span style="">
</span>Contact Bob O'Connor at </font><a href="mailto:Roboconnor@aol.com"><font face="Times New Roman">Roboconnor@aol.com</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> or (505) 603-0797 for more details.</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Finally, our <span style="font-weight: bold;">
Annual Banquet</span> is <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 3rd</span> at the Hilton in Santa Fe. Our guest speaker will be </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
James Prose</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">k</span>.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More details to come on this event. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We hope to see you at these events, thank you.</span><br></p></font></font>