Meeting, Event, and Trip Details

Every month we have a new speaker. 

• December 1, 2025: Bill Kirk will demonstrate tying some of his favorite flies.
• January 5, 2026: Our own Justin, creator of the most realistic Crayfish fly anywhere, will demonstrate this tie and talk about some of his fishing adventures with it.
• February 2, 2026: Ed LeViness, Ed’s Fly Shop, Montrose, Colorado will present fly fishing on the western slope waters.
• March 2, 2026: Some winners of trips in the 2025 auction will present and talk about their experiences.
• April 11, 2026:  Auction Trip Reports
• June 6, 2026:  Picnic
• July 6, 2026:  Open
• August 3, 2026:  Erin Hale, Cord 3 Outfitters - Wyoming and Idaho
• October 5, 2026: Open
• November 5, 2026: Banquet
• December 7, 2026: Open

Check out the trips planned by the club for all members in PPF Newsletter. 

No trips until spring 2026.

 Join us at Mollica's for lunch.

From December through March, we’ll gather for casual mid-day meetups filled with great food, fishing stories, and camaraderie. These lunches are a fantastic way to stay in touch during the colder months — no waders required.
When: Monthly, December–March, 2nd Wednesday of the month at 11 AM. 
Where: Mollica’s Italian Market & Deli, Colorado Springs
Stay tuned for dates and details in the December newsletter! 

PPF TRIP DIRECTOR– Kevin Thomason
910-617-4714

kuduhunterkudu@gmail.com

Open Fly-Tying Night
We will not be having Open Fly Tying Night on November 12th - instead, it will be November 19th - and Commission member Fran Silva Blayney will be on-hand to take comments and answer questions (about the CPW vote on banning the sale of fur and feathers in Colorado. See the details below. (thank you Fran!).

Come down every other Wednesday for our just-launched open fly tying night! At 6pm we'll have tables and chairs set up, with some snacks in the back, and best of all, a great mini-presentation on a pattern, technique or a specific material and how to use it. These presentations are 20-30 minutes and you're welcome to tie along with the presenter or just set to tying -- whatever you like! We have room to accommodate 20+ fly tiers in a friendly, social atmosphere, and we'd love for you to join us! We're tying every other Wednesday from 6 to 8pm at the Colorado Springs location!

FREE SATURDAY FLY TYING DEMO:
NOVEMBER 15th @ 10:00AM:
LYDIA WICKIZER: Tying with UV Resins
 

Based in Colorado Springs, Lydia Wickizer is a passionate fly tyer, angler, and self-proclaimed “unofficial hype woman for all women in angling”. With a vise never far from hand she specializes in euro style flies. Lydia's presentation will focus on incorporating UV Resins to make your flies more durable, more fishable, and more distinct. This is a great seminar for those of you who have been asking us if UV resins are a big deal - I promise you, they are! Come see Lydia demonstrate their many uses and you'll be convinced. This is a free seminar, and we'll have coffee and pastries. First come, first seated - don't be late! Call the Peak Fly Shop at (719) 260-1415 for more information.

CALL TO ACTION:
TELL CPW NOT TO BAN FUR AND FEATHER SALES IN COLORADO! FLY TIERS AND ANGLERS BEWARE!  A citizens' petiition has been filed by a group (from outside Colorado, of course) that would ban the commercial fur and related animal products in Colorado. While the ban contains an exemption for a few things, to include "the sale of hand-tied flies," it would, as written, NOT allow the sale of fur or feather fly-tying materials. This would be a devastating blow to the at-home fly-tier.

The Arizona-based "Center for Biological Diversity" has advanced this citizens' initiative to the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission asking them to amend a Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR), and CPW are considering the initiative. It proposes an amendment to 2 CCR 406-018, as follows (underlined section denotes an addition to the amendment):      #018 – SALE OF WILDLIFE      A. Except as prohibited by Federal law or regulations of the Wildlife Commission, any person
     may sell, barter or trade nonedible portions of wildlife (fur, feathers, hides, hair, teeth, claws,
     hooves, horns, antlers, skulls and bones) which were legally taken or acquired.
     1. It shall be illegal to sell, trade, barter or offer to sell, trade or barter bear gall bladders,
     bighorn sheep ram skulls or horns, bighorn sheep capes and velvet antlers. Velvet
     antlers attached to mounted deer, elk or moose heads and bighorn sheep skulls and
     horns marked in accordance with Commission Regulation #220(C), may be sold,
     bartered or traded.
          a. Wildlife and wildlife parts legally possessed under a valid commercial parks
          license may be sold, bartered or traded in accordance with Chapter 11 of
          Commission Regulations.
          b. For the purpose of these regulations velvet antlers are those deer, elk and
          moose antlers completely enveloped by soft vascular skin.

     2. The sale, barter, or trade of furs from furbearers is prohibited, except as provided below:
     a. Handtied fishing flies. This exemption applies solely to handtied fishing flies sold as a
     finished product. It does not include or permit the sale of raw, tanned, or otherwise
     processed furbearer parts, including fur, pelts, or other materials sold separately for fly-
     tying purposes.
WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT:

Email the CPW Commissioners! These are appointed positions and they do not face an election, but they are required to respond to citizen emails. This is not a time to send out a form email - such things are easily ignored. You need to email the commissioners with an original message expressing your concern and displeasure.

Many of the commissioners are not outdoorspeople.  Stand up for your sport and your passion and let them know that a misguided ban on fur sales is not the way to protect wildlife. Your message need not be terribly long or involved. Let them know you oppose this amendment as written and that permitting the sale of flies tied elsewhere is not sufficient! Be assured that animal-rights groups are flooding the zone - it's time for us to do the same!

UPDATE: Thanks to three of you who jumped on this and emailed all the commissioners per previous instruction, we have new instructions on the best course of action to email the commission - and better yet, it's easier for you, too! Don't email each commissioner individually; while they will read your email, it is not considered public comment. Direct your comments to dnr_cpwcommission@state.co.us - they will be forwarded to each commissioner individually and you will be adding your comments to the public record (yes, they tally up messages in support of an initiative or against it). Remember, your comments will be public!
 

WHETHER YOU TIE YOUR OWN FLIES OR NOT, IT IS TIME TO STAND UP FOR THE SPORT WE ALL LOVE!
 

Link to the CPW Citizen Petition Form:  https://cpw.widen.net/s/wt7xkltxdf/commercial_sale_of_wildlife_fur_petition_website

Additional Reading: 
https://completecolorado.com/2025/06/23/animal-activists-push-colorado-ban-fur-sales/