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Dragline

 

Beginning the Summer 2013, my English Pointer, Conde Duque, "Duke" will be standing at stud.  He is an orange and white male out of Hifive Kennels in MN.  His pedigree features both Miller and Elhew bloodlines with Ch. Dateline Black List as his sire and Elhew Sinbad as is grandsire.

Healing Waters: San Juan River 2012

Allie will start her hunting career with me in September.  For me, there always the excitement of getting a new dog on the field that I have trained.  It is a pleasure to hunt with a dog and I am looking forward to hunting with pointers (in the past I personally hunted with Labradors).  The first game on the board will be Dusky Grouse.  This hunt will get her more exposure to the actually hunt and I won't demand too much from her.  By the time that quail and pheasant season kicks in, I hope to see what she can do in the field for her young age.  This is going to be fun.

Rio Costilla

One of my favorite streams in the state is the Rio Costilla.  It is a tailwater fishery almost on the border with Colorado located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.  I enjoy fishing it during the summer when the heat is on on Albuquerque; during the evenings on the river we had to put on light jackets and sweat pants.  The river was flowing well - at 40 CFS and mostly clear.  We all caught fish on nymphs with the going patterns being...  It is a Rio Grande Cutthroat stream with most of the fish being "Cutbows".   I will be going up to the river at least a couple of more times before autumn sets in; it fishes well during September and up to the time the water releases from the dam cease.  I highly reccomend a trip here to fish and to view the impressive Valle Vidal.

Chama, New Mexico

A family friend had offered us to stay at his house he has in Chama.  We took him up on the offer and headed up to the little town by the New Mexico/Colorado border.  The house sits right on the main drive (Hwy 17) just south of the train station.  We could almost walk to everything we needed and anything else was a short drive away.  I did manage to get a morning fishing on the Rio Chama at the easement area.  The fishing was okay; it reminded me of Rio de Los Pinos but the Los Pinos fishes much better.  I wanted to try the river  section bordering the Wildlife Management area but it seemed to be closed and I didn’t want to risk getting ticketed.  The house doesn’t have electricity which meant we had to find ways to keep ourselves entertained; the kids played games, read to each other or just sit around and talk.  Even the kids enjoyed the stay without any type of screen time.  It all came down to quality time with the family, dogs included.  Next time I would like to fish the river more and even plan an excursion to look for Dusky Grouse in the local mountains.