WINNER of the Boulder Boat Works drift boat IS: #0457 Joseph Kneib of Colorado Springs
Thank you to Boulder Boat Works as they have offered anyone who did not win, a discount of the value of your ticket(s) to be used towards a purchase with them.
If you did not win this boat, the San Luis Valley Trout Unlimited raft raffle is still going on till September 21: https://coloradotu.org/slvturaffle
To commemorate our 50th anniversary this year, CTU has been working on a short film to help tell the stories of our past through the eyes of the future generation. Our stars, George Bryant and Emma Brown are both members of the Greenbacks and have been traveling to some pretty amazing places across Colorado this summer for this film.
Recently, the project took them to Fraser, CO to learn all about the work that CTU and the local chapter has done for the headwaters of the Colorado River. Kirk Klancke, president of the Colorado Headwaters TU chapter, was their guide and shared stories of the “boots on the ground” efforts they have done for the Fraser River through willow plantings, channel deepening, and voluntary no fishing days.
One of the most impactful efforts on the Upper Colorado is how the “Learning by Doing” partnership came to be after plenty of calls, campaigns, letters, and outspoken members of the community urged Denver Water to save the Fraser River. After a negotiation with the help of National TU, the Learning by Doing collaborative agreement put river conservation on table with other water stakeholders.
The film will be premiering at the CTU 50th Anniversary Celebration in downtown Denver at Avanti Food & Beverage | A Collective Eatery on October 15, 2019.
Greenback and CTU volunteer, Emma Brown, put together a great feature about the 2019 CTU River Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp in Almont, CO. Check out the great video she filmed above!
The River Conservation and Fly Fishing Camp is a week long camp designed to educate 14 to 18 year old students on the importance of cold water conservation and provide hands-on fly fishing instruction. Approximately 20 students are selected each year based on their qualifications and a written essay on why they would like to attend the camp.
Camp classes include: Principles of Ecology, Hydrogeology, Aquatic Vertebrate and Invertebrate Sampling, Hydrology, Trout Behavior, Trout Stream Entomology, The Biology of Pollution, Acid Deposition, and Politics of Conservation and Human Effects on the Rocky Mountain.
In addition, the camp will include hands-on instruction on Fly Tying, Fly Casting, Stream-side Ethics, Angling Literature, Stream-side Botany, Wader Safety and Survival, and The Evolution of an
Angler. The campers will also participate in a watershed project to repair habitat in a nearby stream.
The Colorado Trout Unlimited 50th Anniversary Drift Boat by Boulder Boat Works raffle sold out today! Thank you to everyone who participated, making this the largest and most successful fundraiser of all time! Proceeds from the raffle go right back into the organization and support our mission work to conserve, protect, and restore coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. If you entered the raffle, you can watch us draw the winner LIVE on our Facebook Page. Make sure you’re following us to be notified when we go live on August 19, 2019 12:00pm for the official raffle drawing.
If you want to try to win another boat, the San Luis Valley Chapter of TU is also raffling off a boat with only 350 entries. This 13 foot Rocky Mountain Raft with Down River Equipment San Juan XD AS Fishing Frame is valued at $6500 plus $2655 cash to cover tax withholding making the total package value $9,155. Proceeds from the raffle help the San Luis Valley Chapter of TU to protect, conserve and restore coldwater fisheries and watersheds in the Upper Rio Grande Basin through this CTU raffle!
Entries to the San Luis Valley 13 Ft Rocky Mountain Raft with Fishing Frame are:
Drawing will be held Saturday September 21, 2019 at 2:00pm at the Rio Grande Club & Resort in South Fork, CO. Raffle Participants NEED NOT to be present to win. ONLY 350 tickets will be sold!
Raffle Details:
Winner will be contacted via phone and then email if needed after the drawing. Winner must provide proof of identity (i.e. State Drivers License – along with W9 for tax purposes) to verify winner and link it with same ticket purchase/stub record in our database.
Tickets purchased online are processed and transferred onto physical tickets that are added to all the others. Purchasing your tickets online or in person do not increase your chances in any way. You will receive an email receipt detailing your raffle ticket purchase.
This raffle is conducted under Colorado Raffle License No. 2019-14255 , and is open to Colorado residents ONLY.
See our Raffle License here.
