bruiser wrote:

Excellent report Jim.

I also won a day with only one raffle ticket. Since I got to fish there
twice last season (once each on beats 2 and 3, way upstream) I only bought
one $5 ticket for each season (Spring, Summer, Fall). Didn't get drawn for
the Spring but I did get beat #10 for June 26.

First, I agree it was a nice report.

Second, I have tried all day to resist the urge to turn a simple (and,
again, nice) TR into a political thing, but I have failed miserably.....

..... so I can't help feeling that since (from the web site) "On July 25,
2000, the American people purchased approximately 89,000 acres of the
Baca Ranch in northern New Mexico", and "the Valles Caldera Preservation
Act designated these spectacular lands as the Valles Caldera National
Preserve, a unit of the National Forest System", the fact that I can now
buy $5 lottery tickets for a chance to pay $25 to fish in part of the
National Forest System is a frightening preview of the brave new world
our public lands are being steered toward.

JR