Alpine River Club
Properties

Unlike the more traditional destination club model where the club purchases properties available to members, Alpine River Club acquires prime fishing "beats" through a seven step process. From the club's website, this process includes:

1. Evaluate
Scores of measurements are taken to determine stream flows, water chemistry and temperatures, riparian structure, siltation, insect life, trout sizes and age classes, “fishability”, and numerous other considerations.

2. Plan
A long-term conservation plan is devised to enhance the unique features of each property for perpetual stream health and optimal fly fishing experiences.

3. Improve
Implementation of the plan can take from three to five years on average.

4. Rest
Substantial rest periods for each section of stream is the number-one ingredient for perpetual fishing success.

5. Catch-and-Release, Fly-Fishing Only
Use of barbless flies coupled with safely releasing the fish enable the trout populations to grow healthy and strong.

6. Rod Limits
By strictly limiting the number of anglers on any given property each day, our partners are insured the solitude they seek in fly fishing.

7. Eternal Vigilance
This involves everything from cooperation with up- and down-stream neighbors to repairing the effects of Mother Nature’s wrath to teaching the next generation how to be faithful stewards of the resources with which we have been trusted. The work is never done.

The club sets goals each year for both new membership acquisitions and new beats. For 2009, the club has set their "minimum goals" at 38 beats and 190 members. By the end of 2010, Alpine River Club hopes to have 59 beats available to the club's 295 members.