Animas Lunch Report – 6/30/15 – The Tug Is The Drug
Animas Lunch Report – 6/30/15 – The Tug Is The Drug It seems like we have not had much to report in the past two months from the Animas. Well,…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/29/15 – Highland Mary’s Lakes
Animas Lunch Report – 6/29/15 – Highland Mary’s Lakes Andy made the trek up to Highland Mary’s Lakes this past weekend…only to find them still mostly covered in ice and…
Soft Hackle Saturday – Partridge and…
Soft Hackle Saturday – Partridge and… Green or Yellow. Both very simple ties and can be tied with a thread, floss, dubbing, or sewing thread body and your choice of…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/25/15 – Light at the End of the Tunnel
Animas Lunch Report – 6/25/15 – Light at the End of the Tunnel In 2 days, the Animas has dropped almost 1000 cfs. Light at the end of the tunnel…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/24/15 – Almost Famous
Animas Lunch Report – 6/24/15 – Almost Famous Trivia: can you name the band from the 2000 movie Almost Famous? Here, have a clue… No the band’s name wasn’t Derek,…
Tarpon Diaries – Lessons and After Action Report
Tarpon Diaries – Lessons and After Action Report If you have not gathered from my previous posts, this was my first time fly fishing for tarpon. In all actuality, this…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/23/15 – Courage Wolf
Animas Lunch Report – 6/23/15 – Courage Wolf You know what, we know the river is high. You know what else, just go fish it. Courage Wolf would. Kyle – Getting stoked…
Tarpon Diaries, Day 6 – Bus Bergmann
Tarpon Diaries, Day 6 – Bus Bergmann Our guide, Bus Bergmann, has been a Florida Keys flats guide for the better part of thirty-five years. Starting his guiding career in…
New for 2015: Sage MOD, BOLT, PULSE, ONE, and CLICK
New for 2015: Sage MOD, BOLT, PULSE, ONE, and CLICK READ DURANGLERS REVIEW OF THESE NEW SAGE RODS You could scour the internet looking for all the latest info on…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/22/15 – The Livin is Easy
Animas Lunch Report – 6/22/15 – The Livin is Easy Currently in Durango, despite high water: Andy – Bugs have begun to pop on the Rio and the water is clear…
Tarpon Diaries, Day 5 – Break Him Down
Tarpon Diaries, Day 5 – Break Him Down Tarpon have a term that I have not heard with any other fly fishing quary. This term came about because the stakes are so…
Soft Hackle Saturday – Maroon Marauder
Soft Hackle Saturday – Maroon Marauder Saturdays are a pretty busy day here in the shop. We don’t have a lot of time to post things on the website, so…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/19/15 – Father’s Day Solstice
Animas Lunch Report – 6/19/15 – Father’s Day Solstice A few quick points to note: Sunday is Father’s Day Sunday is also the Summer Solstice (you can fish the most…
Rio Grande Float Season Open Dates
Rio Grande Float Season Open Dates It’s been a strange spring and early summer this year in Southwest Colorado. Thanks to the late snowstorms and rain, our rivers have been…
Tarpon Diaries, Day 4 – Silver Ghost
Tarpon Diaries, Day 4 – Silver Ghost Tarpon have been called silver kings. Kings of the flats some say. They may be kings to some, but to me they are ghosts. …
Animas Lunch Report – 6/18/15 – Meat Whistle
Animas Lunch Report – 6/18/15 – Meat Whistle Here is the deal: the Animas hit 5500 cfs today, and it could get higher tomorrow. Instead of worrying about it, why…
Duranglers Fly Fishing Fathers Day
Duranglers Fly Fishing Fathers Day Father’s day is coming up this Sunday, June 21st. Do you have the perfect gift for the fly fishing father in your life? The man…
Tarpon Diaries, Day 3 – Silver King
Tarpon Diaries, Day 3 – Silver King Within the first 40 minutes of the day we have shots at 3 strings of about 8 each. Happy tarpon. After that, very…
Howler Brothers Horizon Hybrid Pants Review
Howler Brothers Horizon Hybrid Pants Review SHOP HOWLER BROTHERS We recently started carrying Howler Brothers here in the Duranglers shop. If you have never heard of Howler Brothers, the short…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/16/15 – Boomerang
Animas Lunch Report – 6/16/15 – Boomerang “If it’s a boomerang, I call dibs” Jake declared as we opened the packages delivered by UPS the day before. Statements like this just…
Tarpon Diaries, Day 2 – The Deck
Tarpon Diaries, Day 2 – The Deck Rocking in the waves, loosing my balance. Standing on the deck thinking I am going blind. Strain my eyes to see something. Nothing. …
Animas Lunch Report – 6/15/15 – Summer Bugs
Animas Lunch Report – 6/15/15 – Summer Bugs Is your dry fly box ready for the onslaught that is about to happen? Ok, so I know that the Animas is…
Tarpon Diaries, Day 1 – Planes Trains and Automobiles
This past week, I was fortunate enough to fill a spot for four and a half days on John’s tarpon dates in the Florida Keys with master guide Bus Bergmann.…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/12/15 – Over the Hill
Animas Lunch Report – 6/12/15 – Over the Hill It has been delayed long enough, it is now time. Pack the truck, rig the boat, and hit the road: it’s…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/11/15 – 6500
Animas Lunch Report – 6/11/15 – 6500 After unprecedented amount of rain yesterday and today, the Animas hit 6500 cfs here in town. It’s raging. Water like this is best…