Animas Lunch Report – 9/29/15 – Fall Colors Now, and I mean right now is the time for Fall colors in Southwest Colorado. Drop what you are doing, get your gear, jump in your car, and get to your favorite piece of water. The fall colors are popping and there is no better time to…
Soft Hackle Saturday – Soft Hackle Streamer A Soft Hackle Streamer eh? What be this devilry? That is correct, a Soft Hackle Streamer. Before streamer fishing ever became a cool hip thing, and before most streamer fisherman were even born; fly anglers were fishing flies like this. Call it a soft hackle. Call it it a…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/25/15 – Bullwinkle I have been out of the shop for about a week now (trip back to the midwest to visit family), and today was my first day back. I should have known it was going to be an interesting day when my commute involved an Animas River moose sighting.…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/15 – Goodbyes and Hellos As you may or may not have heard by now; our shop manager Kyle has left us. That’s right, Kyle is gone. He up and packed his bags, loaded up the family, and headed back east to settle in Wisconsin; close to extended family. We commend…
5 For Fall If Buzzfeed can make lists of cool/random stuff, why can’t we? Here is a list of 5 things that are get us all sorts of excited for this fall. 1. Moving Monsters The crisp nip in the morning fall air often puts fly guys on point for one thing: big ol’ brown…
Soft Hackle…Sunday? – Kyle’s Yellow and Rainbow Soft hackle Sunday? Sure why not. Since we have not been too consistent with the Soft Hackle Saturday anyway, so we figured we would keep the soft hackle installment alive on Sunday. Hopefully you are cranking out some bugs watching the Broncos right now anyway, so let this…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/8/15 – Grammar Assassins Do you know any grammar assassins? “What is a grammar assassin?” you may ask. A grammar assassin (much like a real life assassin), is someone who lies in wait, biding their time, awaiting the ideal moment to strike. Once you make that fatal [grammar] mistake, the grammar…
New 2016 Goods From Umpqua Feather Merchants Umpqua Feather Merchants has been a staple in the fly fishing industry for some time now. Historically know for flies and fly tying goods, Umpqua has branched out in the past few years to carry a whole host of other fly fishing products that have made a mark…
Duranglers September Report – The Million Dollar Month September is the month of the San Juan Skyway and the Million Dollar Highway drive. While nonetheless beautiful every other month of the year, September is of course when the mountainsides of the San Juan Skyway bursts into the bright and luminous shade of yellow which almost requires sunglasses just…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/1/15 – Watch Your Backcast Watching your backcast helps aid fly casting in a few ways: it assists with the timing of your forward cast and it also prevents you from putting your fly into trees, bushes, or your guides nose. It’s always good to watch your backcast from time to time. The…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/31/15 – Baby Crayfish You fish crayfish patterns don’t you? You should if you don’t. Always. This past weekend’s local lake report is in from Duranglers own shop ninja Derek Ems. The report: Baby Crayfish. Trout are absolutely destroying them. If you don’t have any in your box…you should. Barry’s Carp…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/28/15 – The Last Weekend Well, we are rolling into the last weekend of the summer months. Up next, September (which some of us call our favorite month to be on the water). If you are not heading out for the archery season opener tomorrow, then you should get out and…
Fishpond Colorado Limited Edition Nomad Net Just dropped in the shop: the Limited Edition Fishpond Nomad Mid-Length Colorado Net. For those who have been eyeing a new net from Fishpond, this is a custom net featuring the Colorado flag on the throat and a wrapped topo map of the Colorado River as it flows through Glenwood Canyon.…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/25/15 – It’s Shocking I will give you the bad news first: fishing on the Animas probably won’t be great this week. The DOW has been and will be shocking the Animas River for the next few days through town to gauge the fish count. This fish count has been demanded…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/21/15 – Someone Turned Out The Lights Seriously. Because for the past few days, the Animas has been fishing lights out. Either the mine spill reset the Animas, the lack of fishing pressure has them hot, or there is no bugs and the trout are starving…ok it isn’t the last one…
Sage MOD Fly Rod Review First, the new 2016 Sage fly rods were announced. Then, we had the chance to give a few of these rods a wiggle and sling some line. (Read our impressions here) And then, our Sage rep (out of the kindness of his heart) sent us a Sage MOD 590-4 to…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/18/15 – Trout are Hungry! It could be because they have not been fished at in over a week, but the trout on the Animas are very hungry right now. While there are areas of heavy metal sentiment that should be avoided, the fishing (and the waterc clarity) on the Animas…
New Rods From Sage and Redington – First Impressions You may remember that over a month ago, Sage announced the release of their new family of fly rods for 2016. Well our Sage and Redington rep stopped by a few days ago with a couple of new rods for us to cast. You can read…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/14/15 – The Animas is Open! The Sheriffs Department has re-opened the Animas river to recreational use! READ PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT HERE Please also read the San Juan Basin Health Animas River Health Advisory. READ HERE Check out the Durango Herald Announcement as well. Andy – Even if you don’t want to fish the…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/12/15 – Before and After – It’s Complex So yesterday, we sent out a before and after photo of the Animas. For the most part, the response was very positive (we saw more shares of this post than any others in Duranglers history of using social media). But a few people…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/11/15 –2015 Dos Mosca Recap With most of the past week’s talk focused on the Animas this past week, we didn’t want to gloss over our yearly fly fishing tournament benefiting the local chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. For those that don’t know, Dos Mosca of course means “2 fly”.…
Duranglers July Monthly Report – Terrestrial Time Admit it; there is no feeling quite like tying on a giant, gaudy, brightly colored, foam and deer hair covered monstrosity. Any fish that would eat such a fly is worth the pursuit. August marks the beginning of terrestrial time on the majority of Colorado waters, and the…
Silverton Mining Clean Up – Superfund and Good Samaritan Legislation If you have been following the mine clean up efforts in Silverton, this is a good updated review. The efforts of 5 Rivers Trout Unlimited and the Animas Rivers Stakeholders Group to clean up the upper Animas should be noted and appreciated by all La…
Soft Hackle Saturday – Barr’s Graphic Caddis Listen to elitist self, thinking “that ain’t no soft hackle”. You are stuck in the past brah, welcome to the 21st century: where fly anglers swing nymphs and skitter dries. Joking aside, I challenge you to swing Barr’s Graphic Caddis like a wet fly during the summer caddis…
