2015 Winter Fly Tying Events
2015 Winter Fly Tying Events This time of year kicks us into high gear for tying bugs. Replacing lost flies, stocking up for a trip, or just trying weird stuff;…
Andy manages Duranglers Flies and Supplies online store and web content. When he is not plugging away in the basement of Duranglers, he can be found in the shop talking weird flies, throwing spey casts for few fish, eating pizza, drinking coffee, painting, and raising a family in Southwest Colorado.
His fly fishing writings have been published on blogs such as the Daily Drake and Simms Wading Room.
Duranglers November Fishing Report – Creeping Winter
Duranglers November Fishing Report – Creeping Winter From the much celebrated snow storm we had the past two days to a drop in temps, we are noticing it more and more: winter…
Animas Lunch Report – 11/3/15 – Till Next Year
Animas Lunch Report – 11/3/15 – Till Next Year Within hours, high country valleys like this will be hidden under almost two feet of snow. We had an amazing (and…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/29/15 – Colorado Inlets
Animas Lunch Report – 10/29/15 – Colorado Inlets In the fall, it is worth your time to fish Colorado inlets. While the front range rushes to the Dream Stream section…
Mark Engler’s WD-40 Nymph
Mark Engler’s WD-40 Nymph Over the past 20 odd years, the WD-40 nymph has rose to prominence as one of the most effective flies for catching midge and blue winged olive…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/27/15 – First Frost
Animas Lunch Report – 10/27/15 – First Frost Goodbye hoppers, it has been fun casting your imitations to willing trout this late into October. The first frost came and visited…
Engler
Engler The video up, and it is incredible. Engler. From Yeti Coolers…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/22/15 – Deluge
Animas Lunch Report – 10/22/15 – Deluge Rob and I made a quick spey mission of our lunch break today. The plan was to scarf some food and book it…
Ross Reels Cimarron II First Look
Ross Reels Cimarron II First Look We got a first look at the new Ross Reels Cimarron II today… Lines taken right out of the Frank Lloyd Wright playbook and…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/19/15 – Explore Colorado
Animas Lunch Report – 10/19/15 – Explore Colorado The rain this past weekend changed things up a bit; it now actually feels like fall out there. The rain also caused…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/16/15 – The End?
Animas Lunch Report – 10/16/15 – The End? Is this weekend going to be the end of our Indian summer? With precip on the forecast, only time will tell. Temps…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/13/15 – It’s a Summer Kind of Fall
Animas Lunch Report – 10/13/15 – It’s a Summer Kind of Fall One thing you don’t expect to see this time of year is the rubber hatch. Well with these…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/12/15 – Not Steelhead
Animas Lunch Report – 10/12/15 – Not Steelhead So it was exactly one year ago that I made a trek up to the great Pacific Northwest to try my hand…
Duranglers October Fishing Report – Autumn Elements
Duranglers October Fishing Report – Autumn Elements Brown trout strip sets. Camp fires smoldering in the rain. Crushed aspen leaves pressed into elk tracks. Mist-lined steelhead passages. Marabou filled fly boxes.…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/5/15 – Stay warm with…SOCKS!
Animas Lunch Report – 10/5/15 – Stay warm with…SOCKS! That’s right, socks! Imagine that. Who knew that wearing socks under your waders will keep your feet warm when you step…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/2/15 – A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Animas Lunch Report – 10/2/15 – A Blaze In The Northern Sky The first sunset of October reminds us that there are only a few days left before the frosts…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/29/15 – Fall Colors
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…
Soft Hackle Saturday – Soft Hackle Streamer
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/25/15 – Bullwinkle
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/15 – Goodbyes and Hellos
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…
5 For Fall
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…
Soft Hackle…Sunday? – Kyle’s Yellow and Rainbow
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/8/15 – Grammar Assassins
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…
New 2016 Goods From Umpqua Feather Merchants
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…