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 provide evidence that throughout the summer; the mind of a fly shop staff employee slowly deteriorates into spouting nonsensical idioms. What’s worse is I felt…
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. It’s hot. The breeze cools my face. These waves are trying to rock me to sleep and I fight weariness. Tell another story to pass the…
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 flowing at about 4,500 cfs and everything else seems completely blown out, but just hear me out for a second. The flows are up mostly…
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. This was a very last minute opportunity (maybe even a once in a lifetime), so I went for it. Knowing very little about saltwater fly fishing…
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 Rio Grande season. As you read this, half of the Duranglers guide team is headed over the hill to Creede for a few weeks of…
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 left to only the best of boaters and oarsmen. We have said it in almost every report the past few weeks: lakes and tailwaters are…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/10/15 – Englorious When the rivers are swollen with runoff, you can place money on what Mark will be fishing for. Mark and Doug rocked it at Vallecito yesterday with 19 eats and 15 pike in the boat. And we had been hearing that the fly fishing pike bite was off.…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/9/15 – Flat and Tail The news is hard to hear, I know. I see you are feeling cheated. I am sorry to be the one to bring you this news, but it is not my fault. I don’t control the weather, it’s just one of those things that is above…
A Spey Rod for Trout There has been a differing of opinion on this subject recently in the shop. Some of us here really enjoy throwing two handed rods and swinging flies for trout on our local rivers. Others of us believe that the two hander is better reserved for steelhead and salmon and trout…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/15 – Peak Flows We took a week off from the Animas Lunch Report but we are back at it! This time, let’s discuss peak flows. We reported on our Facebook a few days ago that it looked like peak flows hit June 3rd. While this seemed to be true and…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/29/15 – Jump Shot After his days off, Jake dropped some great photos on us from his “weekend” fishing. Lots of awesome jump shots that capture the essence of the fight in time. Andy – The Animas is climbing back up to 1900 today. The weekend looks to be a warm one…
Duranglers June Monthly Report – The Dawn of Summer Despite the February-like May, the dawn of summer is almost upon us. June is game time for fly fishing in Durango and while runoff is currently kicked into high gear; there is still plenty of trout to be found. With the constant producer of the San…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/28/15 – Colorado Grand Slam Derek; one of the recent additions to the Duranglers shop staff and aspiring trout wizard, made the magic happen yesterday with a Colorado grand slam. (A Colorado grand slam is catching a brown, rainbow, brook, and cutthroat trout all in one day) With runoff picking up…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/27/15 – Tarpon, Bow to the King Tarpon: if you are planning a trip to Florida in the next few weeks, this means something to you. Check out Redington’s new episode of Find Your Water showing the king of saltwater flats fly fishing, and peep the King Sticker too! Find Your Water:…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/26/15 – Let it Snow It’s raining here. It has been raining here. It is going to continue to rain. Apparently Durango decided to dress up like Seattle this May. The truth of the matter is that when it has been raining here in town, it is snowing up high. Our…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/22/15 – Get Used To It Well the Animas is in full fledged runoff now, and it will be for a while. It’s time to get used to it. Even as we are in full runoff, it continues to snow in the high country adding more to our every increasing snowpack. It’s…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/21/15 – Float Season Throwback How about another throwback photo to remind us that the float season is right around the corner! John with the old school Sage hat, massive bow, on an unnamed Colorado river. Summer is almost upon us! Kyle – Now would be a good time to seine the Animas to…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/20/15 – The Colorado Bonefish You may have noticed that this time of year, a lot of the Duranglers squad seeks out alternate fly fishing options. Most of us are exhausting our energies and spending our free days seeking out the violent pike. Bass is also an option, although it is a…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/19/15 – Return From the South Well Kyle and company made it back from their trip to Turneffe Flats in Belize this past week. Stories of high winds made for tough conditions but there were still a few shots at permit along with a few tarpon eats and a lot of…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/18/15 – Fish In A Barrel As you can see, Cory Crave is super excited about the stocking truck’s visit to Texas Hole. Hey, at least the big boys will eat fingerling sized streamer now! Andy – The Animas came up today to about 1440 cfs. Even though the the clarity decreased,…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/15/15 – Engler Mark Engler is probably a better fly fisherman than you. I am sorry to tell you this, but it’s true. Not only that, but he is probably better at a lot of things than you. I mean no offense, but it is the way of things. I include…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/14/15 – Carrot Nymph Andy – Today, I added all of Bill Flick’s wood fly carvings to our online shop (if you have not seen these, check them out here, they are really cool). The carvings by Bill are a resemblance of the flies of yesteryear. Not many people still use a…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/13/15 – Lower D Blue skies, blue winged olives…but no blues. That is the recent report from Corky and his client Tom after a day on the Lower D. While the water is very low and the fish are spooky, the high desert canyon scenery makes this place one of a…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/12/15 – 7 Inches of Sink Tip Temps are rising and runoff picking up again today (Animas at 1140 cfs). Increasing flows mean rising temps on our local reservoirs and lakes. We would like to highly encourage our fellow anglers to make a trip out to a local stillwater. Magic is happening…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/11/15 – Obscene Trout Porn Our friend Stephen recently made it back from a 4 month fly fishing mission he took to New Zealand. His goal was big fish. He found big fish. With over 40 trout landed that measured over 10 pounds… yadda yadda, whatever…seriously I don’t even know what to…
