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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/31/15 – The Heat is On With the dropping flows and increasing temps, the heat is on. Midday, the Animas the water has been rising above…
Sage Circa Fly Rod Review – Pride and Prejudice It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fly rod must be in want of a…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/27/15 – Wanderlust Hikes to dry fly havens pretty much define late summer fly fishing. Photos from Andy’s weekend exploration into the Weminuche Wilderness. Brook, Rainbow,…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/24/15 – Dog Days Have we entered the dog days of summer? In theory, but it does not feel like it. Somewhat cooler temps and rain…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/23/15 – Good News We have a few bits of good news for ya! “As a result of decreasing river flows in the San Juan River…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/22/15 – Palomino A Palomino Trout (also known as a ‘Lightning’ Trout in California) is a pretty rare little gem here in Colorado. We don’t often…
2015 Grip N Grin Guide We realized something: You go to all the trouble of surfing fly fishing websites, attempting to find the best information on rivers, flies, gear, terminal…
Soft Hackle Saturday: Peacock and Partridge Today’s installment of the Soft Hackle Saturday highlights the Peacock and Partridge. Also known as the Soft Hackle Peacock, this fly is wicked quick…
Independents Week Independents Week 2015 came and went this past 4th of July week. I know, it’s spelled Independence; but here in La Plata county, our regional Local First also…