Soft Hackle Saturday – Freedom Flies
Soft Hackle Saturday – Freedom Flies Today, swing a wet fly that is flashy, gaudy, and full of freedom. Happy 4th of July! Check out Duranglers 4th of July Flat Brim
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.
Animas Lunch Report – 7/3/15 – Keep it Weird
Animas Lunch Report – 7/3/15 – Keep it Weird Andy – As Kyle and I crested the summit of 9th and Camino Del Rio, descending towards 9th street bridge, our defeat was instantaneously sure. No fish will be caught today. All week, the Animas seemed to be shaping up. With each day, slightly more clarity.…
Free Duranglers 4th of July Flat Brim Cap
Free Duranglers 4th of July Cap Want a sweet limited edition Duranglers 4th of July flat brim cap? Well for a limited time we are giving them away for FREE with any purchase of $100 in store or online through the 4th of July. In store – Mention this offer at checkout with any purchase of…
Duranglers July Monthly Report – Dry or Die
Duranglers July Monthly Report – Dry or Die Usually, July is known as the height of dry fly season here in Southwestern Colorado. However, with all the moisture we received this year, dry fly season has just begun. With so many hatches just kicking into gear with subsiding runoff, we are looking at a great…
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, that is all changing. The Anims is finally starting to pick up. Les managed this solid brown on a streamer. Finally, some news from the…
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 plenty of snow to trudge through. The fishing was not so great. The high country still has some snow to deal with, but runoff is…
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 thorax dubbing (hare’s mask our choice here). A quick and easy tie for those wanting to start out their soft hackle game this summer. The…
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 it seems! Water clarity is slowly coming back with dropping levels. All around Southwest Colorado, we are seeing the waters recede and summer fly fishing…
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, nor were they named Brown Trout. Derek is of course fishing on a…Stillwater…same as the band’s name! If you didn’t know this, I highly recommend…
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 was my first true saltwater fly fishing trip (I wouldn’t count casting into the Southern California surf for a few hours a true saltwater fly…
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 on small stream fishing, it should come around soon. Andy – The Animas is at 4000 cfs today (but coming down slowly). The San Juan is…
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 Alaska as a wilderness float trip guide (and river pioneer) and acquiring a steelhead guide position on the Babine River in British Columbia, Bus is…
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 Sage’s new 2015 offerings…or you could just read all Sage press releases HERE thanks to Sage! BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASH. (June 11, 2015) – Sage MOD Fly…
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 enough that fish are beginning to eat dries. Expect this trend to get better with the next few days. However, the Animas is still high…
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 much higher with tarpon on the fly. The size of the fish, coupled with the travel involved, compounded by the limited number of shots you…
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 Kyle came up with a great blog series called Soft Hackle Saturday. So every Saturday we are going to post a photo of a soft…
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 possible daylight hours in one day!) We just extended our Rio Grande float season So I think I know what you should do… Fill up…
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 high and muddy for almost a month. However, we have finally hit peak flows and are on the down slope of runoff. With the delayed…
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. Slipping in and out again like a wisp of wind. By the time I see them and have a shot, it is too late. It…
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 don’t we just try new things. Why not try out Barr’s Meat Whistle. The Meat Whistle has been one of those flies that we like…
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 who raised you on the water, who dragged you along on ever adventure and showed you the world (even if you didn’t want to at…
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 little showing. We see them break from far off, but they turn and miss us. The light is flat and we can’t see a thing. …
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 of it is that Howler Bros make fly fishing and beach lifestyle clothing. When I first heard of Howler Brothers, my initial reaction was: “the clothes…
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 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
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…
