The Mountain Wilds Await – Duranglers August Fly Fishing Report The alarm always comes quicker than hoped, between the hours of “really dark” and “still dark”, when the only “dark” you want to hear about is the coffee. Times like these, the fringes of sanity are tested as multiple pre-dawn hours behind the wheel only…
4th Of July Sage Fly Rods Close Out With liberty and justice for all! Happy 4th of July, hope it is a good one! To kick off our love for living in the United States, we just put a whole heap of Made in America Sage fly rods on sale. We have done a few…
The 4th of July is for Celebrating America ‘Merica! ‘Murica! ‘Merica! USA! USA! USA! The 4th of July is almost here! Booyah! Durango is absolutely bustling with activity this week. The 4th of July week is the busiest week of the year here in our corner of Colorado. This might as well be considered the…
Animas River Lunch Report – 6-23-17 – The Longest, Fastest Day So it has been a few weeks since we last put out an Animas Lunch Report. The plan was to transition over to video reports; but as plans usually go, life happened. Well, more specifically, Duranglers summer life happened. We have been rocking full…
Clouds of Bugs – Duranglers June Fly Fishing Report As seriously cliche as it is…it’s still hard to believe that June is here. You know what else is kind of hard to believe: it looks like peak flows on our local waters crept up on us a few days ago and now we are on the…
Did We Just See Peak Flows? It seems we did just see peak flows, only time will tell over the next few days. However, our daily peak today did not reach the height yesterday. Plus, it looks like our snowpack is sitting at exactly the yearly average. We could be seeing the downslope of runoff…
Plus Size Sage X Models SHOP SAGE X FLY ROD The Sage X fly rod; much has been spoken of this mystical and majestic fly rod…with truth and fact being mixed with excessive hyperbole. Overstatement tends to be the nature of fly rod reviews, and even I am guilty of misusing the English language to talk…
Animas River Lunch Report – 5-26-17 – Runoff is Here! This time of year, folks make their way to Durango for Memorial day weekend, only to find that many of our local rivers are blown out. While fisheries are high and muddy, there are still plenty of options to wet a line. With summer on…
Braided – A New Local Women’s Fly Fishing Initiative We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Braided, a new local women’s fly fishing initiative. Braided was founded by Kami Swingle of Two Fisted Heart Productions as a group to connect with fly fishing women as well as to help women who are new to fly…
Smith Fly Fishing Sunglasses Memorial Day Sale Have you been needing an upgrade to your fly fishing optics? You know, your sunglasses? Arguably the most important piece of gear you will take to the water. “Most important?” Yep! Most. Important. Piece. Of. Gear. You cannot catch fish you cannot see them first. Those 9 dollar truck…
Animas River Lunch Report – 5-18-17 – Runoff is Coming While we live in Colorado, and wild weather is possible, it’s not often that we get more than a foot of snow mid May. Welcome to the west. It is certainly going to have an effect on our fisheries as well as the timeline of…
Animas River Lunch Report – 5-12-17 – Runoff is Coming It is starting to heat up around here, and with the warmer temps come runnoff. It’s not full on yet…but it will be very soon. Check out our latest Animas Lunch Report Video!
Animas River Lunch Report May 3rd 2017 Dropping Spring Flows It’s May…and flows are dropping? Yep! Thanks to the cold stormfront we had this past week, flows dropped and fishing in SWCO is pretty good for the moment. Look for that to change later this week with higher flows. Check out our full…
Tying a Skinny Annelid for the San Juan River and Other Selective Trout The Annelid, or aquatic earthworm, is a staple on most of our guide trips headed to the San Juan River Quality Waters below Navajo Dam in northern New Mexico. The Quality Waters are a tailwater, and therefore year round water temps remain…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/26/17 – 2.0 It’s been a while for the ole Animas Lunch Report. Well we are taking the ALR to the next level; call it 2.0, call it a vlog, call it a fishing report, call it whatever you want. We will be bringing you the Animas Lunch Report weekly…in video…
Fly Tying Tutorial: Hot Wire Prince Nymph The Hot Wire Prince has been a go-to for a few of us the past few years. A simple, but extremely effective Prince Nymph variation, this bug gets down quick thanks to the wire and bead. Chances are you already have everything you need to tie this bug…
Navajo 2017 Spring Releases on the San Juan River The 2017 Spring release schedule is out for the San Juan River below Navajo dam. With these higher flows on the Juan, fishing will get pretty awesome. Check our the official statement, then a few of our notes below… BUREAU OF RECLAMATION NAVAJO RESERVOIR 2017 SPRING…
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Abundance of Water – April 2017 Fly Fishing Report This month we will see the beginning of Spring runoff on most of our area rivers. Snowpack this year is above average and we have an abundance of water in the high country. The sooner we can get going the better. Most of the tailwaters in…
New! Custom Fly Assortments The Traveling Angler Are you planning a trip to our area (or any water) this summer? Well, we have put a new offering together that makes fly selection easy when heading to new waters. These custom fly assortments help take the guesswork out of fishing in unfamiliar territory for the traveling…
How to Fish a Streamer From a Boat Our friends and partners, Simon Gawesworth with Rio Products, have been killing it lately with helpful and informative videos. If you are planning a float trip with us this Spring on the Animas or Rio Grande, then this is one you will want to check out! It is…
The Other Obsession Fly fishing is an obsession itself, but with it comes another obsession that is just as contagious. By Maxwell Westheimer Before getting involved in the fly fishing industry through Duranglers in the Summer of 2016, I was under the impression that fly tying was difficult and time-consuming. I figured I could get…
Hump Day Motivation: Yeti Presents-The Devils We needed some midweek motivation, and I have a feeling you might have too. Here is the latest film from Yeti: The Devils. This video is a great reminder that finding remote fish in the solitude of the wilds can be had almost anywhere if you know where to…
Animas Lunch Report – 3/20/17 – Spring Lasted 4 Minutes It’s been a fairly busy past 3 months…which is how long it has been since my last Animas Lunch Report. Late winter fishing on the Animas was quite good. Spring fishing was pretty good too, at least all 4 minutes of spring that we had.…
DURANGLERS 2017 FLY FISHING FESTIVAL – March 31 & April 1, 2017 THE 2017 FLY FISHING SEASON IS HERE! GET PREPARED WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE, TECHNIQUES, AND GEAR. TWO DAYS OF FUN, EDUCATION, CLINICS, DEALS AND DEMOS WITH DURANGLERS AND OUR FLY FISHING INDUSTRY FRIENDS FRIDAY MARCH 31, 2017 Double Tree Hotel – Animas Room Social…
