Animas Lunch Report – 8/24/15 – High Country Boats The short of it is that Duranglers guide Les spends his winters in North Carolina building boats (aka skiffs, aka drift boats) with High Country Boats. Well the other half of the boat building operation, Matt and Shannon spent some time on the Animas River with Les…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/10/15 – What’s Going to Happen??? “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien What’s going to happen with the Animas!!? We have been asked this question nonstop for the past 5 days. I am going to…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/29/15 – The Right Time Catching trout on the Animas can be all about being on the water at the right time. Corky timed it right with a PMD hatch yesterday that lasted all of 30 minutes. Andy – Fished the Animas on lunch. A few small guys wanted to sample a small…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/28/15 – When life gives you lemons… …make lemon twist powerbait. In other, actual fly fishing news, Jake made a sweet journey with his dad to some pretty spectacular Colorado water. The cutties were something to write home about. There is lots to fish in the high country right now. Get…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/25/15 – Memorial Day Memorial Day: free parking, banks are closed, and most likely you are not working. We are working, but most likely you aren’t. I am not complaining either, working at a fly shop is pretty great; even on a national holiday like this one. Memorial Day basically marks…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/21/15 – Now THAT’S a Flybox Need I say more? This monster flybox belongs to our our sales rep for Solitude, Sam. It’s a pretty sweet way to show off some bugs. Andy – The Animas: 458 cfs, flows dropping, and very clear. It has the color of the Emerald City from…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/20 – State of Colorado Holiday Today is kind of a state holiday here in Colorado… That’s right, it’s “Jurassic World Trailer” Day! Watch till the 2:18 mark for an epic dry fly eat! Andy – The river dropped to under 500 cfs today with lots of wind and a high of 420…err… 60…
Animas Lunch Report – 3/30/15 – Adventure Time It looks like the Animas River has reached early stages of runoff. As you can see, the river is doing it’s daily stair climbing. [image src=”http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwisweb/graph?agency_cd=USGS&site_no=09361500&parm_cd=00060&period=7″ align=”center”] Andy – This Monday brings higher, muddy water to the Animas. Today might be tough fishing, but as always, watch for…
Fishpond Headgate Tippet Holder Review The other day I got my hands on the Headgate Tippet Holder from Fishpond. New for 2015 and made of strong annodized aerospace aluminum; this little gadget at first glance reminds me of a carabiner. Call it a tippet carabiner. This thing is leagues above my old tippet-T, which the Headgate immediately replaced.…
Animas Lunch Report 3/23/15 – Clarity Does anyone remember the album Clarity by Jimmy Eat World? It’s a great album, also the title of the album reminds me of what we are seeing on the Animas right now. 550 cfs Jake – The Animas is more than fishable right now. Andy – I took a stroll on…
2015 Durango Fly Fishing Film Tour tickets available now at Duranglers for Saturday, April 4th. The Fly Fishing Film Tour is rolling around on Saturday, April 4th; the same day as Durangler’s Fly Fishing Fest! Make a day of fly fishing events and then top off the evening with a viewing of the Fly Fishing Film…
Durango March Fly Fishing Report 2015 March…and finally some winter weather! It seems like our monthly reports for February and March have been swapped. Recently we have seen a string winters storms roll through that have brought much needed moisture and snow pack to Southwest Colorado. While a few may balk at the idea…
January 2015 Fly Fishing Report Winter: we are in the heart of it now. With the holiday season behind us, many have organized and hung up their rods and waders. Spending hours at the tying vice, working to fill up the boxes for spring; a fair amount of fisherman have opted to keep warm indoors in anticipation…
