Animas Lunch Report – 12/5/16 – Snapping Ice
Animas Lunch Report – 12/5/16 – Snapping Ice Fidgeting with small flies, threading tippet, twisting knots, plucking said flies from trout mouths, and snapping ice from fly rod guides. Fingers…
We have actually moved our Animas Lunch Report over to our Instagram page! Every Friday, look for an updated Animas report as we had to the river for our lunch break.
Animas Lunch Report – 12/2/16 – Winter Guide Rates
Animas Lunch Report – 12/2/16 – Winter Guide Special Hey you! We are now offering winter guide special rates to fish the best part of the day from now until…
Animas Lunch Report – 11/30/16 – Hello Winter
Animas Lunch Report – 11/30/16 – Hello Winter While not technically winter yet, it might as well be here in Durango. It went from 50’s and sunny last week to…
Animas Lunch Report – 11/9/16 – Post Election Hangover Cure
Animas Lunch Report – 11/9/16 – Post-Election Hangover Cure Did last night’s election not turn out how you wanted? Or perhaps you are feeling the effects of a celebration party…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/14/16 – The Swing of Fall
Animas Lunch Report – 10/14/16 – The Swing of Fall It’s been nice out lately. Really nice. Almost t-shirt weather. It has been a great reprieve from the rains from…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/19/16 – Summer, where did you go?
Animas Lunch Report – 9/19/16 – Summer, where did you go? With a heavy heart, we must relinquish the summer of 2016 to the annals of history. It has been…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/16 – San Juan After Party
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/16 – San Juan After Party The Sportsman is the go-to for the after party: but the Ranch is often our final destination. Sometimes it can…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/14/16 – Swung Lunch
Animas Lunch Report – 9/14/16 – Swung Lunch When September rolls around, and there is a crisp bite to the morning air; I start to dream of chrome on the…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/9/16 – Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/9/16 – Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping… It’s weird how fast things slip past us. Like summer. Where the heck did summer go? I thought we…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/5/16 – Day of Labors
Animas Lunch Report – 9/5/16 – Day of Labors Hoppers, cased caddis, Tricos, and a few BWOs. Floatable at 520 cfs and a beautiful 80 degree day. On this Day of…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/25/15 – This is Why We Fly
Animas Lunch Report – 8/25/15 – This is Why We Fly Growing up in Iowa, there were few opportunities to catch trout on a fly rod. Even at the age…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/5/15 – Monsoonal
Animas Lunch Report – 8/5/15 – Monsoonal Baked neck, dark and dry hands, and drinking “enough” an unattainable feat; our summer guide season had been grinding on through the heat…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/20/16 – Photos From Afield
Animas Lunch Report – 7/20/16 – Photos From Afield 1000 words. That’s what they say a picture is worth anyway. Sometimes its better to show a fishing report than it…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/19/16 – The Spruce Moth-man Prophecies
Animas Lunch Report – 7/19/16 – The Spruce Moth-man Prophecies The spruce moth: the sleeper hatch of southwest Colorado. Spruce moths are a strange terrestrial that you don’t often hear…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/15/16 – Sage X Gon’ Give It To Ya
Animas Lunch Report – 7/15/16 – Sage X Gon’ Give It To Ya [call_to_action text=”Shop Sage X Fly Rods” btn_title=”SHOP NOW” btn_link=”/product/sage-x-fly-rod/” class=””] So unbeknownst to us at the shop,…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/8/16 – Throes of Summer Fly Fishing
Animas Lunch Report – 7/8/16 – Throes of Summer Fly Fishing We are in it now, the throes of summer fly fishing. The Animas has dropped to just over 1000…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/28/16 – Southwest Lowdown
Animas Lunch Report – 6/28/16 – Southwest Lowdown What is the lowdown of Southwest Colorado? Well, awesome. Summer is here, fishing is fantastic all over, and Durango is just an…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/20/16 – Oarsman
Animas Lunch Report – 6/20/16 – Oarsman Are you an Oarsman? If you are, then this is a good time to be in southwest Colorado. The Animas, San Juan, Rio…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/14/16 – Float Season Training
Animas Lunch Report – 6/14/16 – Float Season Training To get ready for our southwest Colorado float season, we have been training our oar skills on our local lakes and…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/16 – Salmonflies
Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/16 – Salmonflies All over Southwest CO we are hearing reports of Salmonflies coming off: the Gunnison, Piedra, and now the Animas! Perfect timing for a…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/2/16 – Upsides and Downsides
Animas Lunch Report – 6/2/16 – Upsides and Downsides The temps and flows this week are setting up a nice little weekend for the Animas River Days celebration. We are betting…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/25/16 – San Juan Dreaming
Animas Lunch Report – 5/25/16 – San Juan Dreaming Now I know this is the “Animas Lunch Report”, but the Animas is blown and muddy…whereas the San Juan River…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/23/16 – Sunbathing Pike
Animas Lunch Report – 5/23/16 – Sunbathing Pike They say that if you can find a laid up pike who is warming in the spring sun, a good cast often…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/10/16 – Find Another Fishing Hole
Animas Lunch Report – 5/10/16 – Find Another Fishing Hole Well it has begun, runoff. Spring temps have rolled into town (finally) and the melting of the snow has begun.…
Animas Lunch Report- 5/3
Animas Lunch Report- 5/3 The Animas is looking good with the cooler temps we had this weekend. Flows have dropped to around 700cfs but will start to climb back up…