Animas Lunch Report – 5/14/15 – Carrot Nymph Andy – Today, I added all of Bill Flick’s wood fly carvings to our online shop (if you have not seen these, check them out here, they are really cool). The carvings by Bill are a resemblance of the flies of yesteryear. Not many people still use a…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/13/15 – Lower D Blue skies, blue winged olives…but no blues. That is the recent report from Corky and his client Tom after a day on the Lower D. While the water is very low and the fish are spooky, the high desert canyon scenery makes this place one of a…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/12/15 – 7 Inches of Sink Tip Temps are rising and runoff picking up again today (Animas at 1140 cfs). Increasing flows mean rising temps on our local reservoirs and lakes. We would like to highly encourage our fellow anglers to make a trip out to a local stillwater. Magic is happening…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/11/15 – Obscene Trout Porn Our friend Stephen recently made it back from a 4 month fly fishing mission he took to New Zealand. His goal was big fish. He found big fish. With over 40 trout landed that measured over 10 pounds… yadda yadda, whatever…seriously I don’t even know what to…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/8/15 – Island Time Welp, today is Kyle’s last day in the shop for the next week. He is off to Turneffe Flats in Belize tomorrow and has set his watch to island time with a saltwater grand slam on his mind. We all currently hate him. Kyle – I am off to catch…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/7/15 – Dropping In As we have already discussed, there is plenty of fishing to be found during runoff. There are also plenty of other things to be done during runoff. Yardwork, house chores, spring cleaning, catching up on work, or working on that kickflip you never quite perfected in high…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/6/15 – Facebook Politics This installment of the Animas Lunch Report really has nothing to do with Facebook, or politics. Just how to make the world a better place through fly fishing. Protip: the next time you want to emotionally react to someone’s political opinion on Facebook; you should go fishing…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/5/15 – Creek Trout Andy – For no other reason than to say that I could, I headed to a local creek on lunch to see if I could find some small stream trout. Our local creeks are high, cold, off color, and it was raining today. Irregardless, I brought in a few fish…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/4/15 – May the 4th Be With You May the Fourth is here, bring on the weird weather and flows until summer arrives. Also get stoked on Star Wars today. Andy – The flows bumped up over the weekend to over 1000 cfs. We are in runoff mode…although the cooler weather and rain…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/1/15 – May Day Did you know that today is May Day? Yep! Fun fact, most people don’t know what May Day actually celebrates. I don’t know either. Andy – It’s a shorts, t-shirt, and flip flops kind of day. With warmth like this, no wonder the Animas flows are shooting up.…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/30/15 – TU Banquet 5 Rivers Trout Unlimited’s mission of conserving, protecting and restoring the trout rivers of SW Colorado cannot be accomplished without the generous financial donations of local anglers and river lovers. Please join 5RTU to celebrate their recent successes and help sustain their important work. This Saturday, May 2nd…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/29/15 – San Juan River For better or worse, we are seeing some changes around here. Warmer weather, higher flows, more activity in the fly shop, and fish switching tactics on us. Summer is on it’s way. With the current weather, the Animas may have a few more days before clarity and…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/28/15 – Guide Rig Getting you to the water is only one of it’s duties. Sometimes a bed, other times a tying desk. Makeshift kitchen or a fly shop on wheels. Full of character, skoal cans, and old monofilament. The beginning and end of many great stories. All hail the Guide Rig.…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/27/15 – Clouds Andy – We have seen lots of cloud cover and rain this past weekend. It made for some pretty good fishing all arounddf. The Animas River has basically leveled out at around 430 cfs and the BWOs have been fairly consistent in the afternoons. There are even some…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/24/15 – Weekend Update It looks like the weekend forecast here in Durango is calling for highs in the 50’s and rain. Heck, it has rained, sleeted, snowed, and hailed…just today. Kyle – When the rains come down, the Baetis come up! Andy – Weekend warriors: it is going to be…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/23/15 – Social Butterfly Are you a social network social butterfly? As much as it pains us to admit…we are. We have some sort of profile on most major social networks so that we can connect with all our friends! Yay! If you have a profile on any of the following,…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/22/15 – Word on the Street It’s a blustery day here in Durango, what is the word on the street? How about a few quick news briefs: We have the Ross Animas 3/4 – Stealth now in stock! (read about Andy’s recent factory tour of Ross Reels) The Trout Unlimited yearly banquet is happening…
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 – 4/17/15 – Baetis It has been cloudy, spitting snow, and a high of 52 today. Perfect baetis conditions. Going into the weekend the forecast is just about the same as it was today: 50s, cloudy, and a chance of moisture. Andy – Hit the river on lunch and was able to bring…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/16/15 – Star Wars The new teaser-trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped today. I know, it’s not fly fishing related. But Star Wars… “Chewie, we’re home.” John – Today has been tough on the Animas. With the recent cold front, the flows are dropping from their recent spike. The silver…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/15/15 – Tax Day and a TU Bug Study Hopefully you got all your tax paperwork in today. Why not celebrate the end of the questionably constitutional income tax season by going fishing. The Animas is up to 685 cfs but we are seeing some colder days (including today) on the…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/14/15 – Just in Time Corky – Fishing the Animas the past few days has been really good. The fishing has been picking up around 11ish through about 5pm. Baetis nymphs and emergers are taking fish as they stack up for the food conveyor belt below riffle drops. In the runs look…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/13/15 – On the Menu This golden stone was pulled out of a pile of sticks and debris by us recently on the Pine River below Bayfield. The Pine river on the Ute property can yield very good fishing depending on the season. There is abundant bug life, which means lots…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/9/15 – The Freakin Weekend It’s almost the weekend. A Spring weekend no less. What is Spring to you? Spring to us is floating the rivers we love with friends, throwing 6 and 7 weight rods with large streamers in tow, holding breaths for that take. Spring is when we spend…
