Overcast Days are for Baetis – October Fishing Report “Cloudy with a chance of rain”: a statement so typical of the forecast this time of year. With weather rolling in and dark clouds on the horizon, as often is the case in October, anglers tend to stay in rather than hit the water. We are not sure…
August Rio Grande Float Fishing Trips While we have seen a very dry year with lower than average flows, it looks like fortune has smiled on us in the form of some good recent rains. Coupled with increased flows below Rio Grande reservoir, and we may be looking at some float fishing conditions! This may…
The Truth – July 2018 Fly Fishing the Colorado High Country With all the doom and gloom filling our minds through news articles and social media feeds, sometimes we need to head for the hills. It’s an imperative, a vital mental reset. A must for the rejuvenation of our emotional state. What we usually find…
Rains and the High Country – Late July/Early August Fishing Report We have seen an interesting summer this year in Durango. First, it was high temps and low water, then the 416 Fire hit, then the smoke, and then the ash flow into the Animas. All these things make for (once again) a skewed perception of…
Animas Lunch Report – July 18th – Monsoons Have Come On this rendition of the Animas Lunch Report: the heat is hitting us here in Durango…but so is the RAIN!!! We needed it bad though. Today we talk about the San Juan, the super muddy Animas, carp and bass fishing, high country creek fishing, and…
Animas Lunch Report – July 4th – Celebrate Freedom, Go Fishing! It’s been a bit since we have been able to make a true Animas Lunch Report video, so we decided to go live to make it quick and easy. The sound is low quality, the picture is poor, but info is top notch! Watch…
SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST TO OPEN TOMORROW!!! News Release FOR RELEASE: June 20, 2018 Most San Juan National Forest and Durango-area BLM-managed lands re-open on Thursday. Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Remain in Effect. DURANGO, Colo. – On Thursday, June 21, at 3 p.m., the San Juan National Forest (SJNF) will re-open to the public by rescinding the Stage…
The 416 Fire – Where Can I Fish? Update!!!!! 6/20/18 Due to our fortunate weather and rains over the weekend, the Stage 3 fire restrictions will be lifted on Thursday, June 21st at 3:00 pm in the San Juan National Forest and BLM. You can read more here. La Plata/Durango properties are still under stage 3…
Animas Lunch Report – June 1st, 2018 – Summer Has Arrived! It’s been quite a while since our last Animas Lunch Report…but since summer has arrived today, we wanted to set it off right! Check out the report and give us a call or stop by the shop before you head out!
Spring Trout on the Rise – March/April Fishing Forecast What is happening this March and April? Lots! Plan out that spring road trip and don’t forget our upcoming Fly Fly Fishing Fest! You can also check out our frequently updated river reports page for the most up to date information. We do have some guide…
Let 2018 Be Your Big Fish Year – January Fishing Report 2017 has passed into the records of history. Now is the time to look forward to what 2018 will bring! A lot of us have set goals and resolutions for our fishing this year. We hope you have too! We are already planning our…
Animas Lunch Report – 11-27-17 – Holiday Troutin I wouldn’t exactly call it a tropical heat wave…but I wouldn’t call it November weather either. Call it a haunting of the Indian Summer, call it global warming…call it what you want. The weather has been warm lately, reaching 60 degrees during the day. This has set…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/27/17 – The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today It’s fall dudes. Actually, fall is almost half over. It feels weird, like the opposite of Deja Vu; “How are we here now? shouldn’t it still be summer?” Because of that, we have something important to tell you. It will probably…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/30/17 – Recent Catches How has the fishing been lately? A little like this…
Animas Lunch Report – 8-23-17 – Macabre Pictures Running through a few photos from this past summer, I came across a handful that were worth a second look. Reminders of the finite nature of our existence, these photos expose the mortal nature of our lives. Some of these you may find calming, while others are downright…
Animas River Lunch Report – 8-21-17 – Total Eclipse of the Report So if it isn’t evident by now…we have been pretty swamped and have not had much opportunity to bring to the masses our usually consistent Animas Lunch Report. We kicked off our video reports….and then fell off the map. Summer hits like that around…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
