Animas Lunch Report – 8/30/17 – Recent Catches
Animas Lunch Report – 8/30/17 – Recent Catches How has the fishing been lately? Â A little like this…
Animas Lunch Report – 8-23-17 – Macabre Pictures
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
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 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. Â 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
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
Clouds of Bugs –Â Duranglers June Fly Fishing Report As seriously cliche as it is…it’s still hard to believe that June is here. Â 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?
Did We Just See Peak Flows? It seems we did just see peak flows, only time will tell over the next few days. Â However, our daily peak today did not reach the height yesterday. Â Plus, it looks like our snowpack is sitting at exactly the yearly average. Â We could be seeing the downslope of runoff…
Animas River Lunch Report – 5-26-17 – Runoff is Here!
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 – Late Spring Snows
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
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 – 5-3-17 – Dropping Spring Flows?
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
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…
Navajo 2017 Spring Releases on the San Juan River
Navajo 2017 Spring Releases on the San Juan River The 2017 Spring release schedule is out for the San Juan River below Navajo dam. Â With these higher flows on the Juan, fishing will get pretty awesome. Â Check our the official statement, then a few of our notes below… BUREAU OF RECLAMATION NAVAJO RESERVOIR 2017 SPRING…
Abundance of Water – April 2017 Fly Fishing Report
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. Â The sooner we can get going the better. Most of the tailwaters in…
Animas Lunch Report – 3/20/17 – Spring Lasted 4 Minutes
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.…
Colorado Flux – March 2017 Fly Fishing Report
Colorado Flux – March 2017 Fly Fishing Report Shoulder season flux. Â 50 mile per hour winds one to 60’s and sunny the next. Â Crystal clear and cold waters to muddy high runners; conditions will be in flux every day. Â The constant change is the foundation of March in Colorado. Â If you are fishing this month,…
Is it Spring Yet? – February 2017 Fly Fishing Report
Is it Spring Yet? – February 2017 Fly Fishing Report So here is the skinny: it’s been cold and it’s been snowy.  Very snowy.  Record breaking snowy in fact.  Right now, most of Colorado is sitting at 160% of average snowpack…and most of that came this past January.  That’s a lot of snow…and a lot of…
Animas Lunch Report – 1/27/17 – Hello Snow
Animas Lunch Report – 1/27/17 – Hello Snow Snowpack percentages are hitting on the high side right now. Â High as in 150 to 200 percent of average in much of Colorado. Â That is double a normal year. Â We are rich in future trout habitat. Â Digging out our drift boat is top of the ‘to-do’ list…
A Fishy New Year – January 2017 Fly Fishing Report
A Fishy New Year – January 2017 Fly Fishing Report Typically, late December and early January see some of our coldest temperatures in Durango. Â We are talking 0-degree temps for 2-3 weeks, anchor ice, and slick roads. Â Right now…not so much. Â While we are seeing some great snow in the high country (pushing above average…
The Advent of Winter Fly Fishing – December Fishing Report
The Advent of Winter Fly Fishing – December Fishing Report It must be the temps that are keeping people off the river these days…because is certainly isn’t the fishing. Â It is hard to believe that absolutely NO ONE likes the idea of layering up and heading out into the wet and snow for a day…
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 get worked the on the river in winter.  The rest of the body just stands there, a roll cast here, a mend there; but the…
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 the end of February.  This is a perfect opportunity to take a break from your week of skiing, hit tie water, and catch some trout…
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 0 degrees and snowing this week.  Hello winter. So far, ice on the Animas has been kept to a minimum and fishing has been pretty good…
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 gone awry.  Either way, you may be suffering the effects of a “Post-Election Hangover”. You know what will cure that right up? Probably water, or coffee,…
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 a few weeks ago.  This warmer fall weather has brought about some welcome sights on the Animas river in the past week.  Namely, tricos, BWOs,…
