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Duranglers July Monthly Report – Dry or Die

Conditions, News, PhotosBy Andy McKinleyJuly 1, 2015Leave a comment

Duranglers July Monthly Report – Dry or Die Usually, July is known as the height of dry fly season here in Southwestern Colorado.  However, with all the moisture we received this year, dry fly season has just begun.  With so many hatches just kicking into gear with subsiding runoff, we are looking at a great…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/30/15 – The Tug Is The Drug

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 30, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/30/15 – The Tug Is The Drug It seems like we have not had much to report in the past two months from the Animas.  Well, that is all changing. The Anims is finally starting to pick up.  Les managed this solid brown on a streamer.  Finally, some news from the…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/29/15 – Highland Mary’s Lakes

Animas Lunch Report, Conditions, PhotosBy Andy McKinleyJune 29, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/29/15 – Highland Mary’s Lakes Andy made the trek up to Highland Mary’s Lakes this past weekend…only to find them still mostly covered in ice and plenty of snow to trudge through.  The fishing was not so great.  The high country still has some snow to deal with, but runoff is…

Animas Lunch Report – 6/25/15 – Light at the End of the Tunnel

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 25, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/25/15 – Light at the End of the Tunnel In 2 days, the Animas has dropped almost 1000 cfs.  Light at the end of the tunnel it seems!  Water clarity is slowly coming back with dropping levels.  All around Southwest Colorado, we are seeing the waters recede and summer fly fishing…

Animas Lunch Report – 6/24/15 – Almost Famous

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 24, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/24/15 – Almost Famous Trivia: can you name the band from the 2000 movie Almost Famous? Here, have a clue… No the band’s name wasn’t Derek, nor were they named Brown Trout. Derek is of course fishing on a…Stillwater…same as the band’s name!  If you didn’t know this, I highly recommend…

Animas Lunch Report – 6/23/15 – Courage Wolf

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 23, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/23/15 – Courage Wolf You know what, we know the river is high.  You know what else, just go fish it.  Courage Wolf would. Kyle – Getting stoked on small stream fishing, it should come around soon. Andy – The Animas is at 4000 cfs today (but coming down slowly).  The San Juan is…

Animas Lunch Report – 6/22/15 – The Livin is Easy

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 22, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/22/15 – The Livin is Easy Currently in Durango, despite high water: Andy – Bugs have begun to pop on the Rio and the water is clear enough that fish are beginning to eat dries.  Expect this trend to get better with the next few days.  However, the Animas is still high…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/19/15 – Father’s Day Solstice

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 19, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/19/15 – Father’s Day Solstice A few quick points to note: Sunday is Father’s Day Sunday is also the Summer Solstice (you can fish the most possible daylight hours in one day!) We just extended our Rio Grande float season So I think I know what you should do… Fill up…

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Rio Grande Float Season Open Dates

Conditions, NewsBy Andy McKinleyJune 19, 2015Leave a comment

Rio Grande Float Season Open Dates It’s been a strange spring and early summer this year in Southwest Colorado.  Thanks to the late snowstorms and rain, our rivers have been high and muddy for almost a month. However, we have finally hit peak flows and are on the down slope of runoff.  With the delayed…

Animas Lunch Report – 6/18/15 – Meat Whistle

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 18, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/18/15 – Meat Whistle Here is the deal: the Animas hit 5500 cfs today, and it could get higher tomorrow.  Instead of worrying about it, why don’t we just try new things.  Why not try out Barr’s Meat Whistle.  The Meat Whistle has been one of those flies that we like…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/16/15 – Boomerang

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 16, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/16/15 – Boomerang “If it’s a boomerang, I call dibs” Jake declared as we opened the packages delivered by UPS the day before. Statements like this just provide evidence that throughout the summer; the mind of a fly shop staff employee slowly deteriorates into spouting nonsensical idioms.  What’s worse is I felt…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/15/15 – Summer Bugs

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 15, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/15/15 – Summer Bugs Is your dry fly box ready for the onslaught that is about to happen? Ok, so I know that the Animas is flowing at about 4,500 cfs and everything else seems completely blown out, but just hear me out for a second.  The flows are up mostly…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/12/15 – Over the Hill

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 12, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/12/15 – Over the Hill It has been delayed long enough, it is now time.  Pack the truck, rig the boat, and hit the road: it’s Rio Grande season. As you read this, half of the Duranglers guide team is headed over the hill to Creede for a few weeks of…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/11/15 – 6500

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 11, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/11/15 – 6500 After unprecedented amount of rain yesterday and today, the Animas hit 6500 cfs here in town.  It’s raging.  Water like this is best left to only the best of boaters and oarsmen.  We have said it in almost every report the past few weeks: lakes and tailwaters are…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/10/15 – Englorious

Animas Lunch Report, Conditions, PhotosBy Andy McKinleyJune 10, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/10/15 – Englorious When the rivers are swollen with runoff, you can place money on what Mark will be fishing for.  Mark and Doug rocked it at Vallecito yesterday with 19 eats and 15 pike in the boat.  And we had been hearing that the fly fishing pike bite was off.…

Animas Lunch Report – 6/9/15 – Flat and Tail

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 9, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/9/15 – Flat and Tail The news is hard to hear, I know.  I see you are feeling cheated.  I am sorry to be the one to bring you this news, but it is not my fault.  I don’t control the weather, it’s just one of those things that is above…

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Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/15 – Peak Flows

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyJune 8, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/15 – Peak Flows We took a week off from the Animas Lunch Report but we are back at it! This time, let’s discuss peak flows.  We reported on our Facebook a few days ago that it looked like peak flows hit June 3rd.  While this seemed to be true and…

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Animas Lunch Report – 5/29/15 – Jump Shot

Animas Lunch Report, Conditions, PhotosBy Andy McKinleyMay 29, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 5/29/15 – Jump Shot After his days off, Jake dropped some great photos on us from his “weekend” fishing.  Lots of awesome jump shots that capture the essence of the fight in time. Andy – The Animas is climbing back up to 1900 today.  The weekend looks to be a warm one…

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Duranglers June Monthly Report – The Dawn of Summer

Conditions, News, Tips & TricksBy Andy McKinleyMay 29, 2015Leave a comment

Duranglers June Monthly Report – The Dawn of Summer Despite the February-like May, the dawn of summer is almost upon us.  June is game time for fly fishing in Durango and while runoff is currently kicked into high gear; there is still plenty of trout to be found.  With the constant producer of the San…

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Animas Lunch Report – 5/28/15 – Colorado Grand Slam

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyMay 28, 20152 Comments

Animas Lunch Report – 5/28/15 – Colorado Grand Slam Derek; one of the recent additions to the Duranglers shop staff and aspiring trout wizard, made the magic happen yesterday with a Colorado grand slam.  (A Colorado grand slam is catching a brown, rainbow, brook, and cutthroat trout all in one day) With runoff picking up…

Animas Lunch Report – 5/27/15 – Tarpon, Bow to the King

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyMay 27, 20153 Comments

Animas Lunch Report – 5/27/15 – Tarpon, Bow to the King Tarpon: if you are planning a trip to Florida in the next few weeks, this means something to you.  Check out Redington’s new episode of Find Your Water showing the king of saltwater flats fly fishing, and peep the King Sticker too! Find Your Water:…

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Animas Lunch Report – 5/26/15 – Let it Snow

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyMay 26, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 5/26/15 – Let it Snow It’s raining here. It has been raining here.  It is going to continue to rain. Apparently Durango decided to dress up like Seattle this May.  The truth of the matter is that when it has been raining here in town, it is snowing up high.  Our…

Animas Lunch Report – 5/25/15 – Memorial Day

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy productsMay 25, 2015Leave a comment

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…

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Animas Lunch Report – 5/22/15 – Get Used To It

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyMay 22, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 5/22/15 – Get Used To It Well the Animas is in full fledged runoff now, and it will be for a while.  It’s time to get used to it. Even as we are in full runoff, it continues to snow in the high country adding more to our every increasing snowpack.  It’s…

Animas Lunch Report – 5/21/15 – Float Season Throwback

Animas Lunch Report, ConditionsBy Andy McKinleyMay 21, 2015Leave a comment

Animas Lunch Report – 5/21/15 – Float Season Throwback How about another throwback photo to remind us that the float season is right around the corner!  John with the old school Sage hat, massive bow, on an unnamed Colorado river.  Summer is almost upon us! Kyle – Now would be a good time to seine the Animas to…

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