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…
Duranglers Flash Sale Day 4: Fly Tying Materials It’s time to stock up for the winter tying season! Our 4rd flash sale this week is going on all day today (Thursday, December 7th) and is a great way to load up (or load someone else up) on all materials you will need to craft those secret patterns..…
Duranglers Flash Sale Day 3: Stickers and Decals Stickers and decals: the best way to decorate your truck, boat, tying cave, or cooler. It’s custom art on the cheap! Our 3rd flash sale this week is going on all day today (Wednesday, December 6th) and is a great way to save on some beautiful stocking stuffers.…
Duranglers Flash Sale Day 2: Fly Fishing Books! Even in this digital age where seemingly endless knowledge is available at our fingertips, fly fishing books still hold many secrets. From fly tying, to beginner techniques, to guidebooks, to casting, to entomology, to just good ole fly fishing literature; there is nothing like cracking the spine on “analog” fly fishing…
December Flash Sale Week So we wanted to kick off the first week of December by doing something a little different. Each day this week, we are going to have a different flash sale for the Holidays. We will have a new opportunity every day to save 20% on some of your favorite fly fishing gear…but…
Holiday Gift Ideas for People You Like and Don’t Hate Holiday shopping, fun fun fun! We all know how that goes…it doesn’t sometimes. In this day in age, the default go-to is a gift card: “Buy yourself something with my money because I don’t actually know you well enough to pick it out myself!” It’s…
Straight Out of the Hatch Reels Custom Shop… Limited edition Orange and Blue Hatch reels for those living in Broncos country! Coming up on the Holiday season, these bad boys make for a Christmas present for the Broncos fan/fly fishing junkie in your life. These Gen 2 Hatch Plus Finatic reels are new this year and…
4th Of July Sage Fly Rods Close Out With liberty and justice for all! Happy 4th of July, hope it is a good one! To kick off our love for living in the United States, we just put a whole heap of Made in America Sage fly rods on sale. We have done a few…
The 4th of July is for Celebrating America ‘Merica! ‘Murica! ‘Merica! USA! USA! USA! The 4th of July is almost here! Booyah! Durango is absolutely bustling with activity this week. The 4th of July week is the busiest week of the year here in our corner of Colorado. This might as well be considered 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…
Braided – A New Local Women’s Fly Fishing Initiative We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Braided, a new local women’s fly fishing initiative. Braided was founded by Kami Swingle of Two Fisted Heart Productions as a group to connect with fly fishing women as well as to help women who are new to fly…
Smith Fly Fishing Sunglasses Memorial Day Sale Have you been needing an upgrade to your fly fishing optics? You know, your sunglasses? Arguably the most important piece of gear you will take to the water. “Most important?” Yep! Most. Important. Piece. Of. Gear. You cannot catch fish you cannot see them first. Those 9 dollar truck…
Navajo 2017 Spring Releases on the San Juan River The 2017 Spring release schedule is out for the San Juan River below Navajo dam. With these higher flows on the Juan, fishing will get pretty awesome. Check our the official statement, then a few of our notes below… BUREAU OF RECLAMATION NAVAJO RESERVOIR 2017 SPRING…
Sage Bolt, Accel, and 3200 Series Reel Flash Sale [button title=”Shop Sage ACCEL” link=”/shop/sage-fly-rods/fly-rods-sage-2/sage-accel-fly-rod/” target=”_blank” color=”green” size=””] [button title=”Shop Sage BOLT” link=”/shop/sage-fly-rods/fly-rods-sage-2/sage-bolt-fly-rod/” target=”_blank” color=”green” size=””] [button title=”Shop Sage BOLT” link=”/product/sage-3200-series-fly-reel/” target=”_blank” color=”green” size=””] We got a lot of great feedback on our previous Flash Sale with the Sage PULSE and MOTIVE fly rods…so we are doing…
New! Custom Fly Assortments The Traveling Angler Are you planning a trip to our area (or any water) this summer? Well, we have put a new offering together that makes fly selection easy when heading to new waters. These custom fly assortments help take the guesswork out of fishing in unfamiliar territory for the traveling…
DURANGLERS 2017 FLY FISHING FESTIVAL – March 31 & April 1, 2017 THE 2017 FLY FISHING SEASON IS HERE! GET PREPARED WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE, TECHNIQUES, AND GEAR. TWO DAYS OF FUN, EDUCATION, CLINICS, DEALS AND DEMOS WITH DURANGLERS AND OUR FLY FISHING INDUSTRY FRIENDS FRIDAY MARCH 31, 2017 Double Tree Hotel – Animas Room Social…
Sage Pulse and Motive Flash Fly Rod Sale The constant struggle of the working man who fly fishes tends to be purchasing new gear. It’s hard to drop a hefty chunk of change on new fly rods when you have bills to pay (and even a family to feed). Especially when you have a certain…
Valentine’s Weekend Sale This is it, the sale everyone asks about all year! You are probably thinking, “really, everyone asks about a Valentine’s sale?” Well…to be honest, no they don’t. We have never really done a Valentine’s sale in fact. BUT, what everyone DOES ask is “when are you guys going to be putting your…
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…
The 2017 Fly Fishing Film Tour Stoke Reel The 2017 Fly Fishing Film tour is coming Saturday, April 1st. Mark it on your calendars and check out the stoke reel for this year’s lineup. Looks like it could be a good one Tickets now available in store for the discounted price of $14. Showings at…
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. 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…
Open Fly Tying Night December 1st It might be a little last minute, but we are hosting our first 2016/17 season Open Fly Tying Night this Thursday. Come hang out, bring your tying gear and some suds. We will be tying, you should be too! December 1st, 6pm to 8pm – At Duranglers Flies and…
Black Friday. What does that actually mean for a small local fly shop? Are we discounting everything to INSANELY LOW prices? Well, no. To be honest, as a small business, we just cannot compete with the big box world of crazy discounts on mostly cheap “made in China” goods. However, we pride ourselves in…
Duranglers Spey Clinic Recap This past Saturday saw our first ever Beginner’s Spey Clinic take place in Durango on the banks of our local Animas River. Attendance was better than expected (why not, it was a free event) and we were able to put a good number of spey and switch rods in everyone’s hands.…
New Additions to the Fly Tying Arsenal Here at the shop when it comes to flies, many people tend to lean towards the side of tradition. Even though we bring in new fly patterns every year, I bet you can guess which flies sell the most. The standards of course: Parachute Adams, Prince Nymphs, and…
