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…
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/19/16 – Summer, where did you go?
Animas Lunch Report – 9/19/16 – Summer, where did you go? With a heavy heart, we must relinquish the summer of 2016 to the annals of history. It has been…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/16 – San Juan After Party
Animas Lunch Report – 9/15/16 – San Juan After Party The Sportsman is the go-to for the after party: but the Ranch is often our final destination. Sometimes it can…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/14/16 – Swung Lunch
Animas Lunch Report – 9/14/16 – Swung Lunch When September rolls around, and there is a crisp bite to the morning air; I start to dream of chrome on the…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/9/16 – Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/9/16 – Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping… It’s weird how fast things slip past us. Like summer. Where the heck did summer go? I thought we…
Animas Lunch Report – 9/5/16 – Day of Labors
Animas Lunch Report – 9/5/16 – Day of Labors Hoppers, cased caddis, Tricos, and a few BWOs. Floatable at 520 cfs and a beautiful 80 degree day. On this Day of…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/25/15 – This is Why We Fly
Animas Lunch Report – 8/25/15 – This is Why We Fly Growing up in Iowa, there were few opportunities to catch trout on a fly rod. Even at the age…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/5/15 – Monsoonal
Animas Lunch Report – 8/5/15 – Monsoonal Baked neck, dark and dry hands, and drinking “enough” an unattainable feat; our summer guide season had been grinding on through the heat…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/20/16 – Photos From Afield
Animas Lunch Report – 7/20/16 – Photos From Afield 1000 words. That’s what they say a picture is worth anyway. Sometimes its better to show a fishing report than it…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/19/16 – The Spruce Moth-man Prophecies
Animas Lunch Report – 7/19/16 – The Spruce Moth-man Prophecies The spruce moth: the sleeper hatch of southwest Colorado. Spruce moths are a strange terrestrial that you don’t often hear…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/15/16 – Sage X Gon’ Give It To Ya
Animas Lunch Report – 7/15/16 – Sage X Gon’ Give It To Ya [call_to_action text=”Shop Sage X Fly Rods” btn_title=”SHOP NOW” btn_link=”/product/sage-x-fly-rod/” class=””] So unbeknownst to us at the shop,…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/8/16 – Throes of Summer Fly Fishing
Animas Lunch Report – 7/8/16 – Throes of Summer Fly Fishing We are in it now, the throes of summer fly fishing. The Animas has dropped to just over 1000…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/28/16 – Southwest Lowdown
Animas Lunch Report – 6/28/16 – Southwest Lowdown What is the lowdown of Southwest Colorado? Well, awesome. Summer is here, fishing is fantastic all over, and Durango is just an…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/20/16 – Oarsman
Animas Lunch Report – 6/20/16 – Oarsman Are you an Oarsman? If you are, then this is a good time to be in southwest Colorado. The Animas, San Juan, Rio…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/14/16 – Float Season Training
Animas Lunch Report – 6/14/16 – Float Season Training To get ready for our southwest Colorado float season, we have been training our oar skills on our local lakes and…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/16 – Salmonflies
Animas Lunch Report – 6/8/16 – Salmonflies All over Southwest CO we are hearing reports of Salmonflies coming off: the Gunnison, Piedra, and now the Animas! Perfect timing for a…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/2/16 – Upsides and Downsides
Animas Lunch Report – 6/2/16 – Upsides and Downsides The temps and flows this week are setting up a nice little weekend for the Animas River Days celebration. We are betting…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/25/16 – San Juan Dreaming
Animas Lunch Report – 5/25/16 – San Juan Dreaming Now I know this is the “Animas Lunch Report”, but the Animas is blown and muddy…whereas the San Juan River…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/23/16 – Sunbathing Pike
Animas Lunch Report – 5/23/16 – Sunbathing Pike They say that if you can find a laid up pike who is warming in the spring sun, a good cast often…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/10/16 – Find Another Fishing Hole
Animas Lunch Report – 5/10/16 – Find Another Fishing Hole Well it has begun, runoff. Spring temps have rolled into town (finally) and the melting of the snow has begun.…
Animas Lunch Report- 5/3
Animas Lunch Report- 5/3 The Animas is looking good with the cooler temps we had this weekend. Flows have dropped to around 700cfs but will start to climb back up…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/25/16 – Zero Hour
Animas Lunch Report – 4/25/16 – Zero Hour The zero hour has come and its time to go. High, off color water mean the Animas float season is in full…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/21/16 – Smutting
Animas Lunch Report – 4/21/16 – Smutting Rob and I just learned a new word, like, 1 minute ago. John and Tom just taught it to us! It’s called “Smutting”.…
Animas Lunch Report – 4/4/16 – Really Damn Good
Animas Lunch Report – 4/4/16 – Really Damn Good The past few weeks, the Animas has been fishing really damn good. Good baetis hatches with fish up in the water…