DISCLAIMER: In Fall, brown and brook trout spawn. While not illegal in most of the country, it is highly unethical to fish to spawning trout. Please know how to identify spawning beds, known as redds, and do not fish to trout that are spawning. You wouldn’t want someone to stick a hook in your face…
By Zak Beavers The water comes to a rolling boil. I put a heaping amount of freshly ground coffee into my French press, and then add the appropriate amount of water to make the concoction, which will fuel me for a few solid hours. Things are shaping up for a good, yet cold morning on…
By Lee Pillaro There are days that can be measured in hours, others that can be measured in dry fly eats, and still more that seem to not be measured at all. These days exist all at once, never beginning and never ending. For me, most of these immeasurable days come in October. Colorado is…
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…
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…
New and Notable Gear For Fall Brisk days and crunching leaves underfoot. Browns are maneuvering and posturing. Elk are bugling. Pumpkin spice everything abounds at the grocery store. It’s Fall. This time of year, after the height of the summer Colorado trout excitement, things tend to slow down a little bit and we find ourselves able to take…
The Season of Meat – October Fly Fishing Report It’s meat season around here. Ducks, elk, deer, pheasants, antelope, and bear. Many of us are prepping to get out after that wild game meat. Sometimes what you put in the freezer in October will be feeding your family in May. While you may not be…
Onset of the Hopper Hoards – August/September Fly Fishing Report The onset of hopper hoards have marked the coming of our late summer fishing season. If you are one who likes violent, splashy dry fly eats and feisty fish; then this just might be when you want to get on the water. We are in…
Duranglers November Fishing Report – Creeping Winter From the much celebrated snow storm we had the past two days to a drop in temps, we are noticing it more and more: winter is creeping up on us. Many of us have responded accordingly by throwing on an extra layer in the morning and working on our winterizing…
Duranglers October Fishing Report – Autumn Elements Brown trout strip sets. Camp fires smoldering in the rain. Crushed aspen leaves pressed into elk tracks. Mist-lined steelhead passages. Marabou filled fly boxes. Duck blinds before dawn. Spey casts in crisp air. Blaze orange and mossy oak. Gold, Bronze, and Crimson. The elements of autumn: things that grip us…
5 For Fall If Buzzfeed can make lists of cool/random stuff, why can’t we? Here is a list of 5 things that are get us all sorts of excited for this fall. 1. Moving Monsters The crisp nip in the morning fall air often puts fly guys on point for one thing: big ol’ brown…
Duranglers September Report – The Million Dollar Month September is the month of the San Juan Skyway and the Million Dollar Highway drive. While nonetheless beautiful every other month of the year, September is of course when the mountainsides of the San Juan Skyway bursts into the bright and luminous shade of yellow which almost requires sunglasses just…
November 2014 Fly Fishing Report For a fly angler in the Rocky Mountains, November begins to implant nagging and impure thoughts of “staying home” instead of fishing. Gone are the blazing days of summer where we could not wait to get in the river dressed in Chacos and a swim suit. Gone are the warm…
October Durango Fly Fishing Forecast October roughly translates to “streamers” in trout bum speak. With the shorter days and cooler nights, our local water temps have dropped and fish are one the move to fatten up before the deep cold of winter. Brown trout are also very active this time of year to get ready for…
September Durango Fly Fishing Forecast The end of Summer has begun. As melancholy as some feel, it is a fact we all have to face. The height of summer dry fly season is past, and now it is time for other matters to attend to. The first order of business: Fall fishing. Now, while Fall does…
River Conditions in November “Remember, remember the fish of November…” Frosty autumn mornings; with each day giving way to the starkness of winter. Positioned center stream, casting at nothing in particular with only your deeper contemplations do keep you company. This is November. Even if the fishing has not slowed down, it feels right to…
Every year, first weekend of October, I take a trip. The purpose of this trip has always been to meet up with close friends from the front range and fish as much as we can for as long as we can. The meet up point is always in Colorado, but it changes every year. This…
River Conditions in October October is here, and for us it is a time to slow down. A time to take inventory from the past busy season. A time to catch our breath, maybe even head to far away waters for a chance at some steel. October is a good time to be in Durango,…
River Conditions in September What does September mean to you? Cooling temps? Falling leaves? Football? Here in Durango it is what we know as a shoulder season. A shoulder between the height of summer and winter. Between the best summer dry fly fishing and powder skiing. A time of year where our tourism drops off…
