Animas Lunch Report – 8/30/17 – Recent Catches
Animas Lunch Report – 8/30/17 – Recent Catches How has the fishing been lately? A little like this…
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 is to explain it…
Exploring New Water: The Best Part of Fly Fishing
Exploring New Water: The Best Part of Fly Fishing This past weekend, my wife hit me with the “GTFO and go fishing” card for Father’s Day. She is my good woman. Piece of advice for the unmarried: when the wife says go fishing, you go fishing. I was fortunate enough to join two good friends, Matt…
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 Grande, and Dolores are all going off for float fishing right now. We are seeing good hatches of caddis, stoneflies, and drakes on all our…
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 is absolutely righteous right now. As we stated in our post from yesterday, the the San Juan River is at 5000 CFS. Don’t let the…
Ross Reels New Colorado LT Now in Stock
Ross Reels New Colorado LT Now in Stock SHOP ROSS COLORADO LT The new Ross Reels Colorado LT is a throwback to simple times of fly fishing. When all one needed was a click reel, fiberglass rod, and a few flies for a day on the water. The Colorado LT is a click and pawl…
Animas Lunch Report – 3/21/16 – Fatten Up For Love Fest 2k16
Animas Lunch Report – 3/21/16 – Fatten Up For Love Fest 2k16 That’s right, Love Fest 2k16. They yearly wet and wild festival where cheeks get rosy in anticipation of that sweet, sweet loving making. When you are slappin tail and bumping unmentionables, you gotta carb up if you want to keep that stamina going. And…
Crazy Mike’s Postcard From The Northwest
Crazy Mike’s Postcard From The Northwest Mike packed his gear and headed Northwest a week ago to bum around northern California and southern Oregon. He wanted to let us know that he had hooked 3 in 3 days, and landed his largest this morning. If he were to have actually written us a postcard, it…
Animas Lunch Report – 2/1/15 – Suckers
Animas Lunch Report – 2/1/15 – The Sucker You know what they say if you are catching suckers in the winter? You are in the right spot. You are also are using enough weight. Just keep fishing until something else bites. Suckers might just be that X on the map for winter fly anglers. Although kind…
Animas Lunch Report – 1/27/15 – Small Brown Trout
Animas Lunch Report – 1/27/15 – Small Brown Trout Although these beautiful specimens are not the Instagram or Facebook showstopper that many of us equate with a high amount of likes and followers, these small guys are far more important. Winter fishing on the Animas has historically been seen as a “tough chance” endeavor. The…
Animas Lunch Report – 1/18/15 – Hawaiian Shaved Ice
Animas Lunch Report – 1/18/15 – Hawaiian Shaved Ice The Animas has been flowing the consistency of Hawaiian shaved ice lately. Expect that to change though. With snow on the forecast this week, temps have been rising above freezing and the slush on the Animas may break up a bit. There will even be enough…
Animas Lunch Report – 1/11/15 – Cabin Fever
Animas Lunch Report – 1/11/15 – Cabin Fever Cabin fever hit last Friday for Duranglers guide Rob Coddington. Disregarding the forecast, Rob and Jeff made a mission of it on our local Animas. A few fish were landed, including a gnarly gold sucker. They are out there, you will just have to work for em!
Animas Lunch Report – 12/30/15 – 25 Years of Hits
25 Years of Hits 25 years of memories.25 years of stories.25 years of friendships.25 years of travel.25 years of laughter.25 years of heartbreak.25 years of missed sets, frozen guides, and the one that got away.25 years of grabs, singing reels, and chrome.25 years of steelhead flies.Sometimes old fly boxes are loaded with more nostalgia than…
Animas Lunch Report – 12/11/15 – Figure it Out
Animas Lunch Report – 12/11/15 – Figure it Out Hopefully these photos help you figure out how you should be fishing on the Animas (or anywhere in the Four Corners) this weekend. Don’t forget we have our Articulated Fly Tying Demo tomorrow presented by master guide and fly tier Mike Sulkosky! 10 am at the…
Animas Lunch Report – 10/19/15 – Explore Colorado
Animas Lunch Report – 10/19/15 – Explore Colorado The rain this past weekend changed things up a bit; it now actually feels like fall out there. The rain also caused a little spike in the flows on the Animas which is at 367 cfs right now and climbing. Like us this past weekend, you should…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/31/15 – Baby Crayfish
Animas Lunch Report – 8/31/15 – Baby Crayfish You fish crayfish patterns don’t you? You should if you don’t. Always. This past weekend’s local lake report is in from Duranglers own shop ninja Derek Ems. The report: Baby Crayfish. Trout are absolutely destroying them. If you don’t have any in your box…you should. Barry’s Carp…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/24/15 – High Country Boats
Animas Lunch Report – 8/24/15 – High Country Boats The short of it is that Duranglers guide Les spends his winters in North Carolina building boats (aka skiffs, aka drift boats) with High Country Boats. Well the other half of the boat building operation, Matt and Shannon spent some time on the Animas River with Les…
Animas Lunch Report – 8/11/15 – 2015 Dos Mosca Recap
Animas Lunch Report – 8/11/15 –2015 Dos Mosca Recap With most of the past week’s talk focused on the Animas this past week, we didn’t want to gloss over our yearly fly fishing tournament benefiting the local chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. For those that don’t know, Dos Mosca of course means “2 fly”.…
Animas Lunch Report – 7/6/15 – It’s Time
Animas Lunch Report – 7/6/15 – It’s Time After long last, we can finally say that it’s time. It’s time to fish the Animas. While the water may be slightly high, it has been showing great clarity the past few days with consistent hatches of caddis. Expect to see fish on top in the evenings…but most…
Duranglers July Monthly Report – Dry or Die
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 6/29/15 – Highland Mary’s Lakes
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 – 6/10/15 – Englorious
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 – 5/29/15 – Jump Shot
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…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/20/15 – The Colorado Bonefish
Animas Lunch Report – 5/20/15 – The Colorado Bonefish You may have noticed that this time of year, a lot of the Duranglers squad seeks out alternate fly fishing options. Most of us are exhausting our energies and spending our free days seeking out the violent pike. Bass is also an option, although it is a…
Animas Lunch Report – 5/12/15 – 7 Inches of Sink Tip
Animas Lunch Report – 5/12/15 – 7 Inches of Sink Tip Temps are rising and runoff picking up again today (Animas at 1140 cfs). Increasing flows mean rising temps on our local reservoirs and lakes. We would like to highly encourage our fellow anglers to make a trip out to a local stillwater. Magic is happening…
