Summer Guide Trip Forecast
As the summer months quickly approach, the question often heard in the shop is: “So, where are you guys fishing?” Even in the height of spring runoff, we still have plenty…
Overcast Days are for Baetis – October Fishing Report
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…
Rains and the High Country – Late July/Early August Fishing Report
Rains and the High Country – Late July/Early August Fishing Report We have seen an interesting summer this year in Durango. First, it was high temps and low water, then the…
Animas Lunch Report – July 18th – Monsoons Have Come
Animas Lunch Report – July 18th – Monsoons Have Come On this rendition of the Animas Lunch Report: the heat is hitting us here in Durango…but so is the RAIN!!! …
SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST TO OPEN TOMORROW!!!
SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST TO OPEN TOMORROW!!! News Release FOR RELEASE: June 20, 2018 Most San Juan National Forest and Durango-area BLM-managed lands re-open on Thursday. Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Remain in…
Animas Lunch Report – June 1st, 2018 – Summer Has Arrived!
Animas Lunch Report – June 1st, 2018 – Summer Has Arrived! It’s been quite a while since our last Animas Lunch Report…but since summer has arrived today, we wanted to…
Is it Spring Yet? – February 2017 Fly Fishing Report
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,…
The Advent of Winter Fly Fishing – December Fishing Report
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…
The Season of Meat – October Fly Fishing Report
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…
Spring Has Sprung – Duranglers March Fly Fishing Report
Spring Has Sprung – Duranglers March Fly Fishing Report So last month, our report was all about how cold and snowy it has been. This month, it is all about the…
Duranglers February Fishing Report – Late Winter Fly Fishing
Duranglers February Fishing Report – Late Winter Fly Fishing Has cabin fever set in yet? It would be understandable if it has. We have seen a lot more snow and…
Duranglers November Fishing Report – Creeping Winter
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…
Duranglers September Monthly Report – The Million Dollar Month
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…
Duranglers August Monthly Report – Terrestrial Time
Duranglers July Monthly Report – Terrestrial Time Admit it; there is no feeling quite like tying on a giant, gaudy, brightly colored, foam and deer hair covered monstrosity. Any fish…
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…
Duranglers June Monthly Report – The Dawn of Summer
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…
Duranglers May Monthly Report
Duranglers May Monthly Report “If you don’t listen to country, you do now.” Offhand warnings spoken to our summer help on their first days in the shop. Training new fly…
Duranglers April Monthly Report
Duranglers April Monthly Report It seems like March came and went before we could even blink. Now that April is here, we have kicked it into high gear getting ready…
Durango March Fly Fishing Report 2015
Durango March Fly Fishing Report 2015 March…and finally some winter weather! It seems like our monthly reports for February and March have been swapped. Recently we have seen a…
Durango February Fly Fishing Report 2015
Durango February Fly Fishing Report 2015 It’s hard to believe it is February in Southwest Colorado. It’s hard to believe because the weather is deceiving us into thinking it is…
October 2014 Fly Fishing Report
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…
Durango August Fly Fishing Report
Durango August Fly Fishing Report August is here, and with it a fishing forecast we have not seen in the past few years. Thanks to the extended monsoonal rains (that…
Durango July Fishing Report
Durango July Fishing Report June has come and gone and with it, a month of unreal fishing has passed. Not to worry, July is the high point of our summer…