Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing Lakes for Trout
Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing Lakes for Trout The why, where, when, what, and how of fly fishing in lakes for trout. At the onset of the first warm days…
Duranglers Spring 2021 Virtual Fly Fishing Festival
It’s coming… with a little different program this year, our annual fly fishing fest is going online and live with the Duranglers Spring 2021 Virtual Fly Fishing Festival! This time, we…
Duranglers in the World of COVID-19
“We are all in this together.” It’s is such a statement that we don’t remind ourselves of enough, but it is more true now than it ever has been. With…
The 2019 Spring Duranglers Fly Fishing Festival Schedule – Featuring Hank Patterson
It’s coming! Our annual Spring Duranglers Fly Fishing Festival will be kicking off April 5th and 6th, 2019, and we have a special guest presenting this year: Hank Patterson! Get…
Spring Trout on the Rise – March/April Fishing Forecast
Spring Trout on the Rise – March/April Fishing Forecast What is happening this March and April? Lots! Plan out that spring road trip and don’t forget our upcoming Fly Fly…
Navajo 2017 Spring Releases on the San Juan River
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…
Abundance of Water – April 2017 Fly Fishing Report
Abundance of Water – April 2017 Fly Fishing Report This month we will see the beginning of Spring runoff on most of our area rivers. Snowpack this year is above…
Colorado Flux – March 2017 Fly Fishing Report
Colorado Flux – March 2017 Fly Fishing Report Shoulder season flux. 50 mile per hour winds one to 60’s and sunny the next. Crystal clear and cold waters to muddy…
A Rainy Day Lunch Break
A Rainy Day Lunch Break Living and working in Durango affords us a lot of very close fishing opportunities. As you should know by now from our Animas Lunch Report…
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 – 4/15/16 – Pike Mood
Animas Lunch Report – 4/15/16 – Pike Mood If targets of fly anglers have a soundtrack, then trout tend to crank up the bluegrass. Banjo and stand up bass for…
Duranglers 2016 Fly Fishing Festival in Review
Duranglers 2016 Fly Fishing Festival in Review So this past April 1st and 2nd marked our 7th annual Fly Fishing Festival. This was by far our best Fly Fishing Fest…
Streamer Season – Duranglers April Fly Fishing Report
Streamer Season – Duranglers April Fly Fishing Report Let the tug on a streamer be the sirens call of the river for you this April. River flows this time of year are…
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 2016 Fly Fishing Festival Schedule
DURANGLERS 2016 FLY FISHING FESTIVAL SCHEDULE APRIL 1 & 2, 2016 JOIN US AND OUR INDUSTRY FRIENDS FOR TWO DAYS OF FUN, EDUCATION, CLINICS, DEALS AND DEMOS FRIDAY APRIL 1,…
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…
Rio de las Animas – The River of Lost Souls
Rio de las Animas Perdidas – The River of Lost Souls Sometimes, while fishing the Animas River things can feel a little surreal, especially when one comes across strange river…
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…
The Bluemouth – Early Season Pike Fishing
The Bluemouth – Early Season Pike Fishing Captain Mark Engler has noticed that some of the first pike of the year have blue mouths. Mark is our resident pike master here…
May Fly Fishing Report
May Fly Fishing Report May is upon us and as we roll into the hot fishing season we start with…10 inches of new snow in the high country! Thankfully these…
May Fly Fishing Forecast
River Conditions in May Spring is here, and what a short one it will be. Here in Southwest Colorado, it tends to go from cold and snow to 80-degree temps…