San Juan River
The San Juan River is fishing great! ( San Juan River Flow Report ) ( AccuWeather )
1/12/12 – Absolutely crushed the Braids yesterday; several fish over 18″, but the area is loaded with fingerlings. To avoid the little guys and land the biggins, throw on a big leech (black or gray).
1/6/12 – Incredible fishing right now, even though the water on the San Juan River is off color…the trick is bright colors running deep and slow. Eggs eggs eggs.
10/31/11 - Fishing on the San Juan has been very good lately. Strong midge hatches in the morning coupled with afternoon baetis have made for productive fishing all day. I have been primarily fishing a red larva to an olive midge pupa in the morning. Around lunch I will substitute a chocolate foam wing emerger or a pheasant tail for the red larva. Dry fly fishing has been picking up mid morning through the afternoon. A size 20 or 22 parachute Adams has been my best fly. Now is the time to get out on the water as the crowds of September and October are beginning to disappear.
05/05/11 – Flows went up on Thursday to 650 cfs. The increased moss in the water has been the hardest thing to deal with the increased flows. Clean your flies every cast! Red larva, chocolate midge pupa and size 20 flashback pheasant tails have been our best bugs.
05/07/11 – Fishing was a little slow in the morning, but began to pick up around 10:00. I had success with a size 20 chocolate midge pupa and a grey crystal flash midge emerger. The afternoon fished well with a chocolate foam wing emerger followed by a chocolate midge pupa. Fishing was especially good in the fast riffles during the baetis hatch from 1:00 until 3:00 or so.
05/18/11 - Fishing has been especially good for the last few days. A red larva to a cream midge pupa has been my go to morning selection. Around eleven I’ve been switching the red larva to a chocolate foam wing emerger with a copper rib. The fish I’ve found rising have been eating a 20 or 22 parachute adams.
06/17/11 - Fishing on the San Juan below Navajo Dam has continued to improve as water levels drop. Red San Juan worms and red larva in sizes 18 to 22 have been my best bugs. I also have had good luck with scuds. I fished a green flashy scud size 16, and a grey one in size 20. I’ve also had some good fish eat a size 6 olive flash bugger. The water is scheduled to be back at the average flow of 500 cfs this weekend, and fishing should be lights out for the next few weeks until the fish wise up.
08/09/11 – High Water! Well sort of…we were all surprised on Tuesday morning by increased flows on the Juan; from 400 to 800 cfs. Needless to say we switched tactics quickly, no more size 28 midge larva – it was “big ugly” time (Wooly Buggers, San Juan Worms, Scuds and Leeches). There wasn’t a lot of activity, but the fish that were eating were biggins! I will be posting a picture of John’s 23-incher soon.
Animas River
Spring fishing on the Animal (Animas River) is here – breakout the caddis patterns; green. Of course you can always strip a black wooly bugger with success. ( Animas River Flow Report )
Pine River
The Pine River offers Durango/Bayfield anglers a wonderful fishing option with scenic views and wild/BIG brown trout! Tactical nymphing in pocket-water yields success; patterns include Pheasant Tail, Prince and Caddis larvae. ( Pine River Flow Report )
Note: We are now offering Ride-2-Fish trips up the Pine River
. Guests are invited to bring their family along for trailrides, while they flyfish unpressured water.
Florida River
Fishing on the Florida has been great. We are consistently landing 15″+ fish using a variety of patterns; PT’s, Wooly Buggers, Red Copper Johns and dry flies [caddis, mayfly and large midges]. ( Florida River Flow Report )
