| Fantastic
summer fly fishing for trophy
trout on the San Juan Quality Waters,
Animas, Rio Grande, Dolores, mountain streams and
regional
lakes near Durango Colorado. Animas Valley
Anglers
offers
professionally
guided
float and wade fly fishing trips on all the great
waters of the Southwest. |
 |
The
Rio has peaked and flows
will steadily drop over the next couple weeks.
Streamer fishing has been fantastic and prime-time
hatches will start in the next 10 days.
The Rio
Grande offers dry fly fishing you
would have to experience to believe. AvA
offers miles
and miles of float fishing near
Creede and down-stream through South Fork
Colorado. The Rio is one
of Colorado's premier Gold Medal fisheries. Click
for full
Rio Grande fishing report |
Rio
Float
Trips | Creede,
Colorado
|
 |
Damsel
hatch is in full swing on Root Pond.
Guests have been enjoying fantastic
sight fishing with dries and nymphs.
Root Pond trout are some of the strongest
trout in the region. Enjoy sight-fishing
midges, cali beatis, hoppers and damsel
dries
to monster trophy rainbows from the comfort
of a drift boat. Beginners and veterans
alike have discovered Root
Pond
to be
a
great way
to spend the day. Click
for full
Root Pond fishing report
|
Root
Pond info | Guided
lakes
|
 |
The
Upper San Juan that flows through Pagosa
Springs Colorado has
a strong trout population and stunning
scenery. The salmon flies should start
any day! Animas Valley Anglers offers float
trips on miles
and miles of
the upper Juan, including Mesa Canyon.
The AvA crew guides and fishes this fishery
more
than
most
anyone.
The upper Juan season starts in late March
through mid July (depending on flows). Click
for Upper Juan fishing reports |
Upper
San Juan Floats
|
 |
The
mountain streams fish very well in the late
spring, summer and fall months. Alpine creeks
offer the fly fisherman endless opportunities
to cast fluffy dries and beaded nymphs to
pretty trout in our most scenic areas of
the Southwest. AvA offers numerous high country
fishing adventures for any ability level.
Easy walks, moderate hikes or big adventure
miles into the wilderness are all available. Full
mountain streams fishing report |
Animas
Head-waters | Upper
Animas Historic Train Trips
|
 |
The
southwest offers some of the best year-round
fly fishing and we are your source for information
and fish reports. Click the brown trout
spots for our fisheries main page. Here
you will find more info as well as fish
and guide reports for all of other creeks,
streams, rivers and lakes.
These
lower links are a quick jump to other popular
AvA pages. |
The
Chalk Board | Guide
Trips main page | Fly
Fishing 101 | AvA
Crew | Dolores
River
|
| 
-
Great
Summer Fishing!
The
San Juan below Navajo Dam is fishing
well with low summer flows starting on the
12th of June. The Upper San Juan trout are
on big stone flies!
Streamer
fishing
on
the Rio
Grande and Animas has been very good with
the dry fly season just a couple days away.
Creeks are dropping and the Dolores offers
low flows
and technical trout on dries.
For more fish and guide info click the links
on the
left
or
just
click
right
here Guide
Reports
-
2009
Fly Fishing Vacations
Start
planning your 2009 fly fishing vacation with
AvA. We are booking spring, summer and fall
trips for
all of our fisheries. Drop us a line today
to check availability.
- Babine
Norlakes Steelheading
Want
a chance at the worlds largest steelhead?
Here is your chance, there are just a couple
spots left for the week of November 2nd-11th
2009. Babine
Norlakes Call
for more info.
- Newsletter
Click
over to our late winter/early spring web based Newsletter.
Summer newsletter might be delayed due to wicked
fishing. Stay tuned.
- AvA and
the Wounded Warriors Project
AvA
guides Will and
Chris will
be casting
and fishing with
US veterans in
Pagosa Springs
this June. Feel
free to get involved,
it is a great program!
|
|
|
|
Click for fly fishing fly-candy
Babine
trout
AvA guests
natural world
steelheading
|
|
New
Fly Fishing Photos
Check
out over 100 new images in Will Blanchard's fly
fishing galleries. The
thumbnails above are samples of the fly-candy. Click
for photos of steelheading
in
BC,
trout fishing, nature and AvA guests.
The
Drake Magazine
Will's
fly fishing images have been published in
the last 3 issues of The Drake Magazine. Get
the latest issue at your local
fly shop. Back issues and subscriptions available at
The Drake.
New
posts at the AvA blog and AvA brochure
Click the blogger button for new posts at the AvA blog. All new look, all new
fly fishing images of trout and steelhead. Plus client photos, fish reports and
more. Take a look at our brand-spanking new brochure.
|
|
|
|
Animas
Valley Anglers offers some of the best
fly waters in the West. Great waters
paired with
top-rated guides assures you the best
fly fishing experience available. AvA
guides pride themselves on no-pressure
guiding that is professional, educational
and enjoyable. Regardless
of your ability we welcome you, along
with your friends and family to visit
us here in the Southwest for a taste
of the good life. As
always feel free to drop us a line to
say hello.
New
to fly fishing?
No problem, our guides are great
teachers. All AvA trips are tailored
to match any ability level. Even
veterans out there with many years
under their wading belt will enjoy
one of our many guided float or
wade trips.
If
you are new to Animas
Valley Anglers or the
sport of fly fishing,
feel free to click
the following link for
detailed information
along with what to
expect on your custom
guided
fly fishing experience. FLY
FISHING 101
AvA's
web site is more than just
a promotional tool for our
guide
service, it
is a great place for us to
share some fishing news,
crew updates
and spread some fishing cheer.
Enjoy our photos and our
current fishing reports
for the
Animas here in Durango, along
with the San Juan below Navajo
Dam. Detailed reports for
the Rio Grande, Dolores below
McPhee
and the many other rivers, streams and lakes here in
the southwest are also available.
Information
for real-time river flows,
gear reviews and much more
is just
a click away here at gottrout.com. |
|
|
Graphics-Web
Design-Creative Design-Photography
by Will Blanchard © 2000-2009
Animas Valley Anglers LLC | 970.259.0484
Licensed,
insured, bonded, permitted: Navajo
Lake State Park, USNF, DOW,
BLM |
Colorado Guide License #2008 | River Outfitter License
X-0339
|
