Will
Blanchard
Will
is owner and one of the head guides of Animas Valley
Anglers. Be it an addiction or a love for the craft Will can
be found
fishing
and guiding
through out the Southwest well over 200 days each year. He
has been going strong on these local waters since 1992. Will
started his guide career with Duranglers were he guided for
seven years before starting
Animas Valley Anglers.
He
brings a tremendous amount of knowledge, expertise and a positive,
enjoyable attitude to a guide trip. Will is comfortable on any
body of water, in pursuit of any species of fish. Be it Rio
Grande brownies, picky San Juan bows, Babine steelhead or anything
in
between. Will has put in his time on the regions fisheries and
has logged more guided float hours on the Animas and upper San
Juan (Pagosa) than most anyone. After spending a day on the
water with Will
you
will
have learned the true meaning of the "fly fishing experience."
Late
in the fall and early winter Will spends countless hours exploring
the remote waters of north central BC for the worlds largest
steelhead. He fishes the Kispiox, Babine, Bulkley, Skeena and
many other remote waters with friends and his dog Kispa.
When
not working hard on the oars or wading knee deep in a steelhead
stream Will can be found behind the lens of his cameras documenting
the natural world and the fly fishing lifestyle. He also spends
a lot of time in front of the computer as a web designer and
graphic artist. One of his true passions however is ice hockey.
He spends countless hours on the ice at the Chapman Hill Ice
Arena in Durango Colorado as well as the frozen ponds, lakes
and rinks near Smithers BC.
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