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FISHING REPORT

For Fly Fishing on the Frying Pan River, the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River from Aspen and Basalt for the week ended
2nd November 2020

Current Hours

7 days a week - 8am - 5pm

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Guide School Dates for October 2020.

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Fly Fishing Classes

Classes start at $150 for a two hour session and are available daily. Pricing includes professional instruction, all gear, and flies. Call us at 970-927-3441

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The season is almost over with the coming of November. A little snow last week and now the question is how long an indian summer will we enjoy?

The flows are well down now at 47cfs. We had a great guide school last week and despite the snow it was a great success.

Another great Guide School.

We have been busy with a lot of new visitors this year. There are few better ways for social distancing than being out on the water. Things have slowed down a little the last couple of days with I70 closed because of the Grizzly fires but with access over Independence Pass reopening, all is good again. Hope to see you shortly. excellent.

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam 47cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

With the Pan now back to 47cfs, hopefully some water can be held back for the colder months to limit the anchor ice. The conditions are ideal at the moment.

Recommended Flies:Use midges, bwos, caddis and PMD's.

For mysis at the dam use Mike's Mysis. epoxy mysis, and BDV mysis.

The midges will come off during the day, particularly if it is sunny. So try Wilson's Reverse Candy Cane #20, red and black chironocones #20, nick's larva in miracle pink, olive, and purple back, brassies #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22, copper johns #18 - #22, rainbow warriors, black polywings #18 - #22 and bling midges # 18 - #22.

As they come off try the gray loopwing emergers #20 - #22, the FPA special emergers, biot emergers both with and without the trailing shuck and gray RS2's #18 - #22, Johnny Flash in Olive, Grey, and Black, Olive and Red Jujubee, trailing shuck midge black and cream.

In addition try dry patterns such as the z-wing real midge, black cdc midge and any similar dry black and gray patterns in sizes from #20 through to #26.

The fish are taking generic nymphs such as pheasant tails and caddis larva patterns. The BWO's are coming off as well. Try emerger patterns such as rs2's and WD-50's.

For BWO naturals use standard BWO's, parachute BWO's, parachute Adams, and Thorax patterns.

Roaring Fork

Current Flow: near Emma - 248cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

The flows at 248cfs has made for good wading and acess the full length of the river.

Try attractors. Try small baetis such as the FPA Sparkle Baetis, the FPA Thorax Emerger, and black pheasant tails have also worked well. For emergers, the rs2 in black or gray. Also the sparkle wing rs2.

For small flies, copper johns, pc phlash, mercury rs2's, pheasant tails, bubble back bwos.

Try egg patterns and of course streamers now with the fish coming on the spawn.

Colorado

Great floating and great streamer fishing.

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Shop Location.

Our shop is now at
231 Midland Avenue #205, Basalt Co 81621
18 miles from Aspen.

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Check out our new Frying Pan River Lodge.

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Buy Your Colorado Fishing Licence here.

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Table Of Contents.

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Visit our new shop in Glenwood Springs - Glenwood Springs Outdoors.

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Frying Pan Anglers is a specialty fly fishing shop, and a licensed (#2389), insured outfitter in the State of Colorado.

Frying Pan Anglers is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and operates under a Special Use permit from the U.S.D.A Forest Service White River National Forest.