Frying Pan Anglers – a full service fly fishing shop and outfitter based in Basalt Colorado which provides guided fly fishing trips on the frying pan river, roaring fork river, Colorado river and other rivers in the Basalt area. Frying Pan Anglers carries fly fishing equipment, with Hardy fly fishing equipment, and fly fishing supplies. It provides regular fishing reports and fly fishing reports for the frying pan river, the roaring fork river and Colorado river in our area. Frying Pan Anglers is the premier fly fishing and guided fly fishing outfitter for the best quality guides and fly fishing equipment. Frying Pan Anglers provides a range of fly fishing equipment including orvis, hardy, greys, lamson, ross, galvan, and bauer fly fishing reels. In addition it carries orvis helios fly rods, hardy, greys, GL Loomis, mystic echo and St Croix fly rods. It is your one stop fly fishing shop and fly fishing outfitter in the frying pan river area for guided float and wade fishing trips and tours. It hosts excellent fly fishing guides and fly fishing tours on the frying pan river and other local waters. The guides will provide excellent teaching and coaching for clients of Frying Pan Anglers.Frying Pan Anglers – a full service fly fishing shop and outfitter based in Basalt Colorado which provides guided fly fishing trips on the frying pan river, roaring fork river, Colorado river and other rivers in the Basalt area. Frying Pan Anglers carries fly fishing equipment, with Hardy fly fishing equipment, and fly fishing supplies. It provides regular fishing reports and fly fishing reports for the frying pan river, the roaring fork river and Colorado river in our area. Frying Pan Anglers is the premier fly fishing and guided fly fishing outfitter for the best quality guides and fly fishing equipment. Frying Pan Anglers provides a range of fly fishing equipment including orvis, hardy, greys, lamson, ross, galvan, and bauer fly fishing reels. In addition it carries orvis helios fly rods, hardy, greys, GL Loomis, mystic echo and St Croix fly rods. It is your one stop fly fishing shop and fly fishing outfitter in the frying pan river area for guided float and wade fishing trips and tours. It hosts excellent fly fishing guides and fly fishing tours on the frying pan river and other local waters. The guides will provide excellent teaching and coaching for clients of Frying Pan Anglers.


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Fishing Report

For the Week ending 18th March 2007

With the week of warm weather, most of the snow along the rivers edges in the direct sunlight has melted off. For the last few days, the Fork has run up to 325cfs and has been discolored lower down particularly below the confluence with the Crystal. Today, below Carbondale the water was unfishable. Even above Carbondale, the water was colored but not enough to put the fishing off. If the heat of the last few days persists, the Fork will not be fishable below Carbondale for a while. The arrival of the warmth has been dramatic and will certainly make the skiing questionable unless we get a cool change and some more snow. The Colorado is also very colored and not very fishable.

So we are now into spring fishing. In some places the grass is starting to green a little. There are a lot of midges about on the edges of the flow although the fish are not taking them much yet from the surface on the Fork. The Pan though has some excellent dry fly fishing at the moment. Midweek we are expecting to get a cool change but the chance of precipitation is not high and the best one can hope for is that the temperature will fall well below freezing overnight to slow down the run-off. However, the predicted cooler weather is not expected to last long and the current conditions are expected to return by next week end. It is certainly pleasant to have the warm weather. A lot of fishermen have been out on the river and we have had a lot of visitors who came to ski and decided that the opportunity for some great fishing should not go unenjoyed.

So if you are in the area drop by the shop and pay us a visit. We have had some excellent fishing and we would love to point you in the right direction.

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam - 143cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

The water conditions are excellent and there has been great fishing the full length of the Pan over the past week. The midges are prolific and the baetis are starting to come off a little towards the dam. Harry, Mo and Cameron had some great trips out this week with clients and reported generally excellent fishing. The larger fish are starting to move out of the deeper holes with the arrival of the warmer weather and are getting a little more active. The principal food source at the moment is still midges and therefore the fish are still a little quiet when taking them. So it is still a matter of going carefully and spotting the fish as they feed in the deeper water or sip them from the surface.

Recommended Flies:  In the bright light the fish can easily be spotted in the deeper slower water. Fish midges deep and then if they start coming off fish closer to the surface with emergers when the fish start rising in the water column. Watch until they are poking their heads out of the water to take the midges off the surface before switching to dry patterns. When the fish are taking midges they won't move much to take them so fish as accurately as possible to ensure that the fly drifts down or up to the level of the feeding fish. It is imperative that one fishes right to the fish, so continually vary your weights. If you are careful you will get a lot of shots at a suspended fish as it won't move much to inspect a fly. Try WD-40's #20 , red and black chironocones #20, brassie's #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22 and garcia's rojo midges # 18 - #22. When the fish are taking midges off the surface, try and identify the size of the midges floating by and match the size. Carry a range of emergers both black and gray, some with a trailing shuck. Also carry dry patterns such as the z-wing real midge, suspended midge and any similar dry black and gray patterns in sizes from #20 through to #26.

The baetis nymphs are beginning to move about in the water so try a nymph down deep with a midge for variety. Try a small sparkle baetis or a pheasant tail. Try sizes #18 - #22. In addition, there have been a few reports of Bwo's hatching towards the dam. So take along a few dry patterns as well just in case. We have just had some very small princes specially tied down to #24 in the shop so try some of those for variety as well

Roaring Fork

Current Flow: near Emma - 309cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

With the arrival of the warm weather the flow in the Fork has jumped. Today it ran to a high of 325 and then has settled back a little. It will be even higher tomorrow. The best fishing is above Basalt. I floated today with Alan from Catherine's store, and although the fishing was OK, the water was colored all day. We caught fish on a range of flies being midges and worms, but the common feature was the color red. Mal and Harry had trips out during the week fishing higher up and reported good fishing as well. When the water was a little clearer Harry reported getting good fish on black and red midges as well as some on stoneflies.

Recommended Flies: Use the same flies as the Pan. (See our report for the Frying Pan). In addition use streamers, stone flies such as the 20 incher and golden stones, san juan worms and egg patterns. Generally try midges. Try larva and pupa patterns until the fish are moving under the surface then try emergers.

Colorado River

The Colorado is now dirty. So it you are in the area, make the journey up valley to at least Basalt to experience the difference in water color.

Recommended Flies: midges, larva, pupae, dries and emergers; bwo's both nymphs emergers and dries; 20 inchers size #10 - #14; streamers #6 and #8 and smaller and try egg patterns.
 

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