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 20th May 2007

Did we get some run-off this week!! It remained hot all week and the Fork became unfishable except very high up and right on the edges. The Pan ran up as well with the tributaries depositing run off all the way down. Although the Dam flow was not increased at all the gauging station is below Rocky Fork and the reading approaching 135cfs indicates how much run-off is coming down Rocky Fork. By Sunday, Taylor Creek had dropped a little and cleared indicating that the last of the lower level run-off has peaked. So this would be a good guide for other lower elevations. However the higher altitudes will still be colder and the run-off a little slower coming.

The best fishing by far now is on the Pan below Ruedi. The fish are sticking to the edges or deep down with the bright light and the shallow water. Any day now the Bureau will increase the flow into the Pan. One just hopes that they do it either in the next day or so to let the water settle down for Memorial Weekend, or wait until after next week end.

There are a few more fishermen in town at the moment enjoying the weather and the fish. So if you are planning to come up in the next few days, ring the shop and get an update in case the Pan flow has jumped. When that happens the fishing will slow down for a day or so until the water clears and the fish move to new areas rendered deeper by the increased flow.

Tradd and Laurel recently stayed at our cabins and caught some lovely fish. Tradd keeps a weblog of his trips and it may be viewed here

 

Some lovely specimens from Tradd and Laurel on a trip last week to the Pan.

 

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam - 135cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

The flow has been gradually increasing all week in the Pan as the hot weather has filled the various tributaries spilling into it. However by this week end, it is clear that the lower elevations have passed their peak as Taylor Creek is noticeably lower and clearer than it was 3 days ago. There was some good fishing both dry and nymphing but it took a little work. Mo and Harry both went out this week and reported good dry fly fishing on BWO's towards the Dam. Lower down, the dry fly activity was less prolific so the best results were in spotting the fish on the edges and fishing to them with #18 and #20 gray RS2's behind a #20 thorax bead sparkle baetis.

Recommended Flies:  The fish can easily be spotted in the deeper slower water or on the edges in the shade. Look in the seams as the fish are preferring the slower water at the moment but they are moving up into the faster water to take the mayfly nymphs. With the additional flow the fish have spread out a little more. They are also in the slower pools taking adult midges off the surface. 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. Try WD-40's #20 , red and black chironocones #20, brassie's #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22, black polywings #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. Try the gray loopwing emergers #20 - #22, the special emerger and gray RS2's #18 - #22. 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 are now coming off well particularly in the wet cloudy weather. Try a small FPA sparkle baetis, a thorax sparkle baetis, the icebreaker or a pheasant tail before they start to rise. Try sizes #18 - #22. In addition, when the BWO's start coming off try RS2's and other emerger patterns behind a dry. So take along a few dry patterns such as a parachute Adams , Matthews sparkle baetis, biot BWO, the extended body BWO and the grizzly Adams. Take sizes from #18 - #24.

Roaring Fork

Current Flow: near Emma - 1560cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

The Flow has more than doubled in a week!! What else needs to be said? At Glenwood the flow is over 3000cfs. So for the next week, it is not going to be worth trying to fish on the Fork unless you are an intrepid whitewater rafter and want to throw streamers. There will be fish right along the edges behind cover as they have to feed. So you might try spotting them on the edges in the shade at the widest parts of the river higher up. But with the Pan currently in great condition, if would be best to try your luck there.

Recommended Flies: Use the same flies as the Pan. (See our report for the Frying Pan). In addition use bwo's, streamers, stone flies such as the 20 incher and golden stones, san juan worms and egg patterns. Use caddis in the shade in the afternoons when the caddis start flying around. Try dries as well as emergers. 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 and in Flood. Good for whitewater rafting. Come up to the Pan if you are in the area and want to wet a line.

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

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