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 23rd March 2008


Generally a beautiful week of weather with the promised snow generally skirting the area leaving us with warm days and some good fishing. Although the ski slopes got 10inches of snow earlier in the week, it didn’t amount to much more than a dusting over night down in our area.

The weatherman is promising some more changeable weather in the coming week, but the temperatures will remain in the high 40’s to 50’s so it should not amount to much. But we’ll see.

The water is excellent quality at the moment with the overnight clear skies freezing any melt up high and keeping the flow in the Fork consistent. We are getting good reports on both the Fork and the Pan with the spring weather bringing more visitors to us daily.

Although the days might start out warm and clear, don’t take any chances on the cold. As soon as any cloud blows in, it can turn cold quickly. No matter how well you dress, standing for a few hours in the water, particularly in the shade will test your clothing. So take care and enjoy some excellent fishing.

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam -162cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

For some reason the flow in the Pan spiked down today for a few hours but by the end of the day it had returned to normal. The fishing was excellent in the clear bright day. The fish remain in the quiet deeper sections of the river or on the edges where the flow is slower. They are beginning to venture into the current to take baetis and larger bugs drifting by. But generally it is a matter of trying to spot them lying down and fishing to them unless they are up on dries.

They were taking adult midges off the surface on Sunday afternoon as well as emergers under the surface, although most of the fish tended to lie lower in the water. So it was a matter of fishing down with a little more weight unless they were near the surface where they would take the drifting midge emergers. They took FPA biot emergers, red chironocones and small black pheasant tails all #20 -#24.

When the sun comes out the midges are much in evidence. There have been some nice hatches of BWO’s as well when it is a little warmer and there is some cloud cover.

Recommended Flies: The principal hatch is still midges but the baetis are getting active. The midges will come off during the day, particularly if it is sunny. So try WD-40's #20 , red and black chironocones #20, brassie's #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22, copper johns #18 - #22, black polywings #18 - #22 and garcia's rojo midges # 18 - #22.

If the fish start moving higher in the water column or get active under the surface, 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.

When they are on the surface, try 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 #28.

The baetis nymphs are starting to move about in the water. Try some small nymph patterns such as pheasant tails and the FPA sparkle baetis #20 - #24 down deep. In addition try the emerger patterns like crystal hunchback, juju baetis, the mighty mite, icebreakers and the FPA sparkle baetis - #18 - #24 and rs2 #18 - #22 and soft hackle baetis #18 -#22.

If a few BWO’s are starting to come off try dry patterns like the adams and parachute adams #20-#24 and the matthews #18 - #24 with an emerger dropper.


Roaring Fork

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

Midges are coming off in the mornings as the day warms up and some sun can get onto the water. The fish will take small nymphs and midge emergers when nymphing during the day. As the days warm and lengthen, the baetis nymphs continue to get more active and the stoneflies moving about as well.

Apart from eggs and princes down deep the fish are starting take BWO emergers such as the rs2, soft hackle emergers, and the crystal back BWO. In addition small golden stones are starting to be successful as well as smaller sizes of the 20incher.

Recommended Flies: Use midge emergers and tiny nymph attracters. See some of the patterns we have mentioned for the Pan. If you are nymphing deep down, use plenty of weight and pick where the fish are protected behind structure or deeper down in the slower water.

Try small baetis nymph patterns such as pheasant tails #18 - #24. For baetis emergers try RS2, the crystal hunchback, juju baetis, the mighty mite, icebreakers and the FPA sparkle baetis - #18 - #24. Also try princes, brassies, copper johns and eggs deep down as well as streamers.

As the stoneflies start moving about try small golden stone patterns as well as small sizes of the 20incher.


Colorado River

The water in the Colorado remains generally clear at the moment. There have been quite a few craft on the Colorado as the weather has warmed up and the flows remain clear. Try midges, streamers if floating or alternatively nymphs and eggs deep down.

In addition the baetis are moving about so try nymphs such as pheasant tails as well as emergers and dries.

Recommended Flies: BWO nymphs (see some of the patterns we mention for the Fork); midges emergers and dries during the hatches, eggs and princes, 20 inchers size #10 - #14; streamers #2 - #8.
 

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