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 27th December 2009

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Christmas passed quietly with little snow and temperatures barely above 0 overnight. According to the report the ski slopes got 15inches of snow this week. But I must say, I can’t see where they have hidden it. Maybe they erected a very large funnel and then measured the accumulation at the bottom of the funnel using a tape measure borrowed from a fisherman. If they had 15inches of snow, I haven't caught a fish under 18inches for 3 years.

The forecast is for snow over the next 10 days and a little cloud is gathering today. So perhaps the real snowfall can catch up to the “official measurements”over the coming week.

The past week’s cold temperatures has augmented the ice in the rivers. Mid river on the Pan the freezing has narrowed the flows creating problems for the fish and created a lot of anchor ice. With concentrated narrow flows the fish have trouble finding room out of the flows and must fight the current with little food. This is the kind of weather that really needs the Bureau to get their Water management under control and send flows down at least over 100cfs to give the fish some chance of surviving the winter in reasonable condition.

It has been quiet out on the rivers. The number of visitors in town has jumped over the past few days so unless we see some decent snowfalls, a combination of blue skies and thin ice on the ski slopes should bring down a few fishermen who would prefer a leisurely few hours on the river rather than trying to get an edge into the ice on the slopes.

So if you are coming up to ski and find the conditions aren’t to your liking, consider coming down valley and spending a pleasant few hours out on the water.

We wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. Travel carefully and give thanks for small blessings.


Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam 70cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

The cold this week kept the fish low in the water with little dry fly activity. Fishing midge emergers deeper worked near the dam, but in the cold the fish didn’t feel like moving very far. Even the eggs and mysis shrimp had trouble getting much interest on the coldest days.

If the weatherman is accurate in his prediction for the coming ten days calling for clouds and some snow, there should be some good fishing. The temperatures should get to highs in the 30’s and lows of 20’s with the cloud cover making it a lot more comfortable than the current lows and it should bring on some nice midge hatches as well. We certainly need the snow at the moment.

So if you are of a mind to enjoy some seriously good dry fly activity in winter conditions, dress well and pack something warm in a thermos. In the high 20’s or 30’s its actually not very cold. It just gets a little more uncomfortable if the wind picks up.

Recommended Flies:  We are only 3 days from the shortest days of the year. If the sun is out try and stay in the light. But if it is heavy and overcast it makes little difference.

We are now down to a few BWO and mostly midge hatches. For baetis try the FPA sparkle baetis #20-#22, FPA emerging baetis #22 - #26 and small pheasant tails #20 - #24. When they start to emerge try loopwing emergers, rs2's, and gray and olive biot patterns. When they get up on to the surface use Parachute Adams, gray special emergers, olive body dries such as the matthews sparkle dun olive #18 - #22, the cdc comparadun, parachute blue duns and gulper specials.

The midges will come off during the day, particularly if it is sunny. So try WD-40's #20, red and black chironocones #20, brassies #18 - #22, midge larva patterns #18 - #22, copper johns #18 - #22, black polywings #18 - #22 and garcia's rojo midges # 18 - #22. Mike reported great success this week on smaller black midges such as the miracle midge.

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. In addition 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 #26, loopwing emergers #20 - #22 and FPA special emergers #20 - #26.

Now that the fish are on the redds, fish below them with egg patterns as the rainbows will be waiting for the eggs to drift down. But try not to disturb the fish on the redds.

Roaring Fork

 Current Flow: near Emma - 323cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

The colder clear weather and lack of snow has brought the flow down a little in the Fork. The ice buildup has been breaking off making fishing in the Fork a matter of having to pick through the floating pieces of ice if you can get close enough to the edge on the ice ledges safely. Overall the recommendation is to just head for the Frying Pan and enjoy more predictable conditions.

Recommended Flies: Although on a warm day there will still be some midges coming off in the sunny places the most reliable results now will be nymphing with eggs, princes and other attractor patterns.

Colorado River

Fishing on the Colorado is a matter of dodging ice floes and material. In the cold the ice has been building quite quickly. So if you are in the area and considering fishing, the Pan would be your best destination.

Recommended Flies: eggs, attractors and midges. Try streamers such as the autumn splendor, the yellow madonna and woolly buggers.

 

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