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 3rd August 2008


The first week of August and the Fork is still flowing around 1000cfs at Basalt! According to the gauge the Pan was dropped on Friday to 173cfs but it hasn’t had a reading for the last 24 hours. The river does not appear to have dropped that much so we will see. The gauges on the Fork are also out at the moment.

The fishing is excellent with the water in pristine condition on the upper Fork and the Pan. The most interesting thing is that there is minimal traffic on the upper Fork and very little traffic on the lower several miles of the Pan just out of Basalt. Harry fished the Pan at the 1 mile mark this week just too see how it was and reported excellent fishing. The high flow has moved around the terrain a little but the fish are there in number and are of good size.

At the moment most of the float traffic has been concentrated in the lower section of the Fork but for those who make the effort of floating higher up the rewards are there.

The past week was quite dry although there has been the passing threat of a storm or two which did not materialize. The coming week offers and increasing probability of thunderstorms and rain every day, so be prepared at all times with some handy wet weather gear when out on the river.

We have had some excellent reports with one report of a 26inch brown on the Fork. We have been promised a photo by the gentleman who caught it so we await that for posting. There have been a number of larger fish caught as the higher waters have tended to draw the fish out of protected areas, while the high water has tended to remake the terrain a little.

The interesting thing about the Fork at the moment though is the lack of dry fly activity. The Pan is fine, but the Fork is very quiet and has caused much speculation. Have the fish not yet started to look up? There is no question that the fish are feeding well sub-surface, but it is most interesting and indicative of the uncharacteristic year it has been.

However as a good buddy of mine keeps pointing out "If it was easy we wouldn't keep coming back", I can't think of a more appropriate comment at the moment.

Some lovely photos of client of Cam. Rich, Lisa and Evan form Michigan, had a great 30+ fish day with Cameron and sent us some photos. Great to see father and son catching fish together. Young Evan caught 13 fish and lost a monster brown close to the net.

Cameron netting a fish for Evan

Evan with 1 of 13.

Dad with a nice one.

 

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam - 226cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

Another week of excellent fishing with the drakes now coming off closer to the dam. The lower section from Basalt is still very under-fished at the moment. Harry took a look this week and reported some excellent fishing. It is not beginners water and takes a little effort to negotiate some of the boulders but the fish are large and strong. The runoff has reworked the terrain a little but it still works well.

Harry, Mike and Cameron all reported excellent trips during the week. The traffic is strong from the 5 mile mark. At the Dam it gets a little overwhelming sometimes. Mike had a trip out this week which was scheduled to commence at 6am at the toilet bowl on a week day. When he arrived at 5.45am there were already 5 fishermen in there and a number of other cars arriving with more candidates. So if you like shoulder to shoulder fishing ……

Fish will always surprise. This week on a trip with a group of beginners who caught a number of fish, just for fun Cameron put on a hummingbird pattern for his client and accompanied it with an outrageous story of how the trout take hummingbirds around here. Then first cast, a fish came up and ate the fly, fought for a while and then broke off. We don’t recommend the pattern unless you want a pair of ear rings or a hat ornament. But the story has entertained us for a few days now.

Recommended Flies: We are now well into the summer season so the full array of food is available to the trout which have benefitted from the high water and little interference from fishermen. So be prepared to try midges, BWO's, PMD's, drakes, caddis and terrestrials.

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 such as a parachute Adams in sizes from #20 through to #28.

For baetis, 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 BWO’s start to come off try dry patterns like the adams and parachute adams #20-#24 and the matthews #18 - #24 with an emerger dropper. If the fish are under the surface try fishing 2 emergers with a very small weight to get the flies down a little. An rs2#20 behind an FPA emerger or sparkle baetis with a thorax bead will do the trick.

On the bright days the BWO's will tend to come off in the shade. But if it starts to rain, don't come in. Just stay out on the water as long as you can - unless its an electrical storm!

PMD’s are now coming off both in the mornings and the afternoons so try emergers and dries as the hatches start. Try barr’s emerger #16 - #18, the FPA special emerger #16 - #18, the red and ginger quills #16 - #18, rusty spinners #16 - #18 and Lawson’s No Hackle #16 - #18. In addition try soft hackle patterns.

The drakes are now coming off so carry drake nymphs, emergers and dries with you. As the pressure of fishing increases, don’t use the standard dry patterns. Come by the shop and see our range of different drakes. We have 2 drawers full of different patterns down to #14. Every year we try and get in new patterns for a difference. In addition try old favorites which have been forgotten like Adams patterns #10 - #12. They are great mayfly patterns and few fishermen use them today. In addition try cripples. The trout will soon have seen most patterns known to man, so the trick it to try and get something just a little different, present it as well as you can and use your imagination.

Also try stimulators, caddis and larger nymphs particularly mid and lower down the Pan. Try crane flies for something a little different.


Roaring Fork

Current Flow: near Emma - no current reading (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

The level of the Fork continues to drop slowly. The water conditions are excellent and the fish are feeding well. Ed reports excellent floating all the way down to Glenwood. The water level and speed of the flow has increased the amount of water one can cover in a day now.

The upper section is fast and takes some work so if you are not familiar with the water and are not a well experienced fly-fisherman it is probably better to start your journey a little lower down. The fish will take patterns from midges through to large streamers. Interestingly very few fish are coming to the surface so take a look at the bugs in the air and fish accordingly but with emergers weighted down. Just to give you an example, in several floats this week on the upper Fork, we landed fish on muskrat nymphs, gray and black midge biot emergers #22, rs2's #18 - #22, straw wing drake emergers, soft hackles #16, and large white, black and purple streamers. So there is something there for everyone.

If you want to wade the fishing is excellent along the edges and in the quieter sections deep down. In some places it is still hard to get into the water if you are unsteady on your legs, but as the water continues to drop it will become more and more accessible. The fish alternate between taking deep drifted nymphs and emergers and some dry fly activity closer to Glenwood. They are also responding aggressively to larger streamers.

The traffic picks up toward Glenwood and on the weekend the parking at West Bank or Two Rivers Park requires a fair dose of patience. The current problems with the Carbondale put in are unresolved and don't reflect particularly well on the foresight involved. Frankly, if you are going to float the Fork consider coming higher up towards Basalt and drop by the shop for an update. With the current speed of the water, a days float will easily take you from Basalt to West Bank or Two Rivers Park if you don't stop much.

Recommended Flies: Try baetis and PMD nymphs in the morning. In addition in quieter areas where there are a lot of midges coming off, try black and gray midge emergers. Try small baetis nymph patterns such as pheasant tails #18 - #24. Baetis emergers try RS2, the crystal hunchback, juju baetis, the mighty mite, icebreakers and the FPA sparkle baetis - #18 - #24. In addition try the rusty spinners.

As the day progresses and the hatches evolve try caddis dries and emergers and dries with baetis and PMD emergers. Try Barrs emergers, the bubbleback, and the FPA PMD beadtail emergers.

The drakes are also coming off higher up although they are intermittent now. So try nymphs such as the muskrat, and when you see some coming off try emergers and dries. See our comments on drakes on the Frying Pan.

Also try princes, brassies, and copper johns as well as stone fly nymphs.

If you are floating, try streamers and big stone fly nymphs. Also try large dry patterns such as stimulators well placed behind structure or in eddies or quieter sections as you float by. The fish will start to come up to them.

Also try terrestrial patterns.

 

Gary with a beauty from a recent trip

Colorado River

The Colorado has cleared a little since last weeks rain and at the moment is quite good. At the moment the Colorado is a bit hit and miss depending on the rain in its catchment.

The relatively dry week has helped out but a day or 2 of thunderstorms will put paid to that. So just bear that in mind. However if the weather remains dry, the fishing will be good and exceptional for this time of year above the confluence with the Fork where by now the water temperature would ordinarily have started to get a little warm.

Recommended Flies: BWO nymphs, emergers and dries; midge emergers and dries during the hatches, larger PMD nymphs down to #14 as well as emergers and dries, 20 inchers size #10 - #14; streamers #2 - #8. Drake nymphs emergers and dries. Yellow sallies. Also try terrestrial patterns as well as caddis.

 
 

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