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 16th August 2009

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Thursday August 20th - The good news is that the Pan should be coming down tomorrow by 50cfs. We will see what happens after that. The US fish and wildlife agency still puts the endangered squawfish over the endangered commercial activities which depend on the water levels being at least reasonable for fishing and boating. The Bureau to their credit are pushing to get the levels lower. The fishing was strong today. Ed reported great fishing on the Pan with drakes and PMD's and a few BWO's. It was just a matter of finding a place where it was possible to get comfortably into the water. But with the level coming down it should start to get a little easier. In addition as the flows drop and the water starts to warm again that should bring on the drakes a little more. Cam reported excellent fishing on the lower Fork today. His clients wanted to fish that rather than the Colorado and the midge and BWO activity was excellent. There were also great reports again from the Colorado.

The weather remains hot and bright and the forecast is for more of the same for the next few days. After that it may cool with a few more showers. The last few nights have been very cold and the drop in the numbers of mosquitos has been noticeable. It is also slowing the midges into the evening.

The Fork is running at 700cfs at Basalt and with the anticipated drop of at least 50cfs will drop lower tomorrow. There is still enough water to float from Basalt. Overall the prospects are for great fishing over the coming weekend. Just fish deep where the fish will prefer the cooler water, or keep to the aerated areas.

 

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The Bureau put the Pan up again and it is now running at 510cfs. For a few days Xcel Energy emptied Shoshone dirtying up the Colorado. Now the Pan is running high presumably to supplement the reduced flow in the Colorado while Xcel fills Shoshone back up again. The Colorado is now fishing well but with the Pan running at 510cfs it is making wading difficult for those who want to stick to the Pan.

We have Davide, Simon and Nicola staying with us from Italy. They are exceptionally gifted fishermen who love to dry fly. So given the level of the Pan we went looking for some action on the Fork up towards Aspen just to see how crowded it was if one was prepared to walk. We saw one person with a guide at the start of the day and thereafter no-one at all! Amazing just how untrafficked some areas on the Fork are if you are prepared to put it a little effort. The usual places had plenty of cars parked and fishermen in the water but the rest of the river was untouched. With the low level in the river there were no rafts either. We enjoyed some excellent dry fly activity with some nice BWO hatches interspersed with a few yellow sallies and PMD's. It was a matter of spotting the fish. Many were in protected areas but the clear water made the fishing productive.

At the moment with the Colorado fishing well again, most of the float traffic is concentrated in that area and the fishing is certainly strong. Some of the guides took the opportunity to get into some nice fish as you will see in this weeks collection of photos. Harry, Gary, Mike and Cameron all had good trips when the wet weather hit at the end of the week. The prediction is for warm clear weather over the next few days so expect the fishing to slow a little in the afternoon as is usually the case in August.

The fishing is certainly good at the moment if you are prepared to put in the effort and either walk a little or float down the Colorado. The Pan should come down very shortly. If you want to fish the Pan and are thinking of coming up, ring the shop and get the latest update or go to our links page for the latest flow information.

We are now posting photos separately to make the loading of the report easier for your computer. You can see the latest photos here.

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam 510cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

With the flows back at 510cfs the Pan is hard to wade except in the wider sections. The fish are feeding well. It is just a matter of being able to get to them. Over the past few days the fish have been along the edges or in the quieter seams and behind structure. They are relatively easy to spot if you like sight fishing and will take caddis patterns or larger mayflies in the faster water.

Up near the Dam where the flow widens out nicely the water pressure is not so difficult. The PMD’s are coming off in the morning and then drakes start mid-day. The drakes are still coming off a little lower down but they are the smaller species and therefore call for #14 patterns. The midges and PMDs continue to come off with BWO’s coming off nicely when it clouds over as it did towards the end of the week.

If your are thinking of coming up, keep you eye on the flows. One suspects that it will drop quite quickly if the only reason for the higher flow at the moment is the augmentation as a consequence of Shoshone.

Recommended Flies:  For the drakes try dries with emergers as droppers. The fish will get such a lot of pressure now that the drakes are coming off. Consequently, it is wise to carry a range in the hope that you will be able to present something which is a little different. Try the gray wulff #10 - #12, the Irresistible Adams #10 - #12, the Adams and Adams Female #10 - #14 and the Klinkhammer #14. In addition talk to the guides in the shop. We are trying to have at least one guide on hand in the shop each day during the season.

For drake nymph droppers try the muskrat nymph, the BH anatomical and the split-case nymphs all in #10-#12.

For the PMD's try Lawson's no-hackles #14 - #16 gray/yellow and also the pink no-hackles #14 - 16. Try comparadun patterns #16 and #18 as well as Barr's emergers and the FPA special PMD emerger.

In the morning try red quills #14 - #18 and spinners.

In addition try larger adams patterns, sulphur's #14 - #18 as well as other mayfly patterns as evening falls.

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.

For baetis try the FPA sparkle baetis #20-#22, FPA emerging baetis #22 - #26 and small pheasant tails #20 - #24. When they get up on to the surface use Parachute Adams, gray special emergers, olive body dries and winger baetis patterns.

As the season progresses and the fishing pressure intensifies, particularly with clear skies, the tippet will be most important. So be prepared for the fish to become more particular on presentation and anything else which might alert them to any risk. At this time of year, particularly in the slower water 7x is the minimum and 8 - 9x should be considered if the fish are particularly wary.


Roaring Fork

Current Flow: near Emma - 760cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

The releases from the Pan have augmented the Fork nicely below Basalt with the flow now running around 760cfs. It will obviously drop quickly as soon as the Pan flows are cut.

There were nice BWO hatches during the week after midday. Despite a few rising fish the best results were from nymphing. In the bright light the Fork tends to slow down in the afternoon so be mindful of that when you are choosing a time to go out.

Most of the float traffic is below Carbondale, even though the higher flows enable reasonable floating from Basalt down. Cameron reported good fishing lower down towards Glenwood during the week, but the consensus was that it was tough in the afternoons.

Recommended Flies: Try drakes higher up as the fish will remember them, caddis emergers and dries, baetis and pmd nymphs, emergers and dries, stone fly nymphs such as Mckee's and Pat's rubblerlegs and yellow sally patterns.

PMD's are now in abundance and there are a few yellow sallies still about. Try PMD nymphs and emergers such as Barr's emergers #16-#20, the FPA biot PMD shuck trailer emerger #16 - #18, the Bubbleback and dries such as the comparadun, Lawson's no-hackle gray/yellow and pink as well as sulphurs in the evening.

For yellow sallies try the small nymph patterns like Kyle's yellow sally as well dries such as chuck's yellow trude, Flint's Yellow stone #16 and the Glasstail little yellow sally #16.

Although the drakes are nearing the end of their cycle, try Irresistible Adams #10 - #12, Adams and Female Adams #10 - #14 and gray wulffs #10 - #12. In addition try drake emergers such as the straw wings and dries. Put a smaller fly behind the drake like a PMD or a BWO.

The bwos also come off, particularly when it is cloudy so try baetis nymphs and emergers such as rs2's , FPA sparkle baetis #20 - #22 and the FPA emerging baetis #22 - #24.

The golden stones are now coming off at night so try stonefly nymphs with smaller nymphs.

When floating try a dry/dropper combination of orange stimulators and large dry stone flies or hopper patterns, with a smaller caddis dropper, PMD nymphs and emergers or baetis nymphs and emergers. As evening progresses try double dries.


Colorado River

The Colorado has cleared up again and is fishing well. The best results are from floating and nymphing deep down. The quality of the fish remains excellent as attested to by some of the photos in the photos section this week. Ed, Mike, Cameron, Gary and Harry are all preferring the deeper waters of the Colorado at the moment, particularly when the days get hot.

Recommended Flies: At the moment the best results are from nymphing deep down with stonefly, baetis and PMD nymph patterns.

 

 

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