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 September 2009

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30th September: We had quite a wind storm through here yesterday afternoon which brought down some large trees along the Pan between the 2 and 3 mile markers. The predicted change appears to be blowing in but the temperature has held up. We are supposed to get a little rain and the temperatures will be cooler over the next week. The weeked promises reasonable weather until later Sunday afternoon.

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The flow was dropped again mid-week to 113cfs in the Pan. Its too low to offer the fish much protection but makes for great fishing and access. The only good thing is that the traffic has slowed down so the fish are not being disturbed too much. The early part of the week saw some particularly cold weather with snow falling on the higher levels including Mt Sopris. There is still some snow on the highest peaks. The cold hastened the change in the colors so that now many of the trees have turned golden. With the bright clear days and the colors of the trees it is certainly the prettiest time of the year. The fish are feeding well and making for excellent dry fly fishing.

This is the favorite time for many of the locals to get out on the river with big strong fish feeding in anticipation of the coming winter. There is a quickening in the pace of things. The sun sits lower, so that the longer shadows are cast earlier in the afternoon. After 4pm some areas are in shade and the fishing slows down quickly. Where the sun lingers longer the fish keep feeding for a while.

The floating on the lower Fork and particularly the Colorado was excellent again this week. Mike said he had fish straighten out the hooks on the Colorado and one broke 3x like cotton. Cam caught a 22 inch beauty and is included in the archive photos this week.

The weather has warmed nicely over the past several days so that it is now quite hot and bright forcing the fishing to be wary in the lower clear water. We are looking forward to more great weather over the next few days with the possibility of a change blowing in again mid-week and some more cold weather. At this point the change is not expected to last long, so the possibility of more great fishing during the coming week is in the offing.

So if you have a mind to do so, come up for a day or so on the river. All too soon the wind will be blowing the last of the leaves from the trees, the weather will be cold, and we will be looking forward to the opening of the ski slopes. These warm clear days, colors and great water will be but a memory. And you will ask yourself – “Should I have made just one more trip?”.

This week we have a fairytale a friend of mine sent me.

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'

The girl said, 'NO!'

And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went
fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and ate whatever he wanted to.

The end.

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

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam 113cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

The flow dropped again during the week baring many of the gravel banks and forcing the fish to seek some deeper water in the bright light. The dry fly fishing was excellent. Gary reported marvelous fishing near the 10 mile mark earlier in the week while mid-river the fish were particularly active in the afternoons when the BWOs came off.

The fish are tending to ignore the larger flies despite drakes and PMDs coming off. Both Ed and Gary found that smaller flies worked better during the week. A combination of midges and BWO’s. Midriver later this afternoon, it was similar. Despite a lot of PMD’s coming off the fish concentrated on the smaller flies and responded to the #24 CDC biot comparadun. They refused the larger Adams, gulpers, parachute adams and female adams all #18 - #20 quite assiduously coming up to inspect and then rejecting the offering. These flies had all worked like a charm until about 3 pm when they turned off like a clock. So be prepared to fish smaller patterns with lighter tippet if the fish are refusing your fly.

This pattern may persist until we get a cooler change in the weather and the pressure on the fish abates further. We should have a colder change midweek for a day or so. But overall the fishing should remain excellent until the winter cold descends and puts the fish down.

Recommended Flies:  For the last of the drakes try dries with emergers as droppers. The fish have been getting a lot of pressure but they are nearing their end and only a few smaller flavs are coming off now. Try the CDC Flavilinea Dun, the Gunnison Green Drake #12, Biot hairwing #12 - #14, gray wulff #12 - #14, the Adams and Adams Female #12 - #14. At night use the H&L Variant #12 - #16. As it gets darker the fish will take the bigger fly.

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 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 such as the matthews sparkle dun olive #18 - #22 and winger baetis patterns.

As the season progresses 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 - 304cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

The fall in the Pan midweek has put the Fork at 304cfs near Basalt. Too low for floating but excellent for being able to get into the river wade to some of the more protected areas where the big fish are hiding. The conditions are excellent now for wading and with the BWOs coming off well the dry fly fishing has been excellent as well as nymphing smaller patterns.

The big browns are now starting to come out from the banks attacking the streamers. It is possible to float from Carbondale if you are careful. It is better from West Bank although the river is skinny even in some of those lower sections. The fish are big and strong now and are sensing the oncoming change in the seasons.

Recommended Flies: Try BWO's if the cool cloudy weather returns. Also try baetis and pmd nymphs, emergers and dries, midges and stone fly nymphs such as Mckee's and Pat's rubblerlegs and yellow sally patterns.

For PMD nymphs and emergers try 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.

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. In addition try the matthews, adams and parachute adams.

The midge hatches remain strong in the mornings and the evenings so look at our Pan recommendations for some midges to try.

For streamers try the Autumn Splendor, the Yellow Madonna's and the olive woolly buggers. Try streamers with stinger hooks. This will help solve the short striking problem of big browns.


Colorado River

The Colorado continues to fish very well with the big water providing protection for the big fish. Ed, Mike, Cam and Harry all reported great floating during the week. Harry floated down from Grizzly and reported excellent fishing against the banks with the fish responding to streamers well. Cam also reported great streamer fishing. Ed and Mike also reported great nymphing on smaller soft hackles, baetis and BWO emergers.

Recommended Flies: At the moment the best results are from nymphing deep down with stonefly, baetis and PMD nymph patterns. Streamers are also working well right against the banks. With the cooler weather the fish will start to come to the surface taking dries into the evenings. Use streamers such as the autumn splendor, the yellow madonna and woolly buggers.

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