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 6th September 2009

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8th September - The bureau has dropped the Pan further tonight so that it is now running at 236cfs, an ideal level. This is pushing down the flows in the Fork from Basalt down. The fishing was good today mid-afternoon when a cloudy change blew in a brought on a nice BWO hatch. The fish keyed in on Adams and Matthews sparkle baetis #18. Not many out on the river either. Good day and the river level is now where it should have been for the past month.

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Finally we had some good news on the water releases into the Pan this week with the flows now back to a more manageable 308cfs. As a consequence the wading is good now on the Pan in most areas except where it is particularly narrow. The Fork is also lower as a result of the Pan so the floating near Basalt is starting to get a little skinny.

The coming week offers a little more relief from the hot weather with the possibility of afternoon thundershowers which will cool things a little. Today was typical with a nice shower in the afternoon for an hour.

The labor day weekend marks the end of the summer season and so with the weather cooling the colors are beginning to change particularly higher up. Above Ruedi at higher elevations most of the aspens have already changed and lower down the trees are showing signs of fall. It seems to be a little earlier than usual. Maybe a week or so. But it has been a strange year with the last dry spell bringing quite hot weather until this latest change. So from here one would expect to see the colors change quickly and the leaves start to fall.

Next weekend we will be at the Fly Fishing Retailer show in Denver so it will be interesting to see what changes occur in these times.

We are already getting bookings for our Rendevous in September so we are looking forward to that being a success.

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.

Fishing Rendevous. On the weekend of the 18th – 20th September we will be having a fishing rendevous at Seven Castles. There will be campsites available for the weekend for $35. It will be a simple affair. Rod manufacturers will be in attendance on Saturday afternoon/evening so that participants can try rods on the lake on the property. The Property is at the 5 mile mark on the Frying Pan adjacent to a lot of public fishing access. The idea is simply to make the opportunity available for anyone who might not have previously fished on the Pan so that for a very modest cost they can camp out and fish the entire area over the weekend.

For more details ring the shop and book your campsite. 970-927-3441. If it is reasonably well received and successful we would like to make this an annual event.

 

Frying Pan

Current Flow: below the Dam 308cfs. (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page)

With the flow having dropped to 308cfs and holding there for the moment the Pan is quite accessible now in all except the narrowest places. The fishing was excellent over the weekend with a cool change blowing in and bringing on some nice hatches.

The trout seem to sense the end of the season approaching and are now feeding aggressively. The PMDs are fading a little so it is more BWOs even though the drakes are still coming off higher up. Gary reported excellent dry fly fishing on Saturday at the 10 mile mark with drakes and PMDs. Then he fished the flats and had most success on very small gray and black biot emergers.

Mid river the fish took Adams and Parachute Adams #14 and #16 when the fish were feed on the surface in the faster seams.

We are approaching some of our favorite fishing for the year on the Pan now with the crowds having dissipated and the fish strong from the summer and feeding as long as they can on the larger flies into the fall. The high water has actually protected the fish for some time now so one would expect the fishing to be excellent if one gets into areas which have been left untrafficked over the past few weeks.

Recommended Flies:  For the drakes try dries with emergers as droppers. The fish have been getting a lot of pressure with the drakes coming off but the higher water has eased the pressure over the past week. 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 CDC Flavilinea Dun, the Gunnison Green Drake #12, Mayfly Cripple #10, Biot hairwing #12 - #14, gray wulff #10 - #14, the Adams and Adams Female #10 - #14. At night use the H&L Variant #10 - #12. 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 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 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 - 537cfs (if you want more uptodate figures check out current readings on our "Links" page).

Now with the Pan having dropped over 100cfs during the week, the Fork has also come down although a little rain has held it up just a little. Ed reported excellent fishing above Basalt during the week taking advantage of the lower flows while the Pan was over 400cfs. There were good BWO hatches and the fish responded well to dries and emergers after taking rusty spinners earlier in the day. Lower down, on the cloudy days the activity was also good with Harry reporting that a few fish were starting to respond to streamers thrown against the bank.

We are now getting into the period when the big browns will be charging out from under the banks after streamers.

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.

The golden stones are still 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.

The fish will start responding to streamers very soon so try them when it is quiet or in the evenings.


Colorado River

Ed reported more excellent fishing on the Colorado during the week. Gary and Cam also had good days. Gary reported good dry fly activity along the edges on the cloudy days so as the days cool and the water temperature falls a little the fish will venture out of the deepest runs to feed into the fall. In addition as we approach the spawning period, the big browns will be moving about in anticipation.

Recommended Flies: At the moment the best results are from nymphing deep down with stonefly, baetis and PMD nymph patterns. Streamers are starting to work higher up right against the banks. With the cooler weather the fish will start to come to the surface taking dries into the evenings.

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