Will Blanchard
Will is owner and one of the head guides of Animas Valley Anglers. Be it an addiction or a love for the craft Will can be found fishing and guiding through out the Southwest well over 200 days each year. He has been going strong on these local waters since 1992. Will started his guide career with Duranglers were he guided for seven years before starting Animas Valley Anglers.

He brings a tremendous amount of knowledge, expertise and a positive, enjoyable attitude to a guide trip. Will is comfortable on any body of water, in pursuit of any species of fish. Be it Rio Grande brownies, picky San Juan bows, Babine steelhead or anything in between. Will has put in his time on the regions fisheries and has logged more guided float hours on the Animas and upper San Juan (Pagosa) than most anyone. After spending a day on the water with Will you will have learned the true meaning of the "fly fishing experience."

Late in the fall and early winter Will spends countless hours exploring the remote waters of north central BC for the worlds largest steelhead. He fishes the Kispiox, Babine, Bulkley, Skeena and many other remote waters with his dog Kispa in tow.

When not working hard on the oars or wading knee deep in a steelhead stream Will can be found behind the lens of his cameras documenting the natural world and the fly fishing lifestyle. He also spends a lot of time in front of the computer as a web designer and graphic artist. One of his true passions however is ice hockey. He spends countless hours on the ice at the Chapman Hill Ice Arena in Durango Colorado as well as the frozen ponds, lakes and rinks near Smithers BC.

Check out more on Will Blanchard and his photography as well as his adventures and fly fishing at gottrout.blogspot.com


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