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Animas floats We offer full day, 1/2 day and evening float trips on the Animas river. Our float trip options cover over 30 miles of water. We float the Animas valley, Durango public water and Gold Medal sections as well as private water south of Durango. We have exclusive and shared put-ins and take-outs, along with exclusive private land access where we can also wade fish and eat lunch stream side. float options Full day trips will typically cover 6 to 12 miles of river. Half day and evening trips will cover 3 to 6 miles depending on flows and conditions. Even when flows are low we continue to float fish the Animas, usually covering shorter distances and focusing hard on the deeper holding water. We float a number of beats covering a wide array of water types. 1) Animas valley floats north of Durango cover 14 river miles in a slow meadow-like setting. 2) Town water is made up of 2 1/2 miles of "bait, fly and lure water" and another 4 1/2 miles of Quality Water that is "fly and lure" only. The river below Durango has more of a gradient than the valley making for more pockets, runs, riffles and pools. 3) The Quality Water down stream from Durango to the New Mexico border includes four additional float beats with over twenty five plus river miles. This water is made up of grass banks, runs, riffs and pockets. Because much of this water flows through private land, it sees very little fishing pressure and holds a ton of great fish. We mix up our days on the various beats depending on seasonal changes, flows, water conditions and insect hatches.