
Fly
fishing, guide, flow reports and information for the San Juan
below Navajo Dam at Navajo Lake State
Park in Northern New Mexico. World-class trophy trout on one of the
best tailwaters in the States.
2008
spring fly fishing and guide reports
for the San Juan below Navajo Dam |
San
Juan
flows
clarity | weather
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The
Juan is fishing well. The
water
is
clearing and the flow
is at
3000
CFS and dropping. The river will drop to 1600 then back up
by April 11th to 2200 cfs. Great to see higher flows this time
of year. The Juan fishes
well
when flows
are up and tends to keep the
crowds
down!
Click
here for the email from the Bureau of Reclamation San
Juan flow
forecast
Guides:
Will, Tim, Marc, Josh, Chris and Rick
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fishing
reports:
quality waters | mid float | lower
River |
Quality
Waters (Texas Hole up to the Dam): The wade-only section
has been fishing ok, still high. Midges and junk bugs are
the main patterns.
Quality
Waters (Texas Hole to Gravel Pit): Fishing has been good
out of the boat. The fish have been eating midges, baetis
and junk bugs throughout the day. Green eggs and ham time
of the year. Bright eggs and worm patterns as well as annilids
have been top producers.
Mid
Float (Bait Waters): Fishing is ok with junk patterns and
small streamers.
Lower
River: Fishing is fair with nymphs and streamers. When it
cleans up and clears should fish well, even when flows are
in the 2200 cfs range.
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insect
hatches | fly patterns |
Main
insect hatches for the San Juan: Midges and some BWOs.
The
midge pupa is gray and black, in a #22 to #28. Adults are black,
or black and gray in a # 24 to #30. There have also been some
larger #18 to #20 midge pupa that are black/red. The adult is
olive/gray. For the BWOs fish brown
wd40s and RS2s have been good. Foam wing emergers in chocolate
and gray. Typical baetis emergers.
With
the water green to clear fish bright patterns above natural patterns.
Larva and red annelids in #18 to #24. San Juan worms in red,
orange and natural. Buggers and leeches will also take fish.
Leeches in gray and black. Fish have also been on orange, cream
and red eggs. Some scuds as well in #22 gray. Natural
streamers and leeches. Green moss patterns at times.
Insects
(food) in the system: Caddis pupa, larva, midges, mayfly nymphs,
snails,
black fly larva, crane flies, eggs, worms and fry. |
predictions | season |
The
San Juan River below Navajo Dam offers the fly angler a chance
at
large number of quality trout, regardless of the time of year.
We offer float and wade guide trips throughout the winter, spring,
summer
and fall.
Drop
us a line or type us an e-mail for more info and to check on
guide availability and conditions. |
San Juan River
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The
San Juan River at Navajo Dam-Details
The San Juan is located about an hour south of Durango Colorado and flows
cold out from the bottom of Navajo Reservoir. Albuquerque, Farmington
and Pagosa Springs are also a short drive to the river. Albuquerque is
about 3 hours, and Farmington is 40 minutes and Pagosa Springs is an
hour and some change. The Juan flows through a true desert canyon with
high sandstone cliffs in bench form, each layer exposing millions of
years of geology. On the river floor, the river runs slow over shallow
riffles and deep pools, and is surrounded by willows and cottonwoods.
Trophy
Trout Quality Waters
The Quality
Water section located just below
the dam in the Navajo Lake State Park is
one of this countries top
tailwater fisheries and
boasts thousands of fish per mile.
Packed full of trout; 15, 30 even 50
hookups per angler, per day is common. Fish
size averages between 12 to 20 inches.
A 16 inch bow seems to be the the typical
fish these days.
Lower
River Floats
The
San Juan below the Quality Waters is
know as the Lower
River, and this section flows
over numerous riffles, and is home to
a large number of fish. Brown trout tend
to out number the bows and they can be
very aggressive to a dry or streamer.
Fish size ranges between 10 and 15 inches
the average seems to be 13 inch browns.
But hold on, there are some monster bows
and browns lurking about in the lower
river. When the river is on, an angler
can have a large number of fish to the
fly.
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