Animas Valley Anglers - Mountain Creek & Stream Guide and Fishing Reports

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Creeks and streams details
No crowds, stunning scenery and pretty trout make the mountain streams the perfect place to cast a fly. We guide miles and miles of the best creeks that flow through the National Forest, Weminuche Wilderness Area and BLM lands here in southwest Colorado.

Looking for a nice hike into remote waters or a simple park and cast trip? No problem, we can get you into a creek fly fishing experience to match your needs and desires. Creeks are great fisheries for beginners and veterans alike. These trips are also perfect for the back country backpacker.

Many of our secret stashes are not listed here.

Mountain Creeks and Stream Fishing Reports
Early Fall 2011

Flows and Guide Report
Most mountain creeks are low and clear with excellent fishing opportunities for cutthroat, rainbows, brookies and brown trout. Fishing will continue to be solid through mid October.

Guide activity: Marc, Will, Chris, Drew

Guide Report: Fishing has been a blast on the creeks. Afternoon rains, cool weather and pretty trout on the fly, what more could you want? When it is 96 degrees in Durango or warmer on the San Juan, the cold waters of the mountain streams are just the ticket to escape the summer heat.

stream	trout	fly patterns	when
Upper Animas via Train	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows, CO cutthroat	Dry: hoppers, elk hair caddis, humpy, ants, Adams, stones, stimi Nymphs: BH Prince, BH Caddis	Late June to late October
Turkey Creek	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows	Dry: trude, caddis, H&L, stimulator, renegades	Late June to mid October
Hermosa	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows, CO cutthroat	Dry: hoppers, H&L, Wulffs, stimulator, coachman	Late June to mid October
Williams	browns, brookie, bows	Dry: hoppers, elk hair caddis, humpy, ants, Adams, stones, stimi	May to mid October
La Plata	brookies, rainbows, cut-bows	Dry: trude, caddis, renegades, royal coachman	Late June to late October
Lime Creek	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows, CO cutthroat	Dry: trude, caddis, humpy, Wulffs	Late June to mid October
Piedra	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows	Dry: sofa pillow, stimulator, hoppers, H&L, stones, caddis	June to November
Upper Dolores	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows, CO cutthroat	Dry: trude, caddis, hoppers, H&L, Wulffs,	Late June to late October
Upper Pine	brookies, rainbow, brown, cut-bows	Dry: hoppers, H&L, stones, trude, elk wing caddis, stimulator, renegade, yellow sally	Late June to mid October

Hatches
Mountain creek hatches include caddis, drakes, stones and terrestrials.

Winter: midges and nymphs
Spring: worms, stone fly and mayfly nymphs, caddis
Summer: caddis, PMDs, tricos, ants, hoppers, drakes, crane fly, beatles
Fall: hoppers, ants, mayflies, caddis

Fly patterns for high country creeks and streams
Most mountain creek trout are not very technical, their feeding habits tend to be more opportunistic than other trout in the larger streams and rivers.

Predictions and forecast
Mountain streams will be in great shape the rest of the season. Flows will be low, but will rise a bit with afternoon rains.

Guided fly fishing on the mountain streams
Animas Valley Anglers guides miles and miles of the mountain creeks located in the San Juan National Forest, BLM and wilderness areas.

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