| 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 in Durango Colorado.
Will guided for seven years with that outfit before
starting Animas Valley Anglers in 2000.
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 friends,
his lady Amanda and their black
lab Kispa. (Chloe, their Dane/Lab
mix has to stay home) Will and
Amanda are also proud new parents.
They welcomed Benjamin Rally
Blanchard into the world December
15th 2010. Ben's first fishing
trip to the Animas was 10 days
later on Christmas day.
When
not working hard on
the oars or wading
knee deep in a steelhead
stream Will can be
found behind the lens
of his camera 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.
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