dgames Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 To expand on the San Juan commentary, one of the things that I think is cool about the river is the diversity of the type of water you can find. Lots of places to dredge nymphs in riffle water with nice little deep cuts where you are pretty much just reading the water to find fish. If you get tired of doing that, there are usually plenty of places where you can wander flats looking for visible fish and sight fishing to risers of fish visibly feeding on nymphs. Sick of seeing other people, go explore some of the vast backwater and side channel areas where you will have to stalk spooky fish.
NoLuck Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks dgames. Looks like I may be able to fish a couple of weekend days at least. Maybe even a few evenings. How far down river from the dam is trout fishing waters that are able to be waded?? I'm also debating going out and getting a guide for a half day or so.
dgames Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 I think you can wade all the way down to the bridge at the town of Navajo Dam. Beatis Bend is the furthest downstream I have fished in my trips the last couple years. Back in the 90s I took a guided drift boat trip and the take out was a ways downstream from there, but I don't remember a whole lot about that water. Doing the half day guided trip is a good plan. We went with Roger Hibner out of Abes two years ago on our first full day and enjoyed fishing with him. Last year he was working at the shop instead of guiding most of the week and he ended up coming out and fishing with us for a couple hours one day. That was fun. I have also heard good things about Aaron Carithers at Anasazi Anglers.
On The Fly 6 Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 I have fished the San Juan River many many times. There will be a lot of fishermen but there is plenty of room. My favorite spots are the upper flats and the Texas hole. I use slot of small dries in the upper flats. Here is a great page to get info from. And,Abes has the best green Chile breakfast burrito ever! http://sanjuanriver.com/ Abe's has a legit breakfast. I fished it a couple summers ago. Great river! Totally worth it. Go small!!! I'm talking 26-28 on midges and even dries. Use the "San Juan rig". The guys at Abe's can tell you all the info you need. Bring bug spray! Mosquitos are bad. "The difference between fly fishers and worm dunkers is the quality of their excuses." -Anonymous "I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout." -by Paul O'Neil
NoLuck Posted July 26, 2014 Author Posted July 26, 2014 Well I made it here. Time to drop off equipment and head to the river to check it out.
tippet7 Posted July 27, 2014 Posted July 27, 2014 Your welcome You are so stupid you threw a rock at the ground and missed.
NoLuck Posted July 27, 2014 Author Posted July 27, 2014 Your welcome No... Thank you! Didn't see your post there tippet.
NoLuck Posted July 27, 2014 Author Posted July 27, 2014 Been on the river four hours or so. Caught about a dozen fish. Biggest 2 were legit 20" fish. No browns yet though. Cheers!!
NoLuck Posted July 28, 2014 Author Posted July 28, 2014 Caught this as my first San Juan rainbow. Well that didn't work. Can anyone reduce the file from an email?? Or a text?? I can send it to you to post.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now