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Animas Valley Anglers (AVA)...the nitty gritty
AVA offers the best fly waters in the West, period. Great waters paired with top-rated guides assures you the best fly fishing experience available. AVA guides pride themselves on no-pressure guiding that is professional, educational and enjoyable. Regardless of your ability we welcome you, along with your friends and family to visit us here in the Southwest for a taste of the good life.

New to fly fishing? No problem, all AVA guides are great teachers and instructors. Every AVA trip is tailored to match the different ability levels in a group and the type of trip you are looking for. Even veterans out there with many years under their wading belt will enjoy one of our many guided float or wade trips.

Float or wade fly fishing for trophy trout on the San Juan River Quality Waters in northern New Mexico and on the Animas River near Durango Colorado in southwest Colorado. Animas Valley Anglers offers year-round professionally guided float and wade fly fishing trips on all the great waters of the Southwest. This includes the famous San Juan below Navajo Dam, Animas, Rio Grande, Dolores, upper San Juan, Pine, Florida, mountain creeks, private waters and regional lakes. Beginner to expert anglers welcome.

The Animas River has dropped and offers good streamer fishing. Runoff should peak in the third or fourth week of May depending on weather. The Animas is a year-round fishery that flows from Silverton down-stream through Durango Colorado. AVA offers wade and float-fishing trips on over 70 miles of the Animas River. Click the links for more info!

Low flows are expected over the next couple weeks. Current flow is 250 CFS with very good spring fly fishing. Solid hatches of blue wing olives and midges. Great time to float fish or wade this bucket-list fishery. AVA offers year-round float and wade trips on all three sections of the San Juan located below Navajo Dam. Click for more info!

The Rio Grande is fishing well with our dry season right around the corner. AVA offers miles and miles of float fishing near Creede and down-stream through South Fork Colorado. AVA also offers wade trips on the head-waters. The Rio is a must fish for the dry-fly fanatic. Shhhh the streamer, popper and nymph fishing is good too. Click for more info.

The Pine River is up and fishing pretty well. Midges, BWOs and some caddis are showing up. The Pine offers a solid chance at a trout over 10-pounds! Yep, 10 plus pounds! The Pine fishes well above Vallecito Reservoir and below on private waters. AVA offers guide trips on both public and private waters. Click for more info!

Root Pond is open! This sweet little lake offers fantastic sight-fishing into crystal clear waters from the comfort of a drift boat. Root Pond is one of our prime spring fisheries when the rest of our fisheries are muddied from snow-melt. Beginners & veterans alike have discovered how much fun Root Pond is. Big trout on big bugs! Click for more info!

The upper San Juan near Pagosa Springs is fishing well, but off-color conditions will return when warm weather moves in. The Upper Juan has a strong trout population and stunning scenery. AVA guided float trips through Mesa Canyon when flows and conditions allow. Season is late March into July. To book this special fishery drop us a line.

The mountain streams are opening up, but still cold. Alpine creeks offer fly anglers endless opportunities to cast fluffy dries and beaded nymphs to pretty trout in our most scenic areas of the Southwest. AVA offers numerous high country fishing adventures for all ability level. Easy walks, moderate hikes or big adventures are available.

The Dolores is currently a low 18 CFS as it flows out from McPhee Reservoir. This wild canyon is full of deer, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions, tall pines and a small handful of technical trout. This stream will test the skills of the most ardent angler. The upper Dolores River is flowing low and clear with poor fishing. Spring will welcome better fishing for sure.