The San
Juan River at Navajo
Dam details
The San Juan is a fantastic tail-water
fishery that flows cold
out from the bottom of Navajo Reservoir. The Juan is the perfect river
for full
and 1/2 day float or wade trips for
all angler abilities. Looking to
learn a few of the San Juan secrets?
Book
an AVA guide to help you decode this
technical fishery that is flat-out
loaded with trout.
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, Broad-leaf
cottonwoods, Russian Olives and Tamarisk. Getting
There
The San Juan is located about an hour
south of
Durango Colorado. The city of 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.
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 San
Juan reports and fishing news
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San
Juan Quality Waters,
Mid and Lower
River flows,
guide reports
and hatches
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Flows
and Fishing Report
for the San Juan
QW
Flow San Juan QW NM: 489 CFS
Guide
Activity
Will, Chris, Rick, Tim, Marc, Matt, Chip, Aaron, Drew
Guide
Report
June 6 2010
Guide:
Aaron Hyder
Section:
Quality Waters Texas
Hole to Pit
Weather:
Sun
| Am temps 61 F PM
temps 93 F
Hatches:
Midges in the AM and some
BWOs late in the afternoon.
Fishing:
Great day for sure;
roped into a couple
big "Donkeys" in
the morning and
then hooked a few
nice fish on big
dries. Who would
have
thought
dry fly season
was underway? Aaron
did and it paid
off.
Guide
Report
April 12 2010
Guide:
Will
Section:
Quality Waters Texas
Hole to Pit
Weather:
Sun, clouds and wind
| Am temps 42 F PM temps
62
F
Hatches:
Midges in the AM
and some small BWOs
in PM
Fishing:
Good fishing with red
annelids and midges.
Guide
Report
March 12 2010
Guide:
Will
Section:
Quality Waters Texas
Hole to Pit
Weather:
Sun with some clouds
| Am temps 22 F PM
temps 59 F
Hatches:
Midges in the AM and some
small BWOs in PM
Fishing:
Very good with midge pupa
fished deep. Great day on
the water.
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Hatches
Main
winter hatches for the
San Juan: Midges and
some small BWOs.
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Dec/Jan:
Midges, BWOs, leeches,
eggs, annelids and
worms
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Feb/March:
Midges, BWOs, leeches
and junk patterns
(worms and eggs)
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April:
BWOs and midges,
junk patterns when
flows bump
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May:
BWOs, midges, mosquito's,
eggs, worms, annelids
and streamers
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June:
BWOs, midges, annelids
and caddis
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July:
BWOs, midges, caddis,
PMDs, annelids, ants
and hoppers
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August:
BWOs, midges, PMDs,
ants, hoppers and
streamers
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September:
BWOs, midges, hoppers
and streamers
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October/November:
BWOs, midges and
streamers
Insects
and food in the system:
Caddis pupa, larva, midges,
mayfly nymphs, snails,
black fly larva, crane
flies, eggs, worms and
fry
Fly
patterns
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 white, gray
and black. White has
been the best producer.
Fish have also been
on pink and red eggs.
Some scuds as well
in #22 gray.
Lower
River: BWOs in 18 to
22 in brown, chocolate
and gray. Caddis emergers
and pupa in #16 Streamers
in black, brown and olive.
Vary the size of streamers
and experiment your stripping
speed.
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Predictions
and forecast
Looks
like there will not
be a spill this season.
The river would benefit
from a high spring
release,
but unless a big snow
or rain event occurs,
the river will remain
low. It will ramp up once
the Animas gets low.
Look for increased
flows in the next few
weeks. Most likely
we will see 750 to
a 1000 CFS. Better
than nothing. Fishing
should continue to
be fantastic, especially
if it bumps in flow
a bit.
Guided
fly fishing on
the San Juan below
Navajo Dam
The
San Juan River below
Navajo Dam offers both
beginner and expert
fly anglers a chance
at quality trout and
lots of them. The Juan
fishes well year-round.
We
offer float and wade
guide trips on all
sections of the San
Juan below Navajo
Dam. Steady fishing
can be found throughout
the winter, spring,
summer and fall months.
Book a trip today
for this world-famous
fishery.
Trophy
Trout Quality
Waters
The Quality
Water section, located below
Navajo Dam in the Navajo Lake State
Park, is
one of the top
tailwater fisheries here
in the US. In the first few miles the
San Juan is known for big trout and
lots of them. The Juan is home to thousands
of fish per mile.
Packed full of trout; 10, 25 even 40
hookups per angler, per day is possible. Fish
size averages between 12 to 20 inches.
A 16 inch bow seems to be the typical
fish these day.
Lower
River
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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