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The San Juan Through The Year The San Juan is a true year-round tailwater. What changes isn’t whether you can catch fish—it’s how you fish, what the river gives you each month, and what style of trip (wade vs. float vs. euro) makes the most sense. Here’s the About Trout month-by-month breakdown so you can…

Fly fishing is in a strange season right now. The sport is booming, but the soul of it feels like it’s drifting. Scroll through Instagram for five minutes and you’ll see monster browns, permit, flex culture, and more “expert tips” than anyone asked for. What you rarely see is the slow, foundational, deeply human part…

When you spend enough days guiding and fishing the San Juan River, you start to believe anything can happen — but even then, some moments stop you cold. Recently, Guide Kyle McCallum proved just that when he helped his angler connect with a true fish of a lifetime: a 33-inch brown trout, taken on a streamer. This isn’t…

The San Juan River has a long history — and a strong myth. For decades, anglers have come here believing success meant 6x tippet and size 24 midges, drifting tiny bugs through slow, glassy seams. That’s the story everyone’s heard. But it’s not the only one worth telling. This week I had the chance to spend…

Welcome To Guide Season We always call it “guide season” — not because we’re less busy, but because it’s the kind of fishing that reminds us why we do this in the first place. Long drifts, willing trout, and the kind of quiet that is very much welcome after our October peak season.  It’s All…