March Madness Just Around the Corner

Browns are fun to catch.  This one is a beauty.   San Juan River NM fishing report. 3/3/2020 Fisheads San Juan River Lodge   The river is in excellent shape.  With over 5’ of visibility the water is clearer this Spring than it has been for a long time. Usually the river has a green…

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Big Brown Caught on the San Juan River

Jacob Deifenbaugh Fishing Guide

One of Fisheads Guides, Kevin Coughlin (IG: @ibestrippin_inthe_evenings), had a client catch a 31 3/4 inch ~20lb ish pound Brown Trout. “This fish ate a pearl core braid San Juan worm #12, on 8lb Seaguar fluorocarbon, rigged 10 inches from a 3/0 split shot, 6 feet below the indicator.  Flows were at 3000 cfs.  Sage…

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Joe Brooks Documentary Trailer

Joe Brooks is a icon in the fly fishing world. A new documentary, set to come out on Father’s Day 2018, is being created to tell the story about the amazing life of Joe Brooks. “Joe Brooks is one the most impressive people I have ever met in my life.” Left Kreh

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High Water Scheduled For May 3, 2017

The BOR released water from the dam today taking the water level from 473 cfs to 1010 cfs.  The water will stay at this level until they increase the outflow from the dam on May 3, 2017.  The water will be released at 250cfs per day over a 10-15 day period until the optimum of…

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Merry Christmas From Fisheads!!

This was a terrific fishing day.   Sonny caught this beautiful rainbow and showed it to our favorite boat dog, Sammie.  With Christmas just two days away, we’d like to let you know that we are going to be closing at 10 a.m on Saturday, December 24th through Christmas Day.  We will reopen bright and early…

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San Juan River High Flow 2016

There is a lot of stigma concerning the high flow that we on the San Juan River will be experiencing here in the next few weeks. We at Fisheads would like to help clear the air and hopefully shed some light on the subject. Wading the river during this time can be a challenge, it…

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Seasons Greeting from Fisheads

Season’s Greetings, Friends of Fisheads! The entire crew of Fisheads San Juan River Lodge, and I, want to thank you all for another great year. We want to thank you for fishing and staying with us.  You are what make Fisheads successful. Many of you have become friends and we look forward to seeing you…

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Fly Patterns of the San Juan River

Must-have fly patterns for the San Juan River in descending order of importance: Fly Name: Fly Color: Fly Size(s): Travis Para Ant Brown, black 14 Rojo Midge Orange and red 18 Griffith’s Gnat black 18 Birchell’s Hatching Midge Gray, olive, brown 20 to 22 Rosenbauer Parachute Beetle Red 20 to 24 Cartoon Hopper gray, olive,…

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