Animas River Home For Sale in Durango $799,000

River Home For Sale

Lester VanDenBerg, C: , les, : If dry fly fishing for record breaking sized trout captures your imagination you can fish the famous Animas from the banks of your own property! The Gold Metal catch and release just upstream from this farm is well known to Anglers. The big brown trout are just a start! If an investment home for your 1031 exchange dollars is your current objective, this property has great potential for appreciation. Both of the residences currently used as rentals represent great cash flow value for the investor buyer With riverfront properties in Durango going off the charts in price, this property is still affordable. Hurry now, this is a sportsman's paradise for deer and elk hunters. Trophy bull elk, trophy bucks use this area in their annual migration pattern. Look at these features! 1. River Property, 19.7 acres, Animas River runs through the property with approx. 1000 ft of frontage. 2. Single family residence 1471 square foot, well built, stick built updated, 2 BR, 1.75 BA. Finished walk out basement. 3. A 14 X 65 mobile home. Both currently used as rentals. It shares a generous well with the primary home, but has it's own septic system.4. An RV hook-up pad. 5. Irrigation water is piped to the property as captured tail water.6. In a subdivision but no HOA.Colorado DOW fishing report:Should recruit to 14+ inches this year (2022)Number of fish: . Rainbow Trout ranged from 3 to 18.5 inch- es while browns ranged from 4 to 21.5 inches. . Despite the 2018 fish kill, larger Brown Trout were still present in the Animas River and there is a large cohort of Rainbow Trout moving into the 14+ inch size class this year. Native coldwater mottled sculpin, a favorite prey item for larger Brown Trout, showed an 80% decrease in abundance but rebounded to normal densities in 2021.