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Texas Fly Fishing Report

South Padre Island and the Lower Laguna Madre fly fishing report.

Outside The Door

A new wonder world of water outside the door. So close and so diverse. The Lower Laguna Madre awaits.

Monday Brings a Hint of Fall

Fall brings more changes than I can imagine. Getting ready for salt is priority one – the big move a week away. Green trout on Ray Roberts!

Saturday Reruns

The Saturday Reruns are falling fast now. This one clocks in at 14-thousand views, and will actually get a follow-up this spring to let watchers know how all the tuning on the skiff turned out! Running Your Shallow Saltwater Skiff These are some of the many ways to set up your skiff for running Texas […]

TPWD Crab Trap Cleanup

TPWD NEWS RELEASE: AUSTIN —Each February for 18 years, countless volunteers spend 10 days on the water along the Texas coastline searching the bays for abandoned crab traps left to foul shrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines, “ghost fish,” and create unsightly views. To date, they’ve hauled off more than 36,000 of these derelict traps. Between […]

Monday Morning Sand Walk

Winter tides and weather are formidable foes – especially in the Lower Laguna Madre system.

Getting Ready for Weather

The clubbing life in South Texas. Rusty speaking goes with the rest of the rust. Jetties sheepshead on fly.

Monday Morning Sidewalk

South Texas weather patterns are fantastic right now at South Padre Island, and now it’s time to start packing for the North again.

Sand Bass Upper Trinity River Rerun

There will be a new video segment out soon, and it will go over the importance of keeping a fly fishing calendar, or diary, to help we who are of lesser memory and greater activity; to keep track of your fly fishing adventures as a reference of what can happen or no longer happens (in […]

Texas Clay Fest Gruene Texas This Weekend

Time to mix a little art in with the fly fishing. We’re on the road and in Gruene, Texas, for the annual Texas Clay Festival. It’s a big event, and my first visit to the event.