
HEB Redfish Video on This Morning
Easy watch this morning – H E B Our Texas Our Future: Redfish Revival looks at the Texas Gulf Coast redfish and what makes it so great.
Texas offers a variety of excellent fly fishing opportunities, with numerous rivers, lakes, and coastal areas to explore. Here are some of the best places to fly fish in Texas:
Guadalupe River: Known as one of the best places for fly fishing in Texas, the Guadalupe River is famous for its rainbow and brown trout. It’s particularly popular in the winter months when the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department stocks the river with trout. You can find both public access points and private fishing resorts along the river.
Llano River: The Llano River, located in the Texas Hill Country, is known for its pristine waters and a healthy population of Guadalupe bass, which is a native Texas species. You can also find sunfish and largemouth bass in this river.
South Padre Island: The coastal waters around South Padre Island offer excellent fly fishing opportunities for species like redfish, speckled trout, snook, and tarpon. You can fish from the shore or hire a guide to take you on a boat for an offshore adventure.
Devils River: The Devils River, one of the most remote and pristine rivers in Texas, is home to some trophy-sized smallmouth bass. Access to the river can be challenging, so be prepared for a wilderness experience and check for any permit requirements.
Pedernales River: This Hill Country river is known for its limestone bottom and clear water. It’s a great spot for fly fishing for Guadalupe bass, sunfish, and largemouth bass. There are several parks along the river that offer access for anglers.
Lake Fork: Lake Fork is famous for its largemouth bass, and fly anglers can have success here targeting these trophy-sized fish. This East Texas reservoir is known for producing some of the biggest bass in the state.
Baffin Bay: Located along the Texas Gulf Coast, Baffin Bay is a prime spot for fly fishing for speckled trout and redfish. The shallow flats and grassy areas make it a fly angler’s paradise.
Canyon Lake: Canyon Lake, in the Texas Hill Country, offers fly fishing opportunities for various species, including bass, sunfish, and catfish. The clear waters and scenic surroundings make it a popular choice.
Lake Texoma: This massive reservoir on the Texas-Oklahoma border is known for its striped bass fishing. Fly anglers can target stripers here, especially in the spring and fall.
Colorado River (Texas): The Texas stretch of the Colorado River offers fly fishing for a variety of species, including white bass, largemouth bass, and catfish. Look for access points in the Hill Country and downstream areas.
Before you go fly fishing in Texas, make sure to check the fishing regulations, obtain any necessary permits or licenses, and consider hiring a local guide for a better experience, especially if you’re new to the area or fly fishing in general. Additionally, be aware of any seasonal changes and weather conditions that may affect your fishing plans.
Fly Fishing Texas – Chat about the Guadalupe River, the RIVER most identified with Texas fly fishing.
GRTU Fall Chapter Meeting – Nov 16th @ Lazy L&L The GRTU Fall Chapter Meeting will be held Saturday, Novemeber 16 at the Lazy L&L Campground in New Braunfels, TX from 11 am – 2 pm. The event will feature instruction on Tenkara, guest speaker Alice Owsley, and in addition to an update on GRTU Chapter Affairs, a […]
GRTU Report Guadalupe Trout Conditions and Changes For New Season
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HEB Redfish Video on This Morning
Easy watch this morning – H E B Our Texas Our Future: Redfish Revival looks at the Texas Gulf Coast redfish and what makes it so great.
Watch the only Texas fly fishing report this time – border to border! We have highlights from the Lower Laguna Madre earlier this month AND carp running wild on Lake Ray Roberts Texas.
Do you want to know where the Texas Gulf Coast fly fishing scene never stops? Port Mansfield, Texas, is always on. Go soon, it is waking up!
South Padre Island and the Lower Laguna Madre fly fishing report.
A new wonder world of water outside the door. So close and so diverse. The Lower Laguna Madre awaits.
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!
Caught up in the whirlwind – DFW to South Padre Island to Houston and back again today.
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 […]
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Port O’Connor Texas Fly Fishing
This report is fresh off the Texas Gulf Coast’s Port O’Connor, and contains the latest on conditions last week in that fishing eco-system. It’s not pretty.
Watch the only Texas fly fishing report this time – border to border! We have highlights from the Lower Laguna Madre earlier this month AND carp running wild on Lake Ray Roberts Texas.
Carp are abundant this year on Lake Ray Roberts, Texas. It almost seems like a bad thing it’s so good.
Classic original carp video from the Ray Roberts flats in the aughts.
Bass on the fly. Carp on the fly and how to catch them on Lake Ray Roberts Texas.
How about that last week? It was a real vacation brought on by two sick days of … well, I still don’t know what it was. Could it be allergies? In our changing planet, maybe I am now allergic to something that was never around before? I am still a statue of snot today, and […]
“And it’s half past four, and I’m shifting gears … we’ve got a thing that’s called radar love …” – Golden Earring 1973 – Good Monday morning sidewalkers! Is it hot enough for you? I guess we old fogies talk about the weather first, then go through our “Organ Recital,” where we recite what’s working […]
Sweet faced carp on fly.
“Ohh, Ohhh that smell. Can’t you smell that smell …?” – Lynyrd Skynyrd Now the smell of new life surrounds us. Spring floods and spring green … then more floods … Good Monday Morning evening and welcome once again for the umpteenth time TO THE Monday Morning Sidewalk. I know this is too late to […]
Holy Carp! – on the Tuesday Tournament Roundup
Holy Carp! Houston, Texas, fly fishing tournament stop information.
esCARPment Carp Fly Fishing Results
esCARPment Central Texas Carp Tournament Phenomenal Success Here are the results for the esCARPment tournament for 2018 (not 2017)! FROM McLean Worsham: “Hi Shannon, Glad to share with you. This year, drought conditions and high winds made for challenging conditions. Despite that multiple anglers had phenomenal days with 732.5 total inches of carp caught by […]
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