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March 17, 2008 - Clint Barton

I caught a small largemouth bass, this 1 1/2 pound smallmouth bass, this trout and a smaller trout. The worst part is I lost 7 more before I could get them to the net! A good day on the Guad!

January 28, 2008 - Clint Barton

Brooks Boulding, Bob Brooks, and I fished today on the Guadalupe River. The weather started out cloudy and misty but by the time we hit the water the drizzle stopped and it just stayed cloudy. It warmed up nicely and the weather was ideal for fishing. In all we caught 4 trout, 3 suckers, and 1 bluegill.

January 10, 2008 - Brooks Bouldin

Kent Conner and I fished the Guadalupe River on the TU leases. We had a delightful day and hooked up with 10 or so nice fish from 15 to 17 inches dead drifting # 16 Crackleback nymphs near the bottom and stripping woolly buggers. The river was running at about 185 cfs and was slightly off color. We visited with several other fly fishers we met on the river, and they were having good fishing, as well. Kent let me cast the 3 wt. Sage rod he won at the Christmas Dinner and I can report that now, more than ever, I wish I had won it.

December 5, 2007 - Clint Barton

Brooks and I fished the Guadalupe today. We saw several LARGE trout jumping out of the water and "porpoising" but only managed to catch one nice trout (Brooks) and a small smallmouth bass (my trophy catch). The day was warm and bright and no one was catching much. Actually one good thing about the day being warm--I stepped off into a "hole" and found myself fighting to keep water from flooding in my waders! I did take in enough to get my shirt and pants wet and had my left foot sloshing in my waders. It's never a bad day when your on the water!

February 16, 2007 - Clint Barton

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Today my son and I went fishing at Guadalupe Landing on the Guad. The water was cold, but the day was sunny. I caught one rainbow on a prince nymph and my son caught two on an olive beadhead wooly bugger. We both hooked a couple that we practiced long range release on. We only saw a couple more fishermen in the water but we did see them catching fish. Even though my toes were numb from the cold water it was a beautiful day to be on the water.

January 27, 2007 - Randy Johnson

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This was the January outing for the club, with Mike Ives, Paul Lampack, Nancy O’meara, Bruce Wilks, Clint Barton, and Randy Johnson participating

We tried everything, nothing worked. Clint and I fished upstream about a mile and then down to the weir below the fourth crossing, and nothing. Clint found out later that the TPWD had two guys in kayaks doing a creel survey on Saturday, and no one they talked to caught even one fish (including four guides and their clients). Guess the fish found out the SGFF was coming, and left town!!! We all had a good time, however. Maybe next time.

Begin and end times	9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Air temperature, weather conditions	55-70 Degrees, Partly Cloudy
Water temperature, water conditions	57 Degrees, clear to slightly cloudy
Flies that worked	None whatsoever

November 4, 2006 - Bruce Wilks

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Trout Season Started On Guadalupe This Weekend...

I caught 24 on Sunday and one of my fly fishing buddies caught 34. All the trout I caught were above 12", with 14 fish that ranged from 13" to 17"! These fish were fat and healthy and all put up a big fight on my 4wt...! The 17" trout had to be landed on the reel...

A good pay access is Rio Raft... The website for Rio Raft is http://www.rioraft.com.

Recommended equipment and flies, a 4 or 5 weight rod is great. I used my new 4wt ADG with floating line. Regular weight forward floating line will work good... Weighted woolly buggers (sizes 6-12) and nymphs (sizes 12-20) with bead heads. You might try using a 12" to 18" inch dropper with the two types of nymphs or nymph under a bugger. I used egg patterns and black zebra midges on dropper rigs under strike indicators. Copper Johns are a good choice as well... If you want to try something that worked good, then tie on some very small white with flash wings at just behind the hook eye on back of the # 18 to # 20 black zebra midge. I got this fly advise from a well known guide who I meet on the river who's client was fishing be side me and catching 3 to 1 of my trout, then I asked them to show me their fly and what I saw was a # 18 Zebra midge with little white/flash wings... I caught 10 of my fish on a single rigged bead head # 10 olive bugger with a small split shot about 18" from the fly. You need to get the fly down on the bottom, and if possible, in the ruts and deeper pools in the river bottom. Water temperature was about 55-58 degrees, so waders are a requirement. They don't need to be heavy insulated ones, breathable waders are good, but wear some thermal under wear and felt bottom wading boots are a must.

All in all it was a great day on the Guadalupe river...

Please practice "Catch and Release" so we all have a chance to catch these rainbows.