Planned Outings

Wednesday, March 10. Reimers Ranch Park, Greg Welander

Let's go on Wednesday - March 10 for our club outing to Reimers Ranch. The forecast currently looks great. However, we do not want alot of rain on Sunday or Monday, this could effect the river clarity and water level at Reimers. Something for us to keep in mind.

Regarding traffic in Austin, Ken mentioned a few options and I am going to mention another one. There is an alternate way to go so that everyone does not have to drive in Austin's traffic.

From Liberty Hill, I take RR 1869 to where it dead ends at FM 1174 and turn left. FM 1174 will dead end at RR 1431. I will then take a right onto RR 1431. This will hit HWY 281 in Marble Falls, TX. I will then take a left onto HWY 281 South. You will travel 11.5 miles to the town of Round Mountain on HWY 281. You will then take a left onto RR 962. You will travel 7.1 miles to the town of Cypress MIll (no town - just a sign). Then you will turn left at Cypress Mill to continue to stay on RR 962. You will eventually cross the Pedernales River on RR 962. Reimer's Ranch Park is a few miles from the crossing and will be on your left. There is a sign marking Reimer's Ranch on your left.

By the way it takes 1 Hour driving time from Liberty Hill. From Liberty Hill it is roughly 53 miles as noted in the above directions".. There is no traffic going this way.

I would like to leave my house at 8:30am and plan on arriving at Reimers at 9:30am. This will allow us to have a fly in the water by 10:00am. I suggest everyone pack a sandwich for lunch. I like to get off the water by 4:30 so that I am on the road home by 5:00pm. This will ensure everyone can be home before dark since our days are starting to get longer.

If folks have water craft and would like to bring it, feel free. I have not been using any water craft, just my wader's. If you have a wading staff that will help if you want to cross over to the other side. Note: I normally cross over the river at the top section of the first set of rapids.

If anyone would like to meet at my house and then go from there, that would be fine. We can take multiple cars based on how many folks are wanting to go. Otherwise, just plan on being at Reimers by 9:30.

April

FFF Gulf Coast Expo 2010, April 9-10

May

Llano River – wade/walk Longs Camp

Summer Event – 1 Fly (club lake, BBQ lunch)

June

Light House Lakes – kayak for reds

Reports on Past Outings and Events

Monday through Wednesday, September 21-23, 2009 - Devils River at Dolan Falls

Report from Don Johnson

We had a little bad luck with weather. It was cool and windy on most of Tuesdsay, and Wednesday had a slow drizzel most of the day. Fishing was pretty good on Monday afternoon, and for a little while late Tuesday. Nonetheless we caught enough fish to make a successful outing. The company and the food were great.

This photo gallery shows some photos taken by several participants.

Monday through Wednesday, September 14-16, 2009 - Devils River at Dolan Falls

Report from Clint Barton

We had a great trip to the Devil's River. I caught 5 small mouth bass, a couple of large mouths (only about 1/2 pound), bluegill, sunfish, and 10 or 12 Rio Grande perch. Flies that caught fish were olive wooly bugger, clouser minnow, and most of them on a natural pine squirrel slump buster (like Chris Johnson is teaching in Saturday's fly tying class). Most of them I caught sight fishing, letting the slump buster sink to the bottom and twitching it as the fish came to investigate. I could watch them pick it up and set the hook! The small mouths tended to hit it while stripping, but the Rio's mostly took it off the bottom. I hooked a couple of good sized bass but I must not have been paying attention to Bob Pool on the art of the hook set with big bass--they quickly spit the hook! The weather was good and Brooks did a great job with the ribs and steak!

This photo gallery shows some photos taken by several participants.

Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Joint float of the Brazos with the Texas Flyfishers of Houston - Bruce Wilks

Saturday, June 13 - Colorado River float, Webberville to Webberville

The Colorado River Float was canceled due to conditions.

We will try and reschedule for Fall 2009 or Spring 2010…

Friday through Sunday, May 15-17, 2009 - FFF Gulf Coast Council Expo - Bruce Wilks

Had a really great time in Lake Charles last week May 15th, 16th and 17th. The Gulf Coast Expo put on by the Gulf Coast Council of the Federation Of Fly Fishing was a very good time, with good Cajun food and good people… Many good to excellent fly tiers, with some real characters. Cast some new rods from TFO and a company new to me “Snowbee” rods and reels, along with David Ahn was there from ADG Titanium Rods…

All donations from our club members were sold at the auctions and will help the GCC continue to move forward and prosper

Brooks and I went fishing in the private marsh again and did well on Friday. I missed a lot of fish and Brooks lost a few himself, but we managed to land to hand 8 nice reds. See attached Pics and Fishing Report.

We attended Sat and Sun at the Expo. Brooks was also a guest fly tier all day Sat…

Gulf Coast EXPO 2009 Vendors:

• We had some kayak Vendors
• TFO, Snowbee and ADG were the fly rod suppliers attending
• Also had others representing fly tying materials etc… etc,,,

Lots of fly tiers attended so I thought I would point out just a few…

• Fred Hannie was showing and teaching a class on realistic fly tying. Fred’s flies look like the real thing for sure and many are fishable, but I am think most of his flies should be in a display plate…!!! Check it out www.realisticflytying.net
• John Carpenter and daughter Shelby were tying at the GCC conclave again… Had some beautiful realistic, but fishable crab and shrimp flies, really nice pencil poppers and very effective looking shrimp flies. His daughter was tying some foam caterpillar flies and spoons…
• Skip Shorb - Ozark, AR. Was tying his extended body, woven flies again. Watched him tie an extended body weaved mayfly with feather wings on a #32 hook.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Drake Fly Fishing Film Tour - Bruce Wilks

On April 22, 2009, The Drake Fly Fishing Film Tour will visit Austin. Please see the attached PDF for more info.

The Film Tour will showcase some of the best independent outdoor film makers. The goal of the T our is to energize the industry and inspire film makers to create new cutting edge films to both entertain and educate outdoor enthusiasts.

Their web site can be found at http://www.flyfishingfilmtour.com/ and online tickets are available. Any members who are interested should check out this event.

Monday, April 20, 2009 - Shaffer Bend white bass outing - Bruce Wilks

Here is the info on our White Bass Outing on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Shaffer Bend Park on the Colorado River, at the upper end of Lake Travis above the Narrows Recreation area.

Time: Meet as a group at 7:30am at the parking lot of the HEB at FM 1431 & US 183 in Cedar Park, or at the CVS Pharmacy at Williams Drive and DB Wood (west side of their parking lot) in Georgetown, whichever is more convenient for you.

I will send out a separate email with contact list of attendees, so you can all plan your own car pools accordingly. We don’t have a set time that we will quit fishing, that will be up to you. You can still sign up to go (contact me to get on the list).

For directions to the park and recommendations on equipment, tackle, and flies see the description of our previous white bass outing on April 18.

Saturday, April 18 2009 - Shaffer Bend white bass outing - Bruce Wilks

This outing was canceled because of bad weather

Here is the info on our White Bass Outing on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Shaffer Bend Park on the Colorado River, at the upper end of Lake Travis above the Narrows Recreation area.

Time: Meet as a group at 7:30am at the parking lot of the HEB at FM 1431 & US 183 in Cedar Park, or at the CVS Pharmacy at Williams Drive and DB Wood (west side of their parking lot) in Georgetown, whichever is more convenient for you.

I will send out a separate email with contact list of attendees, so you can all plan your own car pools accordingly. We don’t have a set time that we will quit fishing, that will be up to you. You can still sign up to go (contact me to get on the list).

In the event that you can’t meet up and carpool, here are the directions:

• From FM 1431 and US 183: Take 1431 about 25 miles to Smithwick, TX. Go another 2 miles on 1431, turn left on County Road 343A (Sign on the right). Follow CR 343a until you see the entrance to the Park on the right. Take the road until you see the river.
• From IH35 and TX 29: Take TX 29 to RR 1869 in Liberty Hill. Turn left on 1869 and proceed until it dead ends into RR 1174. Turn left and take 1174 until it dead ends into FM 1431. Turn right on 1431, go through Smithwick to CR 343a and proceed as above.

Note: There is a fee of $5.00 per car to use the park. There is parking and camping available, but no restrooms, so plan accordingly. The park is operated by the LCRA. Their phone is (800) 776-5272 x 3366.

Equipment:

• Chest waders, wading boots with felt or felt w/studs. Polarized sun glasses with brown or amber lens. Extra set of dry clothes, water is cold, March is windy, so if you get wet you need to get dry and get warm.
• Bottled water, Food and snacks, First Aid kit, cell phone, sunscreen
• Floatation: Canoe, Kayak, Kick Boat or Float Tube if you want to. Flotation is not necessary since Shaffer Bend has good wade-in access, but if you want to get away for more solitude or to reach places where you may not be able to cast to, then you should bring floatation.
• Rod: 5wt or 6wt medium to fast action fly rod

Fly Line:

• Full sinking line like SA Mastery Series Uniform sink plus in 5wt or 6wt type 4 or 5 is my favorite. You want 4 to 6 inches per second sink rate or you can use the type 5 which will give you 6 to 9 inches per second sink rate. Type 5 is better if you are going to be fishing mostly in deeper water due to it will get down to the next fish faster.
• Another really good line choice is Teeny sinking line (24ft of sink tip shooting head) like T-130 or T-200. This line does not hinge, cast good, sinks fast and does good in cold water.
• If you don’t have a full sinking line, a sink tip will be better than a floating line. If you only have a floating line, use heavier flies to get them down, or add split shot. Also a 9-14 foot leader will help get the fly down if you use a floating line.
• Leader / Tippet: A short leader of 3ft to 4ft of 1X (10 to 15lb) with 1ft of tippet 6lb to 10lb will work fine. Tippet can be mono or fluorocarbon line, but does not have to be tapered tippet material. White bass are aggressive and are not leader shy.

Flies:

• Clousers in sizes 6-12, in Grey, Grey/white, Chartreuse/white, Olive, Olive/white.
• Bead head Woolly buggers in the same sizes and colors, plus black.
• Other good minnow imitations such as gummy and cypert minnows.
• Crazy Charlies in same colors and sizes.

If you have questions, I have missed something, or you need more information, call me at my office at 512-868-2545. Hope to see all of you out there!!

Saturday, March 7, white bass outing at Shaffer Bend on Lake Travis

At Lake Travis’s current low level (653 ft), the running water of the Colorado river meets the slack water Lake Travis on the boundary of LCRA’s Shaffer Bend Recreational Area. There is a large pool where the river flows into the lake, and, for the most part, we fished by spreading out on the edges of this pool on both sides of the river. The were a few other fishermen on the water, including some kayak fishermen and a family with three young boys minnow fishing, but there was plenty of uncrowded water. Most of our participants caught some small whites, mostly in the 10 to 11 inch range, and an assortment of other species, including crappie, LMB, and a gar. The kids, with theirr minnows, consistently outfished the fly fishermen, but their whites were also small.

Here are reports from some individual outing participants:

Clint Barton: I caught 7 whites and 1 gar. Aaron caught 8 whites. The photo is one of the biggest one we caught.

Doug Cornwell: On Saturday, I ended up with a total of six or seven and it was a mix between blacks and whites. All caught on clousers fished down river from the large sand bar. On Sunday, I ended up with 10 whites, 6 blacks and 1 guad on clousers from the same location. None of the whites were over 12". I fished from 7:45 to 10:00. FYI, it appears that they released water from the dam overnight because on Sunday morning the banks were wet and the footprints from Saturday were gone.

Don Johnson: I caught six whites, all about 10 inches, and one smnall LMB. All came on #8 clousers in various shades and mixtures of grey, black and chartreuse.

Web administrator‘s note: If other participants send along outing reports I will add them to this page as I receive them

Saturday, December 13, Guadalupe River Trout Outing - Bruce Wilks

Web administrator‘s note: This outing was canceled because of high winds. I have left the original outing description intact because it provides useful information about where and how to fish the lower Guadalupe for trout.

The plan is to meet at Rio Raft at 8:30AM. Rio Raft is a stocking site for GRTU and Texas Parks & Wildlife and both will have stocked by the time we start fishing on the 13th.

Here are the directions to Rio Raft (Telephone: 1 - 877 - 746 – 7238 and 1 - 830 - 964 - 3613), where we will meet and put in to fish: Take I-35 South to the Hwy 306 exit (Mile Marker 191). This is the first New Braunfels exit, just north of town. Turn right (West) on Hwy 306 about 12 miles to FM 2673. Turn left (south) on 2673 into Sattler (about 2 miles). Turn left again on The River Road, and go about .5 miles to Rio Raft turn left into resort. (on the left before you cross the Fourth Crossing Bridge). It takes about an hour and a half to get there from Georgetown, with light traffic.

Make sure and stop at the Office on the left and pay. The fee for fishing and river access is $5.00 per person, whether you are wading or putting in a kayak, canoe or kick boat. Rio Raft opens at 9:00AM. There is a honor system drop box by the front door if you want to enter the water before 9:00am. Parking is to the right of the office behind the bathrooms.

Bruce Wilks will update weather forecast as we get closer to Decmber 13th. You should plan to contact each other about car pooling. We plan to meet at Rio Raft on the river at 9:00 AM.

Required Gear:

• 4 or 5 weight medium to fast action rod is great, with a 6 weight as the upper limit.
• Leaders 4X, 5X, or 6X if the water is really clear and the trout are spooky
• Tippet 4X 5X or 6X
• Felt bottom wading boots, if you have studded with felt even better.
• Wading Staff would also be good.

Fly Choices For The Guadalupe River Trout Fishing(You might try using a 12" to 18" inch Attractor/Dropper setup with two types of flies):

• Attractors (sizes 12-16) Top Fly
  • Egg (Various egg patterns including sucker eggs and Pom-Pom)
  • Prince
  • San Juan Worm
  • Hare's Ear
• Dropper (sizes 18-22): Bottom Fly
  • RS2
  • WD40
  • Caddis pupa
  • Little Brown Bug (* This is a local pattern, I can't find it on the internet)

Other productive flies on the Guadalupe River:

• Copper Johns 16-22
• Zebra Midges (16-22)
• Weighted bead head and non-weighted woolly buggers in olive, black and brown (sizes 8-14)
• Use pheasant tail nymphs to imitate blue-winged olive (#18-20) and slate-winged drake (#12-14) nymphs
• The brassie is a very effective imitation for caddis pupae (#16-#18) and midge pupae (#18-#22).
• Blue-Winged Olive hatches (#18-20)
• Gold ribbed hare's ears (#16-20)
• WD40s 14-22,
• Sparkle Caddis Pupa (14-16)

You can fish any of these flies as single fly setup under a strike indicator can be productive, but the Attractor/Dropper setup with two types of flies is the most productive setup. Attractor/Dropper setup can also be fished under a strike indicator, but can get difficult to cast depending on overall setup… You need to get the fly down on,or near the bottom, and if possible, in the ruts and deeper pools in the river bottom. In other words if you are not hanging up at least some of the time, then you are not in the best strike zone… You will lose a few flies, but catch more fish… Also fish behind rocks, boulders, logs, other cover and along the edges and current seams.

Important Suggestion! Remember to bring a change of warm cloths in case you slip or trip and get wet. The bottom is slippery, very uneven and rough with holes that look shallow, but are much deeper than you think... Hey, I have taken a full dunking more than once on this river and others. This is not a problem in warmer temps, but can be a serious problem in cold temps... Hypothermia is no fun at all and can happen quicker that one may think... Water temp is 54 deg and if air temps with wind chill factored in, once you are wet and cold, it will be hard to get dry and warm again... Your day of fishing could be over. It can be a long way back to the car wading down the river from some of the holes.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 20 thru 22 - Devils River at Dolan Falls

Bruce Wilks contributed a trip report, and several members contributed photographs. You can find Bruce’s report at: Outing report. You can find a subsets of the photos at: Pictures of people , Pictures of fish, Pictures of Devil’s River.

Gulf Coast Council, Federation of Fly Fishers 2nd Annual FFF Gulf Coast Expo - Bruce Wilks

Had lots of fun in Lake Charles last week. The Gulf Coast Expo put on by the Gulf Coast Council of the Federation Of Fly Fishing was a very good time, with good Cajun food and good people… Many good to excellent fly tiers, with some real characters. Cast some new rods from SAGE & TFO. David Ahan was there from ADG Titanium Rods…

Spent Friday and Sat at the Expo. Spent some time talking to Stacy Trimble who is now a Rep for Hobie Kayaks.. Me and Brooks both attended a casting analysis class put on by Bruce Richards who is Product Specialist for Scientific Anglers http://www.gulfcoastfff.org/expo08/GCC_2008_Program_Handout.pdf There were only 5 people in attendance and the class was two hours long… He watched us all cast and had us make corrections from his critique, then practice, cast and critique again, Then he had a rod that had a angular gyro sensor connected to a Palm Pilot and software that plotted and graphed that showed your forward cast, stop, rebound, speed and acceleration, then your back cast, stop, rebound, speed and acceleration among many other things it told you… I am now a better casted for it… Hmm… Wished I would have done it before the trip into the marsh, maybe would have landed at least a few more Reds…. Also had Al Crise by request form Brooks helped me some more with my Double Haul for about 20 min of his own time, which I can do a double haul much better now thanks to Al, Brooks and Bruce Richards…! Brooks was also a guest fly tier all day Friday… See attached pics…!

Gulf Coast EXPO 2008 Vendors:

• We had some kayak Vendors including Stacy Trimble who is a Rep for Hobie Kayaks. S tacy was showing and demoing the new line of Mirage Drive hovie kayaks…
• SAGE and TFO, and ADG were the fly rod suppliers attending…
• Also had others representing fly tying materials etc… etc,,,

Lots of fly tiers attended so I thought I would point out just a few…

John Carpenter and daughter - Some really nice people and John is getting his daughter into fly fishing and tying flies… What a great dad…! Had some beautiful crab flies, really nice poppers and a great very effective looking shrimp flies. His daughter was tying some foam crease flies and spoons…

Bio:

Santa Fe, TX. Saltwater fishing has always been a passion of mine, starting from the first time I went fishing with my father & mother some 37 years ago. After growing up on the coast of Matagorda Texas in the town of Sargent I learned the basics of saltwater fishing from a young age. I have taken those memories and skills and applied them to the art of fly tying, to try and create flys that are as close to the real thing as possible. I knew after purchasing my first fly rod, I was hooked on the sport. Once you learn to cast you are in trouble, because then your addicted and you have to buy a vice and begin to tie.

Skip Shorb - Ozark, AR. Skip was introduced to tying in late 1996, and learned how to weave in early 1997. He developed procedures to tie the extended body, woven flies in early 1999, for the Sowbug Roundup. See him tie an extended body weaved mayfly with feather wings on a #32 hook. I needed a magnifying glass to see the fly much less even think about tying one… WOW…!!!

Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Float down the San Gabriel

The club's planned float of the San Gabriel had to be canceled because of low flow in the river. Randy was able to arrange for the members who had signed up for the outing to fish a private lake east of town. The crew fished from about 7:30AM till around noon and caught lots of small bass and big sunfish.

Saturday, April 12, 2008 - Casting clinic by Al Crise

Al Crise, certified as a Master Casting Instructor by the Federation of Fly Fishers, came come to Georgetown to help SGFF members sharpen their casting skills. Al not only teaches people to cast, he also teaches other instructors how to improve their communication skills and, as one of the Master Casting Instructors, he conducts tests for those who want to become FFF Certified Casting Instructors, themselves.

Saturday, March 29th - TPWD Casting Certification Clinic - Randy Johnson

On Saturday, March 29th, several members of the San Gabriel Flyfishers attended the TPWD Casting and Instructor Certification Class held at McKinney Falls State Park. Members in attendance included Clint Barton, Kent Conner, Al Desjardin, Matt Rush, Tommy Judson, Pete Walker, and Randy Johnson. Clint's Son-in-law Ryan Jouett also attended.

Beginning in the morning, the class introduced basic fly casting, fly tying, and aquatic habitat to the group. The habitat segment included a trip down to nearby Onion Creek to sample the "critters" inhabiting the stream. TPWD employees and volunteers from the Fredericksburg Fly Fishers and Hill Country Fly Fishers assisted in the training.

Upon the conclusion of this training, all participants received a certificate of completion. Clint, Ryan, Kent, Al, Matt, and Randy then attended the Instructor Certification portion of the training. Each of them will become Certified Instructors upon approval of their applications.

This training will allow the Club members to volunteer to assist the TPWD in conducting classes in the future, and to document our certification when we conduct classes for local groups in the future.

Monday, February 25, 2008 - Randy Johnson

On Monday, February 25th, the Club had their first weekday outing, a white bass trip below Tejas Park on the North San Gabriel above Lake Georgetown. About ten members went on the trip. Bob Pool, whose property adjoins the Corp of Engineers property just below Tejas, allowed us to access the river from his land.

The weather was good, although a little windy and the water levels are low, due to the lack of recent rains. Even though the white bass have been running above Lake Granger for about three weeks, they are not running yet here. The cause is likely too little water flowing into the lake, since the water temperature was about 60 degrees.

We did catch a number of sunfish and small bass, both largemouth and Guadalupe, including one Guadalupe of 13”. We may try to set another date when we can verify that the white bass have started running at this location.

The location is ideal, with plenty of room to fish and minimal casting obstructions.

Saturday, January 19, 2008 - Randy Johnson

On Saturday, January 19th, the San Gabriel Flyfishers took a trip to Shonto Ranch outside Kerrville to go trout fishing. Those attending were Randy Johnson, Keith Lovin, Doug Cornwell, Al Desjardin, Bob Williams, Pete Walker, and Matt Rush.

The weather was not ideal (30 degree at 9:00 AM up to about 50 later, clear sky all day) but was workable. We caught a total of about 20 trout, the largest being caught by Pete Walker, a 24 incher. Doug Cornwell caught a large golden trout, and he also caught the most fish (9). Several people caught sunfish, even though the water was very cold. Most of the trout were caught on woolly buggers and streamers, in the shade of the cliffs/trees against the opposite bank of one section of the creek. We caught no fish whatsoever at the Canyon Lake, where we caught the majority of our fish on the last trip. The lack of cloud cover was the most likely reason.

Everyone either hooked or landed fish, and on the whole, the trip was a success. Everyone had a great time, it is a beautiful place.

For those of you wanting more info on Shonto, the website is http://www.shontoranch.com. You can also view this short promotional video.

Friday, January 4, 2008

On Friday, January 4th, the Sun City Hunting and Fishing Club sponsored their annual “Fly Fishing Only” trout fishing outing at Berry Creek Lake in Sun City. The Sun City Club invited all members of the San Gabriel Flyfishers to attend. They stocked 600 pounds of rainbow trout in the lake, most between 1 and 3 pounds.

Friday through Sunday, October 12-14 - Brooks Bouldin

Eleven of SGFF's finest made a trip to Port Aransas to fish out of Kayaks the second weekend in October. When we arrived, we discovered that tides were running 2 feet high making it impossible to see redfish until it was too late to get a cast to them. Water was over the road into Wilson's Cut, Forcing us to redirect our efforts to the Lighthouse Lakes. Seven hours of fishing resulted in 0 reds and 0 trout. The top fish I saw all day was this scrappy skip jack. We'll check the tide levels before we make our next trip to the coast.

Friday through Sunday, October 19-21

The Fredericksburg Fly Fishers 4th annual Octoberfisch

Saturday August 25

Randy Johnson arranged for the club to fish a private lake near Rowe Valley. Randy and Bob Pool did a great job of organizing the outing, and we had a good group of participants. A lot of fish were caught; among the eleven participants we landed a total of over eighty fish.

Saturday May 26

The planned outing to the Kingsland slab on the LLano was canceled because of flooding and the threat of more flash flooding.

Friday April 13 through Sunday April 15, 2007

Devil's River outing report

Sunday Feb 25, 2007 - report by Bruce Wilks

Me and Randy Johnson are the only ones that showed up on the Outing last Sunday at The Narrows Recreation Area. It is about 55 miles from Round Rock

Randy caught at least 12 white bass and two Guadalupe bass (Randy correct me if I am wrong on your fish count). I caught 22 whites and 1 Guadalupe... All were 11" to 15.5"...! These whites were all fat healthy fish and good to eat.

I also invited three of my fishing friends that do not belong to the club. Blake caught 35 whites and four Guadalupe's, Bryan caught 18 whites and 23 crappies and Bob caught 18 whites and a 26" carp that actually took a clouser minnow for a lip hook set...

Best way to fish for whites at this place is with kayak, canoe or float tube, waders, your 5wt or 6wt fly rod with full fast sink sinking line on your reel. There is a very long area of bank down river at the launch site if you to not have a boat or float tube and you just want to wade fish... You will need to get sinking line at Sportsman's Finest or some other source... Sportsman's Warehouse sells Wet Cell, but the sink rate is to slow... You need a minimum sink rate of at least 4" to 9" per second. Uniform sink is good, or Streamer Express fast sink is good and even more so if they release water upstream from Lake LBJ, which they did at about 3:30 PM... Clousers in #8 to #10 ( white/gray, white/chartreuse, along with other colors including the blue and purple ones...) I used my 5 weight Sage XP with "Uniform Sink rate of 4.5" to 6" per second. My sinking line is dark colored, but many people use the clear sinking lines... It was a beautiful day, and really is a beautiful place to see, do some kayaking and fishing. Catching some nice whites is a real bonus, then eating some is good also...

With the warm weather this week it should really turn them on harder and trigger a bigger run from Lake Travis up the Narrows...!!! The white bass run and spawn will be over and done by end of March or early in April. I am going this weekend again if anyone is interested...

Saturday, Feb 10, 2007

The planned outing to the lower Guadalupe was canceled because of forcasted bad weather.

Saturday, Feb 10, 2007

The planned outing to Shanto Ranch was canceled because of forecasted bad weather.

Saturday, Jan 27, 2007

This was an outing to the lower Guadalupe at Rio Raft. Randy Johnson has provided a fishing report for this outing.

Saturday, Jan 13, 2007

The planned outing to Shonto Ranch was canceled because of bad weather.

Monday and Wednesday, Jan 8 and Jan 10, 2007

The Sun City Hunting and Fishing Club, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and the Corps of Engineers sponsored a project to place 200 juniper trees in Lake Georgetown to form brush piles as habitat for fish. Trees were cut in Russell Park and transported to the boat ramp; then concrete blocks were attached to bunches of trees and which were dropped into the lake from a barge provided by the Corps of Engineers.

Our thanks to the Sun City group, the Corps and Texas Parks and Wildlife for their contributions to this effort.

Friday, Jan 5, 2007

The Sun City Hunting and Fishing Clup put trout into the lake on Dell Webb Blvd., and invited us to participate in their trout derby.

September 23, 2006

Kayak demo in San Gabriel Park September 23, 2006

August 5, 2006

Cleanup of a portion of the San Gabriel's North Fork August 5, 2006

April 8, 2007

Electrofishing population survey April 8, 2006