This weeks adventures...

I decided to use my days off and take me fishing.
I fished Eisenhower all three days.
Thursday the stripers blew up on top and we caught quite a few.
Friday nothing bit. NOTH...ING!!!
Saturday started out slow. No stripers, no smallies.
Then there was a blow up, I casted there and BAM.

In this heat one fish can easily make my day!!!

Latest Adventures

Of course it's "hotter than a $2 pistol" here in N Texas lately.
That has really slowed down my fishing. I've been doing a few early morning trips and trying to be off the water by 10AM. The rest of the time I've been at the vise tying flies or doing speaking/teaching.

This weekend the RRFF group went to Texoma (Eisenhower State Park) to target some smallmouth bass. We launched at the lighted fishing pier with plans to fish around the cliffs at the yacht club. As soon as we got on the water the stripers exploded on top. I only had my 5wt but I quickly threw a popper on and cast that way. FISH ON, no fish (and popper) off. He hit it like a freight train and broke my 6# leader. So, I kicked around to the cliffs and started hunting for the "target species". The water blew up over there and I cast a #8 white clouser and BAM FISH ON!!! It wasn't a huge one but maybe 13-14 inches. I caught 2 smaller ones and 2 greenies before it heated up and we headed to the A/C.

Friday myself and john Fulton did a "Fly Fishing" presentation for the Preston Trail Rotary Club in Celina. They really seemed to enjoy it and asked lots of questions.

Last Saturday I met Eric at a pond and we managed to put him on some nice bass.

The poor old foam hopper was the bait of choice.
I also hooked up with a small bass on the Pearow 2WT as we were leaving.

My Youngest Client

I had an opportunity on Friday to take my grandson Christian fishing.
We found a nice shady spot by a pond in Frisco, baited up his pole with a
live cricket and chunked it in.

Fish #1

Fish #2

Fish #3

He really enjoyed catching the "bluegills and boss fish".

I kinda liked it too!!!

Friday and Saturday Trips

This was a busy week for me with two guide trips on my days off.

Friday I took Mike and Jeff to a new pond in Allen. It was Mike's second fly fishing trip
but his first oportunity to catch a fish on "the fly" We found bluegill on their beds and needless to say he caught his first fly fish and about 49 more before we left.

Close up of the "first fly fish"!!!



Oh yeah, Jeff caught a few also!!!

Saturday I took Anil and his TFO Finess 1wt to the same pond. He caught a few nice bluegills also.



And then he caught this guy.





We're going to say this was a productive fishing weekend.

TPWD Area Chief Meeting - April 16 & 17th

I took off to Killeen on Saturday morning for our annual TPWD Area Chief meeting at Parrie Haynes Ranch on the beautiful Lampassas River. A good time was had by all and lots of information sharing and networking took place.

Saturday afternoon when all the sessions were over there were a couple of hours of free time so I grabbed my trusty TFO rod and headed to the river. The fish were not cooperating at first but then they turned on.
I caught several bass, a few green sunfish, and a beautiful orange sunfish.

Here's the whole clan!!!

If you're not a TPWD Angler Ed Instructor and want to be, get with me. We can make it happen!

Loy Lake Friday

I headed out to Loy Lake on Friday to do a pre-trip scouting expedition.
The wind was still up but it was safe to fish. I first fished the dam area catching a few greenies and a couple of small bass. Then I headed to an area know to hold bedding bluegill. When I got to the area I cast an olive Cap Spider under an indicator and immediately caught a nice gill. Every cast after that yeilded me a nice bluegill. I caught and released over 100 gills that morning before heading home.

Tyler State Park Presidents Retreat

Last Wednesday and Thursday Russell (Pres of FWFF) and I took off to Lake Tyler State Park for some well deserved R&R. We got there early Wednesday morning and put my kick-boats in to try our hand at a  little fishing. "Little" being the key word. Shortly after launching the wind picked up and was gusting between 30 and 35 mph. I caught the only fish before we decided to play it safe and return to shore.

We decided to run up the road and give the Freshwater Fishery Center in Athens a try. That was an interesting adventure also. The bass were on their beds right up next to the shore and would not bite under any circumstances.

Here's a 10 - 12#  female and her mate.

When they ran us out at 4:30 it was time to head to the Bean & Burger for some lunch/dinner.

When we got up Thursday the wind had died down some and we fished for a few hours catching a few small bass and sunnies. Then it was time for lunch at Bodacious BBQ and to head home.

It was a good time and I look forward to the next one.