Texas Fly Fishing Report
On Location South Padre Island Texas It took a while, but I am cobbling together the hardware behind the scenes to get the videos and reporting out to you all – all across Texas and wherever you may...
View ArticleWhat’s That Sound?
Rain Coming Down So it has rained a few times since my arrival here at the Tip of Texas. It is the most welcome and foreign of weather sounds in Texas these days, isn’t it? I could see the clouds...
View ArticleRunning With the Devil
My late mother used to say, “We always get a cold front before your birthday,” and I even recorded her voice saying that – just to make sure I could always hear it. Now, we have the first cold front...
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Assuming the Position on the Monday Morning Sidewalk
I assumed the stance on the South Padre Jetties yesterday, you know the one – the stance that keeps you from being completely blown off the Jetties by the gale force winds whipping up the froth in the...
View ArticleHappy Halloween Ghosts in the Machine
Great Monday Morning along the sandy sidewalk of South Padre Island, Texas. It’s actually a rocky road here these days, as adjustments are made to the speed of “Island Time,” and the twists and turns...
View ArticleMaking a Pod Cast
… CONTINUED from Ghosts in the Machine Captain Machado was relieved to see we were the first ones at one of his favorite spots we j-hooked the Maverick HPX-T into the intracoastal facing, wind...
View ArticleHow About That Time Change?
It was pitch black by the time an oversize wave washed over me on the Jetties yesterday … last night. For a Sunday night on the South Padre Island Jetties? It was combat-style fishing, with people...
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Blue Norther South Padre Island
So it is Monday, and here on South Padre Island, we have the first “blue norther” of the season. It may be blue around here, but that’s not to say it’s actually cold blue, or hardly “blue steel!” Wind...
View ArticleWeather For All Weather For None
Here we go again! The weather across the entire Continental United States is making headlines again. Although I am based down south now, it just may not be south enough! We are having sustained winds...
View ArticleThe Slow Drip
The rain made direct pitter-pats into my coffee, and I was happy to be so dry on the inside, while this South Padre Island world seemed to be going under with a cold heavy rain that was lasting for...
View ArticleMonday Morning Simmer
Take Me Off The Stove – EDITORIAL OPINION INJECTED After a few days back in North Texas, my opinions on what has become North Texas, have become much more clear. North Texans are simply frogs in...
View ArticleMonday Morning Sidewalk
Taking it to the Sand Time for a change. How about we convert to the Monday Morning Sandwalk for a little while? How can I say this? The weather doesn’t suck here. In fact it was a shortsleeved day...
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Brazos River Coffee Talk
Join Us at 16 Bridge Saturday! Imagine this. I will be leaving the warm, temperate South Padre Island, Texas, in time to get back to tornado ravaged, rain washed wintery North Texas and be on the...
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Cold Heading To Texas
Mondays Are What They Are Courtesy Photo by Jared Lindsay I came, I saw and I froze my fingers off. That is my most neutral of fly fishing comments I can make about attending the Coffee & Caddis...
View ArticleSo You Like The Cold?
So tell me – where do I go to warm up? My trusty weather machine is showing 17-degrees, and a wind chill that is taking it down to 12-degrees f. I am thinking that feels a little bit high, and the old...
View ArticleTPWD Temporarily Closes Fishing on Parts of Texas Coastline Due to Widespread...
FROM TPWD NEWS WIRE AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has issued a temporary closure to saltwater fishing along parts of the Texas coast to protect resources during the upcoming...
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Make No Mistake
I DID! So you say there won’t be any traffic Monday after New Year’s Day? How wrong was that? Set yourself a reminder; don’t do that again. As I passed the Border Patrol checkpoint last night, I saw a...
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Round and Round
Welcome to the Monday Morning beach walk. What the heck, why not? When on an Island? Walk on the hard sand. To say life is one big adventure, at this point? It might be my be my understatement of the...
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Devil’s River Construction Bid
Bid Date: September 13, 2022, 2:00 PMPark Name: Devils River State Natural Area, Val Verde County, TexasProject No: 118540RDescription: Site Development & Visitor Check-InAward: Awarded to...
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January Made Me Shiver
“January* made me shiver / with every paper I delivered / bad news on the doorstep / I couldn’t take one more step … Don McLean – “American Pie” On South Padre Island, Texas, at the other end of the...
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