Port Mansfield Preface
Some stories have been so big over the years that I struggle to get them out. The effort, the exhaustion after it’s done and time goes by … some of them never make the light of day. Port Mansfield is...
View ArticleMonday Morning Summary
FRIDAY – Another freezing cold football game under the lights in Clyde, Texas. Dang. I am ready for the cold this Friday. SUNDAY – Fished Lake Texoma. Not a bite. No birds working. Fish inactive and...
View ArticleFREE RIDE ALONG
East Texas Chain Pickerel. If anyone is interested in a free ride-along from, and in a line with Denton to Daingerfield? Get your bus ticket now! The bus leaves the station at about 5am. tomorrow...
View ArticleMonday Morning Blows
Weather You Like it Or Not – Cold Returns Again Good Monday morning to all this morning! What a world we have nowadays, don’t we? It’s easy for me, as a journalist, to get swept out in the riptide of...
View ArticleMonday Morning Chain Chain Chain
Aretha, we miss you! What a song, “Chain of Fools,” 1967. Nope, we are talking, showing and telling about chain pickerel in Daingerfield, Texas, LAKE DAINGERFIELD to be exact. Fly Fishing For Chain...
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TODAY’S UPDATE: DREDGING UNDERWAY at Port Mansfield THE LAND CUT JETTIES at Port Mansfield A SIDE NOTE: A new story in the Lone Star Outdoor News this week shocked my senses back to life – strictly for...
View ArticleMonday Morning Meltdown
Bay St. Louis Fly Fishing Video For those of you (and me) here in North Central Texas, the snow has mostly melted except for those shadiest of spots. The dogs having their firsts and lasts romps in the...
View ArticleTrinity River Obstacle Debacle
USACE and TPWD Blow this one. No, literally, BLOW THIS ONE up! Trinity at Greenebelt 380 reroutes over park. Disaster for fly fishing in North Texas. The post Trinity River Obstacle Debacle appeared...
View ArticleFly Fishing Blue River Oklahoma
Know before you go. Blue River Oklahoma after a bluebird weekend of beautiful weather. The post Fly Fishing Blue River Oklahoma appeared first on Flyfishing in Texas.
View ArticleMonday D.O.A.
Good Monday Morning! How’s that time change treating you? Me? I will take that evening sun anytime I can get it — the longer the days reach into night, the better. Around here this morning, we have...
View ArticleFriday Fly Fishing Report
Texas Fly Fishing – LET THE SPRING BEGIN! Hey Folks! Here is the first Texas Fly Fishing Report in the spring of 2020. There’s not much to say just yet, so I sent everyone home. There is, however, the...
View ArticleMonday Morning Footsteps
Listen to the beat of our feet on the Monday Morning Sidewalk this morning. It’s the same beat as last week, and the beat goes on. I took a pass on Lake Ray Roberts last week because the boat ramps...
View ArticleFROM TPWD – Parks Status
Our thoughts are with you and our entire Texas family during this uncertain time. Texas State Parks are doing our best to provide a healthy way for you to get outdoors. Our dedicated teams across the...
View ArticleMonday Morning Sidewalk
Good Monday Morning to all my friends who read this regular column and to those of you who are shut-in and found this regular Monday column for the first time. I don’t know about you, but my eyes hurt...
View ArticleNew Discovery – A Ramp is not a Park
TPWD Park closures do not include TPWD boat ramps in some locations as of today. The post New Discovery – A Ramp is not a Park appeared first on Flyfishing in Texas.
View ArticleMonday Morning Lessons Learned
Lessons learned. He who hesitates is lost. Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes! The post Monday Morning Lessons Learned appeared first on Flyfishing in Texas.
View ArticleTexas Fly Fishing Report 042320
Report on fly fishing in Texas. Special report Lake Tawakoni. Confusing Long and Lat! Much more! The post Texas Fly Fishing Report 042320 appeared first on Flyfishing in Texas.
View ArticleMonday Morning Blown Away Again
Playing defense on a Monday Morning sidewalk - hunkering down at home again. The post Monday Morning Blown Away Again appeared first on Flyfishing in Texas.
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW – Fly Fishing Austin & Central Texas by Aaron Reed
The written review of Aaron Reed's seminal book on fly fishing in Austin and Central Texas. The post BOOK REVIEW – Fly Fishing Austin & Central Texas by Aaron Reed appeared first on Flyfishing in...
View ArticleTime To Rod UP
Some of the lessons we learn, we have to learn more than once. I remember being extremely content this time of year past, when I encountered many species of fish from the comfort of my skiff for the...
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