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Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-10-09, Flow is low and slow, but very fish-able with a lot of sight casting. Trip with fly fishing pro Jim Collins, from the Angler's Edge in Houston yielded several nice rainbows caught on streamers. There were many violent strikes with airborne action. Jim also hooked a largemouth bass that was so big, we thought he was snagged on a submerged log, until it began to fight. He also landed another little, hard fighting bass. We did about 3 river miles in the trophy trout section. See picture below. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-11-09, Flow is low, with good clarity, making for many sight fishing opportunities. Guide trip with Fly Fishing Pro Bruce Young, from the Tackle Box Outfitters in San Antonio, produced many violent hookups using streamers. Chuck, a good friend of Bruce's, landed a nice 'Bow while sight casting. We also witnessed the largest rainbow this guide has ever seen in Texas. It was mortally wounded during the fight, and the angler did the right thing by taking the fish home. It will probably be the new state record. See picture below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-22-09, Canyon Dam Release
app.65 CFS. Water temp. 50's F. Water clear with moderately windy conditions. Guide trip with Dr. Bill
Berlocher and his "Fish Slaying wife Alma" from Corpus/ Aransas Pass produced almost too many rainbows to count.
Some of their fish approached 5 lbs.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-23-09, Flow was low and clear.
This was Bill and Alma's second day; yesterday they spanked the rainbows, so they decided to bass fish. Good
call! We released several nice largemouth and pictured above is Bill's first smallie on fly.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-25-09, Water Temp in the 50's, running clear and low. Guided trip with Bob Kretschmer and Ken Sly produced many acrobatic hook ups with big Guadalupe Trout. We also got a huge Palomino Trout pictured below. Life's Good!
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-31-09, Guide trip with Audrey Ambrose and
her friend Sheila yielded many good rainbows. The little black midge did the job for us. Of course these ladies
could "fish", making the guide's job easy.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 2-06-09, River Low and Slow, with good clarity and fishing well. Felipe Casteneda and his buddy Bill joined me from Houston. This is their 3rd season fishing with Expedition Outfitters. Last year Felipe had the biggest fish. This year Bill kicked his butt with the chunky Guadalupe Trout pictured above.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 2-06-09, The day was super windy with gusts to 40 MPH. Even with the tough conditions, Cliff Mistretta's group landed some nice Guadalupe Trout. Tucker managed to land some nice fish too! Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 2-17-09, Guide trip with Tim Marvin and his buddy Scott Griffith from Houston produced some really nice rainbows. It was Scott's first time to fly fish and he landed more fish than the other anglers we saw on the river. Other anglers on the river complained about the slow activity, but we spanked the fish, because we had the right flies on. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 2-19-09, Mitch Elder from San Antonio hosted his dad, Tim from Ohio. We did about 3 river miles in the "Trophy Trout Section." Other anglers complained about the "slow action." We caught and released many fat rainbows up to 6lbs. Tip to other anglers: "Match the hatch!" Seems simple enough, but you need the right flies, and you have to be able to identify insects. Mitch Elder's Guadalupe Trout is pictured below.
San Marcos River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 3-02-2009, Flow app. 95 CFS. Water Temp
72 degrees F. Float trip from Martindale to Staples produced quite a few nice largemouth, smallmouth, and sunfish.
Tiffany Fluitt was the star of Photo Shoot with Southwest Fly Fishing Magazine. Steve Probasco, (editor) and Jon Luke,(art
director) documented the adventure.
Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 3-10-2009, 3-11-2009 Flow at Baker's Crossing
app.165 CFS. Water crystal-clear about 68 degrees F. Guided trip with Diane and Junior Stelzer from Post, Texas
produced many nice smallmouth and largemouth bass. It was mostly sight casting to patrolling fish. Sub-surface
patterns did the trick. The weather was overcast and calm on day 1. Day 2, we were slammed with a cold Pacific
front pelting us with stinging, wind driven rain. Pictures above and below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 3-30-09, Flow app. 85 CFS, water chalky with light green tint. Float from Rio to Land L with Gail and Paul Wallace produced quite a few fat rainbows on nymphs. Trico spinner was the ticket.
Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-3-2009, Flow at Baker's crossing app. 165 CFS, water gin
clear about 65 degrees F. Guided trip based out of our ranch adjacent to the Devils River State Natural Area produced
some very nice trophy bass that were caught and released. We have access to a cabin on 8900 acres with 3 miles of Devils
River frontage. Kevin Vincent, John Boatwright, and Anthony Grice from Houston brought Greg Gardiner from Dallas.
We sight casted to many patrolling largemouth and smallmouth bass. Alvin Dedeaux, Kevin Stubbs and Steven Bowka had
the pleasure of guiding these "seasoned' fly fishers. This is the second trip these guys have done with us on the
Devils. Pictures above.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-08-09, Flow: low and slow, yet very fishable. Guided trip with Mike Green from St. Louis, yielded many good rainbows; the largest is pictured below and approached 6lbs. There was a very nice tricot hatch, and we matched it!
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-09-09, Canyon Dam release, low and slow. Water temps were in the 50's in the AM. Guided trip with David Pruner and his son Collier, produced several nice hook ups with Guadalupe trout. Collier is pictured below with his Guadalupe trout. Dead drifting nymphs was the key to our success.
Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-13-09, Dave and Gary from Hawaii and San Jose, CA caught and released several nice Guadalupe Trout. Nymphing, with a yarn egg and a midge dropper did the trick. Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-16-09, Flow is still low and slow, but fishing very well. John Engvall came from Houston for a short float, and we hooked many strong, hard fighting, Guadalupe Trout. Several took the egg pattern. Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-25-09, 1/2 Day trip with Richard Fraser from Austin, and his brother from Colorado produced several really nice, fat, Guadalupe trout. The egg pattern with midge dropper did the trick. The takes were subtle, but our guys set the hook as needed. The flow was low, but very fish-able. Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-02-09, Canyon Dam release app. 100 CFS.
Recent rains helped to "bump up" our inflow to Canyon Lake. Kevin Stubbs hosted Dale Rhodes from Snyder and
his friend Josh Lorenz, who sells aircraft for Hawker Beech in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Josh had never fly fished, but he caught
on quickly. We landed several phat Guadalupe Trout. A damsel attractor with midge dropper did the trick!
Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-20-09, Canyon Dam Release app: 80 CFS, water slightly chalky. Scouting trip yielded many slab-sided sunfish and several nice Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass on poppers. The topwater action was hot, and the temperatures were cool. As the day warmed up we changed to heavily weighted streamer patterns and picked up more nice Hill Country Bass. San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-23-09, Water clear app. 74 degrees F. Flow 92 CFS. Guide trip with Kevin Hutchison of Hill Country Fly Fishers produced many brightly colored sunfish and quite a few nice bass. Even though there were quite a few canoeists, we experienced periods of relative solitude. Right after lunch a thunderstorm unleashed a deluge with crackling lightning hitting trees very near our party. Just when we thought the "end" was near, the storm subsided and we bee-lined it for the take out. San Marcos Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-7-09, 6 mile float on lower San Marcos River with Mike Carr, from New Braunfels, yielded tons of colorful sunfish and quite a few small smallie hybrids. We also caught and released largemouth bass too. Water temp was in the high 70's in the AM; but it warmed after lunch. There was good clarity with many sight casting opportunities. Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-09-09, 1/2 Day float with Dale from Dallas produced tons of brightly colored sunfish and numerous small bass on surface patterns. The flow was 60 CFS, but we fished a section that allowed us to float in the raft, with minimul effort. The water was clear and cool with no tubers sighted until after lunch. Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-10-09, 1/2 Day float with Jake,
(fly fishing pro from Gruene Outfitters) and his lovely daughter and wife yielded good hiking, picnicking and fishing.
The water was low and cool with no tubers sighted until after lunch. See picture of Jake's smallie below.
Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-14-09, Hotties Barbara Barnes and Stacey Scott won a 1/2 Day trip donated to Gruene Outfitters by Expedition Outfitters. We did about 3 miles. We mainly relaxed and floated but the girls displayed their new fly fishing skills too. Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Texas Report and River Conditions: 6-15-09, Water temp 78 degrees F. Water clear with light green stain. Flow was low and slow, but very fishable. Klaus Wiemer from Dallas and his grand son Dylan from North Carolina, caught and released several aggressive sun fish and bass. We encountered very few tubers and traffic. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-30-09, Flow low, but very fish-able. Water clear with light green stain. 1/2 day trip with Patty Miller from Washington, DC., and her buddy Rusty from Dallas; yielded lots of brightly colored sun fish and lots of little smallmouth and largemouth bass. We hooked some larger bass that came un-buttoned. We encountered 4 kayakers on our 3 mile float. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 8-08-09, water temp 82 degrees F, water clear
with green tint. 1/2 Day guided trip with Keith Shein from San Francisco and his son in law Scott from Houston yielded
many colorful sunfish, a smallmouth bass and several largemouth. Early in the morning the action was on top. We
switched to heavy sub surface patterns as the day grew hot. Good call. The bigger, heavier flies produced action
from larger fish. We encountered no tubers until almost lunchtime.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 8-20-09, Flow approx. 70 CFS, water clear with light green stain. Clark Dubreuil from Orange County, CA booked a guided day trip on the lower Guadalupe River near New Braunfels. He caught several nice little bass, quite a few sunfish and a trophy smallmouth bass pictured below. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 9-20-09, Flow near New Braunfels approx. 130 CFS. Water temp. 79 degrees F, slightely stained to murky. 1/2 Day Fly Fishing Lesson/Guided float with Merideth Miller and Andy yielded some sunfish and few small bass. Overall, the fishing was great, but the catching could have been a little better. There was a topwater bite early, but slowed as we entered water "muddied" by recent rains. Guadalupe River Fishinng Report and River Conditions: 10-17-09 River Flow near New Braunfels approx. 180 CFS. Water stained green, temp. approx. 75 degrees F. 1/2 Day float with Kevin Kilpatrick from Ft. Worth yielded many small bass and sunfish. Kevin also landed a hard fighting smallmouth pictured below.
Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 11-19-2009, Canyon Dam release app. 100 CFS. Water temp. near 4th crossing 65 degrees F. Water clear, but stained with light green tint. Guided fly fishing trip with Paul and Gail Wallace produced several chunky rainbow trout, many in the 4-5lb range. Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditons: 11-24-09, Canyon Dam release app. 110 CFS. Water temp. 60 degrees F. Water clear with light green stain. Guide trip with Don Admire from Dallas produced many huge rainbows up to 5 lbs. Proper nymph selection and strike detection were the ticket. Don Admire is pictured above with Guadalupe Trout. Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 11-25-09, Canyon Dam release app. 110 CFS.
Water temp. 65 degrees F. Water clear with light green stain. 1/2 day guided Fly Fishing trip near New Braunfels
with Paul and Gail Wallace produced quite a few hard fighting rainbows on nymph patterns.
Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-5-09, Flow app. 112 CFS. Water clear with green stain. 1/2 Day Fly Fishing Lesson with Nathan Wolber and his wife Jeniffer, from San Antonio, produced some nice rainbows for beginners. This guided trip was more fun than casting lessons in a parking lot! Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-6-09, Flow app. 115 CFS. Water temp.
46 degrees F. Recent cold temps slowed the action slightly, but Mike Carr managed to land some nice fish though.
Nymph fishing was pretty slow, but we got some nice action on a streamer.
Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-14-09, Canyon Dam release 110 CFS. Water temp 55 degrees F. Water clear with green stain. Float from Rio to Gardo's with Dr. Martin Sowards and Lorna from Colorado yielded some nice rainbows on nymphs. Lorna's first fish on fly was 5lbs. Great way to start her fly fishing career. San Juan worm attractor was the ticket to success on an otherwise slow fishing day.
Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-21-09, Flow app: 130 CFS, water clear with green
stain. Scouting trip with Fly Fishing pros Jim Collins (I Fly Angler's Edge, Houston) and Judge Suhr (Gruene Outfitters,
New Braunfels) yielded several nice Guadalupe Trout on a short float. Jim Collins is picture below with fat Guadalupe
Trout.
Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-22-09, Flow app. 110 CFS. Guadalupe River below Canyon Dam was muddied with illegal excavations by bulldozers near Canyon Dam. Residents called WORD and the TCEQ to investigate the illegal activity. We tried to outrun the muddy water by rowing like crazy. David Mauro hooked and fought a big Guadalupe Trout to the boat.
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