Tracy and I went up to Sattler on Saturday and were going to stay until Tuesday and fish the Guadalupe. We fished Saturday afternoon at Maricopa and Sunday at DeLoach. We only saw one fish caught the whole time. The flows were high and the water somewhat stained. Wind and rain were the orders of the day. By Sunday night, I found Tracy had given me the cold she had been fighting all week, so with our tails between our legs and my head feeling like a football, we left a day early and headed back to Richmond. Hopefully, the outing on the 16th will be more productive.
Month: December 2015
Beaver Bend – Lower Mountain Fork washed away again!
From the GRTU website
“Some news for those that visit the Lower Mountain Fork River in Oklahoma. The gates are now open more than they were in May to make room for extremely high amounts of water in the reservoir.
The gates were opened this AM and the very fast and high flows have claimed the Beaver Bend Fly Shop which was loosed from it’s foundation/pylons and was seen floating away by its owner, Eddie, about 4 hours ago. Time will only tell what other damage will occur, but the park is currently closed. Hopefully, damages will be kept to a minimum at our next closest year-round closest trout water.”
More:
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/floodgates-open-at-record-level
Very sad! Several of us were just up there Dec 3-6. There were still trying to recover from the floods in May.
2015-12-27, another trip to D7Ls
Made another quick trip to Damon 7 Lakes with Justin. Due to the high wind and potential for heavy rain we considered ourselves “shore bound” and just walked around Eagle and Duck Lakes. Continue reading
2015-12-26, After Christmas to D7Ls
A quick trip before the weather is supposed to hit yielded over 80 fish to hand. The LMB were on the small side, but the BG more than made up for it on the fly. Continue reading
Katy Navy Fly Tying, the spoonfly
The next time the Katy Navy Fly tying group gets together, 2015-01-20, we have a guest tyer, Greg C. offering to show us 2 methods Continue reading
Katy Navy Fly tying report, 2015-12-15
7 of us showed up to tie a version of Drew’s baitfish. Continue reading
Christmas Bay before Christmas?
We have the trout trip to the Guad this month (2015-12-19) with Paul leading, but nothing for the salt.
Not an official trip.
Tying the Squrat
Propose a fly swap / give-away
For the January meeting I’d like to propose a general fly swap, or give-away.
I find that I have hundreds of flies that I’ve either collected or tied, and with the rate that I tie verses the amount of time I spend on the water, my collection keeps growing. Continue reading
Damon 7 Lakes, partner needed
I plan to fish Damon 7 Lakes on Sunday, 2015-12-06 (1000-1600hrs) and need somebody to hold down the other end of the boat. Continue reading