Last Wednesday, June 12th, I had the opportunity to fish a private lake up near Bryan/College Station with Paul Robertson and his grandson, Caleb Robertson. Caleb is from Mississippi and a promising young fly fisherman, and this outing had been in the planning stages for almost a month. We used my 14ft RMR cata-raft which is a 3- seater rigged for rowing. It turned out to be grand opportunity for me to fish on my own cat as Paul really wanted to improve his rowing skills while tutoring his grandson who occupied the front seat. Normally, on a raft, drift boat, or other inflatable, the man on the oars seldom gets to fish! I fished the rear seat most of the day, and I saw the lake from a completely different perspective. Quite fun it was.
If you remember, last Wednesday was an unusually pleasant day for June in East Texas. The sky was partly overcast, the wind was 3-5mph, the water smooth and with good clarity. We got on the lake about 8:30am and got off around 1pm when things really started to heat up. I don’t think that the temps got much above 85 degrees for the morning. The evening became blistering as usual. The bite was very brisk all morning long, and the fish count was around 50 between the 3 of us. Blue gills, red ears, and greenies were the main attraction, but a few bass did come out to play. Caleb got to fish in a honey hole that I knew about, and he caught over a dozen huge panfish with his fly rod. Those things were in the 1lb range and big as your hand.
I did catch an old bass that weighed about 6 lbs. He was a pretty sad sight with battle scars and one good eye. I think that he just wanted to give up. 😊
All in all, it was a great morning in God’s paradise with good friends. I like days like that!
Tom Strawther
Nice! Looks like a GREAT day for all
Looks like ALL had fun!