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Lake Bastrop – North Shore Park, Fri-Sun Sept 27-29, 2019 (UPDATE)

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Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event:  Kayak/Canoe/Motorized Boat – Lake Bastrop (Bastrop, Texas)

Trip Description:  Fish Lake Bastrop Fri, Sat, and Sun.  Kayak, canoe, or motorized boat.  Two ONE airstream a/c trailers is reserved for Fri and Sat night, and that trailer is full.  (Blue Lacy) Day trippers and tent campers are welcome.   We will meet at 630am Fri and Sat at Northshore boat dock.  See below for food arrangements.  Bass and perch.

When:    Fri/Sat/Sun, Sept 27th – 29th, 2019

Where:      603 FM 1441, Bastrop, Texas  78602

How to sign up: Contact John Eldred or evite below

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2019-06 South Llano River trip report

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The Texas FlyFishers Began arriving at camp at about 1300.

3 campers, 7 in the cabins, 1 day tripper.  9 kayaks on the water.

One swimmer. One pair of shoes are now “sole-less”. One pair of wading boots gave up the ghost. Only one fly rod snapped, but amazingly, it went back together.

Fish were caught, but the numbers were lower than last year.  We are blaming the flood.

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Kayak/Canoe Lake Raven – Huntsville St Park, Fri – Sat, July 12-13, 2019

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Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event:  Kayak/Canoe – Lake Raven

Trip Description:  Fish Lake Raven Fri and/or Sat, or both.  Campsite is reserved if you would like to camp overnight.  Bass and perch.  Very nice, small, non-motorized lake.

When:    Fri/Sat, 12th/13th July 2019

Where:      Huntsville St. Park, Park Road 40 West, Huntsville, Tx.

How to sign up: Contact John Eldred or evite below

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Report out: Lake Raven – Huntsville St Park, Fri, May 3, 2019

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TRIP REPORT: A great morning.  Four kayakers arrived at 630am, as planned, and were in the water fishing by ~715am.  Fishing was good, with 13 largemouth bass and over 50 perch caught on top water (VIP poppers and spiders).  Five (5) of the lmb were 3+lbs…nice fish.  Beautiful lake, only a couple other kayaks and one boat. Even had a couple alligator sightings, but no issues.

We got pushed off the water by weather at about 11am….rain started with some thunder in the distance.  Made a good decision and packed up.  But the morning was worth it.

The lake and campground are very nice.  Easy drive from Hou, very nice boat ramp, lots of parking and camping.  A really good weekday trip….never been there on the weekend so hard to comment, but I suspect it gets a little more traffic…..We WILL do it again.  See pictures below:

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Rescheduled: 5th Annual Clark Thornton Memorial San Marcos River Trip, 2019-Oct-5

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Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event:  5th Annual Clark Thornton Memorial San Marcos River Trip

When:    5th Oct 2019;  Meet at 8 am, Spencer’s Canoe and Shady Grove Campground

Where:      Headquarters: Spencer Canoe: 9515 FM 1976, Martindale, TX 78655

Pre-Registration MUST be made in advance for camping, kayak rental, or the trip.

How to sign up: Contact Skip Donavan

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JSSFS 2019, report

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5 campers sat around the campfire and had way more food than was good for them.

Fishing was good Friday.

Matt was on hand Thursday and Friday, helping get all prepared for the invasion of friends on Saturday.  This event couldn’t have gone so well without his help.

Some loud person decided to yell “Fish On!” at 0500 Saturday morning.

Sign-in started at 0700, with Q, Russell C. and John P. manning the greeter’s table.  Thanks John P. for the kolaches and donuts! Coffee and donuts at the table was a great idea.

Yellow spider seemed to work well, as did many other flies.

VIP popper brought a lot of LMB to hand

28 anglers signed in for the event

At lunch while the food was being prepared the bald eagle made a visit, as did the resident osprey.

We call this the “John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular” but we just couldn’t keep the bass off of our flies.

Don H. landed the largest confirmable bluegill brought to hand on Saturday, a 10½” monster that was CPR’ed.