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The South Llano Trip is in the works now. The Club has to pay for 2 cabins for 3 nights regardless of how many people come and stay. We are also have other lodging locked in next door. This annual Club trip is one of the few opportunities to get out to the Hill Country and to fish one of the most productive rivers in the State. 2023 year’s event was cancelled due to weather, so please consider making your plans ASAP.
Now that we have been reminded that this is the Saturday before Mother’s Day, we knew we had to do something to celebrate. For this year’s event we have a special deal for Mom’s, (current members of Texas FlyFishers), attending the event.
The South Llano Trip is just over the horizon. We have only a small number of members signed up at this time. The Club has to pay for 2 cabins for 3 nights regardless of how many people come and stay. If married couples come, our host Nol, has offered us (couples) an additional place to stay. This annual Club trip is one of the few opportunities to get out to the Hill Country and to fish one of the most productive rivers in the State. 2023 year’s event was cancelled due to weather, so please consider making your plans ASAP.
Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event: Fishing the Sabine River below the generation canal When: June 13-16th, 2024
Trip Description: Fishing the Sabine River below the generation canal. We plan to fish the generation canal, but if the generators start up we will quickly shift our efforts to the lake. Launch and take-out will be the new boat launch on the generation canal. Species targeted are , LMG, KLMB, yellow sunfish, white bass, gar (3 species), catfish (2 species) and, if extremely lucky, striped bass.
We have access to a larger (1200sf) cabin, and camping facilities. One bed is already claimed, but there is another bed and multiple spots in the main room still open. We will also be able to put multiple tents up in the immediate area. If the generation canal is unfishable, due to high flow, we still have “coldwater” and the lake.
Where: Fishing the Sabine River below the generation canal. Camping at TBARS
Start Time: 1600 on Friday End Time: 1100 on Sunday Trip Leader: Puck
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Members are encouraged to bring guests. These guests are how we spread the word, and it is always good to have friends on the water.
We have some casting instruction set up. Jim has already coordinated with folks to be able to get your casting better, with the objective of catching fish.
Lunch is looking pretty good. Standard hamburgers and hot dogs cooked on charcoal.
If a person new to the sport needs a little guidance, we have a few volunteers willing to be “fishing buddies” for a few hours.
I’ve been fishing at Damon 7 Lakes the last few weeks, and have been very successful.
We still need a few volunteers to help out with cooking and cleanup. Please contact David with your availability.
Please register ahead of time. This helps with making sure we have enough food and drinks for participants.
The weather was cool on Saturday, but warmed up nicely
Four Kayaks, one, 1-man, inflatable, and one 2-man inflatable all made the 4 mile trek between the crossing and our takeout.
If you want to read more, see below……
Two of our anglers arrived early enough on Friday to fish between the second and first crossing. The wind was brutal for that 2 mile stretch they caught a few fish, but positioning their watercraft made casting difficult.
The rest of us came in slowly until the last man arrived about 5:00 PM ,
Dinner the first night was veggie lasagna with all kinds of sides. Sitting around the campfire that night we decided that we were just going to do from the first crossing down here to our takeout.
46° Saturday morning with very little wind. All kayaks/rafts in the water by 8:50, first fish of the day by 8:55. The water levels were a little lower than they were last year. This caused us to drag through a few places that we would normally just float through.
Within minutes, in in site of the launch we were already catching fish.
The weather warmed up nicely on Saturday afternoon and we came out of our windbreakers.
Hundreds of fish were caught between six people. LMB, long-ear sunfish, bluegill, Rio Grande Perch, and Guadalupe bass were the species caught.
The FOTD (Fly of the day) was the yellow spider but many other flies also caught fish, I need to ask the group, which one they also used. Even though alternative gear (spinning rods) were used, the fly rods produced more, if not bigger, fish.
Tom got the best fish of the trip A very nice bass.
Puck caught a Rio Grande perch after identifying the conditions and pointing out the fish to a fellow angler. Hare-E was the fly it wanted.
We had the river almost to ourselves. We saw 2 rafts and 2 kayaks that weren’t in our group, but nobody else, all day. All anglers were off the water by 5:00pm. This made for a full 8 hour day of fishing.
We had one individual that decided that the weather was just perfect for swimming, as he went swimming 2 1/2 times. If he wants to confess to how it wound up being 2 1/2, you’ll have to ask him.
Howard broke a spinning rod on a huge LMB
There was a flipper lost from the DS pontoon boat.
Tom had an interesting day. First he broke a fly rod, then he lost his phone, told his wife about it. He had convinced himself that it had just slipped out of his pocket. Later, while recovering from fishing that day he had found it did indeed slip out of his pocket and go down into the foot of his waders. The phone was fine and Tom was happy.
Saturday night dinner, again way too much food. Saturday meal was Tom’s Sausage Peas and Mexican Cornbread. Recipe is available for a small fee. We ate well and then we went and sat around the campfire till about 10 o’clock.
Sunday morning we all got up and had coffee about 7 o’clock. Two of us left to go home right after coffee, as they had things to do. Another deciding factor was that the wind was expected to be high, making fishing difficult.
Three of us took a chance, walked down to the river, and fished the water below the CR150 bridge. The wind picked up so we didn’t use watercraft, so we just waded and walked the shoreline. We immediately started catching fish.
General notes:
Laughing was as abundant as the amount of fish caught
Someone got in trouble by returning home with a wife-made lasagna untouched. That man will be eating lasagna till next Christmas
We have already coordinated with Nol for next year’s camping/lodging. Details to follow.
Featured Speaker for the July meeting is author and avid fly fisherman Robert McConnell. Rob will be presenting on his area of expertise, that is fishing the Sam Houston National Forest as well as Houston and Southeast Texas. He will also have for purchase copies of his two published books, “Fly Fishing the Sam” and “Fly Fishing Houston and Southeast Texas.” Mark your calendars to attend this presentation as it should be very informative and entertaining.
