Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event: Shoalwater Bay, Charlie's Bait Camp, Seadrift April 10th, 630am Where: Charlie's Bait camp, 4194 Lane Rd, Seadrift, TX 77983 Start Time: Sat, April 10, sunrise End Time: Sat, April 10, 5pm TRIP LEAD: John Eldred
March 12-14 Harmon Creek Campground and Marina: Fishing for white bass as they run up Harmon Creek out of Lake Livingston on their spring spawn. Cabin space will be reserved and requires advance, non-refundable payment.
Padre Island National Seashore 2017-11-04. Spotting jacks in the surf and casting to them.
Brown and Root Flats, Aransas Pass / Rockport, Tx; Aug 29, 2020 Trip Report posted. Big thanks to Scott Fossum for organizing and leading this outing - outstanding and successful event. No broken equipment to note, no one stuck out in the mud or beach, no injuries, and a good time by all.
This little guy was caught on the shoreline of a local pond. He and his brothers are targets for the predators. Match the hatch!
"Due to the incoming tropical depression forecast for this Saturday along with the increased probability of lightning, I feel that it is in our best interest to cancel/postpone the event. We can revisit later in the year and perhaps reschedule then." MFQ 2020-07-22-0900
Brown and Root Flats, Aransas Pass / Rockport, Tx; Aug 29, 2020 Saturday morning, we will launch from the beach into Brown & Root flats for a day of skinny water kayak & wade fishing in Aransas Pass. Cars/non 4x4’s can easily make it to the launch site. Usually we launch the kayaks at the water’s edge. About 3:00 pm, return to your vehicle.
The COVID-19 is still rampant, we are watching, but done waiting. Restrictions have eased here in Texas. We still need to practice good sanitary practices, but we have now been able to schedule our event. 20th June, 2020. This will be THE Family Friendly Fishing Event of 2020.
Joe Nicklo and George Sutherland led two rod building classes over the past several months, with much appreciated help from Bobby Orr, Paul Robertson and Joe Flowers as proctors. The first class with nine members was conducted at Bayland Community Center in February. The second class with seven members was conducted at Gordy and Sons … Continue reading Pure Joy – Casting a rod you made with a fly you made…
The object of this series is to show some ideas, and cost savings, when making popper heads. None of the products mentioned are the absolute “best” to buy, or use, but mentioned to only give you some ideas.
The basic approach to this fly was originally published by Jay "Fishy" Fullum as the “single fold popper” in his book Fishy’s Flies, ISBN 0-8117-2616-9.
Kevin has made some modifications. Most notably is the thickness of the foam, 6mm instead of 4mm. Another noted modification is a slit in the foam for the dogleg of the hook to rest in.
