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  • April 15, 2019 at 11:10 am #4140

    Mac Brown does have some interesting ideas. I was at his seminar at TroutFest and learned a lot.

    Jimbo

     

    April 11, 2019 at 11:44 pm #4131

    There is fish up to the weir above Maricopa. Above that probably not worth your time, but I do know of a few spots between there and the dam that hold Trout.

    Jimbo

    April 9, 2019 at 10:42 am #4120

    Good to see that the Browns Fry are getting close to size that is ready for stocking. I need to go pull the crates with the Whitlock/Vibert boxes we put in the river. I hope to see very little remaining in boxes indicating a good hatch.

    Jimbo

    April 6, 2019 at 10:28 pm #4117

    Get ready, If tonight’s forecast is right there could be several inches of rain that falls over the upper Guadalupe Basin by tomorrow. Flows into the lake already had a little spike up with some local rain. Also if you live in the path of this storm I would recommend putting your vehicles under cover through tomorrow morning. The atmosphere is saturated and a big upper level impulse will head right up IH 35.

    And,… The Texas Tech is in the finals for the first time !!!

    Wreck’em Tech !!!

    Jimbo

     

    April 5, 2019 at 10:52 am #4112

    I stuck inside doing taxes…..

    Jimbo

    April 3, 2019 at 5:56 pm #4106

    Temperature monitors are only one of the things I’m going to bring up at the next Board Meeting.

    Jimbo

    April 3, 2019 at 5:54 pm #4105

    That’s exactly what to do. First check the office, if it is closed then put your $10 on the security box between the gated access and the tube house. It’s best if you can put it in an envelope or stick a post-it on the money with your license plate number on it. That way they know who’s paying and what vehicle it goes with.

    Jimbo

    March 26, 2019 at 1:28 pm #4064

    That pretty much sums up the situation as I understand it. Also the CORPS decided a few years ago not to allow the holding of water above 909’msl for the so called recreational pool. They did allow GBRA to control the releases between 911’msl and 909’msl as long as the lake level continues to fall. So GBRA can slow down the lake drop but not stop it at some level above 909’msl. Now once the lake hits 909’msl other rules kick in regarding the releases. If there is no drought declaration then releases must be at a minimum what the inflows are into the lake which theoretically could maintain the 909’msl. It never seems to work out just like that because of evaporation versus inflows of creeks and springs directly into the lake apart from the upper Guadalupe River flows. Nonetheless the result is we are going to need some significant rains in May to bring the lake up over pool and be above 909’msl on May 15 for the Flow Agreement to be inforced.

    Jimbo

    March 23, 2019 at 12:01 am #4054

    Alex, I waded around the island at W.W. yesterday and thought of you. I looked for your rod as the water was ultra-clear. I will tell you that the water is so deep at the top of the island it’s one of the only places I couldn’t see the bottom. It must be at least 7-8 feet deep now from the recent high flows. I looked and probed around but didn’t see it. I think when it gets a bit warmer maybe I could done a swim suit and a mask to find it.

    By the way, two of the gear bags that always come with me now contain: a full change of clothes, extra thermal underwear, extra socks, rain jacket, spare wading belts (seems my friends leave these most often back at their homes), fleece, wool fingerless gloves, knit cap, extra hat, extra waders, and a towel. You never know when your going down and I am always prepared now. I also think if you don’t have it, you’re “MORE” likely to need it somehow. I also believe it you have this backup, it somehow limits the times you’ll actually need it. It’s like some kind of inside joke of which I am the unsuspecting subject.

    It’s also why I bring extra rods, insurance against the breakage of my primary choice.

    Jimbo

    March 22, 2019 at 11:33 pm #4053

    Hey we were there, Mike and myself, but by the time we arrived there were already 2 vehicles in the parking lot. We did come back to it after a late lunch and worked the same water. We caught mostly smaller fish, I guess you and Alex sore lipped all the big ones. Right at dusk some fish started rising. Mike pulled out a LYS I gave him several years ago and hooked several fish, including and nice Brown. I didn’t have anything close myself and couldn’t entice one to bite on top. We still had fun. I love that water…..

    Jimbo

    March 2, 2019 at 11:00 am #3843

    I miss read your post, and thought you wanted a picture ID. Like I said in my first post we are looking at increasing the size of the personal badge to make it easier to see from a distance. It will probably be the same material we used this year, plasticized and weatherproof.

    Jimbo

    March 1, 2019 at 12:03 pm #3789

    Well putting everyone’s picture on their particular badge is a great idea, the implementation of that plan would require every LAP member to report to have their individual badge created. Can you imagine the cost in money and time it would take to convert over to something like a DMV office to accomplish this and then get every badge to the correct person? I don’t know the true cost of printing unique tags for everyone, but I sure it would be thousands of dollars, and we don’t need another added expense to the LAP with prices of fish and leases going up so fast.

    Jimbo

    February 28, 2019 at 9:53 am #3765

    Ron and Ron, we are looking into larger personal tags for next year. This smaller size was not reviewed before they went to the printer. We went to a flat tag because mailing the buttons in the envelopes were causing problems for the automatic mail sorters. So we went to something flat that would go through the mail easily.

    Jimbo

    February 27, 2019 at 9:01 pm #3744

    Sounds good to me !!!

    Jimbo

    February 27, 2019 at 7:46 pm #3734

    Here you go……

    So Ron McAlpin have been flyfishing together for more than 25 years. We’ve stomped not just in the Guadalupe below Canyon Lake, but just about every Hill Country river and stream on the map. The last few years he has been consumed with his daughters and especially the youngest as she became involved in women’s wrestling. And she was a contender in every match she participated, winning many.

    He called me up a few days ago and asked if we could fish together?

    Absolutely my answer !!!

    So we met up at Little Ponderosa this last Tuesday. We were lucky and very few anglers were on the river that day, so we had our pick of the waters! We began, where almost everyone does, in the “Money Drop”. I stuck one right off but he escaped being netted. Ron’s turn resulted I in a few more hookups.

    As you may notice, Ron is fishing a bamboo rod. This one was built by mutual friend Floyd Burkett. Ron fishes mainly bamboo and fiberglass with classic British built fly reels. He knows how to handle them and makes everything look easy. I stuck another little guy myself…..

    From there we went upstream towards what is now known as “Used to be Pink Houses”……

    Great water, with many hidden secret pockets that hold Trout…..

    I concentrated on the Iron Pier Pool and Ron kept moving upstream towards Summit. My first taste was something fairly big sucking the strike indicator in a very audible slurp. That had me wondering just what tried to eat that indicator: a monster Trout,…. more likely a Bass was looking for supper. I moved across to the other side and started working the run and pool from there,… And it worked……

    I also had a Brown on that came off again 1 foot short of the net, in a “In your Face” moment. I caught another as Ron headed back downstream to fish the runs between there and the island. I told him I was going to fish it a bit longer here and ended up landing 5 Rainbows in this spot…..

    I left this one with a bloody lip…..

    Nothing big, but all these fish are fun, especially when they can use the power of a current tongue, concentrating the flows. As I was removing the hook from the last one I heard Ron from down below, “I’m hungry, Let’s get some BBQ ! ” So I hustled on down to his position and he showed me the picture of the Big Rainbow (at the top of the page) he caught down there,… very impressive !!!

    So we went to Real Pit BBQ for lunch. Chopped BBQ sandwich and Pecan Pie for him, a Rib Plate with double slaw for me. Very tasty indeed !

    He said he had to leave about 5pm. From there we went to a Super Secret Location. I know,… I know,… everybody wants to know where these Super Secret places we are catching all these fish are, but sometimes it just has to be kept secret ! It’s too bad most will not recognize this spot, but secrets are secrets you know !

    sic…..

    Well maybe some will recognize it, OK,… OK,… everybody knows this spot. But it is still special. The habitat, the runs, the pools, and the Ospreys tell the story. While he worked the weir I moved downstream. I caught a dink right off. Most of the day had been overcast or partly cloudy, well now the sun broke out in the late afternoon, and it was getting down right warm. I had a full set of thermals on and the one under my Simms shirt was really too much. The big fish from the hole was Brown.

    Smile for the camera…..

    Will someone tell that guy on the left, please don’t crowd the subject?

    Ron came on down to enjoy the games. And he did in the best way possible…..

    Hooked up…..

    Backing up…..

    It’s in the net !

    I caught another before slipping further downstream, at this “Super Secret location”.

    I caught this one as seen in Ron’s photos at the top again.

    The close up of that same fish.

    After that we worked around different reaches without another strike. Ron said it was time to go.

    So I delivered him back to his vehicle. There was still about 1 and 1/2 hours of daylight left. So I headed to another ‘Super Secret Spot” that the owner allows me access. It’s good to be well known and loved. When I arrived, something very unusual, not a single other angler was seen. Usually this Super Secret Spot is covered up, but not this evening. Count me Lucky !

    I decided to move up and fish what I call Mallard’s Run first.

    This piece of water has really changed from last season. Last time I tried to fish it at 500+cfs I thought I might end up swimming for it trying to get off the limestone slab. This time at 300cfs I could easily fish all of it. The first customer came from the usual spot.

    Another nice fat 15-16″ Rainbow. I kept fishing around this spot seeing if the changes in the river bottom opened up new holding spots.

    The answer was,…

    “Yes it did !”

    The first fish was a beautifully colored Rainbow…..

    But it was the second one out of this new spot that really surprised me.

    It was a solid 18″+ fish…..

    And these two out of a little channel spot that rarely yielded any fish. But it is deeper this season and most of the main current now comes down it. I will fish it again for sure. I headed up to the Island Hole.

    I caught another average fish there.

    The sun was starting to kiss the horizon and time to head back to this “Super Secret Spot’s” main pool. I often wonder how many fish are swimming around in the bottom of this pool. But they all have a PHD in fishermen and their offerings. Now it can be easy sometimes, but some of the time, because of the constant pressure, it can be humbling, but not this evening.

    I had about 45 minutes before dusk. Time to get busy…..

    God was in a giving mood. This one was all of 19″. These springtime Rainbows are dressed to impress!

    Almost a decent shot, but I don’t have Odom’s camera man following me around either.

    Then there was his little brother….. A picture that did not come out at all because of my camera’s aversion to half-light. There were several more Rainbows in the bottom of my net that evening. I turned on the flash and caught few more…..

    The turkeys were calling and gathering to fly up to their roosts. Time for one more…..

    The turkeys, now high in the Cypress, were the signal the day was over…..

    On their prompt, it was time to head up the hill, and back to San Antonio. It was a good day, but then it always seems better than average when you can fish with an old friend. I hooked 21 and landed 17, and I will take that anytime. I am still looking for those 30+ fish days (had one, but that was 2 days after a stocking), but with spring coming early I expect it won’t be long.

    See you out on the river…..

    Jimbo

     

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