Jimbo
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Matt ATX
You’re going to need those waders, forecast has the low in the morning in the mid-40’s. Wading wet is not an option in those temps !!!! Dress in layers so as it warms up and you work up a sweat you can peal layers off.
Jimbo
Bruce02
We actually stock 12,000lbs of Rainbows and 2,000lbs of Browns…..
As far as GBRA dropping the flows, they have made no announcements yet. There is about 150cfs difference between the inflows to the lake and the releases. I do expect they will start dropping releases soon, but I don’t know when. One thing for sure they won’t drop the flows just because we want to wade fish.
Jimbo
Mhamletts
We don’t stock more Browns because of the cost. Right now Rainbows cost $5.50/lb Browns cost $8.30/lb and we are trying to hold down the ever increasing costs of the LAP. We don’t stock Cutthroats or Brookies, because they really need colder water to survive. Browns can take a little warmer temps than Rainbows, but not by much. What we are looking for is hopefully Browns will holdover and spawn with greater success than the Rainbows, but that to is not proven yet.
Jimbo
We need a minimum of about 30 volunteers to handle the necessary bucketing needed at some sites. That being said water temps and flows are so good this fall we could stock just about anywhere. So the more hands the merrier. Most years we have so many volunteers on the first stocking you have to take turns carrying the Trout to the water. A few years we have so many volunteers we actually create a traffic jam on River Road. We will have 2 more Rainbow Trout stockings and the next one will be the more labor intensive as we really spread them out and we’ll need the most hands. The Brown Trout stocking we don’t need as many, a minimum of about 20 volunteers are needed because there’s just a few places to stock. The Fishery Committee is just about finished up deciding on our stocking strategy and how many total sites we want to stock. It’s going to be a good season!
Jimbo
We will have 4 stockings this season, 3 Rainbow stockings and 1 Brown stocking.
We should be through stocking by 1pm, but you can also leave anytime you want to meet other schedules.
Jimbo
kennthwobler
I would like everyone to give them 24hours to acclimate before fishing for them.
Jimbo
It is very surprising. I talked to Dan and they tried everything. They should have caught something, Perch, Bass, or even Stripers, something !?!, but nothing struck in the high flows. I am thinking it had more to do with the weather and the mood of the fish than the lack of fish. We had good numbers of Rainbows and Browns in the tubers loop before the flows went up. I believe they are still there, and once things settle down they will show up in our nets. That being said flows went up a little to 824cfs and it’s still too high to try wade fishing.
Jimbo
LindaLeal
He can come only if he’s finished all his vegetables…..
In other words absolutely !
Jimbo
Announcements are made by e-mail to LAP members and a topic started on the forum for a head count 10 days before the actual date. And that time has not come yet.
Jimbo
That is correct. But the office should be open early every morning. Our Leases are from dawn (30 minutes before sunup, as in the time advertised in newspapers) to dusk (30 minutes after sundown). If you do get there and the office is not open yet, then you can fish for a short time, no more than 1 hour, and then go back by the office to check in. Even if the fishing is good, don’t abuse this privilege, go back within 1 hour and check in. The manager has also said she going to have coffee and maybe some breakfast items. So there’s even more of a reason to check in…..
Jimbo
I talked with our IT guy. Currently the only time and place you can buy day passes is when you sign up for GRTU/LAP membership, and you can’t do it independently right now. He says that after LAP memberships are sold out (about 75 left now) he will be able to set it up where you can come to the website and buy day passes all by themselves. So if you missed out they will become available on the website in the future.
Jimbo
Negatory Ghostwriter…..
Whitewater Camping sits behind Whitewater Sports away from the river. It’s the old condo complex on the hill that never really got off the ground. As soon as we over come the technical difficulties I will host images on this forum and send out an e-mail blast which I just found out is not functioning either. Anyway we have IT working on the solutions now and it should be just a few days.
Jimbo
Yes you can fish from the bank. It’s just most places don’t lend themselves to fishing from the bank with flyfishing gear. Right now the releases are 765cfs, that’s too much to wade fish just about anywhere. I was down at the river today and there is still a bunch of color in the water making it difficult to see the bottom in even 2 feet of water. I was hoping it would clear more quickly. We are likely to see flows fairly high for several more weeks. I am guessing that about the time we start stocking flows will have dropped to below 600cfs. That will start to open up the river. If you just have to get out there I would suggest hiring a guide and float the river early. Nonetheless the fishing that is waiting for us this winter is likely to be one of the best in a long time. Decent holdover, a full compliment of new stockings, and great flows, that is just about perfect in my book.
Jimbo
I probably shouldn’t add to this with my obsession, but…..
Years ago (1970’s) when I started flyfishing the Guadalupe I started with a Bass Bug rod I already had. It was a Fenwick HMG 9 1/2′ 9wt. It was way too much rod for nymphing for 8-12″ Trout that were common back then. Often when I would set the hook I would launch the little Trout out of the water and over my shoulder,… “A little too much Gun!”
The next rod I purchased I went to a short and light rod, a Fenwick HMG 7 1/2′ 4wt. Again it was right for the small fish, but I almost immediately missed the length of my 9wt. So I purchased a Fenwick HMG 9′ 6wt. Finally I hit the sweet spot. It would do just about anything and it was my go to rod till Sage came out with their RPLs. Again I went with a 9′ 6wt. and it was everything the Fenwick rod was only better.
I mainly fished; 9’… 4, 5, or 6wt. rods on the Guadalupe through 2000. RPL, RPL+, SP, SP+, XPs in a never ending progression of the latest and greatest. Then I moved to a 10′ 5wt. Z Axis and it was a revelation in the difference the extra foot made in drift control. I added a 10′ 6wt. but it was really too heavy (But a good light Steelhead rod). I also purchased a 10′ 4wt. Sage One and I use it when flows drop or I’m fishing nothing but midges.
Today when I head to the Guadalupe, a 10′ rod either 5wt. or 4wt., a 9′ 5wt. and 6wt. almost always are put in the car. For Nymphing it’s the 10’ers, but if I’m throwing streamers it’s the 9′ 6wt. and sometimes 5wt. that gets pulled out of the truck.
European Nymphing techniques and those specialty rods have really taken off. Many anglers now use 2 or 3wt, 10-11′ specialized nymphing rods. I have fished them but I prefer a little heavier rod. It’s partly because of my Tournament Bass fishing years where you should always prepare yourself for that fish of a lifetime and I tend towards the heavy side of rod selection. My Z Axis is now about 18 years old and I intend to build another 10′ 5wt. this time a Sage X.
With all that said it’s more about what you can do than the rod can do. Learn to drift nymphs, mend the line, follow the indicator, and detect strikes. Then work on fighting and landing the fish quickly. A good flyfisherman can use just about any rod and catch a bunch of fish. A poor flyfisherman can use the very best equipment and still not catch many fish. Work on refining your abilities and everything else is just icing on the cake.
P.S. Disclaimer: I am a gear junkie. I own more rods than I can use in a week. My obsession has evolved into having the perfect rod for the water and the technique I’m going to fish. Many of you have seen my summer trips and know I usually take about 16 different rods for these trips. I am a devoted dryfly fisherman and many rods are specifically for dryfly fishing. Most years I’ll use about 8-10 of them on those trips. But I always take along several rods that are “Maybe” rods. I might fish this or that way and need “That” rod.
Jimbo
When were these taken?
Jimbo
