J.C.
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Wow, another great adventure, thanks. Glad to see your recovery is progressing and I look forward to seeing you on the water this winter
JC
Again, thanks guys for the support. I am headed to Norway in a couple of days to compete in the Masters World Fly Fishing Championships and I will do my best to represent USA and Texas. Hopefully, the Norwegians will be over their untimely quarterfinals World Cup exit.
JC
Thanks guys for the support. No time to rest on laurels, I’m heading to Wyoming for a comp this weekend. Hope to continue the success, and represent Texas well.
JC
It’s been said that nothing is more responsible for the ‘good-ol-days’ than a faulty memory. In this case, however, those images conjure memories of some incredible fishing to include catching some wild Rainbows the following spring that never knew hatchery life. Those were good days and I’m with you – fingers crossed hoping.
Ron was never shy about his opinions on fishing, especially us ‘Euro nymphers.’ His grumblings were often loud and frequent but I endured them at every stocking and encounter on the river. I figured growing up in Buffalo and having to deal with the Bills all these years he deserved some understanding, especially from a Patriots fan. Yet beneath the grumbling was a generous heart with a love for the Guadalupe and fly fishing.
Ron, I will think of you every time I fish 4th crossing – the river feels quieter and less with out you. Rest easy, my friend.
I’ll continue by pushing the ball upstream.
Starting where Alex began but at the weir of #5. River right, where the water spills over the weir is the ‘kiddie pool’. Proceeding past Rio (4th crossing) half way between Rio and Kanz is ‘halfway riffle’ (not sure how it got its name). Upstream of halfway riffle is slower water with slotted channels until you get to a deep pool across from a patio, also on river right. That pool is creatively called (wait for it) ‘patio pool.’ Above patio pool is a nice riffle and in decent flows nice riffle/runs all the way to Kanz. Kanz, I believe is a former lease access site that we still stock. Generally, from halfway riffle and upstream will fish well all year. That mostly covers up to Whitewater, if I include the Hideout, another former lease access site between Kanz and Whitewater.
JC
To add another option, James Garrettson and team of About Trout (abouttrout.com) guide on the San Juan, Chama and other Northern NM locales. You can wade or float fish depending on the venue. I’ve only fished with Norman Maktima on the Chama and Rio Grande and met James once but both are outstanding fly fishers and genuinely good humans.
JC
+$0.02. Under the GRTU Home page Conservation tab is a link to the the GRTU archive. There are some interesting studies and articles, and though dated, are in many ways still applicable and make for interesting reads.
JC
Well, here’s hoping El Nino can change our fate as we may be in for a long low-flow spell. Looking at the charts, it appears that even the nearly 5 inches of rain recorded in Jan, only raised the lake by 1/2 a foot, which still leaves the lake 21 feet shy of 909.
JC
I am humbled by your kind words, thank you. I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to spend time with on the Guadalupe than GRTU LAP members.
JC
Once again, Alex’s klaxon let the cat (fish) out of the bag, so to speak. Like Cassandra, (sorry can’t help the Greek references based on Alex’s ancestry), my advice to keep this close hold in order to prevent the LAP members from having kittens obviously went unheeded. Additionally, I thought I would have time to mass produce my famous catnip fly pattern that I used to catch this Guad catfish.
Yet, Trey, an accomplished fly tier, has sweetened the kitty for which I cannot compete primarily because that would be like herding cats. Nonetheless, if curiosity is killing you as to what fly I used to catch that catfish … the cat has my tongue. Just kidding, though there are many ways to skin a cat (fish), I caught that one on a size 20 WD40 and that fly was the cat’s meow.
Grinning like the Cheshire Cat
JC
Another site to consider is Whitewater (park at River Rose lease site) and fish upstream of 306. Easy access, no wading required (like CVC) with the added bonus of numerous State stockers.
That sucks, hope you get well soon, Jimbo and get out there before Alex puts a hurt on all the fish. -jc
@Scott: I fished Clear Creek outside of Buffalo, North Fork Tongue River and Sibley Lake outside of Sheridan.
I’ll be there with grandkids in tow.
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