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  • February 20, 2022 at 8:17 pm #14975

    I havent seen any this year but I’m sure they are there.

    February 13, 2022 at 7:31 pm #14962

    I fished from below the wier at #5 to Potts today. I saw 3-4 dead fish at the s turn, and a couple others. The fish I caught were fiesty and full of fight. I saw quite a few really big fish and landed a couple and saw a few really small fish and landed one of those. They are still bunched up from what I saw this afternoon but they seemed healty.

    February 13, 2022 at 7:19 pm #14961

    My comments are one that turns on and off via a push button is way better than a twist on and off. Alex is correct on the sunlight thing. Hit them with the light to firm them up, stick them to a foam cup then set the cup outside for a bit.

    January 26, 2022 at 1:30 pm #14852

    I agree with JC and Alex.  We need a “culture shift”.  We need the Guadalupe river community, fishermen, landowners, business owners, TPWD, GBRA, etc to understand the value of having a truly sustainable, world class trout stream in Texas.  There is real value in this for all the parties.

    In order to have that we need to protect the resources.  That means the river, the water, the fish, etc.  Allowing people to fish with bait and treble hooks kills the fish weather they keep it or not.  A dead fish is a fish that is no longer a resource.  We need laws in place and fully supported by and enforced by the fishermen, businesses, landowners, TPWD, etc.  It also doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.  We can keep the upper part of the river as “quality water”, and the lower parts could be a catch and keep areas.  There is room for both and it makes sense to have both.  It’s tough for a fish to live all year below Pott’s I would bet.

    Right or wrong, Texas is a land owner rights state.  TPWD understands that is is likly not too willing to push for more restrictive rules on the Guad.  If we are talking about where we need to put our resources, this is where I think we should be working.

    Doing things like this FFTUSA event helps show the community what is possible and why protecting the resources is so important over time to create a truly sustainable world class trout stream in Texas.

    I’ll get off my soap box now.

    January 23, 2022 at 4:37 pm #14828

    Lots of tungston beads and jig hooks.  I also like the Tungston Taco Egg.  But do well on any normal patter just tied as a tungston jig.  I picked it up this past summer and man it is WAY more effective than Indicatior nymphing and more fun, but, it doesn’t work everywhere.  The slower the water the tougher euroing is for me. but I like to fish fast water and it is the best at that.  And you can fish tiny pockets of water you can’t fish with an indicator.

    January 17, 2022 at 3:02 pm #14801

    Here is one I got a couple years ago in the Guad.  I caught this one in April I think.

    December 28, 2021 at 7:38 pm #14675

    Just a note on the wardens.  I have called several times when I have seen violations.  The vast majority of times they call right back and work with me to find the poachers and take action.  I’ve even seen one wade out to the island by the S-Turns to catch a guy, take his fish and write him a ticket.  My interactions have been good.

    And I agree on having true Quality Waters.  But Texas is a private land owner rights state.  That will be a tough one.

    December 11, 2021 at 9:33 am #14551

    I’ve had weeks at a time I can’t get into the Forum due to bad  time stamps on the server.  We all know what happened with signup for LAP.  I am a lifetime member to TU an still had to sign up yet again this year.

    It is time for the Chapter to fund a new site, with information that can scale to handle the signup for LAP or outsource it to someone who can run it properly.  These things are not expensive and are doable.

    It is time.

    October 16, 2021 at 9:57 pm #14035

    I am a lifetime member also.  But this year signing up for the LAP it would not validate my membership number so I had complete the process as if I was renewing my TU membership.  It charged me for it but did have my lifetime TU member number at the end.  I guess I just made another $35 donation to TU.

    September 29, 2021 at 10:23 am #12887

    What we need is “no bait”, single hooks, all catch and release from TP&W, then, enforcement.  If we could get that, we could have massive hold over numbers.

    Then maybe we could get land owers more engaged.  I doubt anyone buying a 7 digit house on the river is doing it because they can catch trout there.

    With the state laws as loose as they are on the guad, keeping trout allive and in the river is tough!

     

    September 27, 2021 at 1:08 pm #12828

    Protecting and wildlife or fish for the public good has never been the mission of TP&W best I can tell.  It’s all about the landowners and dollars.  That is the reason I quit hunting in TX.  Take your money else where.  There is excellent fishing in other states, they have built great fisheries and protect them well.  It sucks that this is happening, and I will fish the Guad in the winter as long as I can, but I know it has a limited life.  Maybe I’ll take up redfish at the coast, or trout in northern AR in the winter like all the Montana guys do.  But in TX, those who own the land, own the government, and they will get what they want.

    September 27, 2021 at 12:55 pm #12826

    I second the spend a day with JC comment.  I picked up Euro nymping this summer in Pagos Springs via a trip with Williams Creek Fly Shop.  I had my best year ever in CO.  I fished 16 days total.  One of those with JC on the San Juan and we did pretty well 98 fish between us.  He was euro and I most indicator fished.  He way outfished me, which is normal if you have ever fished with JC…..  In total I netted 180 fish on an indicator rig in in 7 days and 670 fish on a euro rig in 9 days.  I had a 200, 191, and 138 fish days on the euro and no one around me was catching fish but they were not euro fishing.  I even gave them some of the bugs I was using.  Needless to say I am HOOKED!  but, I don’t think it ideal for all conditions.  Really slow water, especially really big slow water is tough.  It is great in small fast water and small pockets like under a waterfall.  You can’t really fish it any other way.  you can fish under bushes on a cut bank, etc that an indicator rig just won’t do.

    BigY fly has a 10 3wt euro rod that is reasonable to start with as well.  That is what I use.   it isn’t a T&T, but is is also $160 comes with a lifetime warranty that I have used and they are great to deal with. https://www.bigyflyco.com/BigYStandardFlyRod-detail.htm

    I have found everyone has a different leader set up so find what works for you.

     

    September 22, 2021 at 8:14 am #12644

    Probably noy “many” just a vocal few as the board didn’t make the accomodation.

     

    September 20, 2021 at 11:04 am #12576

    There is no solution that will make everyone happy, and everyone has an opinion.  What I do think we can expect is a registration site that will not crash.   If we get that, then everyone has a fair shot at a spot.

    Thanks for all your work Jimbo.

    There are generally spots on the board that come up from time to time.  If you want to have a voice and try to push your opinions, run for the spots.

    June 9, 2021 at 1:17 pm #12362

    I watching!

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