PK Tailrace 12-30-2010

Yesterday, I went fishing at PK again. The water was crowded not only with hardware and bait fishers, but also fly fishers. The action was slow at first, but I went up stream and caught some stripers. The crowd disappeared after the first big pool. They were small fish. I caught them on a fly that tied, and I saw them rise and made some good casts to them. I tied an elk hair caddis fly with a black dubbed body. Small or not, they were still pretty cool to catch. I also caught a rainbow trout. I caught it on a small zebra midge that I tied. I had some new waders that performed well. Not a bad end to the year. I need to start taking some pictures of my fly tying efforts.

PK Tailrace 12-23-2010

Got out for the first time in a couple of months. I went to the Brazos River below Possum Kingdom dam. The weather has cooled off. The air temp was in the 50's. Swamped my hip waders and messed up my iphone. I did not get any pictures of the two trout I caught. Both were caught on a zebra midge with a gold beadhead and green wire ribbing. Dropped some of the flys I bought in the river. Not a good trip as far as gear goes.

De Cordova Dam - Brazos River 6/27/2010

Another early Sunday morning trip to DeCordova Dam. I caught this bass on an olive beadhead Wooly Bugger. The water seemed a little cooler, but it is summer in Texas. Most of the action was done when the sun hit the water. There were fish crashing the surface. I had a number of hook ups, but only got one picture. A front is supposed to move through here on Monday or Tuesday and cool things off, if the low 90's are cool. If it does not rain, this could be the last trip for a while.

De Cordova Dam - Brazos River 6/20/2010

I went out this morning to DeCordova Dam at Granbury Lake. The weather continues to be hot during the day, so early morning trips are still productive. This morning I caught a stripped bass on a blue slider (no picture), and a largemouth bass on a gray Clouser Minnow. The water was warm and the Brazos River Authority had no gates open on the dam. There were a large number of vultures around the dam site. This was my first stripper, I wish that I was able to get a picture.

Windmill Lake 6-6-2010

Got up at 4:30 and went to Windmill Lake. Left early to avoid the heat. Morning temps in the 80's and by the time I left at 10:00 AM the air temperature was over 90. The water was muddy and warm. Caught one small bass on a VIP Popper with Chartruse deer hair that I tied myself. Also fished a Borski Slider with no luck.