Category: Education

I know our flows and water are not high right now, but I get lots of questions on what kind of rig to use, so here is a nice little piece that talks about rigs. I use a heavy rig pretty much all the time myself. For the Guadalupe I might keep it more simple, like a 3x leader, and  4x tippet, or late in the year a 5x flouro tippet if you think the fish have gotten leader shy. There is a link at the bottom to a YouTube vid. And if you are ever in Cotter Arkansas, this fly shop has all you need. Dally’s Ozark Fly Fishing

High water flows on the White River and Norfork Tailwater have arrived, with a long run of spring rains. The high flows can be daunting for newcomers, but offers a better shot at our trophy quality trout Former Dally’s guide Gabe Levin unveils a simple high water nymphing leader setup to get your flies down to where the fish are feeding fast.

This leader is long, heavy and gives you a headstart on catching.

Use RIO Powerflex Tippet 20lb, 12lb or RIO Big Nasty Tippet for the butt and mid section. Tie in RIO Flouroflex Strong Tippet 3x and 4x or 4.5x in the tippet.

Or you can look at the Neva Quit Butt sections and just add a long length of flouro tippet

High Water Nymph Rig

We will meet at 7:00 pm at New Braunfels Public Library on Wednesday, March 23^rd..  Our speaker for this month is John Shank, Owner and Head Guide, Lone Star Fly Fishing.  His topic for the evening will be Fly Fishing for Striped Bass on Canyon Lake.  Should be an new and interesting subject for the club.

Also, we will have another special “Fly Raffle” with great prizes including a rare club logo fly box, nippers, forceps, leader and tippet.

Hope to see you all there,

Creating flies and fishing them so they behave more naturally is the premise behind what Allen McGee calls behavioral nymphing. With this subtle technique, you can simulate a living insect that is swimming, drifting helplessly, or rising and emerging. Read more in this article from 2009!

Here is the link to Life Like Flies

Minutes of NBFF Membership Meeting

01/23/2022 – New Braunfels Public Library

Dan Cone called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Pat McQuinn reported that we have 31 current members.

Ron said he would put together an outing on the Guadalupe River in mid-February, the fishing has been very good and February should be in full swing of things and even better.

Ron reported that Pat McQuinn and he had delivered the GRTU Youth Trout Camp gift bags to Dakus Geeslin on January 14^th and they were much appreciated.  The president of GRTU, Bill Marshall, also expressed his appreciation.

GRTU Troutfest 22 will be held February 18 – 20 at L&L Campground. Ron will ask the core group that helped assemble our tent and performed other pre-game activities in past Troutfests to help with these chores once again.  Also, said he would put out an email to request NBFF members to sign-up to man the booth during Troutfest.  The club will raffle a fly box and flies again this year as a tool to generate interest in our club.  We will us a fly box left over from GRTU Trout Camp and a budget of $30.00 was approved to purchase the flies for the raffle.

A straw vote was taken to choose the subject of the presentation that Jim Gray will make at our February meeting.  Jim has several presentations and the group chose “Fly Fishing the Colorado River”.

Our speaker for the evening was Dylan Mendoza, Dylan Mendoza Fly Fishing, His subject was “Fly Fishing the Texas Coastal Bend”.  Dylan’s power point presentation was informative and entertaining.  He also brought examples of rods and flies needed to fish the coast.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 pm.