The fishing has been really good.
Try eggs, worms, fox squirrels, and girdle bugs.
Link to Video from Action Angler
Keep them wet when you are taking a picture.
Category: FLY FISHING
Rio Grande Cichlid Tournament for this Saturday is canceled
Our Rio Grande Cichlid Tournament for this Saturday is canceled due to storm and water conditions. Brushy Creek is currently running over 1000 CFS east of downtown and continuing to rise rapidly.
In place of the tournament, Chris will give a presentation on What to Know Before You Go: Analyzing Weather & Water Data. You’ll learn how to read hydrometric and atmospheric charts and how to use them to your advantage when planning your fly fishing outing. He’ll show you how to interpret weather and water data to adjust for fronts, floods, and droughts. This class will be chock full of valuable, real-time information you won’t want to miss!
Saturday, October 28th
9:00 A.M. – Fly Shop Opens / Coffee & Round Rock Donuts
10:00 A.M. – Know Before You Go: Analyzing Weather & Water Data
6:00 P.M. – Fly Shop Closes
Rio Grande Cichlid Population Assessment Tournament
Living Waters Fly Fishing
We had such great feedback and participation from our June Guadalupe Bass Tournament that we’ve decided to repeat the concept, this time recording data for Rio Grande Cichlids!
Join us next weekend for a Rio Grande Cichlid Population Assessment Tournament (say that five times fast!). The purpose of which is to gather information for Texas Parks and Wildlife regarding the population density of RGCs in certain reaches of Brushy Creek and to have some fun, friendly competition while we we do it!
The tournament is open to the public, all ages can compete, and there is NO ENTRY FEE! However, registration is required.
See the link below for more information and to register.
Orthodontic rubber bands
These little orthodontic rubber bands are a great idea for adjustable tag or hook tenders _ image via troutbitten.com Really cool little tip for cleaning up your fly fishing rig and swinging hooks for travel, via a car, boat or on foot from Dom over at Troutbitten.com. I don’t miss hook keepers on fly rods, since pretty much all of my fishing is done with 9′ fly rods and 10′ plus leaders and I’m fussy about winding fly line back in through the rod tip….
When I use a strike indicator I also use these rubber bands to connect my “thingabobber” onto my leader. You can still slide it up and down the leader but it will not “kink” your leader. I do use a hopper type fly more for my indicator, but if it is windy, I am too clumsy to throw three fly’s, or if I want to get two fly’s down deeper, then I do use an indicator. If you do use this rubber band method, remember to change the band every day, they will degrade and they will and you will see your indicator sailing down river.
You can go to a craft store and get what they call “loom bands”, for bead looms, they work the same, a bit larger and cheaper.
Nov 4th Holdover is looking to be a real good time!
The 2023 Holdover Tournament will be held on November 4th. This tournament funds the New Braunfels Fly Fishers club for the year. This enables the club to pay speakers for our monthly meeting, support GRTU Youth Trout Camp with gift bags and other endeavors throughout the year. The catch results are provided to TPWD for their use in determining the health of the fishery.
You will get a prize. Lunch will be provided on float trips. This has always been a great time, and if you are new to the GRTU LAP program, or just new to the river, this is a great way to find the best place’s to fish and learn the river. Our club members like to help you find good spots to fish and advice on fly’s that work different times of the year. So come on out and do some fishing for fun!
You do NOT need to be a club member or a GRTU member to participate.