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Targeting Redfish will be the March 26th meeting topic

Capt. Billy Trimble is a full time fly fishing guide that lives in Aransas Pass, TX. and targets Texas Redfish year round. Aransas Pass is in the bulls eye of flats fishing on the Texas Coast and Capt. Billy has access to over 150 miles of shallow water within an hour of his house. Capt. Billy targets Redfish, Speckled Trout, Black Drum, Jack Crevalle, Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon and other species.

Billy has been fly fishing the Texas Gulf Coast since 1980 and started his guide service in 1998. Billy has fly fished the vast shallow flats of the Texas coast from South Padre to Port O’Connor. He was raised in Junction and has fished the rivers of the Texas hill country his whole life. Billy served as President of GRTU and has fished the trout streams in the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Alberta Canada. Billy has fished the Bonefish flats of the Bahamas for 30 years and has fished salmon rivers in Alaska. The past few years Billy has been targeting Permit, Snook and Tarpon in Mexico.

Meetings are at the New Braunfels Public Library

Mike Aldridge will be our speaker for the Feb 26th Mtg

Mike caught his first bass at two and his first trout at three. He is a fifth generation fly
angler who’s passion for steelhead and Skagit casting has taken him across the Pacific
North West. Born in San Francisco, the United Sates Air Force brought him to Kerrville,
Texas where he retired in 2003. His angling adventures annually take him from Louisiana
and the Texas coasts to Colorado through Alaska. He is a member of the Hill Country Fly
Fishers and GRTU.
You can follow some of his adventures on his blog site: pureskagit.net.
Mike joined the IFFF now known as Fly Fisher’s International in order to become a
certified two-hand casting instructor. He is now the Education chair for the FFI’s Texas
Council.

Next class is Feb 9th

Action Angler & Outdoor Center- Guadalupe River, New Braunfels, TX

January 13 at 12:35 PM ·
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Wading the Guadalupe River with flows at 758cfs. There’s a few places it can be done.
All had a good time at the 101 class hosted at Action Angler, wading can still be done at these higher flows, a wading staff is recommended. The next class is Feb 9th. Contact Action Angler for reservations.