The secret bass pond

My secret bass pond, nobody knows. If you do dont tell.


One of my nicer fish for the day.


My buddy Spence with a nice figting size bass, also known as texasdjl on the texas fishing forum.


Why is Spence catching all the bass?


Fight him Spence fight him. I secretly hope you loose him! Jerk he was my bass, oh well next time.


Can anyone say structure? Fishing when the water level is at zero helps find under water structure for next year.


The other structure we were targeting. Under water vegitation rules but can make for a messy day.

All and all we cought about 30 bass in about 2 hours between the two of us. It was one of those great mornings where any good cast to structure would produce a good fight. Again this was all on the fly rod. Gotta love it.

Medina river Aug 4th

Me and texasdjl from the texas fishing forum went down to fish the medina river up above medina lake where the river still looks pristen. It has a rock bottom and a very nice selection of fish. We took advantage of the texas public waters law and waded up and down the river about 4 miles from the park in Bandera where we started. The following are pictures of the amazing scenery and a few shots of the fish and my new flynatic friend.

leon creek Aug 2

Went back down to the crick again today with my new fly fishing buddy spence I figured Id show you the nicer ones cought.

Leon creek Aug 1

I went down to the now puddled creek with my 5wt fly rod just to see what kind of trouble I could get into. With the bums and the snakes the opertunity for trouble was deifinitly there. Thankfully I only found fish not toruble. Enjoy the pics.

Fly tying intro.

In any action there is a learning curve. You must walk before you run you must hop before you can jump. In my fly fishing adventures I have learned alot of knowledge in a short period of time. It has come time to learn how to tie my own flys. Killing the small fish and brim is killing my wallet. Im buying nymphs and leaders faster then I can fish with them. I also was constantly frustrated when I would learn of an amazing fly that you cant buy. For 50 dollars and a little effort I am tying my own flys. It realy isnt is hard as you would think and it feels very rewarding. However, newbies be ware this hobbie has a funny story about a fly fisherman who's brother had gone into rehab. While there he decided to take up tying flys he later learned that it was just slightly more expensive then his outragous cocain habbit.


This is the A-train, a pattern that I created it does work but I have found other patterns that work better.


These were the three first flys I ever tied. Not bad I think.


And they work!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This was a fly from day two, Its a wooly bugger with a hackle body.


This is a replica of the doculator pattern with a hackle coller. I thought it looked buggy and sure enough it killed the fish.


Here are some more from day two believe it or not the three legged white ugly bug killed it has been the most perductive so far.




These are my local fishin holes. They produce but rarly large fish. You can go at dusk and kill them though. I normally catch between 15-40 fish the hour before dusk.

Brazos River Trip July 9th

I just love that flat as glass look.



Me and fellow TFF'ers (texasfishingforum) members Derik d and Trout Bum, went on an excellent trip down the Brazos today. The whole trip actually begins with an all night fishing spree. Me and Derik d decided it would be best to camp near the float area. We decided to stay at a marina on lake whitney, they had a lighted indoor fishing dock. The crappie, sandbass, largemouth bass and pearch kept us busy from our arival at 9PM till 4:30AM when we left them biting. We were using our 9 foot fly rods inside a crampt dock just for fun. We woke up 2 hours later and cought coffe and burritos as well as the morning bite. Then it was off to the Brazos where we would meet our third new friend and have a full 8 hour day float trip. Almost as soon as we hit the water Trout Bum got into a nice smallie that later did an easy release for us, I knew it would be a great day. All day long the action was there in 4 inches or four feet of water, again the sandies and spots and largemouth bass were eager to fight us. The pearch gar and catfish came out for some action as well. All on the fly.



One of the huge gills that the brazos holds. This one was cought by Trout Bum himself.



Here is Derik d in his pontoon boat, I like the design and for the price how could you argue. As versital as a yak at half the price.



Here is one of my larger bass on the fly for the day. Their pure numbers made it hard to get a presentation to a nice fish long enough for him to get interested.



Another bass he's there somewhere.

So in the last 24 hours
18 on the water
2 sleeping
4 driving

What a great vacation!!!



I would say im officially hooked.

Lake Calaveras june 27th

I hit the water with my long time friend and fishing buddy Joseph. We were using dead shad and live shad for bait. We used a cork setup in 3-4 feet and a carolina rig as well as a leader riged for the bait aboout 10 inches above the weight. We fished the dam and several coves and back sides of points concentrating on reeds and structure from 7:00PM till 2:30AM

Fishing was slow and we only netted about 7 cats and one red fish. Next time I will concentrate on 10-15 feet of water and only use the carolina setups. They seem to work best.

A thing of beauty

All of these flies came from the anglers dream shop. I was more then happy with the prices and the quality. Its cheaper then ebay with good materials and tough flies.

First fish on the fly

This little guy is the first fish I ever cought on the fly, boy how far I have come.

The Frio river

A shot of the beautiful river.



All I have to say about this trip is O.M.G. I was lucky enough to fish on private property that is very secluded and never fished. This trip was probobly one of the best trips ever for me. I could wade infront of the fish and drop my fly in there face and i would hook up. These fish just dont know fear. Most everything was on the down side of the spawn and hungry. Saturday we must have cought 150 fish or more. The size wasnt the impressive part it was the pure numbers. On this trip there was some ultra light 2lb test fishing. For flys I used crystal buggers, bitch creek nymphs, gold ribbed hare's ears and prince nymphs. I also had some luck with a small sculpin. All the flys were good at this area though.

7-8 Rio grande cichlids that were bigger then a dinner plate
1 Catfish over 10lbs and 4-5 over 3 lbs
2 Bass over 3 lbs
15 Panfish bigger then my hand.

These fish were the prizes but the fact that we couldnt keep our hooks baited was the fun part.



One of the larger rio grande cichlids.




Come on, come to poppa.




Nice cat on ultra light tackle




i Just love these action shots.

The begining the beautiful San Marcos River

I am starting this blog as a way to keep track of my fishing trips. A way to pass on info and to pass on the attraction fishing can have. This picture was taken on a secluded part of the San Marcos river. I feel that it shows everything i apreciate in fly fishing. This trip was with fellow flynatic Shannon A.K.A. Texasflycaster. He was amazed at my speddy learning process and he showed my a few new things that are going to help me catch mroe fish later.

Thanx, again Shannon