Guadalupe River
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Nice shots JMW – I love the color or the cypress trees.
But, for the benefit of us damn fur-in-errrs, where is the river (Texas?) and what are you fishing for ?
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Thanks David!
The Guadalupe River flows from the hill country of central west Texas all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. The part where I fish, is the tailwater section below Canyon Lake, which is about one hour north of San Antonio, Texas. We fish for rainbow trout primarily, although it also holds lots of largemouth bass, guadalupe bass, some striped bass that escaped from the lake upstream, catfish, perch/bream etc. The rainbows are stocked every year, but most years we have successful holdover during the hot summer, due to a TU negotiated flow agreement. We have seen some evidence of natural reproduction in the river this year, which is encouraging. This is the United States’ southernmost trout stream, and is featured in TU’s 100 Best Trout Streams by John Ross. The river flows throught limestone rock bottom, which feature lots of cuts and holes in the river bottom, surrounded by limestone bluffs, covered with juniper and oak trees. Cypress trees line the river itself in many areas.
We have had 22″ – 24+” rainbows caught, as last fall we stocked lots of larger rainbows. My personal best was this past August, taking a 21″ rainbow on a #24 midge and 5x tippet.
Our season can be year round, if we have the gauranteed flows during the summer, but usually it is a winter – spring fishery for trout which runs from November – early June. Predominately we do deep nymphing with small flies, indicator, and lots of weight, or streamers. Dry fly action has been pretty minimal. Unfortunately, it will always require stocking to keep numbers of trout, due to our climate which alternates between flood and drought. We have been in a drought for the last 9 months. In 2002, we had the 1000 year flood, and flood waters were running through there at around 70,000 CFS! Imagine water flowing about 18′ over your head in those pictures.
And let’s all remember what “winter” means in Central Texas – perhaps lows in the mid thirties, and highs the same day close to 60f. Winter, at least in Texas, is a relative term.
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Thanks for that !
Must be great having a river with trout and all the other species in it, do you ever get the bass while fishing for trout ?
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