After reading a great piece recently I got to thinking, a lost art nowadays, does anybody read anymore? In an age when we’re consumed by technology and all the fruits that it creates, does anybody ever set the iPod, gaming control, or laptop down and pick up a book? I […]

I was on the water a few times over the last week and the fishing was pretty slow overall. Not a whole lot of fish landed or spotted. You know the fishing has been bleak when some of the most respected guides in the area are having a tough time […]

29Apr

Congratulations Juan Urbano!

You’re the winner of the spoon fly giveaway. I’ll be contacting you later this weekend to get your address so I can mail out your flies. There were 14 total participants. Thanks to all that participated. I should have another contest and tutorial posted up soon.

I finished tying up a few spoons last night for the give away that ends tonight (details here). As of right now there’s a 1 in 6 chance of taking home some free spoons. Free Fly Give Away Here they are free for the taking… Oh, and in case you […]

27Apr

Spring Fling (Video)

Spring is the most inconsistent time of the year. The weather is all over the place and the wind is almost always blowing hard one direction or the other, but sometimes things come together. Most of this footage was captured a few weeks ago when a late season cold front […]

When I saw the wind forecasts early in the week for Easter weekend I saw a challenge. I am no stranger 20-30mph winds, especially on the Coastal Bend during spring. Over the years I’ve fished in lot of tough conditions. I can recall one trip last year when a buddy, […]

21Apr

Clear Cure Goo Spoon Fly: Video Tutorial and Free Flies

Here’s a spoon fly video tutorial. This is the first of many fly tying installments that I, as well as others, will be posting on this site. The objective of these tutorials is to teach inexperienced or skilled fly tyers how to tie patterns that have produced good results for […]

I haven’t spent much time in the marsh this year because I haven’t heard very many reliable reports, but with the warm weather lately I figured it was about as good a time as any to start exploring my preferred domain. I spent three days in the marsh at three […]

18Apr

Spring Fling Teaser

This fishing was great this past week. The front that blew in on Friday pushed a bunch of water out of the marsh and made the fish easy to spot. We sightcasted to fish all weekend long. I’ll post a report later this eveining. I also got some great footage. […]

14Apr

TTF Gun Dog Creeper

The mad scientists at Texas Tackle Factory are at it again. As much experimenting as they do you never know what they’re going to come out with next. Footage of the newest offering from TTF‘s Gun Dog series of lures has just been released. I heard rumblings about the Gun Dog […]