Orvis Helios and Hatch fly reel on The Guadalupe

By On April 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I don’t usually spend a lot of money on equipment.  Ok, I probably should correct that… I don’t spend a lot of money on any single fly fishing item.  I probably buy too much in total but I haven’t splurged on any top of the line Winston rods or Tibor Reels or anything even close […]

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Lost and Found

By On April 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been itching to get a boat again after watching the local tweeps from the sidelines talk about all the water they’ve been accessing lately. Being a wader only in Texas really limits the spots you can fish. Having a 4 door sedan and a Mini Cooper doesn’t make it easy to get the more […]

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Mini trip to Brushy Creek and Water Walker Lanyard Rocks

By On July 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

With wife and 7 yr old gone on a family and friends trip to LA, I have some time on my hands and therefore went fishing. I did fish a few weeks back on the Llano River, but just never got around to blogging about it. The Llano trip didn’t have any of my normal […]

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Custom Fly Fishing Lanyards – Made right here in TX

By On April 3, 2009 · 6 Comments

I love to support local companies and products. If you do too (and I’m sure my readers fall into this category), take a look at these very affordable lanyards from Water Walker Custom Fly Fishing Lanyards. Here’s a custom one that he did for Michael Gracie.

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Headwaters Classic Fly Reel on the way

By On March 24, 2009 · 1 Comment

David at Headwaters Bamboo informed me today that my Classic Fly Reel is in the mail. I’m very excited as I’ve been waiting since December to get it to round out my Favorite Series rod I got for Christmas. I’ll take some pictures of it on the rod next time I go out to the […]

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New Headwaters rod fishing report

By On January 2, 2009 · 2 Comments

While I was in Houston for a Christmas visit with the family, I snuck out to a manmade pond at my mother-in-laws office. Not exactly the most serene natural setting but it would have to do. I brought my new Headwaters bamboo 5 wt rod to try out.

Conditions were a bit nasty with drizzle […]

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