Did you know that Redbreast arent restricted to the Hill Country? I used to think they were I had never caught one, only knew of them, until I caught some last year from some creeks out East. What city do you live in?

IIRC looking at Lake Records for particular East Texas lakes awhile back I saw some had Redbreasts listed, thought it might've been a mistake or something. I don't recall ever really hearing about them being caught out there but I'm not saying I don't believe they're there. That's cool though, wish I had 'em by me. I live in Katy. Mostly just stocked ponds by me, for a variety I go to Mason Creek. It's connected to Buffalo Bayou so there's all kinds of [censored] in there. That's where I catch Rios, Longear, Greens, etc. Where out east have you caught Redbreasts?

Heres a redbreast from The Pedernales, her first sunfish on the fly

Peytonator, you might try the Brazos River. They are suppose to be in there I believe.

I just caught my first Rio two years ago and only a few since then. I thought they were restristed to Hill Country as well until I heard that Houston has them in their creeks and bayous, so I definitely plan on trying to catch some this year. But I know Im gonna have to go down to catch them from those beautiful creeks they have over there. A place called Big Creek has them, by Shepherd. Kind of a ways but if they are there, then for sure they are in other creeks in the East too!

I see a Big Creek Scenic Area on Google Maps but it looks like the closest water body is Livingston.

As mentioned earlier, the Brazos upstream from Waco has some large Redbreasts in abundance. Near Spivey's crossing, I taken some on a fly that have exceeded 10". These fish are some of my favorites, as they fight for their lives...

Les