Posted By: Cowtown Kid
Brazos Below Whitney Dam Fishing - 10/04/15 12:25 PM
I went below the Lake Whitney dam again yesterday and launched at Riverside Park at day break. They have not generated electricity in about 2 weeks so the fishing conditions have changed since I was on the river 2 weeks ago. There is a lot of "moss" on the water and a lot of new "moss" beds. The bite was a little slower than it has been but I picked up a few. I fished for several hours using my regular poles but when I got to Coon Creek I pulled out my fly rod and got some good practice. I have been learning to fly fish the past few months and thought I would work some of the small sets of rapids where the river makes some twists and turns. I have heard there were fish in the moving water at the end and beginning of the runs in the shallow running water. I spent about 30 minutes working one small run and many times caught a fish on each cast. All were small but on the fly rod they were fun to catch. I used an olive wooly bugger and it worked well. There was a good variety of fish. I caught stripers, largemouth and bluegill but didn't get any smallmouth. I am anxious to my next trip to the Brazos and working the rapids again.