I'm a low budget fisherman, usually heading into the hill country around Pedernales river and a few other. In Austin the colorado is obviously really swollen.

Any feedback on how swollen/ flooded out these smaller rivers are now? Are they so flooded fishing is bad now? and if not bad, tips on how best to fish these high "back" rivers now? Thanks

You can check the river gauges in a lot of areas to tell how high they are compared to normal and how fast they are flowing compared to normal.

For example, here is the gauge from the Pedernales near Johnson City:

https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?...date=2018-10-30

There is a map on that site and you can zoom in to where you are going and find the nearest gauges.