Made the run up the road on Hwy 75 to Denison to fish Waterloo Park Pond for Rainbow Trout. Restocked last weekend, plan was to limit out, and then run further up the road to Denison Dam tailrace to fish for Striped Bass.

Cold temps that stayed in the 30s all day put a slowdown on the bite. Ended up striking out at both Waterloo and Denison Dam. No worries... had a great time at "casting practice" with the new TFO 6wt Fly Rod and the Cabelas TLR 6wt Switch Rod.
Struck Out... Casting Practice?

No fishing today but did get the chance to post a video to answer the mail... question on what fly reel we use. From the jest of the video, we hope we answered the mail... Echo Ion Fly Reels!
Why we like Echo Ion Fly Reels.

Near Deere Give Away went well - Congrats to the Winner! With the weekend here, not sure where or when we plan to go fishing. But, might as well prepare for it. Put an OPST Commando Head with a coated running line and Airflo extra fast sink tip on the 6 weight. Hope to see how it casts with the heavier shooting head and coated running line compared to the 5 weight that has a lighter shooting head and mono running line. Will post video of how it does while out and about fishing! More to come!

OPST COMMANDO HEAD FOR THE TFO 6WT ROD AND ECHO ION FLY REEL

Yesterday's practice casting of the 6wt TFO Fly Rod was a fun time at Bethany Lakes. But, was sidetracked by a school of bass lurking in the hole by the drainage pipe in the Back Pond. After 11 fishing flies later, found a pattern that worked... caught one Bass but fouled hooked it.

When up the road to Bethany Creek Pond, had another Bass take but broke off. Did notice the Bass was sulking near the pond's brick wall. Able to grab it by hand, and then move it closer to the water fountain where the water had more flow and aeration. Released it with no issues!

Really like this setup. Going to plan to use this in place of the 5wt... retired to the closet after many fun seasons!

BETHANY LAKES, OPST COMMANDO HEAD, TFO 6WT, AND 11 FISHING FLIES!

LLELA (Lewisville TX) was stocked earlier this week; hope to give it a go for trout this weekend. Rain permitting! Collated a LLELA Video Playlist that me be of interest to some!

Learned trout were stocked earlier this week at LLELA - Lake Lewisville Ecological Learning Area. Not been to LLELA for awhile, decided to give it a go. Struck out but did hear from another fisherman that he had several on the line that morning but missed landing them. Later, did see the same fisherman land one... so there are trout at LLELA. Just not on our hooks... Bummer!

Decided to call it a trip but would stop at a pond on the way home in hopes of catching at least a fish so as not to call the day a bust. Ended up catching two bass at the pond by the Allen Cinemark. One went for a red Damsel Fly, and the other went for a PMOT - Purple Marabou and Orange Thing! Woohoo... was an awesome day fishing!

Fished LLELA and Struck Out But...!

After trying different strike indicators over the years, settled on this find - the Corqs Strike Indicator! Made out of cork and a rubber O-ring; it does not slip and casts well.

Do check out our product review of the Corqs Strike Indicator where we talk about why we like it as well as detail other strike indicators that we have used in the past!

Corqs Strike Indicators get an "Alrighty Then" Rating from the Team. We will buy these again!

Why We Like Corqs Strike Inidicators...!

Thanks for the thorough coverage of the various indicators.
The Air Loc indicators come with 3 indicators and 2 extra nuts in a ziplock bag.
Salesperson mentioned the extra nuts when I scoffed that I would loose one and then it would be useless.
If he had not said anything, I probably would have lost mine by now.
Meant to try out both the corqs and air lock last weekend on the blue but when I got their could not find the corqs indicators.
Was very careful to keep bag with extra nuts sealed and when messing with the indicator.
very nice but I can see loosing the top in the future expecially if fingers get really cold or hurrying to much.

Cool! I like the Air Loc but I bought mine at Beavers Bend Fly Shop on the Lower Mountain Fork in OK. They sold them on the counter in a big jar... no extra nuts. I like them but like you said, tend to lose things especially when standing in the middle of the river and the bite is on!

Able to get a round of trout fishing at Rowlett Community Park Saturday morning. Was a tough go with temps in the 30s and a slow bite.

After several hours found the pattern... a slow swing of the rod to move the Near Deere / Powerworm slowly through the water, had several bites, and then a trout struck and was on briefly before throwing the hook!

Kept at it, and managed to finally hook and land two trout. Lost the Powerworm but luckily trout kept striking the Near Deere; just kept missing the hook sets!

PS: Do check back, next Near Deere Give Away is for two White Near Deere in the 1/80oz weight and a Marilyn Monroe Tenkara Fly!

Cold Round Trout Fishing Rowlett Community Park!

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Starting an impromptu live stream for some ukulele fun and fishing Q&A! Plus a Near Deere Give Away with a twist...

This round we are giving away two White Near Deere tied on 1/80oz fly jigs and one Marilyn Monroe Tenkara Fly. The extra weight of the 1/80 oz fly jigs helps fishing deeper spots when the trout are lurking deep. And, the white color is what we had the local trout interested in last Saturday when the temps were well below freezing!

To win this round... we wrote down a number from 1 to 100 on our whiteboard. First to guess the number and post in the comments either on this video or on our Facebook Page wins the number we wrote down wins! That is first to guess the number with a US address wins!
Addendum: One modification to the rules,
- One entry per day to guess the number. We are located in the US Central timezone.
- We will provide comments indicating a Win, else will give a hint to the answer at least once a day.

PS: Cold morning tomorrow but thinking about checking out Frisco Commons in the morning!


Ukulele and Q&A and Near Deere Give Away!

Cold temps Saturday morning � February 18, 2019! Decided to go a round at Frisco Commons for some recently stocked Rainbow Trout. Trout derby was held last weekend; was not able to make it.

Temps were in the low 30s, had to bundle up well� layered clothing did the trick but still forgot the gloves like last weekend when we fished Rowlett.

Fished from 8:30 to 4:30, caught and released five trout. Lost several others while bringing them in, and had a lot more missed hook sets. Still lots of fun, and was able to limit out for the first time this year� woohoo!

PS: Near Deere Give Away is still in-progress� do give it a go and guess a number from 1 to 100 and post in the comments on our YouTube Channel � COAF Field Team!

TROUT FISHING FRISCO COMMONS WITH TFO 6WT, MICRO FLY ROD, AND GRIFFITH�S GNATS

Updates from the Field Team on recent activities. Do check it out when you get a chance!

FIELD TEAM UPDATES � FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Short on time Saturday but lots of action fishing a Texas Pond in Murphy Texas for stocked Rainbow Trout! Forgot the GRHEN we tied the other day but luckily the Olive Near Deere fished under a Corqs Strike Indicator did the trick to catch a limit of trout!

Windy day with a slight adjustment in the presentation going from a dead drift to short pulls on the line to get the trout to strike!

Fun times....!

Trout Fishing Texas Pond....