Way different than the Texas version Cicada's.










(See you next week Mr Fishy)

(See you next week too!)

(hmmmm, I wonder what the trout really eat)



Later in the afternoon, my eyes and ears texted me that a major storm was coming, so we packed it up and hit one more stretch of river to finish the day. Caught a bunch of Blue Gills, 3 Trout, 7 Smallmouth, 1 Largemouth, and I fought a 3-4 lb Smallmouth on 2 lb line for about 15 mins till the hook pulled out. Ill be back for here later this week.





Ended the trip at 5pm and went back to Dallas in the rain storms....

Totals on my end:

87 Rainbow Trout
3 Baby Brown Trout
3 Smallmouth Bass
2 Largemouth Bass
1 Crawdad

Im guessing this stretch of River holds trout year round? How much do you charge to guide out there? Im a total noob when it comes to fly fishing so Im certain ill need help! Awesome pics too!

Same for all bank fishing and personal pontoon trips, $150 for 5-6 hours of fishing. Good for 1 or 2 people ($75 each additional persons after two people.) Catch fish and have fun, or dont pay!

Total cost on the trip up there for 13 hours of daylight on my end: $84.00 gas and lunch.

Split that with someone and your catching trout for $40 a person in the mountains. Leave at 5 AM and start fishing at 730am. There is always somewhere to go where there are no other people around. You can harvest 6 rainbow trout from the blue zones. Red zones are frowned apon to harvest fish from there. Red zones also have thier own regulations......

6 big 18 inch average rainbow trout is a good 2-3 dinners.

Started the day off by picking up my client Katie at her hotel. We hit the river at 630 am or so and we went over the basics on roll casting first, before we went into the woods. 4th cast produced a 13 inch trout for her fist ever fly-fishing experience! She was all smiles from that point on.



Flipped some rocks and showed her what the trout were eating and what my flies represent. Put my fly next to the organisms the trout were eating and it was almost a perfect match. -That's always a plus.





Katie caught on really quick and throughout the whole day, she only lost 5 flies to tree bass or rock grouper. Only one fish broke her off the whole day with 2 lb tippit. I was very impressed with that. I usually go through at least 10-15 flies to the trees and logs......



Anyways, almost every cast produced a bite or a fish. She came to me as a bank fisherman in FTW at ponds for whatever bit. The only problem she had was learning that if the indicator moved, twitched, or stopped, and she didnt do it, "Set the hook!" A lot of times people think it has to go under like fishing with the traditional bobbers. Towards the end of the trip, she didnt miss much anymore.



We agreed on the 50th fish, we would break for lunch and go hit Zone 3 for different kinds of fish. As we said that, we heard the horn sound for generation, Dang it....... So that went out the window.


Casting like a pro!!!!





It took her 27 mins to land the fish. The big trout would just not come up off the bottom. Up and down the pocket she went. Finally we get her in. A whopper @ 22 inches.




We left the area to go back into town with her smiling the whole way. Stopped by Poblanos to eat some Mexican Food. Yumm. Then we went to Zone three so I could show it to her at least. Then we went back to the main river in the park. We sat on the tail gate and I walked her through how to tie a fly. She tied a perfect fly and I sent her down to the river by herself to see if she could do it all on her own. She did. On her 10th cast or so, she hook up on another nice fish, but this one broke off her fly she just tied. That was the first disappointed face I saw all day. Then, the sky started to fall like cats and dogs. Trip ended.

Total Trout Katie Landed: 54

Super teachers make great students/veterans. What a super trout! Congrats Katie, results of focusing on what the trainer provides.

Outstanding ..Katie and Tarponfly.
You may just get me to use a "Bank" Guide yet.

what part of the river did you get those small mouth.
i did not know small mouth whare in that river.

I have caught them in every part of the river now.

are you getting them on those green fly's

Looks like fun Better get my Oklahoma tag

KATIE is Cute Where did ya find her at

Very nice, never been there but I guess now it is one of my place to go.

Thanks for these awesome pics and informative stories Carey. They are always a pleasure and even inspiring. If you have any openings for a June trip then I'm ready to head north when you are. #817-690-8081. I'll try you after the weekend is up.