Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-04-07, Water very clear with light green stain.  Flow app. 880 CFS.  Good whitewater!
Scouting trip with guides Bill Higdon and Banning Collins.  Bill Higdon was on the oars. 
Banning caught and released several good smallmouth, and one good largemouth bass.
We sight casted to numerous spotted gar.  Several large sunfish rounded out the action.
Picture Below.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-05-07,  Flow app. 880 CFS, Good Whitewater conditions.  Water clear, with light
green stain.  Guide trip with David Pruner and son Collier yielded many brightly colored
sunfish that took sub-surface patterns.  These were fat fish, that put the bend in a 5 wt.
David also caught and released numerous bass.  He also did battle with a 5lb-class
smallmouth that drug the raft around and stressed his 5 weight to the breaking point.

San Marcos River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-08-07, Flow app.550 CFS, water slightly chalky. 
Family float with 6 kids, 4 parents and 3 guides yielded a mixed bag of sunfish,
numerous small to medium sized bass, and abundant horseplay and frolicking.
Not a serious fishing trip; but fun was had by all!

Lower Colorado Fishing Report and River Conditions near Webberville:
10-11-07, Flow app. 500 CFS, water mostly clear with light green stain.
Scouting trip with fellow guide Alvin Dedeaux yielded many nice bass on double fly set up.
Channel catfish charged the flies in the riffles and put serious bends in the rods.
We also fought 2 bass at the same time on 1 rod with double fly rig. 
The bass were tight to the bank.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-12-07, Flow app. 950 CFS, water very clear with light green stain.
Good whitewater conditions.  Numerous large sunfish kept us busy in between bass
hook ups.  We sight fished to large carp feeding in the undercut channels
near Riverbank Outfitters.  Dead drifting subsurface patterns was most effective.
We hooked and did battle with a chunky smallmouth in the 5lb range.  He broke
the 6 weight rod on his 3rd jump.  While jumping, he looked us in the eye and seemed
to be saying no way, Jose.

Gudalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-15-07, Flow app. 550 CFS, water very clear with light green stain.
Guide trip with John Engvall from Houston yielded quite a few scrappy sunfish that put a bend
in the 6 weight Echo rod.  We also caught and released several medium sized smallmouth
and largemouth bass.  John also sight casted to a school of carp that were actively feeding
in about 6 feet of water.  They were in the 8-20lb range.  We also saw several
thick spotted gar that chased our flies.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-18-07, Flow app 550 CFS, water very clear with light green stain.
Guide trip with Dr. Tony Harwell from Abilene produced quite a few medium sized smallmouth
and largemouth bass.  Quite a few fiesty sunfish worked the 5 wt. Sage rod.
Tony suggested a saltwater streamer with grizzly hackle, and a sinking tip.
This picked up the action in the afternoon.  There was not another person
encountered on an 8 mile float.  The fall weather conditions were spectacular!

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
10-28-07, For the past 3 days, we have been floating and fishing the waters between the 4th crossing,
down to Gruene.  We have been averaging 5-9 miles.  The smallmouth hook ups have been spectacular!
We had a couple of largemouth in the 5-8lb range look at us at close range and say, I don't think so.
Flows have been around 300 CFS, with good clarity with green stain.

Devils River fishing Report and River Conditions:
11-01 to 11-05-07.  Flow at Baker's Crossing app. 250 CFS.  Water gin-clear, temp. 72 degrees F.
Multiple scouting trips and a 2 day guided expedition yielded many large sunfish, literally hundreds of small to medium sized largemouth and smallmouth bass.  We also did battle with 1 largemouth in the 8lb class; but couldn't get him to the boat after he cleared the water jumping about 3 feet high.
Michael Emerson managed to boat a good smallmouth that stressed the 7 weight rod to the breaking point.
Luckily, we were able to chase the fish with the raft during his wild runs.  The weather was spectacular!

Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
11-07 to 11-10-07.  Flow at Baker's Crossing app. 240 CFS.  Water clear, but slightly chalky at
Hwy 163 bridge.  Water becomes crystal clear 3 miles downstream after settling out in several long
pools along the Nix River Ranch.  We hosted Mark and Ron Welch from Weatherford for
a 2 day expedition.  They caught and released over a hundred bass.  Many good smallies in the
2-4lb range made for exciting action.  We also saw many Rio Grande turkey, whitetail deer, Osprey,
Redtail Hawks, Kingfishers, Aoudad sheep, and also spotted a Golden Cheek Warbler.
Fellow guide, Alvin Dedeaux, assisted with guiding duties and landed many good bass on our scouting days.
The weather was spectacular!

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
1-31-08,  Canyon Dam release app. 225 CFS, water clear and cold with light green stain.  Chris Wray and his wife, Rae were high bidders on a trip donated to the Alamo Fly Fishers.
We floated from Rio to Gardo's.  Rae landed several nice rainbows while nymphing.
Chris also caught and released some nice fish too.  One of his rainbows is pictured below.