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Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:  3-30-09, Flow app. 85 CFS, water chalky with light green tint.  Float from Rio to Land L with Gail and Paul Wallace produced quite a few fat rainbows on nymphs.  Trico spinner was the ticket.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-08-09,  Flow: low and slow, yet very fishable.  Guided trip with Mike Green from St. Louis, yielded many good rainbows; the largest is pictured below and approached 6lbs.  There was a very nice tricot hatch, and we matched it!

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:  4-09-09, Canyon Dam release, low and slow.  Water temps were in the 50's in the AM.  Guided trip with David Pruner and his son Collier, produced several nice hook ups with Guadalupe trout.  Collier is pictured below with his Guadalupe trout.  Dead drifting nymphs was the key to our success.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions:  4-13-09, Dave and Gary from Hawaii and San Jose, CA caught and released several nice Guadalupe Trout.  Nymphing, with a yarn egg and a midge dropper did the trick.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-16-09,  Flow is still low and slow, but fishing very well.  John  Engvall came from Houston for a short float, and we hooked many strong, hard fighting, Guadalupe Trout.  Several took the egg pattern.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  5-20-09,  Canyon Dam Release app: 80 CFS, water slightly chalky.  Scouting trip yielded many slab-sided sunfish and several nice Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass on poppers.  The topwater action was hot, and the temperatures were cool.  As the day warmed up we changed to heavily weighted streamer patterns and picked up more nice Hill Country Bass.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-23-09, Water clear app. 74 degrees F.  Flow 92 CFS.  Guide trip with Kevin Hutchison of Hill Country Fly Fishers produced many brightly colored sunfish and quite a few nice bass.  Even though there were quite a few canoeists, we experienced periods of relative solitude.  Right after lunch a thunderstorm unleashed a deluge with crackling lightning hitting trees very near our party.  Just when we thought the "end" was near, the storm subsided and we bee-lined it for the take out.

San Marcos Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  6-7-09, 6 mile float on lower San Marcos River with Mike Carr, from New Braunfels, yielded tons of colorful sunfish and quite a few small smallie hybrids.  We also caught and released largemouth bass too.  Water temp was in the high 70's in the AM; but it warmed after lunch.  There was good clarity with many sight casting opportunities.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  6-09-09,  1/2 Day float with Dale from Dallas produced tons of brightly colored sunfish and numerous small bass on surface patterns.  The flow was 60 CFS, but we fished a section that allowed us to float in the raft, with minimul effort.  The water was clear and cool with no tubers sighted until after lunch.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Texas Report and River Conditions: 6-15-09,  Water temp 78 degrees F.  Water clear with light green stain.  Flow was low and slow, but very fishable.  Klaus Wiemer from Dallas and his grand son Dylan from North Carolina, caught and released several aggressive sun fish and bass.  We encountered very few tubers and traffic.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-30-09,  Flow low, but very fish-able.  Water clear with light green stain.  1/2 day trip with Patty Miller from Washington, DC., and her buddy Rusty from Dallas; yielded lots of brightly colored sun fish and lots of little smallmouth and largemouth bass.  We hooked some larger bass that came un-buttoned.  We encountered 4 kayakers on our 3 mile float.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 8-20-09, Flow approx. 70 CFS, water clear with light green stain.  Clark Dubreuil from Orange County, CA booked a guided day trip on the lower Guadalupe River near New Braunfels.  He caught several nice little bass, quite a few sunfish and a trophy smallmouth bass pictured below.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 9-20-09, Flow near New Braunfels approx. 130 CFS.  Water temp. 79 degrees F, slightely stained to murky.  1/2 Day Fly Fishing Lesson/Guided float with Merideth Miller and Andy yielded some sunfish and few small bass.  Overall, the fishing was great, but the catching could have been a little better.  There was a topwater bite early, but slowed as we entered water "muddied" by recent rains.

Guadalupe River Fishinng Report and River Conditions: 10-17-09 River Flow near New Braunfels approx. 180 CFS.  Water stained green, temp. approx. 75 degrees F.  1/2 Day float with Kevin Kilpatrick from Ft. Worth yielded many small bass and sunfish.  Kevin also landed a hard fighting smallmouth pictured below.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditons:  11-24-09,  Canyon Dam release app. 110 CFS.  Water temp. 60 degrees F.  Water clear with light green stain.  Guide trip with Don Admire from Dallas produced many huge rainbows up to 5 lbs.  Proper nymph selection and strike detection were the ticket.  Don Admire is pictured above with Guadalupe Trout.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-5-09, Flow app. 112 CFS. Water clear with green stain.  1/2 Day Fly Fishing Lesson with Nathan Wolber and his wife Jeniffer, from San Antonio, produced some nice rainbows for beginners.  This guided trip was more fun than casting lessons in a parking lot!

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-14-09, Canyon Dam release 110 CFS.  Water temp 55 degrees F.  Water clear with green stain.  Float from Rio to Gardo's with Dr. Martin Sowards and Lorna from Colorado yielded some nice rainbows on nymphs.  Lorna's first fish on fly was 5lbs.  Great way to start her fly fishing career.  San Juan worm attractor was the ticket to success on an otherwise slow fishing day.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-01-2010, Half day float with Janet Roberts and her friend Bonnie from Austin produced several hard fighting Guadalupe trout.  These ladies have traveled the world fly fishing and recently returned from an expedition in Chile.  They said they had a great fishing trip close to home.  Nymphing was the ticket again, even with a prolific BWO hatch.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  4-04-2010, Flow approx. 420 CFS.  Water chalky with light green tint.  Six mile float with David Prindle and Gina from Austin produced some small bass and sunfish.  The weather was nice, but the fishing was slow.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 4-15-2010, Canyon Dam Release 300 cfs.  Water clear with green tint.  Half day float with John Davenport and guests from the Guadalupe River Club yielded several nice rainbows on nymphs.  We saw a few caddis coming off, but no rising fish.  The hard rain made it a little challenging, but there was no lightning.

San Marcos River Fishing Report and River Conditions:  4-21-2010,  Combined flow below the Blanco River confluence was app. 600 CFS.  The water was cloudy and murky due to recent rainfall.  Tom Regina came from Florida to fish for smallmouth bass.  We floated from Martindale to Staples covering about 6 river miles.  The fishing was slow but we managed to land about 10 small bass and sunfish.

San Marcos River Fishing Report and River Conditions:  4-22-2010,  This was Tom Regina's second day.  The water farther upstream was less murky, so we did the upper end covering about 3 river miles.  We caught quite a few sunfish at first, but the catching started to slow after it began to rain.  We cut our float short and headed to the truck in time to beat the heaviest showers.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River conditions: 4-26-2010, Bob Deleaut came from New Hampshire to fish for Guadalupe Trout.  We landed many fiesty fish on nymphs.  He said it was the perfect compliment to his vacation.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions:  5-1-2010, Canyon Dam release app 600 CFS.  Water clear with light green tint.  Stroman Cashion and his son Gilbert joined me from Ingleside and DFW respectively.  It was Gilbert's first time to fly fish.  He caught on quickley and landed almost 12 nice Guadalupe trout.

Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:  5-4-2010,  Canyon Dam Release app: 450 CFS,  Water clear with light green tint.  Bass Fishing float with Capt. Ryan Shea and his buddy Bryan, produced many screappy sunfish and several smallmouth and largemouth bass.  The weather was perfect.  Poppers and large purple streamers were the ticket.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-09-2010, Canyon Dam Release 400 CFS.  Water clear with light gree tint at 56 degrees F.  Half day float with Warren (visiting from Arizona) and his brother Doug produced many hard fighting, acrobatic, Guadalupe trout.  There were no tubers or floaters to be seen.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-12-2010, Canyon Dam release 400 CFS.  Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake, water clear with light green tint, temp. 57 degrees F.  Eight mile float with Alamo Fly Fisher's Andy Niland and Lloyd Matthews produced too many Guadalupe trout to count.  Luckily, I had some good fishermen!  Nymphing was our preferred method of hooking acrobatic Guadalupe trout.  No tubers were encountered the entire day!

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-21-2010,  Canyon Dam release 400 CFS, Water clear, with light green tint.  Water temp. 57 degrees F.  Nine mile scouting float with William Russell produced several nice Guadalupe Trout, that jumped and fought hard.  Double nymph rigs were the preferred method.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-22-2010, Canyon Dam Release 400 CFS.  Half day float with Skip and Rhonda Chandler from Austin produced quite a few nice Guadalupe Trout hook-ups.  The rainbows fought hard, making it difficult for the anglers to land the fish.  We did, however get a couple in the net, to be released promptly.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions:  6-05-2010,  Canyon Dam Release 400 CFS,  Water clear with light green stain.  Roger Friedline and Ray Peacock from Midland Texas used Roger's gift certificate and we did a day trip starting at first light.  There was a good hatch of BWO's, Caddis, and Trico's coming off around 8:30 AM.  Even with a prolific hatch, we only saw a couple of rising fish.  The double nymph rig was the ticket and we hooked more fish than we could count.  Ray landed a 5 pound Gudalupe Trout with beautiful color and markings.  We didn't see any tubers until after lunch.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River conditions, 6-15-2010, Canyon Dam release 440 CFS, water temp. 62 degrees F.  Water clear with light green tint.  Half day trip yielded several hook ups with Guadalupe Trout.  These fish fought hard, and made challenging runs.  We encountered very few tubers or other floaters until afternoon.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-23-2010,  Canyon Dam release 240 CFS.  Water moderately clear with chalky tint.  Andy Thatcher and I floated 6 river miles, targeting Guadalupe Trout in the morning and fishing for bass in the afternoon.  Andy landed several nice Guadalupe Trout and a nice largemouth bass pictured below.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-28-2010, Canyon dam release 240 CFS.  Water clear with light green tint @ 67 degrees F.  Half day float with Ed Furst and his son Coleman yielded many Guadalupe Trout hook ups.  We managed to get several nice Guadalupe trout to the net, where thy were released un-harmed.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions:  July 14th, 2010; Canyon Dam release 565 CFS.  Water temp. 62 degrees F. water clear with green stain.  Full day float with Jimmy Martens and his son Gordon, produced two nice Guadalupe Rainbow Trout, and several sunfish.  We did about 6 river miles.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions:  July 16th, 2010.  Canyon Dam release 566 CFS.  Water clear with light green tint, Temp. 62 degrees F.  Fly Fishing lesson, combination 1/2 day guided float produced several hook ups for Charles and Angela Thompson from Texas City.  We didn't encounter any tubers or rafters, until after lunch.  Charles landed a 4 lb Guadalupe Trout, pictured below.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  August 7th, 2010.  Canyon Lake Release 200 CFS.  Water very clear with light green stain, temp. 64 degrees F.  1/2 Day Fly Fishing Lessons were combined with "on the job training" (rafting float trip).  Richard Harmeson and his friend Jerry from from the Panhandle were presented with several sight casting opportunities to Guadalupe Trout.  We managed to land some nice fish on hopper droppers.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  August 13th, 2010.  Canyon Lake release 200 CFS.  Water crystal clear with light green tint at 64 degrees F.  Fly Fishing Lessons and 1/2 day float with Craig Nidever and his friend Jon from Houston produced several hook ups with acrobatic Guadalupe Trout.  This was their first time fly fishing and the guys caught on quickly.  We also saw several huge striped bass over 25 lbs, but we didn't have gear heavy enough to fish for them.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Monday, August 30th 2010, Canyon Dam Release 175 CFS.  Water clear with green tint, Temp. 66 Degrees F.  Scouting trip with Brett Humphries of Sportsmans Finest and his sidekick Roy produced some nice Guadalupe Trout on Nymphs.  We also sight casted to several striped bass; a couple of them were in the 35lb class.  We used our heavy 9 weight rods with shad patterns and flies resembling small rainbow trout.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Texas River Report and Conditions:  Friday September 24th, 2010.  Canyon Dam Release 600 CFS.  Water clear with light green tint; water temp. 70 degrees F.  Six mile float from Rio to Gardo's gave us several nice largemouth bass, sunfish, and a huge spotted gar that bent the 6 weight rod in half.  We saw very little river traffic.  We also spotted several huge stripers in the 25-35lb range.  They were swimming with similar sized carp.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Texas River Report and Conditions:  Sunday, September 26th, 2010.  Canyon Dam release 250 CFS.  Half Day Fly Fishing Lesson/Float yielded lots of brightly colored sunfish and small bass.  The weather was awesome with light whitewater rapids and no other river traffic.  Fall is great in Texas!

Devils River Fly Fishing Texas Report and River Conditions:  Saturday October 2nd and Sunday October 3rd, 2010.  Flow at Baker's Crossing 200 CFS.  Water slightly murky with green tint; temp. 75 degrees F.  Float with beginning fly fishers yielded several nice bass and many sunfish.  The weather was perfect with cool nights in the high 40's and daytime temps about 72 degrees F.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and river conditions: 11-20-2010  Canyon Dam release 110 CFS.  Water clear with green tint, temp. 62 degrees F.  First time fly fishers Dan Dohnalek and his son Hayden joined us for a couple of tough days of fishing.  We hooked several nice Guadalupe trout, but only got one in the net.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and river conditions:  11-23-2010,  Canyon Dam release 110 CFS.  Water clear with light green tint.  Half day float with Paul and Gail Wallace was non stop action hooking more huge Guadalupe trout than we could count.  Some fish exceeded five pounds.  They jumped and ran like crazy.  Of course, the anglers are expert fly fishers.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions:  11-26-2010, Canyon Dam Release 112 CFS, water clear with green tint.  Short 1/2 day float with Mark Wilshusen and Yvonne Jackson produced several explosive hook ups.  Yvonne landed a huge rainbow and Mark caught a hard fighting smallmouth bass on a stone fly nymph.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River conditions:  11-27-2010,  11-28-2010.  Canyon Dam release 110 CFS.  Water clear with light green tint.  Al Leoanard and Lynn joined us from Canada for two tough days of Guadalupe Trout fishing.  We managed to land a couple of fish but they weren't easy.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River conditions:  12-03-2010,  Canyon dam release 110 CFS.  Ron Mcaffee from Florida and Zach from Austin joined us for a six mile float.  We landed several really big Guadalupe trout.  One fish approached seven pounds!  Prince nymphs were the ticket.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  12-5-2010,  Canyon Lake release 112 CFS.  Water clear and cold.  Half day trip with Todd Westbrook and his Dad produced several hook ups and we manged to land a big Guadalupe River rainbow trout and a nice Guadalupe River smallmouth bass.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-18-2010, Canyon Lake Release 110 CFS, water cold with chalky green tint.  Guided trip with Mike Carr from New Braunfels yielded many hard fighting, slab-sided Guadalupe Trout; some in the 5lb range.  We sight casted to many of the fish, making for great fun!  We saw many nice mayflies including Trico's and Hexagenias coming off.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River conditions:  1-02-2011,  Canyon Lake release 105 CFS.  Water cold and clear with light green stain.  Six mile float with Dr. Randy Marx and his wife Emily elected to use conventional spinning gear, but the fish weren't cooperating.  We saw lots of fish landed on fly, but they wouldn't eat our lures.  The Marx family decided to return to the Guadalupe and try fly fishing next time.

Guadalupe Trout Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-10-2011, Steven Bowka guided Mark Patty from Indiana on an ultralight spin fishing trip targeting Guadalupe Trout.  They fished with single barbless hooks on their jigs.  They landed many nice Guadalupe Trout.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: 1-20-2011, Jeremy Smearman and his buddy came from Atlanta to fish for Guadalupe Trout.  The morning started off with fog and light rain, but that didn't deter their guide Greg Smith.  After a couple of hours the guys had already landed some fat Guadalupe Trout.  A strong norther blew through clearing the skies and giving the guys blue-bird conditions to finish their trip.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Updated January 25, 2011, Canyon Lake release 117 CFS, water clear with light green tint.  Half day instructional float with Terry and Karen Ryan from Bulverde yielded several nice Guadalupe Trout.  The Ryans did really well for their first fly fishing trip.  Caddis emergers and drowned trico spinners were the ticket for Guadalupe Trout action.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Updated January 28th, 2011.  Water clear with light green tint.  Flow 160 CFS.  Half day scouting trip from County Road 101 to Skull's crossing yielded a wealth of information.  Lot's of fish and no people on the river.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Updated Saturday February 4th, 2011. Flow 130 CFS. Greg Smith, one of our guides, hosted Bob Kretschmer and his buddies landing a possible new state fly fishing record, for catch and release category. The huge Guadalupe Trout is pictured below. The possible "new state record Guadalupe Trout" measured 26" and weighed almost 8lbs. The possible new record Guadalupe Trout was released healthy and unharmed after being weighed and measured by Texas Parks and Wildlife personnel.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Updated February 11, 2011. Canyon Lake Release 130 CFS. Water temp. 52 degrees F. Water Chalky with green tint. Rick McNulty joined us from Longview, Texas. His son Mark came from San Antonio to fish for Guadalupe Trout too. The day started off real slow for most anglers on the water. There were no hatches until late afternoon. Around 4:30 PM there was a prolific Trico and BWO hatch. That turned the fish on to complete our day.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Updated Sunday February 13th, 2011. Canyon Lake Release 130 CFS. Water slightly chalky with green tint. Steven Bowka, guided "world renowned" angler Lloyd Mathews of our favorite club "Alamo Fly Fishers". The day was slow for everyone without a good, solid feeding period. There were quite a few fisherman on the water but Lloyd did better than most landing the biggest rainbow he has caught in the Guadalupe Trout Trophy zone. Lloyd's Guadalupe Trout is pictured below.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Updated Thursday, March 17th, 2011. Canyon Lake release 130 CFS. Water temp. 57 dgrees F. Water clear with light green, chalky tint. Claire Jones and her Dad Rocky joined me for a 6 mile float from Rio to Gardo's. There were quite a few fishermen on the water, but the guide boats were spread out. Claire started the day as a "newby fly fisher." By the end of the day, she was casting, mending and landing fish like a pro. Claire Jones is pictured below with one of her Guadalupe Trout.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: March 21st, 2011. Water level low, but very fishable. Half day fly fishing lesson with Barry Brupbacher and his buddy produced two beginning fly fishers. After our stream side casting lesson, we hit the water and put our new skills to work.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Monday May 2nd, 2011. San Marcos spring flow 137 CFS. Water temp 75 degrees F. Half day lesson/float trip with Tom Roberts and his two friends produced three beginning fly fishers. After our stream side casting lesson, we got into the rafts and floated about three river miles. Along the way, we landed several large sun fish and a couple of nice bass. Pretty good start!

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Saturday May 14th, 2011. Flow 120 CFS. Water clear with green tint. We hosted Doyle Mosier with Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries, Greg and Kelly Wilkinson and their new in-law Phil. We did a day trip from County Road 101 to Skull's Crossing. Overall, a pretty slow day; but we managed to land a few nice fish. Doyle Mosier is pictured with a nice largemouth bass.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Wednesday May 18th, 2011. Spring flow approximately 120 CFS. Water clear with light green tint. Trip with Kevin Huchison, and his good friend, and client Don Canada (Boat show producer San Antonio and Austin), yielded several nice bass and sunfish. Don brought his boys; they were fun to be with.... and they could fish!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Wednesday May 25th, 2011. Water low, and clear, with light green tint; but very fish-able. Half day fly fishing lesson / float with Dave Rentschler and his son Andrew, from Austin, produced a couple of really nice bass and many sunfish. The guys did a good job of learning new techniques and casting. This was a good introduction to fly fishing for both.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Updated Saturday July 16th, 2011. Dave Overstrum from Connecticut joined us for a half day fly fishing float for bass. There weren't any other user groups until we got off the water before noon. We encountered many brightly colored sunfish, small fiesty bass and several hook ups with larger bass too. We hugged the shade of the big pecan trees and cypress trees for a comfortable morning. We saw whitetail deer, hawks, herons, ducks and lizards on our morning float.

 

 

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Saturday, September 3rd 2011. Water clear with chalky color, temp. 78 degrees F. Jim Gebhart and his son joined us for an enjoyable day of catching on the San Marcos River. We released dozens of brightly colored sunfish, Rio Grande Cichlids and fiesty smallmouth and largemouth bass. We didn't encounter any other fishermen the entire day.

Devils River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Saturday November 5th, 2011, Flow at Baker's Crossing app. 145 CFS, water gin-clear at 72 degrees F.  Karen Johnson and Karl Rove were hosted by Mike Luigs at the San Pedro Ranch.  The full moon made fishing tougher than usual with fish feeding at night.  We did manage to land a couple of really nice bass though.  Pictures above and below.

Devils River Fly Fishing report and river conditions: Saturday November 12, 2011.  Flow at Baker's Crossing approximately 145 CFS.  water temp. 65 degrees F.  Kevin Stubbs was joined by his good friends, Mike Luigs and Ashley, for a short float on the San Pedro Ranch.  The bite was slow, but we got our casting practice in with high southerly winds.  Our trip was cut short, when an errant wind gust, blew a huge streamer fly at Ashley, and she got hooked.  Luckily, Mike had his Cessna 180 handy at the air strip and flew Ashley back to San Angelo to have the hook removed....Man was she brave!!  She said it didn't hurt at all; she's a tough lady!  See pictures below.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Sunday November 20th, 2011.  Water clear with green stain, temp: 62 degrees F.  Flow is pretty low, but very fishable.  Float trip with Greg Damianoff and his buddy Frank from Houston produced quite a few nice, Guadalupe Rainbow Trout.  The Fall colors were vivid with a beautiful blue sky.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Monday November 21st, 2011.  Water low and clear with light green stain.  Float trip from Rio to L and L, produced a huge Guadalupe Trout.  Mike Parish came from Colorado, where he fishes all the time, and.....He caught one of the largest rainbows in his fishing career.  The huge Guadalupe Trout was in the 6 pound range.  

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report Updated Saturday December 17, 2011.  Jud Cole hosted Andy Thielen from San Antonio.  Their Guadalupe Fishing trip started at Whitewater Sports and they floated to Rio Raft Company.  Guadalupe Trout Unlimited stocking truck broke down, and the most recent stocking was slowed, while the tow truck pulled the huge trout stocking truck to trout stocking sites, in the Trophy Trout Special Regulation Zone.  Our guys managaged to land about a dozen nice Guadalupe Trout.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report Updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011.  Water clear with light green tint.  Donated trip (American Cancer Society) today was lots of fun with quite a few, Guadalupe trout being landed on "dry droppers, "  If you've fished in the Rockies, you know this is a proven technique.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Updated Friday December 23, 2011.  Danny Duff hosted recipients of gift certificate "For the Cure."  They floated about 3 river miles.  The cold weather and high winds made it more difficult than usual, but they ended up with several nice Guadalupe Trout.  Prince nymphs were the ticket!

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday December 30, 2011.  Mark Singleton joined Guadalupe Fly Fishing Guide Kevin Stubbs, for a 6 mile float from Rio Raft Company to Gardo's.  Mark brought his son in law Steve, who never fly fished the Guadalupe River for Trout.  Although he was a beginner, Steve was casting, mending and fishing like a champ.  Even with all of these great skills, the fish were hard to fool.  It seemed every fly fisher in Texas was on the Guadalupe River fly fishing for trout.  Even with crowded conditions, we managed to land a few nice Guadalupe trout! 

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Wednesday January 11, 2012.  San Marcos River spring flow 111 CFS.  Water slightly chalky and off color from recent rainfall.  Kevin Stubbs was joined by Chrissy Smith and her dad Jim.  This was Jim's first fly fishing lesson.  He, and Chrissy did well with their presentations, but the fish weren't cooperating.  We had several fish on, but we only got one to the boat.

Devils River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday February 16, 2012.  Flow at Pafford crossing 180 CFS.  Water gin clear at 62 degrees F.  Three day scouting trip to the "New" Devils River State Natural Area revealed good access points on ten miles of frontage.  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department asked us to evaluate fishing opportunities on the 20,000 acre property.  We landed many nice smallmouth and white bass.  White clouser minnows proved to be the ticket.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday February 23, 2012.  Guadalupe River, Canyon Dam release about 100 CFS.  The creeks and springs are flowing again adding another 30 CFS.  Water stained green and slightly chalky with decent visibility.  Kevin Stubbs had a pleasant surprise hosting his high school principal from Westlake High School in Austin.  Pat Patterson came to join us for a fun filled day of recollection and fishing.  Pat landed some really nice Guadalupe Trout.  They fought hard, jumping often, sometimes almost five feet in the air.  

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated March 26, 2012.  Canyon Lake Release 100 CFS.  Water temp. 62 degrees F.  Water stained green and chalky. One of our guides, Jake DePriest, manager of Gruene Outfitters, hosted Betzy Griffin for an afternoon float on the Guadalupe River.  They floated about 3 river miles from Rio Raft Company to Lazy L and L.  They hooked several nice Guadalupe River Rainbow Trout and enjoyed a wonderful Central Texas Spring day.

Guadalupe Trout Fly Fishing Guide and River Report:  Updated Thursday March 29, 2012.  Canyon Lake release 100 CFS.  Water temp. 64 degrees F.  Half day scouting trip with Chris Adams, fly fishing manager at Gruene Outfitters produced many hook ups with fiesty Guadalupe Trout.  Chris is joining us as a seasoned fly fishing guide.  When Chris isn't running the fly fishing department at Gruene Outfitters, he'll be on the water guiding for Expedition Outfitters.  Chris said the key to success yesterday was a tan colored San Juan worm.

Devils River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Sunday April 22, 2012.  Flow at Pafford Crossing 165 CFS.  Water crystal clear at 79 degrees F.  Scouting trip with Mark and Kathy Rushing  at the "new"  Devils River State Natural Area, yielded many nice largemouth and smallmouth bass.  The wind was gusting 35 mph, but Mark Rushing was able to punch his flies into the wind.  Mark is pictured below at the confluence of the Devils River and Lake Amistad.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday May 3, 2012.  San Marcos River flow 197 CFS, water clear at 73 degrees F.  Mike Frampton with El Paso Natural Gas Company hosted a "team building fly fishing lesson/rafting float trip" for eight of his key employees.  We traveled about three river miles putting their new skills to work.  The first time fly fishers managed to land several nice largemouth and smallmouth bass.  We also filled in with lots of scrappy sunfish.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditiopns:  Updated Saturday May 5, 2012.  Canyon Lake release 97 CFS.  Water slightly chalky with light green stain.  Randy Gates and his son joined us for a fly fishing lesson/instructional float.  After our casting lessons we flaoted about three river miles landing several nice smallmouth and largemouth bass on poppers.  We encountered a handful of kayakers, but they didn't bother the fishing.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday June 15, 2012.  Canyon Lake release 100 CFS, and the springs and creeks are adding another 40 CFS; good fishing flow though.  Water relatively clear with green stain.  Charlie Ice III and his lovely wife, joined guide Kevin Stubbs for a half day lesson/rafting float.  We encountered no tubers all morning.  This is in part, due to the "can ban" in the New Braunfels area.  The tubers think alcohol has been banned, but it's just the disposable containers.  The lack of tubers this season has made for better fishing.  We landed many nice bass on poppers and countless brightly colored sunfish.  Charlie is pictured below with one his bass.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Saturday June 23, 2012.  Canyon Lake release about 80 CFS with creeks and springs adding another 30 CFS for 110 total.  Half day lesson/float trip with Kimber and Jerry Brown produced two new fly fishers.  Jerry did a pretty good job learning new skill sets but, his wife Kimber caught on immediately casting like a seasoned pro.  She put her popper rig within inches of the bank every time....very impressive!  We caught and released many brightly colored sunfish and small bass.  Kimber is pictured below with one of her bass.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Updated Saturday July 7, 2012.  San Marcos River spring flow 197 CFS.  Water temp. 73 degrees F.  Half day float with Kyle Kettler, his wife Tracy, his son Will and Kyle's mom yielded many hard fighting bass and sunfish.  The day was warm, but we hugged the tree shaded canopy.  We saw no tubers along the way.

Upper Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday August 3, 2012.  Half day trip on Guadalupe River near Comfort Texas produced many brightly colored sunfish and pure strain Guadalupe Bass.  Poppers proved to be the ticket.  Even though the river flow was relatively low, the water was very refreshing and the shaded tree canopy was welcomed.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday August 9, 2012.  San Marcos River flow 187 CFS.  Water Temp. 74 degrees F.  Half day lesson with Nancy Toth and her nephew Matt, produced two new fly fishers.  We started early in the morning and floated about three river miles.  We didn't encounter any tubers along the way.  We got into the river several times to wade fish and swim.  The water was very refreshing.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Saturday August 18, 2012.  San Marcos Spring flow 180 CFS.  Water temp. 74 degrees F.  Water clear, but slightly chalky.  Half day guide training/scouting trip revealed topwater action with explosive strikes from largemouth and smallmouth bass.  Red poppers proved to be the ticket again.  We also landed many brightly colored sunfish.  We encountered a few tubers, but none of them went past Don's. 

Devils River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated  Saturday August 25, 2012.  Flow at Baker's Crossing 127 CFS.  Water temp 82 degrees F.  Water clear with light green tint.  Scouting float from San Pedro Ranch to Sycamore Springs Ranch yielded many nice smallmouth and largemoth bass.  Topwater patterns were the ticket.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday August 31,2012.  Flow app. 80 CFS.  Water clear with green tint.  Half day float with Dr. Gomez from Cuba yielded many brightly colored sunfish and several smallmouth and largemouth bass.  Red poppers proved to be the ticket.  We encountered only three tubers.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Saturday September 8, 2012.  San Marcos spring flow 146 CFS water temp 75 degrees F.  Half day trip with Mark Johnson produced several nice smallmouth bass and brightly colored sunfish.  We also landed a nice 5lb class largemouth on a red popper.  He jumped several times almost three feet in the air!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Saturday October 6, 2012.  Canyon Lake release 65 CFS, with springs and creeks adding another 60 CFS, making for a 125 CFS flow.  Water clear, with light green stain; temp. 76 degrees F. in the warm water section.  Half day trip with Keith and Rosemary Kogler from Sugarland produced many fiesty hook ups with various species, including a huge Rio Grande Cichlid.  Red poppers proved themselves again, as the preferred pattern.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Sunday October 7, 2012.  Flow approximately 125 CFS in the warmwater section.  Water clear with light green stain.  Andy Stazi from Pennsylvania joined guide Kevin Stubbs for a half day float.  Andy hooked many nice largemouth bass.  Many jumped and ran, in acrobatic fashion.  Olive Wooly Buggers proved to be the ticket!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions in the warmwater section:  Wednesday October 10, 2012.  Canyon Lake release about 65 CFS, the creeks and springs are adding another 35 CFS, making for an overall flow about 100 CFS.  Half day afternoon float with Kristen Doyle from Chicago produced a happy fly fisher.  Kristen landed quite a few fish on poppers.  Her casting was a little rusty at first, but after a little coaching and discipline, she was firing at the bank in tight places and looking like a pro.  We lost count on numbers of fish, but that was a good problem to have!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday October 12.2012.  Half day float with Tim Hall and Butch produced many brightly colored sunfish and some fiesty bass.  We released everybody unharmed, so don't worry!

Devils River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Updated Sunday October 21, 2012.  Charlie Granstaff, Hunter Granstaff, Mark Edgmon, and Pete Edgmon joined Expedition Outfitters for a multi-day Safari on the Devils River.  We encountered good weather conditions with flows around 150 CFS.  The water clarity was gin clear with temps around 73 degrees F.  The first day was blue bird and calm.  This made it hard to stalk sight fishing opportunities.  Once the guys got over their "trout hook set," we began to land a few bass.  Mark Edgmon caught and released a trophy largemouth at Dolan Falls...and he caught and released another trophy at the Sycamore Canyon Ranch, the next day.  Hunter Granstaff and Charlie Granstaff closed in, on the leader; and landed too many bass to count the next day.  See pictures and video, above; and below.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Updated Sunday November 4, 2012.  San Marcos spring flow approx. 150 CFS.  Water clear with light chalky stain at 72 degrees F.  Full day float/lesson with Char Hu, and his family from Georgetown, produced several new fly fishers.  Char caught on quickly.  He even landed two bass at the same time!  Of course, we were using two flies...but still!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday November 9, 2012.  Half day lesson/rafting float trip with Abby Foster and her Dad produced a couple of new fly fishers.  We had a leisurely float on a beautiful day.  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Saturday November 10, 2012.  Richard Grimes and his buddy  Ben joined Expedition Outfitters' guide Kevin Stubbs for a 4 mile float in the warmwater section.  We caught too many bass to count.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Monday December 10, 2012.  Half day guide training trip with Hayden Gore and Greg Wielander produced more experienced guides.  We sight casted to many huge Guadalupe Rainbow Trout.  These fish were stocked last week and many are in the 5lb class.  Some of these fish appeared to be "on the move" enjoying their new found freedom from the hatchery in Missouri.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Trout Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday, December 28, 2012.  Half day trip with John Schlobohm and his son in law JW produced too many Guadalupe Rainbow Trout to count.  The Prince nymph proved to be the ticket with a gold ribbed hairs ear dropper.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday January 3, 2013.  Expedition Outfitters' guide Capt. Cody Miller hosted Hilary Sampson's group from the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex.  The clients were first time fly fishers, but Cody was able to school the guys in the art of fly fishing.  The fishing was fantastic, but the catching was pretty slow.  The guys hooked several willing fish, but the new fly fishers only landed a small perecentage.

Guadalupe River Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Saturday January 5, 2013.  The river level is low and very clear, but very fishable with lots of sight casting opportunities.  Today we hosted winners of a donated gift certificate benefiting the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, native to the Texas coast.  Our first time fly fishers were successful at landing several fat, hard fighting Guadalupe River rainbow trout.

Guadalupe River, Rainbow Trout Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Sunday January 6, 2013.  Half day trip with Andrew Schroeder from Houston was blown out by high releases from Canyon Dam.  The Canyon Lake Dam, increased the release from 56 CFS to 430 CFS.  This spike picked up debris from the river banks and turned the Guadalupe River Chocolate for the remainder of the day.  We cut our losses and called the trip about 2 hours later.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Monday January 7, 2013.  The Canyon Lake Dam Release has returned to normal after Sunday's spike in flow.  GBRA reported an operator error at the off site control station.  They said the operator misplaced a decimal point when entering flow commands to the Canyon Dam tailrace.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Wednesday January 9, 2013.  Last night's, and today's rainfall brought the upper Guadalupe River up to 180 CFS for a short time.  The release from Canyon Lake Dam has been increased too.  The water was a little chalky but still green and very fishable.  There was a late evening BWO hatch.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Thursday January 10, 2013.  Canyon Lake Dam release about 90 CFS.  Phil Whittmore from the Lakeway area joined Expedition Outfitters guide Kevin Stubbs for a six mile float from Rio to the Old Gardo's.  We caught and released too many Guadalupe trout to count.  We mixed it up with streamers and nymphs tambien!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Friday January 11, 2013.  Half day scouting trip revealed large Guadalupe trout redistributed throughout the river influenced by higher Guadalupe River flows.  We floated the raft easily over former obstructions that caused us to drag the boat in places, before the recent spikes in flow.  We literally have twice the flow that we had before recent rains.  The Edwards Aquifer also rebounded a couple of feet from recent rains.  Things are looking up with springs flowing again.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday January 13, 2013.  Canyon Lake Dam release 100 CFS with springs and creeks adding a few more CFS. Guadalupe River conditions are ideal with good clarity, and dark green tint.  Today's raw weather caused us to reschedule our Guadalupe Trout float.  The good news is: the river flow is up at the Spring Branch gauge 180 CFS (inflow to Canyon Lake).  The San Antonio portion of the Edwards Aquifer is up almost five feet due to recent rains.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday January 15, 2013.  Canyon Lake Dam release still about 100 CFS.  Water is relatively clear with olive tint. Expedition Outfitters' clients rescheduled today due to harsh conditions.  It was a good call with high winds and steady temperatures hovering around 35 degrees F.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday January 16, 2013.  Canyon Lake release about 100 CFS; water relatively clear with olive green tint.  Greg Smith hosted Kurt Sauer from Austin on a Guadalupe Fishing Guide trip.  They caught and released many acrobatic Guadalupe Trout.  The day started out crisp and cold, but warmed to almost short sleeve conditions with abundant sunshine.  Prince nymphs were the go to flies.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday January 17, 2013.  Canyon Lake release 100 CFS.  The water is relatively clear with olive green tint.  Today we observed at our headquarters a BWO and really nice Trico hatch.  There were not too many fishermen out, but the success ratio was high.  Get yourself out here!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday January 19, 2013.  Canyon Lake Dam release about 100 CFS.  Expedition Outfitters guide Harrison Nash hosted Pat Ottinger.  Pat caught and released almost a dozen Guadalupe Trout.  Once again the prince nymph was the go to fly.  Get yourself out here!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday January 20, 2013.  Harrison Nash had the pleasure of hosting Patrick Mulroy on a full day Guadalupe Fishing Guide trip.  They had good weather conditions and the water level was good too, at 100 CFS.  There was a late afternoon BWO hatch and it made the fish turn on.

Devils River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Thursday January 24, 2013.  Flow at Baker's  Crossing about 123 CFS.  Pafford gauge reports 145 CFS.  Scouting trip with Greg Smith revealed an abundance of smallmouth bass.  Red poppers were the ticket.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Sunday January 27, 2013.  Expedition Outfitters' guide Harrison Nash hosted Steve Patterson from Colorado and his lovely 8 year old daughter.  Guadalupe River conditions were slightly windy, good water clarity and warm temperatures in the afternoon.  There was a prolific BWO and Trico hatch.  We even saw some caddis late in the evening.  The group tried out the wooly buggers that Steve's daughter tied.  You should have been here!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Monday January 28, 2013.  Canyon Lake Dam release about 80 CFS.  Water clear with green tint.  Today was mostly overcast with a few sun breaks and air temperatures in the high 70's.  There was a pretty nice BWO and Trico hatch again today at the 3rd crossing bridge over the Guadalupe River.  The Osprey was on patrol with many spectacular fish scooping flights into the Guadalupe River.  There were many good photo ops of this mighty predator showing us how to fish.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  February 1, 2013.  Canyon Lake dam release adequate for good floating and fishing.  The morning started out with crisp temps. in the 40's but rapidly warmed to shirt sleeve weather.  There was a prolific BWO and Trico hatch.  Fish were gulping mouthfulls of drowned spinners in eddies downstream of the major hatches.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February 2, 2013.  Guadalupe River water temp 59 degrees F.  Water clear with olive green tint.  This morning started out with 46 degree temps and ended up with shirt sleeve weather again.  We topped out at 78 degrees and there was a nice caddis hatch this evening.

Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: Wednesday February 6 and 7, 2013  Two day trip with Phil Watkins and Roger Scholler produced too many smallmouth and largemouth bass to count.  Luckily, these guys had superior fishing skills when they arrived.  We promptly released all of the fish we caught unharmed.  The weather was perfect with blue bird days and chilly nights sitting beside the roaring campfire.  Please see Phil's bass below.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday February 10, 2013.  Half day instructional guide trip with Emily and Tyler Bethea from Dallas yielded two new fly fishers.  Both caught on quickly to the technique.  Overall the bite was slow, even with a good BWO and Trico hatch.  We got several takes, but we only brought one Guadalupe Trout to the net.  It was a beautiful Guadalupe Trout in the 4 lb class.  We promptly released it unharmed.

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February 16, 2013.  Dr. Jimmy Adams and his wife Sarah joined Expedition Outfitters Guide Kevin Stubbs for a three mile float from Rio to Lazy L and L.  The weather was perfect with a crisp cool morning and afternoon temps in the 70's.  We hooked several Guadalupe Trout, but we only got one fish to the net.  There were no prolific hatches.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Friday March 1, 2013;  Captain Cody Miller hosted Will Smith on a three mile float on the San Marcos River.  The flows were good and the water was pretty clear.  Will managed to catch and release many nice smallmouth and largemouth bass.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions: Sunday March 10, 2013;  Half day float with Nicole Dyer's boys from Ft. Worth produced quite a few nice smallmouth and largemouth bass.  Robert's fly was bitten by a largemouth in the 10 lb class but he couldn't seal the deal and the big bass got away.  You know what Shakespeare said:  It was better to have loved and lost; than to never have loved at all!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Thursday March 14, 2013.  Gary Kesler joined us from Michigan for a full day float on the Guadalupe River.  Greg Smith, one of our guides, put him on many acrobatic Guadalupe Trout.  They caught and released almost a dozen Guadalupe Rainbow Trout.  The most successful pattern was the Prince Nymph.  The Guadalupe River flow was slow, but this allowed for many sight casting opportunities.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday March 20, 2013.  Craig Floro from Hawaii and his buddies joined Expedition Outfitters' guides Greg Smith and Cody Miller for a full day float on the spring fed San Marcos River.  The guys made a thousand casts in the high winds but managed to land some small bass and sunfish.  The flow was 120 CFS with mostly clear water conditions.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Report and River Conditions:  Thursday April 11, 2013.  San Marcos spring flow 109 CFS, water clear with good visibility. Half day float with Danny Hughes and his buddy Walt from Las Vegas produced many brightly colored sunfish and quite a few smallmouth and largemouth bass.  We had windy conditions but the guys were brave and toughed it out.  It was a beautiful spring day with temps. in the lower 70's. Wish you were here!

San Marcos Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Friday April 26, 2013.  Half day trip with Ashely Otis and her buddy Tristin produced two new fly fishers.  We caught and released many brightly colored sunfish and small bass.  The flow is around 100 CFS with good clarity.  Red poppers were the ticket to success!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday May 5, 2013  Half day fly fishing lesson/float trip with Gerald Isley and his buddy Rick Frost produced two new fly fishers.  After stream side casting lessons, we got into the raft and put the guys to work catching and releasing quite a few Guadalupe Bass and many brightly colored sunfish.  Canyon Dam release was about 100 CFS.  The water was clear with light green tint.  Red poppers proved to be the winning fly.

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday May 6, 2013.  Half day scouting trip with old buddy Ben Mumford produced quite a few Guadalupe Bass and many brightly colored sunfish.  The weather was spectacular with high temperatures in the mid 70's.  Once again, red poppers were the ticket to success.  What are you waiting for?  Get out here and join us!

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Updated Monday May 13, 2013.  Half day Guadalupe River fly fishing instructional float with Jim Costello and his buddy Larry from San Antonio produced two new fly fishers.  After stream side casting lessons, both guys caught on fairly well and we proceeded to float and fish about three river miles in the warmwater section of the Guadalupe River.  The flow was around 110 CFS making for some nice little whitewater rapids, riffles and runs.  We didn't land a lot of fish, but we had many opportunities with a decent bite.  The Clouser minnow proved to be the winning performer.

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and Fishing conditions:  Saturday May 18, 2013.  Guadalupe River Flow app. 110 CFS.  Water is clear with green tint.  Half day instructional fly fishing lesson produced two new fly fishers, these guys caught on pretty well putting their flies into the strike zone. We had many bites but only a few fish made it to the boat.  You have to get out here!

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Sunday, May 19, 2013.  Guadalupe River flow approx. 120 CFS.  Water relatively clear with green tint.  Jeff Aichroft and his son Rob joined us for a full day Guadalupe River bass fishing trip.  Jeff came from Baltimore Maryland to visit his son Rob in Austin.  This was Rob's first fly fishing experience.  He did a great job listening and executing instruction.  Before the end of the day, he caught more fish than we could count.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday May 20, 2013.  Guadalupe River flow about 90 CFS.  The water was slightly chalky with green tint.  Half day fly fishing lesson/instruction rafting float trip with Dee Baker and Buck produced two new fly fishers.  Dee caught and released a nice smallmouth bass as we were doing our fly casting lesson.  We got quite a few bites after that but the action slowed down as it became hot later in the day.

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday May 21, 2013.  Half day lesson/instructional float trip with Brian Howard from Austin and his buddy Gary produced two new fly fishers.  We started with stream side casting lessons, then we got into the raft and floated about three river miles putting our new skills to work landing...and releasing unharmed... quite a few fish.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Updated Friday May 31, 2013.  Canyon Dam release about 100 cfs.  Water is relatively clear with green tint.  Half day scouting trip with Ray Railey produced quite a few nice hook ups.  Our biggest bass was 4.5 lbs.  What's not to like?

Guadalupe River Fishing Guides Report and and River Conditions:  Guadalupe flow about 125 cfs.  The water was green with decent visibility.  Arthur Zuniga brought his sons Zack and Nathan on a half day float in the warmwater section of the Guadalupe River.  This was their first time to fly fish. They all did a good job with Dad catching the most fish.  Everybody learned to fly fish effectively.  Most of the action was sub surface.  We didn't see very many tubers at all.  The day was cool and very pleasant!

Guadalupe Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday June 8, 2013, half day lesson/float trip with Ted Keeling from Houston yielded lots of feisty, colorful sunfish and a nice largemouth bass.  Ted was quick to catch on.  He made accurate casts in the target rich areas.  The flow was about 120 cfs with class I riffles and rapids.  The water was tinted green with decent visibility.  There were a few tubers, but they didn't get in the way of our fishing.  The weather was delightful with 61 degrees F to start, and we ended with a high of 80 degrees.  You should have been here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday July 26, 2013  Half day guided float/fly fishing lesson with Carry Wait from Waco produced a new fly fishing enthusiast.  After streamside casting lessons, we fished the lower Guadalupe River.  We caught and released many brightly colored sunfish and Guadalupe Bass.  We encountered no tubers until after our float.

Guadalupe River Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday August 5, 2013; Half day fly fishing lesson/float trip with Jenna Jameson and her girlfriend Patty Baker yielded many brightly colored sunfish and quite a few Guadalupe bass.  The ladies caught on quickly making casts approaching 40 feet!  Top water poppers proved to be the winning flies.  We didn't encounter any tubers on our 3 mile float.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday September 7, 2013  Half day fly fishing lesson /rafting trip with Chris Anderson and his sons Karsten and Pace produced three new fly fishers.  The day was warm, but we hugged the shaded shoreline.  The guys caught and released many brightly colored sunfish and some Guadalupe Bass.  Yellow poppers were the ticket!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday September 10, 2013.  Half day float with Rick Rogers from Montana yielded several smallmouth bass and a really nice largemouth in the 5 pound class.  We stripped heavy streamers through the deep pools.  The water was clear with a green tint.  We encountered no other traffic on our lower Guadalupe River float.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday September 12, 2013.  Ira Gaddy and his Wife Josey from Missoula Montana joined us for a full day float in the warmwater section of the Guadalupe River.  We were the only people on the water all day long.  We started out with some sunfish on poppers early in the going, then we switched to heavy streamers and we were rewarded with many acrobatic smallmouth and largemouth bass.  Josey was the star, she hit the bank with pinpoint accuracy seeking many good hook ups.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday September 18, 2013;  Half day trip in the warm water section of the Guadalupe River produced many Guadalupe Bass and quite a few brightly colored sunfish.  Wendy Russell and her buddy Pam joined us from Denver.  They were seasoned fly fishers and had no trouble placing the fly in the right places.  Weighted streamers with rubber legs proved the point.  We were the only people on the water.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Updated Thursday September 19, 2013.  Our newest guide Brent Turner, joined Kevin Stubbs for a scouting float on the warmwater section of the Guadalupe River.  There wasn't another sole on the entire river.  We hit the banks with heavy streamers yielding many acrobatic "buck" bass, that jumped and ran like crazy.  The water was relatively clear with a green tint.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Updated Monday September 23, 2013.  Half day float with Officer Brian Bigler and his buddy Andrew from San Antonio Police Department produced two new fly fishers.  We caught and released many colorful sunfish and little  Guadalupe Bass on yellow poppers.  We encountered no other river traffic.  The morning was crisp and cool at 57 degrees F.  The fish responded well to the cooler temps...and so did we!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday September 24, 2013 Half day Guadalupe Fly Fishing trip with Hannah Oring from Las Vegas Nevada produced several acrobatic largemouth bass that jumped and ran like they were fighting for their lives.  Of course they didn't know all of our trips are catch and release.  Top water patterns were the ticket again.  We didn't see another soul on our three mile float trip.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday October 1, 2013  Half day Guadalupe River fly fishing scouting/guide training float with Brent Turner produced quite a few brightly colored sunfish, a couple of nice Guadalupe Bass and a smallmouth bass in the three pound class that fought so hard we didn't think it could be landed on a six weight fly rod.  After a rod doubling battle, we finally cleared him from the boulder cobbled area.  Believe it or not, he ate a stone fly nymph.  You should have been here!

Guadalupe Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Thursday October 3, 2013; half day Guadalupe fly fishing float in the warmwater section produced catfish, smallmouth and largemouth bass, 4 species of sunfish and many Rio Grande Cichlids.  Mike Osborne joined us from Tennessee.  Mike is an expert fly caster and made the guide's job easy.  We had a 3 mile float and did not encounter a soul.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday October 5, 2013; half day trip with Lonnie and Tammy from FT. Worth produced tons on brightly colored sunfish, feisty smallmouth and largemouth bass.  Yellow poppers were the ticket.  There was another guide boat on our route, but we had the flies proving to be the secret weapon.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Monday October 7, 2013; half day guide training/scouting trip with Austin Stubbs produced some nice sunfish and several little Guadalupe Bass on yellow poppers.  The weather was cool and cloudy with no one else on the river.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide report and River Conditions:  Monday October 14, 2013; half day guide training and scouting on the lower Guadalupe River revealed many hungry bass positioned at the mouths of flowing creeks entering the river.  Again, yellow poppers were the ticket.  The flow was about 120 cfs and the water temp was 82 degrees F. in the warmwater section of the Guadalupe River. 

Guadalupe River Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Friday October 18, 2013;  Half day scouting trip/guide training with Walter Penobscott revealed higher flows and water clearing from recent rainfall.  Tributary creeks are running after spring recharging rain events.  The cooler weather also produced prolific BWO and Trico hatches.  Sunfish and small Guadalupe Bass were seen sipping the newly hatched flies from the river's surface.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Monday October 21, 2013.  Full day Guadalupe River fly fishing guide trip with Adam Floyd from Canada produced too many bass to count.  We also landed and released several sunfish on heavy streamers.  The weather was delightful with relatively robust flows making for some fun whitewater rapids.  The air temp. high was 72 degrees F, with some riparian foliage beginning to show fall colors.  There was not another person on the river.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday October 30, 2013.  Half day scouting/guide training trip with Walter Penobscott revealed many aggressive smallmouth and largemouth bass in the warm water section of the Guadalupe River.  There was nobody else on the river.  Yellow poppers were the ticket.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and and River Conditions:  Thursday October 31, 2013; full day fly fishing trip with Waite Dalrymple had to be rescheduled due to a flash flood on the Guadalupe River.  The stream flow went from approximately 65 cfs to 40,000 cfs after heavy overnight rains from a stalled cold front dumped several inches of precipitation.  After the event, the level of Canyon Lake rose four feet.  The Edwards Aquifer also rose about 3 feet according to the J-17 index well in San Antonio.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday November 5, 2013.  Guadalupe River scouting trip above the third crossing revealed an improved trout habitat as a result of the recent flash flood.  The 40,000 cfs flow "blasted" the fine sediments and re-arranged the gravel and boulders.  The clarity produced by this cleansing action will give us some great sight casting opportunities this Guadalupe trout season.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Thursday November 7, 2013;  Half day scouting/guide training trip with Walter Penobscott revealed a prolific BWO and Trico hatch.  Sunfish, baby bass and minnows gorged themselves on the tasty insect bounty.  We saw a five pound-class largemouth slam the unwary baitfish while they had their guards down.  We also caught and released a trophy smallmouth bass in the four pound class.  It was almost impossible to land on a six weight rod; wrapping itself around rocks and going under the boat.  The smallie fell for a heavy purple streamer.

San Marcos River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday November 10, 2013; Half day scouting trip with Greg Smith revealed a flow of about 200 cfs.  The Blanco River is contributing about 50 cfs of the total flow.  Water temp 72 degrees F with good clarity.  Recent flash flooding with flows around 70,000 cfs caused quite a bit of "human damage."  There were numerous decks, roofs and school buses swept into the river last week.  Two of the school buses still remain submerged near Scull's Crossing.  Besides the human damage, quite a few trees were uprooted.  Don't worry, there's plenty of gallery forest left.  As far as the bite, we hooked up numerous times with wily largemouth and smallmouth bass.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Thursday November 14, 2013;  Guadalupe River full day fly fishing float with Joeanne Tomiyama from Calgary Canada produced several nice football sized Guadalupe Trout.  We did a three mile float taking out at Lazy L and L.  Some of the Guadalupe trout fell for a large black bugger pattern with rubber legs.  The flow was pretty low, but the water was very clear allowing numerous sight casting opportunities.  We also had some good action on prince nymphs.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:   Friday November 15, 2013; Michael Herman from Austin and his buddy Blake joined us for a half day Guadalupe River trout fishing trip.  The Guadalupe trout we landed were hard fighting, acrobatic fish that jumped and ran like crazy.  Some fish fell for the big streamer pattern but we managed to hook up with nymphs too.  The weather was perfect with cool temps, blue skies and the riverside trees were in peak autumn colors.  The flow was around 100 cfs with clear water conditions.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Updated Monday November 25, 2013.  Evening scouting trip with guide trainee Walter Penobscott revealed hungry Guadalupe Rainbow trout with an affinity for Prince Nymphs.  The rain subsided giving way to solitary waters infested with hungry trout.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday November 28, 2013; Happy Thanksgiving!  Brief evening scouting trip at the Guadalupe River third crossing, Action Angler access revealed a prolific evening trico and midge hatch.  Even if the newly stocked Guadalupe rainbow trout were hungry, they were put down by the artful actions of apex predators...two Osprey!  The skilled fishers have articulated talons allowing the unlucky trout to be carried in an aerodynamic fashion.  Bald Eagles cannot do this.  It's truly a spectacle to see the mighty raptors in action.  The water was flowing about 120 cfs counting the inflow from numerous running creeks.  The clarity was better than usual.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday November 29, 2013; flow about 120 cubic feet per second including creek inflows.  Evening scouting/guide training trip with Walter Penobscott revealed trico and midge hatches.  There were quite a few fishermen out and most of the fish were being hooked on sub-surface patterns.  The water clarity was good with shirt sleeve temps in the 60's.  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions: December 2, 2013;  Evening scouting trip at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake revealed a modest caddis hatch.  There were also a few Slate Grey Duns.  Even with insect activity, we did not see any rising fish.  This is typical for this fishery because there is so much food below the surface.  The weather was outstanding with shirt sleeve conditions approaching 80 degrees F.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday December 3, 2013;  Canyon dam release about 76 cfs with creeks adding another 30 cfs for a flow of 110 cfs.  Water temp. at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake about 65 degrees F.  The shirt sleeve weather in the low 80's persists with spring like temps.  Beats the hell out of snow and ice!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday December 5, 2013;  Observations at the third crossing below Canyon Lake revealed several fishermen that were shivering from a short cold spell.  It was only 45 degrees F. but the Texas tolerance for low temps is weak.  The bite was actually good with several nice Guadalupe trout being caught and released.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday December 7, 2013 Flow approx. 85 cfs including creek inflow, water temp 40 degrees F.  The recent cold spell kept alot of people off the river, with temps hovering in the 30's F.  Our group rescheduled the trips we had booked.  It's more fun to fish than freeze!  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Updated Sunday December 8, 2013;  Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake flow about 85 cfs including creek inflows.  A cold morning below freezing gave way to a beautiful afternoon.  We finally reached shirt sleeve weather after the recent cold spell.  It reached 50 degrees F. this afternoon with clear blue skies.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday December 9, 2013.  Evening scouting trip revealed very few fishermen on the water.  The afternoon was overcast with light rain.  The high temperature was 45 degrees F.   Even with low temps the rainbow trout bite was regarded pretty good on nymphs and egg patterns.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday December 10, 2013; Brief scouting trip at the fourth crossing showed warmer temperatures which triggered a prolific BWO and Trico hatch. There were also quite a few Caddis coming off too.  The water clarity was excellent with fall colors a little past peak.  Even with good insect hatches there were very few fish rising to sip the tasty morsels.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday December 11, 2013; Water temp. 48 degrees F. at fourth crossing.  Brief scouting trip showed very few fishermen with beautiful conditions.  We did not see a significant amount of rising fish but there were a few bugs coming off.  As usual, the sub-surface activity on the Guadalupe River is the normal  feeding pattern.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday December 12, 2013; Expedition Outfitters guide Greg Smith hosted Jeff Lava and his buddy from Austin.  They did the traditional Rio to L and L leg.  The water clarity was excellent with a beautiful fall afternoon in the high 50's F.  The guys spanked the rainbows with over 20 fish being caught and released.  The winning fly of the day was the "the fly formerly known as Prince."  The guys dropped it under a San Juan worm on 5x.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:   Friday December 13, 2013.  Expedition Outfitters guide Greg Smith hosted Jenifer Fox and her guy for a day trip from Rio to Lazy L and L.  On their three mile float they encountered very few fishermen and foggy conditions.  Even with limited visibility they managed to catch and release quite a few Guadalupe Trout.  The common "Zug Bug " was the winning fly of the day.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday December 14, 2013; It was Jenifer Fox's second day fly fishing the Guadalupe River for rainbow trout.  Greg Smith hosted them again with several nice Guadalupe rainbow trout being caught and released.  The weather started out mild in the high 40's F with clear blue skies.  A cold front passed through about mid morning but the skies remained clear.  There were quite a few fishermen and some other guides on the water.  Luckily our crew had the secret weapon...a flash back prince nymph!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday December 15, 2013; Half day afternoon guide training/scouting trip with Greg Combs and Brent Turner produced several nice hook ups on nymphs dredged through the deepest holes.  The takes were very gentle but the guys were on their game missing very few hits.  The afternoon was shirt sleeve warm with a moderate amount of fishermen out.  I saw good friend Brad Wilkins at the Ponderosa Bridge. There was a small Trico hatch with numerous "micro caddis" buzzing about the surface, but nothing slashing at them.  The water was relatively clear with clear blue skies and 70 degrees F.  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Monday December 16, 2013; Evening scouting trip at the third crossing showed numerous micro caddis buzzing about the surface and some slate grey Duns too.  There were a few fishermen enjoying the beautiful shirt sleeve conditions (68 degrees F).  Their catch...and release consisted of a combination of smaller TPWD stocked Guadalupe trout in the 10 inch size range and a few bigger fish (2-3 lbs) probably stocked by Guadalupe Trout Unlimited Chapter.  All of the action was on nymphs.  The Osprey were busy too.  It was fascinating to see them dive and pick up fish...and fly off to enjoy a hearty meal.  It was National Geographic esque!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Tuesday, December 17 2013; half day afternoon guide training/scouting with Brent Turner yielded one fiesty Guadalupe Trout on a drowned spinner.  We didn't spend as much time fishing as scouting.  The scouting revealed trout absent from traditional holding spots.  The clear water and light winds allowed us good visibility to make these observations.  To be successful one has to think like a Guadalupe Trout.  The fish are holding in the deepest holes to avoid predators...go figure.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday December 18 2013; Half day trip hosted by Brent Turner built on his client's skills as a nymph fishermen.  The takes were subtle and hard to detect.  Opportunities are sometimes fleeting but we have top set the hook on the slightest indication. The weather was beautiful with temps in the lower 70's F and clear blue skies.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Thursday December 19, 2013; evening scouting trip showed beautiful weather conditions with some fall foilage still left to decorate the landscape.  The Guadalupe River was relatively clear with numerous sight casting opportunities.  The nymph fishing report from fly fishermen at the third crossing was clearly thumbs up with decent hook ups on San Juan worms and egg attractor patterns.

Guadalupe River Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Friday December 20, 2013; Afternoon scouting trip/guide training revealed quite a few fishermen for a weekday.  Looks like everybody took the day off to enjoy summer like conditions with temps reaching 75 degrees F.  According to our observations, nymphs dredged through the deepest holes hooked up.  Prince nymphs, Hare's Ear and Zug Bugs did the best.  Don't try fishing without an indicator, you'll be making a grave mistake because the takes recently have almost undetectable. 

Guadalupe River Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Saturday December 21, 2013; Morning rains were replaced by clear blue skies and lower humidity.  A frontal passage pushed in some fresh air and beautiful conditions.  There was a moderate hatch of Tricos and BWO's with a few Caddis mixed in.  Even with rainy morning conditions there were quite a few fishermen out.  The winning fly was reported to be the caddis emerger from the fishermen polled.  The water clarity was good with light green tint.

Guadalupe River Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Sunday December 22, 2013; evening observations revealed a moderate amount of fishermen out on a beautiful day.  The temps topped out 60 degrees F. with clear blue sky.  The Osprey were at work showing us the proper way to take fish.  A little known fact:  Osprey have articulated talons allowing them to carry the fish in an aerodynamic fashion...eagles can't do this.  The winning fly of the day was said to be a brown San Juan Worm.  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday December 23, 2013; Guadalupe River Chapter of Trout Unlimited  stocked several thousand full sized trout in the 1.5 to 5 lb range today.  There were very few fishermen out but the Osprey were awaiting the new prey.  The few fishermen we saw were dead drifting nymphs through the deep holes and runs.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:    Tuesday December 24, 2013.  Observations at the fourth crossing showed very few fishermen on the water.  The weather was beautiful with highs in the 60's F.  The fishermen who had permission from their spouses to fish reaped the benefits of a great day of catching.  As your guide will tell you...the fishing is always good; but sometimes the catching is lacking.  Today was the exception to the rule.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday December 26, 2013; Early morning conditions were slightly overcast with cool temps in the high 40's to low 50's F.  Observations included several folks at the third crossing access, (Action Angler) were getting Guadalupe Rainbow Trout on dry flies.  The guys were imitating caddis and using stimulators too.  The water clarity was good with very little turbidity.

Guadalupe River Fly fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday December 28, 2013;  Half day trip with Curtiss and Kevin produced two new fly fishermen.  Although the Guadalupe trout bite was moderate, we indeed hooked several fish.  There were quite a few fishermen on the water and thay had marginal success as well.  The most popular fly proved to be the sucker spawn egg.  The conditions were pleasant with a few clouds and sunshine.  The temps topped out at 65 degrees F.  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions: Tuesday December 31, 2013; evening scouting trip/guide training showed very little "above the surface bug activity" although many productive nymphs were successful in fooling good numbers of Guadalupe Rainbow Trout.  The recent go to fly appeared to be the Prince Nymph.  Use it behind an egg attractor pattern on 5X tippet.

Guadalupe River Trout Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Evening scouting/observations for Wednesday January 1, 2014.  The weather was pleasant with highs in the mid 60's F and partly cloudy skies.  There were no significant hatches observed, but there were quite a few fishermen who had kitchen passes from the wife.  They arrived early braving temps in the high 30's F at daybreak.  Several people reported good catches...and releases...with Guadalupe Trout.  The hot fly was a stone fly..go figure; they don't live in the Guadalupe River.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday January 2, 2014; Observations at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River in the rainbow trout section showed moderate numbers of fishermen.  There were definitely fewer people on the water than earlier this week.  After getting reports from several successful fishermen the winning pattern was the Prince Nymph!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday January 5, 2014;  Evening scouting trip at the third crossing revealed very few fishermen.  I guess everyone decided to put their responsibilities back in order after the holiday.  That being said, there were some successful anglers drifting the right patterns and being "bit".  Prince Nymphs were reported to be the go to flies for the past couple of days.

Devils River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday January 7, 2014;  Overnight scouting trip to the Sycamore Canyon Ranch on the Devils River revealed cold conditions and crystal clear water.  The clear water revealed all of the usual players...smallmouth, largemouth and other warmwater species in their usual position.  Everyone was accounted for and in attendance.  The 64 million dollar question is: can you fool these wary apex predators?  The USGS flow was 145 cfs at Baker's Crossing.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Friday January 10, 2014.  Early afternoon scouting at the the third crossing showed a prolific BWO and Trico hatch about 2:30 pm.  The magic temperature was 65 degrees F.  Even with lots of bugs falling spent on the surface, there were very few Guadalupe Trout taking advantage of the bounty.  The water was clear with light fishing pressure compared to the holiday.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Sunday January 12, 2014;  Half day trip on the upper Guadalupe River above Canyon Lake revealed lots of native Guadalupe Bass.  We also hooked several medium sized largemouth bass on fly.  The flow was low and clear but very fishable.  There was nobody else on this stretch.  We'll be here again real soon, it was a beautiful float.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Monday January 13, 2014.  Scouting and observations at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake showed a moderate amount of fishermen.  Conditions were influenced by an early morning cold front passage.  Winds were out of the northwest at 15-25 miles per hour.  The temperatures were pleasant hovering in the 60's F. with clear blue sky and low humidity.  The fly of the day was reported to be the "Zug Bug."  Oh yea...the Osprey were out fishing before the catch and release guys.  They carried off a couple of breakfast sized Guadalupe Trout.  Note: Osprey have articulated talons allowing this mighty fisher to carry the "unhappy trout" in an aerodynamic fashion.  Bald Eagles can't do this.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday January 14, 2104;  Half day scouting trip at the Rebecca Creek Crossing above Canyon Lake yielded several White Bass caught on fly.  They fell for Charlie Cypert's pattern.  We used a floating line with a sink tip.  There were no other fishermen in our vicinity.  The day was beautiful with clear blue skies and afternoon temps right at 74 degrees F.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions updated Thursday January 16, 2014.  Half day guide trip with Jim Perkins and his buddies from the midwest produced three new fly fishermen.  The day started out pretty cool with temps. hovering around 32 degrees F.  It rapidly warmed to 68 degrees F.  We found several hungry Guadalupe Trout and the guys brought them to the net for a speedy release.  The water was pretty clear with water temps in the 50 degrees F. range.  The winning fly was a soft hackle emerger.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February !8, 2014.  Evening scouting trip at the third crossing revealed quite a few people enjoying the 74 degrees F. afternoon.  I saw a couple of rods doubled over as I peered over the guard rail of the bridge.  Later on in the evening I learned the star of the show was a tiny gold ribbed hair's ear nymph.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Updated Wednesday January 22, 2014.  Observations at the third crossing revealed very pleasant weather conditions with temps in the 70 degree F. range.  There were not high numbers of fishermen out.  It was relatively quiet.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Thursday January 23, 2014.  Winter arrived with a cold front hitting about 9:00 am this morning.  The temps went from the mid 60's F. to 37 degrees F. in two hours.  There were a couple of hearty fishermen out, but we didn't hear their success.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday January 24, 2014; Evening scouting observations at the third crossing revealed three lone fishermen.  They didn't arrive until conditions had improved from the previous day.  The morning started out with quite a bit of ice and didn't thaw until 1:00 pm.  The evening was beautiful with a colorful sunset.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday January 27, 2014; observations at the third crossing showed one fisherman for several miles of river.  Harsh conditions separate the weekend warriors from the real thing.  This guy had great success;  you should have been here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions: Tuesday January 28, 2014;  Observations at the third crossing revealed two fishermen.  They were tough and lasted several hours in the morning during cold temperatures.  Their success was worth the effort they said.  The winning fly was the Prince Nymph.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday January 29,2014;  Half day trip with Brian and his Lady Mindy from Oklahoma produced two new fly fishers.  We had a few bites but our hook set was behind the curve.  It was a tough day for beginners.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Thursday January 30, 2014; observations at the third crossing showed a couple of successful fishermen.  They said their success was on dry flies.  Almost unheard of...on the Guadalupe River.  We're mainly a nymph fishery.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday January 31, 2014;  Observations at the third crossing revealed a small amount of action; only three fishermen.  The day was epic with clear blue skies and temps in the mid 70's F.  The water was clear and cold too.  The Royal Humpie was the top water choice.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February 1, 2014;  Full day Guadalupe trout fly fishing trip with Nicole and Russell produced several nice Guadalupe rainbow trout.  The winning fly was the sucker spawn egg imitation.  We caught and released several Guadalupe trout in the 4-5 lb range.  The weather was beautiful with shirt sleeve weather in the 70's F.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guide Report and River Conditions:  Sunday, February 2, 2014; observations at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake showed very few fishermen braving the cold and wind. The temps were in the low 40's F. with gusty winds.  We rescheduled our trips because we didn't want to suffer with our clients.  Everybody agreed to another date.  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday February 3, 2014;  Observations at the third crossing showed a handful of brave fishermen.  The weather was a bit raw with temps in the 40's F.  The report was...if you put the fly where it needs to be...there seems to be a bite.  The fish are usually positioned in the buffet line (current); or beside it.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday February 4, 2014;  observations at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake revealed a beautiful afternoon with shirt sleeve temps in the 70's F.  There were very few fishermen out to enjoy the conditions.  The fishermen interviewed insisted that the Prince Nymph was the winning pattern.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Wednesday February 5, 2014;  observations at the third crossing below Canyon Lake showed a couple of brave fishermen.  They had strong north winds and cold temps 48 degrees F. to contend with.  We saw this coming and luckily rescheduled our guide trips.  It was for the best.

Guadalupe Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday February 6, 2014; observations at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake showed a couple of hearty souls fly fishing for Guadalupe River rainbow trout.  The famous fly of the day according to interviews was the "Zug Bug".  The water was clear with decent flows.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday February 7,2014;  Cold early morning temps. gave way to bearable temps in the high 30's and low 40's F.  There was a little "corn snow" on exposed surfaces, but a very light dusting.  The afternoon revealed a few hearty fishermen, but the turn out was lite.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February 8, 2014; Observations at the third crossing showed a crisp, cool morning in the mid 30's F; the afternoon rapidly warmed to 70 F.  There were a few fly fishers chasing big rainbows in the skinny water just downstream of the bridge.  There were more reports of top water action late in the afternoon.  We saw a few Caddis coming off.  You'd better get out here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday February 10, 2014;  Half day float/fly fishing lesson with Brett Kilgore his lovely wife Meagan from Seattle produced some spectacular hook ups with acrobatic Guadalupe Trout.  Meagan's fish jumped numerous times reaching almost three feet high from the river's surface.  The winning fly was the Prince Nymph.  It was a little cold with overcast skies, but the cooperative fish made everything worthwhile!  Wish you were here!

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Tuesday February 11, 2014;  Observations at the third crossing showed no sign of fishermen.  I guess the weather ran everyone off.  Temps hovered in the mid 30's F. all day long.  That's unusual for central Texas.  Expedition Outfitter's guides rescheduled our trips.  We didn't want to suffer with our clients.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Thursday February 13, 2014; Observations at the third crossing on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake revealed very few fishermen and abundant spring weather and sunshine!  The fishermen who were interviewed reported several huge Guadalupe Rainbow Trout.  One said his secret was the Olive Wooly Bugger.  He said it landed a 22 inch Guadalupe Trout.  The water was low and relatively clear with dark green tint.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday February 14, 2014; Observations on the Guadalupe River at the third crossing below Canyon Lake showed several successful fishermen in the shirt sleeve weather at 82 degrees F.  The successful fishermen reported that drowned Trico Spinners were the trick.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February 15, 2014;  Expedition Outfitters guide Brent Turner hosted first time fly fishers Lauren Lawrence and her Dad.  Brent said they made progress but it was hard to un-do the muscle memory from their "hardware" background.  The day was reported pretty slow as far as catching.  The moon was huge last night giving wary fish a chance to feed safely protected from predators.  It was a beautifil blue sky day with temps in the 70's F.

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Sunday February 16, 2014.  Cloudy cool conditions gave way to beautiful conditions towards evening.  The temps touched 75 degrees F. with clear evening skies.  The favorite fly at the third crossing was the Royal Humpie.  Who would have thought?

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Monday February 17, 2014; Expedition Outfitters guide Greg Smith hosted Dr. Tom on a full day Guadalupe River fly fishing trip.  They caught and released several nice Guadalupe River Rainbow Trout.  You should have been here!

Guadalupe Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Friday February 21, 2014; Half day trip/lesson with Laynge an his buddies from San Francisco produced some new fly fishers.  We hooked several fish, but very few made it to the net.  Note: For the first time fly fisher, please get the technique in order first.  The catching will follow.  It's a natural progression.  

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions:  Saturday February 22, 2014; Half day lesson/float with Brandon and Rachael produced two new fly fishers.  The bite was slow although our anglers worked hard delivering the fly properly.  It was a beautiful day with comfortable temps in the 70's F.

 

 

Guadalupe River Fly Fishing Guides Report and River Conditions: February 24, 2014; Shirt sleeve weather in the 70's F. produced prolific BWO and Trico hatches this morning.  Very few fishermen were prepared with small top water patterns; so they missed out.