7/31/2010 Salado Creek

I had a great day at the old reliable spot today. My Albright #3 fly rod hadn't seen much action so I thought I'd get a little bit of ultra-light fly-fishing in this day. The rod is supposed to be a #3-4 weight but I couldn't fish it with #4 line, it was a
dog (of course this is their cheap Topwater series rod and reel and I got it for a crazy price online). Even with #3 line on the reel this rod is limited to cast of about 45 feet which doesn't work out bad for this kind of fishing.

For me the hopper is about the best creek fishing surface fly I've found, it is my old standby and what I usually use first when on the water. It didn't let me down today either, catching red bellies, greenies, blue gill, a Rio Grande perch, and even a very nice and chunky spotted bass. That bass felt like a five pounder on this rod, it hit the fly with a splash and for the first second I thought I had on a big perch until it started running. Man, what a nice fight that fish put up, and it was shadowed by a slightly smaller bass which followed it up-to within feet of me.

I got pretty lucky with that bass, I found I had a knot in my line and luckily it didn't break off with that fish. After this fish I walked further downstream and fished my way back up a bit catching a few more perch and seeing a nice 4-5 pound bass but he saw me as well. There were some good Texas Persimmons ripe on the walk back so I ate and gathered a few of them, looking forward to going back down there again real soon.

7/24/2010 Cibolo again

No pictures for this days trip as I only caught one fish. I had decided to take a childhood buddy fishing at Cibolo as we had not been fishing together in probably 22 years, we fished together a bunch when we were kids. Taking a friend here is probably why I didn't catch much and my poor buddy didn't catch anything, it seems to be how it works when you tell some one about a great place and then you take them there, lol.

Well my buddy Mike said he was just happy he hadn't gotten snagged in the Cypress trees this day but wants to go back as, while he saw plenty of good fish, they just didn't seem to be biting today. Of course my father being the old expert he is, caught 10 fish or more.

7/18/2010 Cibolo Creek

I took my dad down to Cibolo again this weekend, it is one of my dad's favorite places to fish- I have to say I agree with him. Today I took my South Fork #5 fly rod and FlyLogic reel to throw some hoppers and other flies in attempt to catch some bass and perch. The perch were willing but I had no luck with bass this day.

My best luck came with the hopper and foam spider patterns, I did catch one perch on a Cypert style minnow. The creek was not as high as in the past 2 times I went fishing which was a good thing. I really like that South Fork rod, even hand size perch put a nice bend in the rod and it just feels good to cast.

It was refreshing wading in the creek especially in a few holes that came up to my chest. Although my line managed to find plenty of roots and trees to snag in it was a good day. I even snagged into someone's line that they had caught up in a tree and was able to pull mine and their lure free. I had to wonder what that person thought they were going to catch in this creek using a 4/0 hook in a big minnow with braided line, well at least I can rest knowing they probably didn't catch anything and hopefully would not be returning.

Finding beer cans and worm tins is a bit of a downer there, it seems most slobs would not make the effort of walking half a mile to go fishing like that but they did and I picked up after them. Just doesn't seem right walking through such a nice place and finding that crap laying around, it reminds my to try and pack a grocery bag next time to pick that sort of thing up.