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Daughter-in-Law's family has a cabin on the Frio, north of Leakey.
Took the fly rod this last weekend.
Despite winds that seemed to approach gale force at times, some fish came to hand.

Few more.

Looks like a great place to fish. Thanks for sharing!

Nice looking fish.


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vodka-clear and always cold water in the Frio, from the fingers all the way to 3 Rivers.
Great sight-fishing.
There's so little chert in the upper river, and it runs down so quickly, you can fish it 48 horus after a flood.

I have a friend with a family ranch in the sendero south of Hwy 90, and three of us caught 400 bass one day down there.
Each of us broke off 2 or 3 lifetime bass - 10-12 lbs.
It's 20 mi of dirt road to get there.

Floating-in is out of the question, because the river is a dry sendero between cold pools for 6 miles

The Sabinal is another jewel, and the confluence of the Frio and Sabinal fishes almost as well as the sendero, sight-fishing 5-lb bass and cichlids the size of footballs.
(There's a great float on the lower Sabinal, between the two bridges 6- and 8-mi south of the town of Sabinal, though count on portaging a few spots. The upper Sabinal is also good kayaking between bridges, but watch for barbed wire across the river.)

It is indeed a beautiful place to fish, Gents.
I felt very fortunate, had the whole river to myself.
Nice pics & info Ron.
I had one bass zoom past me in less than knee deep water, easy 4-5 lbs.
Fish seemed naive, don't think they see much fishing pressure up there.

Ron,
What fly rod outfit is that in your pic?

NativeSon wrote:Ron,
What fly rod outfit is that in your pic?

The rod is SA System 5 glass (made by Fisher) from the 70s, 7'7" 5-wt, and the reel is a Hardy Prince
It's in the handful of very best fly rods I own, especially for hill country fishing.

another forum member, Finn Maccumhail owns one, too - here
http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/foru ... 7#p2257147