Fly fishing with Neumie in the hill country
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:16 pm
Sunday, Josh and I hit two hill country crossings, one above the aquifer recharge, one below.
Both crossings have been in my back-pocket for for 20 years as the best water in Texas, second only to private access on Hondo Creek or the Frio Sendero.
I keep waiting for him to OP a thread so I can follow, but I know he's busy in a good way. Maybe he'll add his post to this thread. Also since Josh invited me, this hill country river remains nameless.
Snagged our breakfast tacos in the dark leaving town, and had first light and good overcast when we launched.
Last time Josh fished here, he and a friend waded up the river until the water was over their heads. We went back to float that same pool.
We floated our boats over rutted dolomite to portage a small chute.
Josh crossed to fish the far bank, and I thought the fishiest water was at the tailout.
My first fish was this little bluegill, and a good bass followed it to my boat.
I got a good lead on the bass as he was heading back to the bank, and watched his mouth flare to eat my cats whisker.
Good fight, finally got his head above water and skittered him to hand.
Here's the bank I worked over.
Got one more little bass before exploring to the head of the pool.
From the head of the pool, here's Josh working over where I started
We both agreed we had worked this pool over, Josh had been counting coup, and we decided to travel south to the confluence where what's left of this river coming out of the aquifer joins another.
Packing out, Josh offered a really good breakfast beer - what was it?
Last time we were here, we didn't have boats, and this first deep pool was clear and packed with fish. This crossing was my turn to count coup, and Josh's turn to clean up - he'll post about that, and I'll show some kayak-probing photos.
This is the last pool at the confluence, looking upriver. Very pretty bottom here, and in my coup-counting, I lost count of how many fish I felt or saw their mouths flare and still missed.
Josh up from the confluence, at the last blue hole coming out of the aquifer.
Your turn, bro - fill us in.
Both crossings have been in my back-pocket for for 20 years as the best water in Texas, second only to private access on Hondo Creek or the Frio Sendero.
I keep waiting for him to OP a thread so I can follow, but I know he's busy in a good way. Maybe he'll add his post to this thread. Also since Josh invited me, this hill country river remains nameless.
Snagged our breakfast tacos in the dark leaving town, and had first light and good overcast when we launched.
Last time Josh fished here, he and a friend waded up the river until the water was over their heads. We went back to float that same pool.
We floated our boats over rutted dolomite to portage a small chute.
Josh crossed to fish the far bank, and I thought the fishiest water was at the tailout.
My first fish was this little bluegill, and a good bass followed it to my boat.
I got a good lead on the bass as he was heading back to the bank, and watched his mouth flare to eat my cats whisker.
Good fight, finally got his head above water and skittered him to hand.
Here's the bank I worked over.
Got one more little bass before exploring to the head of the pool.
From the head of the pool, here's Josh working over where I started
We both agreed we had worked this pool over, Josh had been counting coup, and we decided to travel south to the confluence where what's left of this river coming out of the aquifer joins another.
Packing out, Josh offered a really good breakfast beer - what was it?
Last time we were here, we didn't have boats, and this first deep pool was clear and packed with fish. This crossing was my turn to count coup, and Josh's turn to clean up - he'll post about that, and I'll show some kayak-probing photos.
This is the last pool at the confluence, looking upriver. Very pretty bottom here, and in my coup-counting, I lost count of how many fish I felt or saw their mouths flare and still missed.
Josh up from the confluence, at the last blue hole coming out of the aquifer.
Your turn, bro - fill us in.