One thing that does suck about living all over the place is you leave friends behind. But, on the plus side, you always have friends around if you need to travel somewhere or just want to get out of dodge. And it’s always interesting to see what your old friends are up to. Such is […]
Texas
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In the past here on Chi Wulff, we have been pretty harsh about the fishing environment here in Texas. Most of that has centered around the “trout waters” of the Guadalupe River and the people who fish it. But there is more here than just that aquarium-like destination. Now that some of the creeks are […]
Last week, my friend Winston, myself and local fisherman and blogger Eric (die Fische.org) headed out to fish the Guadalupe below Canyon Dam. This is the “trophy trout” aquarium stretch of the river, in which the state and the local chapter of Trout Unlimited stock trout every year. Never will you see a group of […]
Was out cruising around today and decided to go take a look at the new Orvis store. Word on the street is the doors will open sometime during the first week of November. It doesn’t sound like this will be strictly a fly shop, but it’ll be worth checking out.
This past week found me in Dallas, training for a new job working in an outdoor retail store. I am hesitant to name the store directly yet, but suffice it to say that they have a strong presence in the world of fly fishing. Dallas is probably just about the last place in the world […]
Had the pleasure of spending parts of Monday and Tuesday in Rockport and Port Aransas on the Texas coast. This was a 95% business trip though the allure of sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay was as always far too compelling to pass up. The several days before extremely high winds had […]
I can already hear the cries of “bullshit!” at the title of this post. My own voice would have been one of the loudest a few days ago. Apparently, based on strong anecdotal evidence, Texas did at one time have a population of native, wild trout. The Rio Grande Cutthroat lived in the Davis Mountains, […]
Mark is up in Colorado for a few days, the lucky bastard. Even though its a working trip for just a few days and it is the middle of winter, I’m still pretty jealous. But such is life. Dr. Dumbass was back in the shop the other day, raving on and on about what a […]
It always shocks me to encounter someone like this. Someone who, in the entirety of their life, has never been fishing. shudder How sad it is. It was a late night at my second job, and I had been given the option to pick up a few more hours to help clean. Our tasks were […]
It has been a busy week for the fans of fishing stocked trout out of the Guadalupe River here in Texas. Texas Wildlife and Parks began their stocking program on the 3rd, and will continue every week as the season progresses. The river banks have simply been packed to the gills, as it were, mainly […]
Down here in Texas, there are several events in fishing that people look forward to all year long. The redfish spawn in the fall, the bass spawn in the spring, and the stocking of hatchery trout in various rivers, lakes and city ponds in the winter. While most of these pale, confused hatchery fish are […]
