Carp Video 2008
Joel | May 29, 2008
Video and editing by Shannon Drawe.
A Great Afternoon
Joel | May 28, 2008
Fishing Report – 5/25 I took Bart from Tailwaters out Sunday afternoon. Great day, beautiful weather, excellent casting, and picky, PICKY fish. The carp are definately on their post-spawn pattern – rooting in the shallows and grass, tailing up clams and crayfish, even taking a few damsels from the surface. Bart (an expert dry fly [...]
What the . . .
Joel | May 21, 2008
I’m always amazed at the things we see during my guide trips. Many of the flats that we fish are far from the “beaten path” on Ray Roberts – sometimes the only footprints I see are those that I recognize as my Marlwalker prints from the previous week, month, or even season. I’ve walked up [...]
Casting Class Follow-up
Joel | May 21, 2008
A big THANK YOU to all those who participated in our fly fishing class this past Sunday night. If you took the class and are now in the mind-numbing exercise of purchasing equipment, please feel free to call or email me with any questions. BTW – the book I mentioned in the class is titled [...]
Casting Class
Joel | May 16, 2008
I will be instructing an Introduction to Fly fishing class this Sunday (5-18) in Denton. This class will be hosted by Texasflycaster.com and will start at 6:00pm. A follow-up class will be in early June. Contact me or go to texasflycaster.com for more details. Space is limited!
North Texas Fly Fishing Adventures with Joel Hays
Imagine wading through ten inches of clear water,trying to be as quiet as possible. Fifty feet ahead is a pod of large fish "tailing" on the flat. You strip out fly line, make the cast, and pull your fly in front of the lead fish. After agonizing seconds the fish spots the fly, rushes forward for a quick grab, and feels the hook. The silence is broken as the fish accelerates across the flat, quickly exposing backing on your screaming reel. Sounds like a great day on the coast, or even an exotic bonefish flat, right? Actually it's a great description of the usual day my clients have fishing for Carp on the flats of Lake Ray Roberts where many clients are blown away by the water clarity and the actual ability to sight cast along miles of flats. Big spooky fish in shallow water. They fight and tail like Redfish and can sometimes rival Bonefish in nervousness. This is an EXCELLENT WAY to hone your flats fishing skills and test your "eyes" where it's more about stalking the fish than simply stumbling upon them. You will be a better flats angler!