Joel | June 17, 2010
David Kim with a Ray Roberts carp I had a great time Monday on the flats with David Kim of Dallas. The weather was a challenge as a shifting dryline funneled clouds and wind through the area all day. The conventional wisdom of flats fishing says that even though clouds make spotting fish more difficult, [...]
Joel | June 15, 2010
Here’s some shots from today’s outing at Lake Ray Roberts (fishing report to follow). It seems every creature on the lake is concerned with spawning, egg laying, or protect young these days. These butterflies were interrupted by two nosy anglers and didn’t seem to mind too much. The nest is a Red-Winged Blackbird’s (both parents [...]
Joel | June 8, 2010
I had a great day this past Sunday with Matt Miller of Dallas, hitting the carp and other species on the flats of Ray Roberts. Several parts of the magic flats equation all fell in line to produce a stellar day: 1) the weather was perfect (although DANG hot), 2) the warm, early June weather [...]
Joel | June 7, 2010
I had a GREAT trip yesterday with Matt Miller from Dallas (fishing report will follow soon)! The insect population on the lake is just epic right now as our untypical early June weather (HOT!) has led to a massive, multiple hatch. Damsels were all over the place yesterday and many species had already started mating. This [...]
Joel | June 4, 2010
Everything is really beginning to pop on the flats at Lake Ray Roberts. On our last trip we spotted carp, bass, catfish, gar, and two species (black and smallmouth) of buffalo, all cruising the flats and gorging on the increasing amount and variety of food. Although there are all kinds of flora available now – [...]
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!