A Little Bit of Last Summer

Posted By on February 16, 2011

As promised, here’s a little bit of summer to get you through these last few weeks before the fishing starts.  This was from a trip in early June with Matt Miller when everything just clicked for a  great day (be sure to check out the slideshow!) . . .

Fishing Report – 6/6

Posted By Joel on June 8, 2010 

Matt Miller on the flats of Ray Roberts 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 has really ramped up the insect hatches, 3) Matt could both cast on a dime and see fish.

 Matt ended up setting a new record for the most fish in a day (13) and even threw in a gar for good measure.  Another key point – Matt was using a perfect rod for the presentations we needed to make on a calm, clear day.  He was fishing a 8’6″ 5wt. Sage SLT which is a more “medium” action rod (it’s the series that the current ZXL’s replaced).  As I’ve said before, you don’t need a cannon for these fish – it’s much more important to straighten a leader and hit a teacup at 25 ft. than to double haul 100.  The rod still had enough “backbone” in the butt section to handle all the fish we caught (the largest was about 5 lbs.).

 Check out a slide show here . . . Matt Miller slideshow

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Joel Hays has been a professional guide since 1990, and has guided professionally in Colorado and Texas.

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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!