Into the Duldrums

Posted By on January 29, 2011

Duck season ended with a BANG!

Seasons are changing here in north Texas.  Yes, I know we are firmly in the grasp of winter (and another blast of Arctic air is due in a few days), but I am referring to seasons of outdoor sport.  Duck season ended at sundown this past Sunday and with it, the end of a “sporting calendar year.”

As we all know, the fishing around here REALLY sucks in February.  You can road-trip up to Oklahoma or the Guadalupe for trout but that’s really a hassle.  Tailwaters around here (Texoma, PK, Granbury, etc.) always have some hot action that’s only SLIGHTLY believable depending the source.  Sometime in March the moon and air temperatures (and other variables incalculable) will combine to send hybrids and sand bass up the creeks and another angling year will begin.  Until then – what do we do? Tie flies?  I have gaping holes in the carp box from last year.  I could always use a few more Clousers for hybrids. 

So, I think it’s time for some diversion for the site.  In the next couple of weeks I’ll post some fishing reports/ slideshows from last summer to get the blood moving.  All things are relative; in a month, we’ll be chasing Hybrids – by Easter the carp will be moving into the shallows.

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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!