tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35503926142748988632024-03-04T23:31:12.166-08:00The Fly River TurtleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-43400858846383824542014-05-23T06:44:00.000-07:002014-05-23T06:44:21.424-07:00Stuff I use part 1.... My rods I've decided that mixed into my post I'm going to throw in a few stuff I use post, give kind of an overview on the fly equipment I use and why I use it. <br />
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Everywhere I go I'm always talking about fly fishing, it maybe be talking to people that fly fish, talking to friends and family about fly fishing, or just those random encounters. When I talk to many people that don't fly fish I normally get 3 answers to why they don't, A) there ain't no trout in these waters, what am I gonna catch with that, B) all that whipping around with that thing just looks like a big tangled mess,(translation it looks hard), C) that's way to expensive that's an elitist game. <br />
Of course the answer to A is anything you can catch with a rod & reel you can catch with a fly rod, B it's really not all that hard, heck if I can do it.... and C) not exactly... Welcome to what I use part 1.<br />
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The 3 rods to the left are my most used fly rods, they are all Eagle Claw Featherlights! A 6'6" 4/5wt, a 7' 5/6wt, and an 8' 6/7wt with a switch conversion I did. None of these rods cost me over $30 the 6'6" came off eBay, the 7' and 8' came off walmart.com. I really must say these are absolutely my favorite rods to fish! </div>
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Let me give you a little back ground.... I started fly fishing a little over 5 years ago, I did like many do I went to a big box store and spent about $200 on a starter pack 5wt rod, reel, line, accessories, and a nifty little chest pack. It was a faster action fly rod that wasn't a bad rod but to me it never had much feel to it, I could cast but not really well, but I caught some fish and had fun!</div>
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Fast forward a couple years and on the beautiful Llano River I met Brandon Robinson onebugisfake.com we started talking about fly fishing and I mentioned to him my dislike for my current rod and how I had thought about upgrading to a more expensive rod, that's when he told me about his favorite rod and put one in my hand, he almost didn't get it back. I was amazed at how much feel that yellow rod had in my hand, how I could feel it load and if you let it, it told you what to do. </div>
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As soon I as I got home I began scouring the interweb searching for one I soon found one on ebay with a Martin 61 that I ended up getting for like $15 it was an older 7' 5/6 I put the cabela's wf6 I had on my other rod and soon began to make great feeling cast, further and more accurate than I had before. My addiction had begun I was on my way to becoming a #glassgeek! I then picked up the 6'6" on ebay for less than $20 and a few other glass rods all for less than $100! </div>
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I then ran across a featherlight switch rod on <a href="http://www.thisriveriswild.com/2012/06/eagle-claw-switch-rod.html">http://www.thisriveriswild.com/2012/06/eagle-claw-switch-rod.html</a> and knew I had to build one, so again to the interweb. I found 8' claws at walmart.com for around $20 and a few other parts on different sites and made the switch, needless to say I love this rod!! <br />
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So a fly rod for $20, is it still too expensive? .... "oh a $20 fly rod I bet it's cheap and will fall apart" I've put these rods through the ringer, I've caught everything from stocker wimp trout to big striper and hard running carp on them in fact here is a video of Brandon putting the backbone of a 6'6" on a carp </div>
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It's funny to me, I go to a lot of fly fishing events and people talk about the latest greatest and the big bucks rods. In our little circle of Claw fans we talk about them to but they normally end in "yeah but my claw can do that" </div>
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If you're new to fly don't let the price of magazine page fly rods scare you. You can find Claws of all sizes on eBay, walmart.com, and thefiberglassmanifesto.com. Even if you are an avid fly fisher pick one up but beware, it might cause you to slow down and actually have fun! </div>
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After what seamed like an eternity I received a brown envelope in the mail (<em>OK so it was only a few days</em>) After opening I found inside the most awesome poppers I’ve ever seen in my life! I gave Owl at Zazzy Pop freedom of choice on the eight I ordered from him and trust me when I say he did great. I was only saddened by the fact that they arrived on my Monday and I would not be able to get them in the water for several days. I literally pulled them out of there fly box (yes they have there own because they deserve it) and just admired the fine craftsmanship every night when I got home and debated just putting them on the wall or from the visor of my car but something that zazzy has gotta catch a fish.<br /> Finally I got a day off so I woke up early (well early for my day off ) made some coffee, loaded up my fly pack and Camelbak, and headed up to the lake. After a 2 mile hike to an old fishing pier on the back side of the lake I tied the shiny new blue pencil popper to my tippet ( <em>hind sight should’ve changed the 6x tippet to 3x</em>) and made my first cast. Even casting with a bothersome wind coming from a 5-6wt 7ft glass rod they casted great shot it out about 40 ft and started to chug it back. POP-POP-POP pause, POP-POP- pause, then it seamed if the water under the fly vanished as a green and black head exploded out of the water engulfing the popper. I easily strip set the hook as the thought hit my head Gabe what tippet is on that line (6x) wow that fish is bigger than the 3lb test and its headed for cover. I grasped the line firmly and lightly applied pressure to the rod butt, it still ran against me. I knew if it hit the branches and weed bed of it’s home I’d lose it so I leaned into the rod just as it hit cover and pop, limp yellow fly line fell back on the water. I was crushed I had caught a possible lake record Fly bass and…… that punk took my new popper. Then it hit me, wow these are sweet, third cast and a couple pops and the big boys come out to play. So I cut the tippet off went to a 3x and tied another popper on I started to cast towards the same spot when I saw something surface, it was my zazzy pop that punk broke my line stole my popper and then spit it out. I decided to catch my popper back so I began to cast out to it and strip back in, not fishing just trying to retrieve my fly I’d hit the loose pencil popper and it would wiggle and shake in the water then go to rest. After the third or fourth attempt the wildest thing happened, it popped, wiggled, then went to rest ,then the water boiled and it was gone, <strong>ARE YOU SERIOUS TWO BASS JUST STOLE MY POPPER!!!!!!</strong><br /> Accepting my defeat I pulled in my line and decided to move to another location. As I was hiking around the lake the wind picked up even more as my iPhone alerted me of severe thunderstorm warning with hail and chance of tornadoes so I decided (translation: wife called said Gabe get off the lake now there is a big storm coming in) to haul it back up the trail to the car load up and head for cover. I got to the car as the sky opened up and rain, wind, thunder, and lightning bashed down as I crossed the dam the light chop turned to white caps. I drove home blessed by the day I was given and thinking, some where in this lake is a trophy bass that stole my popper but his brother popper will avenge him!<br /> p.s.<br /> Later on that day the storm cleared and it turned into a nice sunny,windy, day so I went down to the river and tossed my #8 into holes and washes and pulled out several fun bass. <br />
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I have long claimed to be a sufferer of TAS or Terminal Angler Syndrome, I must fish it is who I am, it is my center, the meat of what I am. Ask anybody that knows me, I get grumpy, moody, irritable, if I'm not on the water. My out look is grim, life is not full! <br />
I have been blessed to keep "the beast at bay" I had an awesome trip down the Colorado with a good friend of mine in a drift boat, caught some really great fish, and had an awesome time. <br />
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Also I must thank my good friend Brandon for the many outings we have taken here on the Brazos </div>
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So I guess my point of all of this is to give you a brief insight into what's up with me and that yes I'm still out here fishing when I can and doing what I do. I really hope that I will pick up my blog better and get back to doing what I do. I will do my best to bring you more fly and paddling awesomeness from here in Texas, and other things that I find! I want to thank all of you that follow my blog and as always ,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-56289200005499366942014-01-11T10:47:00.002-08:002014-01-11T10:47:16.704-08:00What's up Y'all So as you where all fore warned The Fly River Turtle is a warmwater creature and therefore spent most of the winter hibernating! As I look at my blog I haven't touched it since last month (I figured I was going to be inactive but geez) I've actually got a lot to write about, I finally got my DIABLO!!!!! look for a full and continued write up on that,<br />
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Received an awesome Christmas gift from dragonfly angler, look for multiple write ups about the great things coming from this guy dragonflyangler.com </div>
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Last but not least please check out teachahorse.com I don't think I've ever been touched more by a project she's wanting to use horses to take people that have disabilities fly fishing, it's awesome just to hear her idea, "she had me at hello" lol but for real check it out she is legit, I gotta say the 2 coolest things I've been able to see was watching disabled vets fly fish and watching disabled kids ride horses you put those together that's a lot of stoke!!!!! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-45052634911552495942013-12-07T00:33:00.000-08:002013-12-07T00:33:08.098-08:00My Ultimate 12 days of Christmas Hey everyone it's been a cold icy couple of days here in North Texas! I honestly haven't been out in over 24 hours. I don't know how some people do it. I'm already going stir crazy!!! <br />
Needless to say I've spent a lot of time behind the vise and kicking around on the World Wide Web, and I started looking at all the cool stuff there is out there and if money was no object what I'd get myself for Christmas, be warned some things are crazy price and some things are easily obtainable! <br />
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On the First day of Christmas my true love would give to me a sick lifted Jeep Waggy (with a 6bt diesel converted to run on WVO,3/4 ton running gear)<br />
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On the second day of Christmas my true love would give to me a kick ass Eddie Bauer Airstream</div>
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On the third day of Christmas my true love would give to me a green boat from Towee </div>
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On the four day of Christmas my true love would give to me an Amigo from Diablo </div>
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On the sixth day of Christmas my true love would give to me an Epic 686 in olive please</div>
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On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me an awesome TFM Yeti</div>
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On the eighth day of Christmas my true love would give to me a Cheeky Ambush reel </div>
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On the ninth day of Christmas my true love would give to me a true blue Epic 990</div>
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On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love would give to me Feathers, Fur and Flash </div>
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On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love would give to me killer Howler Bros Gear </div>
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So there you have it y'all that is The Fly River Turtle's ultimate Christmas!! No I don't think I'm getting any of them well maybe the feather fur and flash, nor do I expect it, I'm just saying it would be super sweet!!!!!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-26220798522445750202013-12-01T18:22:00.001-08:002013-12-01T18:22:18.376-08:00Dub the ThoraxOK first off go check out <a href="http://dubthethorax.blogspot.com/2013/12/3-year-giveaway-rules-and-prizes.html">http://dubthethorax.blogspot.com/</a> it is one awesome blog, second go to <br />
<a href="http://dubthethorax.blogspot.com/2013/12/3-year-giveaway-rules-and-prizes.html">http://dubthethorax.blogspot.com/2013/12/3-year-giveaway-rules-and-prizes.html</a> not only is he an awesome blog but he's giving stuff away! Hopefully I will be doing such soon!!<br />
Fish on, Be Blessed, See ya on the River,<br />
Gabe Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-64889477689216980432013-11-25T13:43:00.000-08:002013-11-25T13:43:04.820-08:00Dreaming of Warmer Times I must admit November - February is my least favorite time of the year, I do not like cold!! Luckily in Texas we have short reprieves from the murder that is cold ( FYI in the book of The Fly River Turtle under 60 is COLD) although this week has not been one, it's cold like ice and stuff cold. I was doing laundry at the house and pulled a pair of shorts out of the dyer and thought man I just wore these last week. but since Friday it's been pants, hoodies, vest, jackets, flannel and work! <br />
I probably might not post much in the cold times of the year, my brain goes into survive until it gets warmer mode!! I've been doing a little tying and surfing youtube for motivation. I tied up this articulated streamer based on a foxy clouser turned out kind of cool. <br />
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Looks cooler in person tied in some old jig skirt and some eyes in the tail looks cool if we get some warm days, I'm gonna fish it thinking in current with the heavy head and long articulated tail it'll fish low and slow in current and just wave come and get it!! <br />
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I also came across a sweet video on youTube of one of my best bros, fishing for one of my favorite fish on my favorite fly rod,<br />
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great carp fishing on a 6'6" claw look at that bend, check out Brandon on onebugisfake.com <br />
he's a fly pimp although he's been a little preoccupied I'm super happy for him!! <br />
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Stay Fly, Be Blessed, See ya on the water,<br />
Gabe Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-66631792324738234032013-11-17T20:44:00.000-08:002013-11-17T20:44:29.450-08:00Llano BugOk so I've seen a lot of talk and chat about the Llano Bug being I don't have video editing capabilities, I'm photo storyboarding this one , <br />
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I use a tiemco 200r on most sizes, this is a 4, some 2-3mm foam, deer hair, round rubber legs, and antron chenille or dubbing (use a synthetic it won't soak up water)<br />
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cut a strip of foam about the width of the hook gap then cut the tip into a "picket fence"<br />
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massage the foam you will use and tie in to between your fingers<br />
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tie the pointed end on to the hook, start in the middle capture forward then back to your thread wrap<br />
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tie in one end of your chenille (if using dubbing you can tie a dubbing noodle or dub your thread) then wrap forward about 2/3 the way, tie off and trim<br />
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pull over the foam strip and flatten it down and tie in to just behind the hook eye<br />
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Another super sweet fly tying vids from one of the awesomest tiers I know (hey he coaches a friend's kid's baseball and fly fishes) so check it out!!! MORE COWBELLL!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Gabe Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-39897862147067885682013-11-07T18:23:00.001-08:002013-11-07T18:23:24.972-08:00Fly Giveaway from Dragonfly Angler <br />
Hey y'all one of my favorite fly tiers/ net maker/ leader twister is doing a give away through his facebook page. John is a super stellar guy, does some awesome work, and I really can't say enough about him! His Twisted Damsel is my go to skunk repellant, his Super Dragon is a carp slayer, makes some great small hair bugs, I have one of his net's and it is awesome, and his leaders are some of the best presentation leaders I've used. Expect a full write up on the Dragonfly Angler soon (he's sending some of his latest creations and I don't wanna leave them out) <br />
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So as many others did this year I geared down and hit every park pond, stream, creek, lake, river , and a few golf courses, with a handful of <a href="http://www.dragonflyangler.com/" target="_blank">The Dragonfly Anglers</a> twisted damsels and his leaders, a couple <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/J-M-Flies/236795366382862" target="_blank">J&M Flies poppers</a> and some Llano Bugs I'd tied in a 10. I was feeling like a kid again my 6'6" claw with 4 wt line had morphed back into an old cane pole and a can of worms almost felt like I should've been barefooted in a pair of cut off overalls, going down to the fishing hole. I stopped thinking about the bigger fish I wanted and just focused on the beauty and different colors and markings on the sunfish I would catch, I was really enjoying just... catching fish, it was great! <br />
I really want to thank everyone that helped us refocus and tagged pictures and post with #yearofthebluegill so we could all enjoy just catching fish, I really want to thank Cameron of <a href="http://thefiberglassmanifesto.com/" target="_blank">The Fiberglass Manifesto</a> for heading up #yearofthebluegill and all of the tiers and backers that helped us get back to just fishing. I am truly saddened to think that 2013 #yearofthebluegill is coming to a close in a month and a half but I think we should keep it alive with #fortheloveofsunfish or I'm open to others, but through out the year rig down and go catch some sunnies and just catch fish and smile more! <br />
Be Blessed, Fish on, See you on the water!,<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-88664428060567854052013-11-04T09:25:00.000-08:002013-11-04T09:25:35.574-08:00Warmwater Junkie This is just kind of a me rant but it's a lot of who I am....<br />
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I get really tired of all the fly fishing imagery in media and in the world. Everybody seams to think about fly fishing as that movie with that Pitt dude, some guy in tweed chasing trout on some mountain stream. It's funny to me because I hear so many people in the "industry" talk about how we are trying to get away from that image, but everywhere you look that's what you see it's that dude with the trout on every magazine in every ad, it's the super high dollar rod, it's the whatever reel, it's still that elitist mentality even in trout "bums" it's the world of Sage One and gear that cost epic proportions that make you that fly guy! <br />
I've only been into fly fishing for about 5 years, I love it, fly fishing and fly tying has become my life, being on the water has always been! I must admit I've gone goofy about fly fishing I wake up thinking about it I think about it all day and night, be it a fly, a presentation, a cast, or a fish, But I don't think I would have gotten this way if I had followed the media image of fly fishing. <br />
I got to give mad props to Brandon Robinson check him out at <a href="http://onebugsfake.com/" target="_blank">One Bug is Fake</a> got the pleasure of hanging out with him about 3 years ago and we have become great friends (dude we need to fish), He introduced me to the rod that made me a glass geek <a href="http://thefiberglassmanifesto.blogspot.com/p/store.html" target="_blank">The Eagle Claw Featherlight</a>, he along with others in our "crew" taught me that fly fishing wasn't just about the "magazine life" of a fly fisher. We aren't gear snobs, the dude with the $1000 rig fishes right next to the dude with the $50 rig, we share flies and stories and if it takes a fly we love to catch it!! <br />
Now from here out this is where I came into my place in the fly world. I grew up and still reside in Texas so trout is not a forefront fish here anyway because we are warm water. We naturally have bass, sunfish, crappie, gar, and catfish, we are also blessed with a healthy CARP and RIO population in parts LOVE THEM!!! Still following the slight reminisce of the Fly Fisher image in my head I knew I had to chase trout, so I headed to the Guad south of Canyon Lake in winter (fyi voted one of the top 100 trout fisheries) tied on a hopper dropper rig and caught my first trout on the fly a little 10 inch stocker yea (insert sarcasm) fished several more time catching a few trout besting around 14-15 inches, and I've come to conclusion, it's something to do when it get's cold and you're tired of tying flies but it's not the fuel for my fly! I'm just not that impressed, they don't hit like a big bass hits a hair bug, they aren't near as sexy as a Rio, they wont make your drag scream and show you backing like a carp! I've asked many people why trout to which I got varied answers from the hunt and they're finicky, to the take, the fight and the beauty, yeah my warm waters do all that. <br />
So for me I will always be a warmwater junkie, I'm always open to somebody to prove me wrong but trout just aren't all that. I love salt it's great to chase reds, poon, snook, and specks on the flats but I love my Texas rivers and all the wonder fish hiding in the pockets ,eddys, brush piles, and rocks along the way! <br />
And a quick note to the "industry" if you want to change your image try changing your focus, show people that there are more fish than trout and you don't have to have a $1000 rig...... just saying.<br />
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Stay Fly, Be Blessed, See you on the water,<br />
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Looks like the Texas Hill Country got a bit of much needed rain last night, heard the Blanco crested around 80,000cfs, and the Guad came within 10 feet of the 1998 water mark! Just a quick bit from a seasoned river bum, always pay attention on the rivers they can go from a peaceful river to a raging torrent in a mater of seconds. When you are planning a trip don't just look at the weather where you are but up stream and up to the head waters. Always look, listen, and feel when on the water, normally the first thing you will notice is a change in water color, I've been on the Frio thigh deep fishing, when I got in I could count the hair on my toes, 30 minutes later I couldn't see my toes I went up to higher ground 5 minutes later about a 5 foot wall came down and the river blew out, (FYI that's a small Texas Hill Country river rise), Listen a lot of time you can be on a river and you can hear the flow pick up maybe the sound of the small rapids up stream is a little louder, don't wait for that roar of rolling water get out look around see what happens. Lastly feel I've noticed in a few occasions that you can feel a temp change in the water, I was on the Llano fishing out of a small boat many years ago I had gotten out of the boat to wade around and after a bit I noticed a change in water temp it was a bright sunny spring day just outside of Llano but earlier in between Junction and Mason they had a good shower, I started to look around and notice the water had risen slightly and soon after the water changed color, the next think I know I'm running up hill dragging a 14ft boat and 5hp evinrude up a hill with water literally nipping at my heals!<br />
Also never try to cross a river when it's over the road, they use to say if you can't see the stripe don't cross but remember if a puddle can make your car hydroplane that same amount of water with force behind it can push your can off the road if there is another route take it don't risk it. I was living in Leakey, TX when the big floods of 1998 happened and spent lots of time pulling trucks out of tree tops and cars out of creek beds luckily unoccupied. To coin the phrase Turn Around DON'T DROWN <br />
I know to many of you we live this everyday it part of being River Turtles, we know when the river is not right, many of us have pushed are luck and made it out ok, but the worst thing about luck is it can run out!! <br />
Be Blessed, Fish on, See you on the river,<br />
Gabe <br />
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Saw this today thought it was too great not to share </div>
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I was so lucky to call him Pepaw </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08566190547825910992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550392614274898863.post-1933950277720394052013-10-29T18:36:00.006-07:002013-10-29T18:36:48.667-07:00The Fly River Turtle (because nobody likes a rat) The first time my toes hit the water I was addicted! My whole world began to revolve around Texas Hill Country rivers and creeks (later found out other places have them too) all I wanted to do was be on the water , fish, canoe, kayak, and just spend time playing on the water!<br />
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As a child my life revolved around trips to Stevens Creek, Johnson Creek, Seco Creek, The Frio, Llano and Guad . Trips to the river where a blessed a sacred time, it started with anywhere I could go with a zebco 33 and grew into an ultra light spinning reel and canoe. <br /> Went to high school in Leakey TX on the clear and cold Frio River. We had a long off campus lunch that we'd spend going down to the river for a quick fish or just to check the flow. During class we'd pass note trying to figure out what crossing we'd put in at and where we'd fish. We soon became known as Frio river rats,I didn't pay it much mind. The term followed in every river town I was in, I was tagged a river rat, so it stuck. When I picked up fly fishing I became the Fly River rat, <br /> I've really started to think about it and I don't really like rats! Besides what does a rat have to do with loving the river. I've seen a few rats in the river but most fell or got washed in and where trying desperately to get out. There is the nutra rat but it's an invasive species and does little to help the river!<br /> So I've decided if I'm going to be coined as an animal it might as well be associated with the rivers I love, and hey I like turtles! So I'm going to coin the name The Fly River Turtle (what do you think) besides turtles like to sun themselves with there feet in the water, spend all there time on the water, and oh CATCH FISH. So what do you think should I start the River Turtle revolution? I think I'm gonna go with it! But at any rate <br /> Be Blessed, Fish On, See you on the water<br /> Gabe <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIgaSf4u7254eQq839isgEVxVF6lavury6mqwRkXKohlWywLM7L3ixptHES8z3DV7HdMCiok2T7r1Y7Scs-XUUwHAx7oxj8OIUxV91h3PK-UdAMev3mZ0ymgJvERejsGXuFsssEIR-blR/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIgaSf4u7254eQq839isgEVxVF6lavury6mqwRkXKohlWywLM7L3ixptHES8z3DV7HdMCiok2T7r1Y7Scs-XUUwHAx7oxj8OIUxV91h3PK-UdAMev3mZ0ymgJvERejsGXuFsssEIR-blR/s1600/001.JPG" /></a></div>
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