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Cooking Yellow Bass anyone… bones? Forget About It! #cooking #kayakfishing

By trtfshng84 / October 12, 2019 / Fishing

Cooking Yellow Bass #cooking #kayakfishing Here is a brief video on how we cooked the Yellow Bass we caught kayak fishing the other day. Easy method when dealing with small fish… Step 1. Scale the fish Step 2. Butterfly the fish by splitting from the backbone Step 3. Clean and rinse the fish, removing guts… [read more]

Do give the “Twitch” a try this Season! #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / October 7, 2019 / Fishing

As Trout Stocking Season nears in our area, we decide to fish a pond for Bluegill to work on setting the hook when those scrappy stocker trout are striking lightly on our fishing fly. In this video, we demo the “Twitch”! When we are fishing without a strike indicator, we like to watch our line… [read more]

More Urban Fly Fishing… #pond #fishing

By trtfshng84 / October 5, 2019 / Fishing

More fun fly fishing ponds on the commute. This round it’s Crowley Park, Duck Creek, and Kroger Park! Crowley Park in Richardson yielded two Bass on an Indicator Fly. Lost the Wapsi Bream Getter to a Tree Fish! Duck Creek was a morning round that caught a few Sunfish, but did spy some nice Bass… [read more]

Urban Fly Fishing #duckcreek #dfw

By trtfshng84 / October 5, 2019 / Fishing

Been enjoying a quick trip on the commute to/from the day job! This round it a stop earlier in the week fishing the 4wt and the size 10 Wapsi Bream Getter variant! Caught a fish or two including a Bass! Cooler temps are coming, so best to get as much fishing in during the week… [read more]

Wapsi Foam Spider Fly Tying Kit #flytying #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 29, 2019 / Fishing

Lost our Betts Bream Getter to a snag. Luckily had a Wapsi Foam Spider Fly Tying Kit. Able to tie another one in short order. Did well but lost it to another snag… bummer. No worries though… able tie another one and fished local ponds for a couple of weeks. Then, lost it today to… [read more]

Wapsi Foam Spider Keeps Catching Them….

By trtfshng84 / September 29, 2019 / Fishing

Lots of fun catching bass and bluegill using the Wapsi Foam Spider aka Betts Bream Getter. Lost count of the fish caught and released. Was steady action with the fish striking the fishing fly on a stop and go retrieve, later a long pull and pause, and then later a fast retrieve. Largest Bass went… [read more]

Fly Fishing Fun on the 4WT and Wapsi Foam Spider! #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 27, 2019 / Fishing

Lotta fun fishing the 4wt on the commute of the day job! Back to Richardson at Crowley Park for pond fishing. This round it’s a Bass and two Bluegill using the Wapsi Foam Spider that is similar to the Betts Bream Getter!

Juglining Today; Only One… No Worries, Ukulele Time #theweight

By trtfshng84 / September 21, 2019 / Fishing

Juglining today at Lake Lavon. Learned Bratonia Park is open. Low water but able launch the jon boat. Put out jug lines. Only one Catfish. Released it, made it back home no problem… chilled with some ukulele time… The Weight.

Fly Fishing and Pond Hopping…! #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 20, 2019 / Fishing

On the commute, did a little pond hopping the past few days. Was a tough go but did manage to catch a fish or two! First pond was Crowley Park Pond in Richardson. Fished the Redington Pursuit 4wt 8ft Fly Rod and the Ross Flystart2 Reel. Lost the Betts Bream Getter but did make one… [read more]

Kayak Fishing with the Lowrance Hook 3x DSI #kayakfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 17, 2019 / Fishing

Had a great time kayak fishing Saturday. Brought the Lowrance Hook 3x DSI depth finder to locate bait fish, structure, and changes in depth! Was the key to hooking up with White Bass, Yellow Bass, Crappie, and Catfish. Back Paddling to bounce the slab and jig rig worked as well as casting to passing schools…. [read more]

Fly Fishing Tips… How We Fish the Betts Bream Getter!

By trtfshng84 / September 15, 2019 / Fishing

TBT time Friday evening fishing an old favorite of ours… the Betts Bream Getter. It’s the fishing fly we derived the Foam Spider pattern we tie. This one we picked up at Cabelas but unfourtunately lost it to a snag. Will have to either buy another or tie one using the kit we bought last… [read more]
More Pond Fly Fishing…! #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 15, 2019 / Fishing

Fished Stoney Hollow Pond and managed two fish only. Was a tough go. Next day fished two ponds – Sonic Pond and Bethany Creek Pond. Struck out at Sonic Pond. Did catch several fish at Bethany Creek Pond!
Fly Fishing with the Foam Grasshopper, TFO 6wt Flyrod, and Echo Ion Flyreel! #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 11, 2019 / Fishing

Made it to Kroger Park on the commute home. Always good to have a fishing rod handy in the little pickup for times when traffic is slow and yours truly prefers to fish rather than drive in stop and go traffic. This round used the Foam Grasshopper with the TFO 6wt Flyrod coupled with the… [read more]
Fly Casting Demo… Redington Pursuit 8 ft 4wt! Casting 50 feet or so? #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 9, 2019 / Fishing

Lucked out catching a few fish with the PMC Emerger! While out on the local pond, decided to demo the Redington Pursuit 4wt – an 8 foot rod we picked up several years ago. Noticed on the Texas Fishing Forum a question about casting 50 feet or so with a 5wt 8 foot fly rod…. [read more]
Fly Fishing with the PMC Emerger! #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 9, 2019 / Fishing

Fun time fishing the 4wt Redington Pursuit Fly Rod. Not used it for some time. Dusted it off along with the Ross Flystart 2 Reel that we picked up from Amazon several years ago. Reel came with backing and a Weight Forward 4wt line.
Kayak Fishing – Using the Back Paddling Technique to Catch More Fish #howto #kayakfishing

By trtfshng84 / September 5, 2019 / Fishing

Normally we troll Slab and Jig Rigs when kayak fishing. Works well for fish holding in the upper water column. But, when fish are holding deep, near bottom… what to do, what to do. We try the Back Paddling Technique! This round in keeping with our motto, “Learn to Fish by our Trial and Errors”……. [read more]
Fishing Fly Give Away – Guadalupana… plus Kayak Fishing Preview

By trtfshng84 / September 2, 2019 / Fishing

In this video, we randomly select the Fishing Fly Give Away Winner… winner gets two Guadalupana Fishing Flies tied on Size 8 Streamer Hooks. Also, went fishing yesterday on the local lake – Lake Lavon. Took the kayak out and caught and released a number of undersized White Bass. Did get four keepers – three… [read more]
More Fly Fishing with the Guadalupana plus Short Cast Fly Fishing!

By trtfshng84 / August 31, 2019 / Fishing

Fished Bethany Lakes Saturday morning. Able to get a round in before it rained. Planned to fish with the Tube Popper Fly; gave it about an hour with only three missed strikes to show for it. Then, put the Guadalupana on and caught fish – Bluegill, Sunfish, and Bass. Fished the Back Pond and left… [read more]
Fishing Fly Give Away – Guadalupana… #flyfishing

By trtfshng84 / August 26, 2019 / Fishing

For this round, we are switching it up and giving away two Guadalupana Fishing Flies – a variant of the original pattern. This one is tied smaller than the original and use two peacock herls instead of three. It has been effective on stocked trout when we fished local ponds during the TPWD Trout Stocking… [read more]
Fly Fishing the Guadalupana at Bethany Lakes #fishing

By trtfshng84 / August 24, 2019 / Fishing

Tied Guadalupana Fishing Flies for the upcoming Fishing Fly Give Away. Giving two away and tied an extra one to “test” at the local pond. Caught one Sunfish, then lost it… user error, should have made sure the knot was secure. Fished a Foam Damsel Fly and caught more little Bluegill, then broke off on… [read more]