Grass carp? Nahhh

Headed to the Guadalupe River despite winds over 25+. Couldn't see a dang thing all morning. Once noon came around a faint shadow finally rolled into visibility. The rojo bug fly was called into action and to my surprise the fish nailed it as soon as it hit the water. To add even more surprise, once I set the hook this grass carp cleared the water. This particular section of the river is littered with tree stumps, which I can usually steer the commons clear of... However this fish was having none of it! I had to swim around the deeper stumps where I couldn't touch bottom. Finally she tired and I had her in a position to land. Went to get the GoPro. GoPro keeps freezing. Great. Of all the fish! I had to make due with an iPhone, which ended up coming out OK but not great.

Brandon

4/14/13

Hit the water around 10 this morning in a last minute effort to get on some fish before work.  There was a slight drizzle coming down so sightfishing was basically a no go.  Tried for some surfacing gar that weren't in the mood and finally around 12 the clouds broke free and the sun started shining.  Its like a light switch for the carp... Within minutes dozens started storming the flat kicking up mud trails.  This fella fell victim to the Rojo Bug fly - slammed it before it had time to hit the bottom.

Brandon

Spring Time Gold

Ah yes, warm weather is finally upon us after a mostly fish less winter.  The fish seem to be just as happy as I was, as they were cruising around on the shallow flat getting really skinny.  Active, but not too eager to eat.  This guy fell for a rojo bug tied by my buddy Austin Orr over at www.salt396.com

The rojo-

Hopefully this is just a slice of what is to come this summer.

Brandon