Author: Pat McQuinn

Holdover Tournament Results

HOLDOVER TOURNAMENT RESULTS

RIO GUADALUPE

NOVEMBER 8 2025

The annual Holdover Tournament was a great success.  There were 38 participants that caught the following fish:

Trout = 21   Bass = 8   Suckers & Carp = 20  Sunfish = 84

The Ron Skarbowski Memorial Award for the longest trout went to David Carrasco.  David caught a 22” rainbow.

The 1st place winner was John “JC” Cadran.  John caught 4 trout, several bass, sunfish, and suckers.

The 2nd place winner was Richard Kunz.

The 3rd place winner was Tony Lubrani.

The heaviest fish was a 14.6 lb. carp caught by Robert Carlen.

An 18″ smallmouth was also caught.

We want to give a special thank you to Judd Cole, owner of Rio Anglers Flies and Guides for coordinating the 8 guides who donated their time and expertise to help make this year a success.

Guides

Jud Cole =   Rio Anglers                                                                        Judson@rioanglers.com                       512-940-5965

Alex Herrera = Herrera Fly Fishing                        herreraflyfishing@gmail.com           830-237-3937

Cody LaCroix    LaCroix’s Fly Fishing                                           cl.flyfish@gmail.com                             210-837-6649

Daniel Hughes = Daniel Hughes Fly Fishing  danielhughesflyfishing@gmail.com    210-744-1812

John Shank =   Lonestar Fly Fishing                               lonestarflyfishing@yahoo.com              281-382-2871

Justin Crockett = The Texas Gillie                                          jtcrockett@gmail.com              Instagram:@thetexasgillie

Justin Janavaris = Fly Fishing Guadalupe River   j.janavaris11@yahoo.com                      817-917-8611

Paul Torrez = Grateful Angler                                              gratefulangler11@gmail.com               806-577-6650

Trey Albaugh = Trey Albaugh Fly Fishing      treyalbaugh25@gmail.com                   832-341-0114

We also want to thank the 24 sponsors who donated prizes so that all the participants left with a nice prize whether they caught a fish or not.

Donor List

Ace Hardware                                              J. Stockard

Action Angler                                               Korkers

Adams Built                                                  Lamson

Brandi Wilson Art                                       Living Waters Fly Shop

Brookshire Brothers                                  Lone Star Fly Fishing

Cortland Line Company                           Orvis

Echo                                                                  Real Ale

GRTU                                                                Reel Fly

Gruene Outfitters                                        Rio Anglers

HEB                                                                   Scientific Anglers

Hey Bear Fishing                                          Umpqua

Horseshoe Grill                                             WORD

We encourage you to support your local guides and sponsors.  They all deserve your business.

 



Fly Tying Class this Thursday the 13th

How To Tie The Walt's Worm & Sexy Walt's Worm — TCO Fly Shop
Our NBFF Fly tying session will be this Thursday from 6-8:00 pm at the Westside community Center, 2932 south IH 35 Frontage Road, New Braunfels.  We will start promptly at 6:00 with a short skills building video and then watch a video of the fly we will be tying that night.  This month we will be tying a fly called the “Walt’s Worm Nymph”.  This should be a good fly for our upcoming Guad Trout season.  Come out and learn or practice your fly-tying skills and possibly catch some fish on a fly that you tied yourself.  You can tie some for yourself and tie a few for the monthly club fly raffle.  The club will supply the needed materials and if you have your own tools, please bring them, but if you don’t the club has several sets for you to use.  You can click and see the tying video attached below.
Hope to see you there,
Gary

Monthly Club Meeting

Folks,

This is a reminder that our next club meeting is this coming Wednesday, October 22nd.  The meeting will be held at the West Side Community Center, 2932 S Interstate 35 New Braunfels.  The meeting will be held from 5:30 – 8:00.
Jimbo Roberts, V.P. Fisheries, GRTU will be our guest speaker.
Attached is the agenda.  If there are any additional topics you would like to add please let me know.
Hope to see you there.
Thanks,
Pat

2025 Holdover Tournament

It is time for the annual Holdover Tournament hosted by the New Braunfels Fly Fishers   November 8th at Rio Guadalupe.  The tournament results are provided to TPWD to assess the condition of the fishery.  There will be great prizes for all participants including two ½ day float trips, a wading trip, rods, reels, packs, fly line and many other accessories to choose from. All participants receive a prize. Prizes will be awarded based on a point system that considers number and species of fish. There is also a prize for the largest trout.

Registration prior to the tournament is required so don’t hesitate, register early for a seat on a raft or wade fishing.  Details are included in the tournament flyer.

 

Club Picnic

June 28, 2025

New Braunfels Fly Fishers had a family picnic at River Chase on the Guadalupe River.  We had 25 club and family members attend the picnic.  The hamburgers, hot dogs, brownies, and baklava were all excellent.

We also had a fly-casting competition designed by Phil Lambrecht that 13 club members participated in.  The competition had 4 hula-hoops spaced out and the object was to see how many hoops you get your fly in within a 3-minute time limit.  Bo Lewis won the event and was awarded a gift certificate to Rio Anglers Fly Shop.

Next year we will schedule the picnic for a cooler time of year.