Our November meeting will be held on the Tuesday, November 27th, at 7:00 pm at the New Braunfels Public Library. Our speakers for the evening will be Chase Smith and Robby Hensley. Their presentation will cover a low-budget trip to Baja, Mexico to target Roosterfish in the surf.
A quote from Michael Aldridge, Education Chair for Texas Council FFI and Outings Director, Hill Country Fly Fishers, from an email response to my request for him to speak (He was busy):
“There are a couple of young, incredible fly anglers here with the Hill Country Fly Fishers club that might be able to help with a presentation if you’re still looking for a speaker on November 27. They are Chase Smith and Robert Hensley. The second to last Drake Magazine mentions them both as winners of the last two “Escarpment” carp tournaments. Chase ties some of the best articulated flies, “game changers,” I’ve ever seen! Both are wonderful young men who’ve done more with a fly rod in one year than most have in a lifetime! From the Texas Hill Country to CO/NM to Baja.”
On Friday the 16th of November, 2018, Jerry Horton and Phil Lambrecht went to the Salt and had some luck with red fish. Jerry Horton with slot red he caught in a secret place with a secret fly. I’m sure he will let us know what and where in the meeting this month. Be there for the info on the Red.
Jerry Horton with slot red he caught in a secret place with a secret fly.
We have to say that the new facilities at the American Legion Hall in New Braunfels worked perfectly for fly tying. Tables and chairs were available and plenty of room for setting up vises and tools. There were 5 Tyers that showed up for this first session and it went great. The next session will be in December on the second Tuesday of the month. Please feel free to join the group for tying and fish stories. Those members present were, Jeff O’bara, Gary Nyland, Phil Lambrecht, Carl Druebert and Mike Engelhardt
MIKE ENGELHARDT EXPLAINS FLY TYING STEPS
FLY TYING STEPS
BEAUTIFUL PHEASANT BREST FEATHERS
THE GROUP OF TYERS AT WORK::::PHIL LAMBRECHT, GARY NYLAND, CARL DRUEBERT, MIKE ENGELHARDT AND JEFF O’BARA
THE GROUP POSING::::MIKE ENGELHARDT, JEFF O’BARA, PHIL LAMBRECHT, GARY NYLAND AND CARL DRUEBERT
We want to thank the Walton F Hoffman Memorial Post 410 for their support in providing us with the room for our meetings, and encourage any one eligible to join the Post to join.
Jeff O’bara and Gary Nyland: Fly Tying committee leaders
We had to change the place we used for fly tying to the American Legion hall in New Braunfels. The address is 410 west Coll street, NB, TX, 78130. This will be the introductory meeting for the new location and we will be displaying our tools and supplies for tying plus tying flys as needed for the upcoming trout season. Please go to the rear of the building to enter and ask for where the fly tying is being held. We hope to see you all at the new location.
The 2018 Holdover Tournament is now over and the results are in. It was an absolutely gorgeous day on the Guadalupe River. Flows were high, but boats only got fishers wet a few times going over Horseshoe Falls and other rapids. No waders were allowed to sign up due to the flows. However, the results will answer the questions of Holdover numbers for Nov 3 2018
You need to solve this riddle to determine how many fish were caught in the Holdover::: The second place boat got ½ and many fish as the first place boat. The third place boat got 1/4 as many fish and the second place boat. The fourth place boat got ⅛ as many fish as the third place boat.
How many fish did each boat get????????????????? Answer at the bottom of the Pictures.
2018 HOLDOVER TOURNAMENT :TOP ROW L-R JUDSON COLE,DYLAN MENDOZA, SHANNON OUTING, DAN CONE, BRIAN JOHN, ANDREW CRANE, GARRETT CRANE, JOE ADAMS: BOTTOM ROW: CHRIS JACKSON AND RON DEMEYER: PICTURE TAKER MIKE WRIGHT MISSING!!!
ANDREW AND GARRETT CRANE GET READY FOR THE FLOAT
BRIAN JOHN, DAN CONE AND RON DEMEYER GETING READY TO GO!!
JUDSON COLE READY TO GO!!!
SHANNON OUTING AND DYLAN MENDOZA GETTING READY FOR THE FLOAT
ABOUT 700 CFPS OUT OF THE DAM ON 3 DEC 2018
LUNCH TIME WITH L-R DAN CONE, JOE ADAMS, RON DEMEYER, CHRIS JACKSON AND BRIAN JOHN. MIKE WRIGHTS HAT IS THERE ALSO
LUNCH TIME FOR BROTHERS, ANDREW AND GARRETT CRANE
COMING IN AFTER A LONG DAY
2018 HOLDOVER TOURNAMENT FIRST PLACE GOES TO RON DEMEYER
2018 SECOND PLACE GOES TO JOE ADAMS
2018 THIRD PLACE WINNER MIKE WRIGHT
2018 FOURTH PLACE WINNER GARRETT CRANE
2018 FIFTH PLACE WINNER BRIEN JOHN
2018 6TH PLACE WINNER IS ANDREW CRANE
We want to thank our many sponsors to include, Action Anglers— ½ day Float trip on the Guadalupe, Trouthunter tippet, Montana Fly company fly box ::: Living Waters—Fishpond Rod Case, hat and stickers::: Echo rods, —:::Umpqua—Back Pack, Patagonia gloves, Montana Fly Company fly box, t-shirt, hat:::Gruene Outfitters—::: Lake Austin Ales— iced tea:::Water Works Lamson and Temple Fork for their continued support of our tournament.
ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE: ZERO FISH WERE CAUGHT BY ALL BOATS!!!!!!!
We all got SKUNKED, but had a great time in the beautiful weather! We held a drawing for the prizes. Hope to see you all next year when the water is slower and more fishable. 2017 was a great year and we hope next year, 2019 is as good as or better than 2017.
