Thomas, thanks for the great fishing trip. The trout/red fish were good and Im ready to go fishing again. Hope to make another trip by the end of October.

Jason,My wife had a H.E.B. conference in Galveston in mid-July.My daughter and I tagged along.We stayed at the Hilton off SeaWall Blvd.We arrived on July 16th and left on the 19th.My daughter really enjoyed the beach.On friday morning,the high tide was at 7:15a.m.I crossed the street from the hotel and started flyfishing.I'd never flyfished the surf before,but I just wanted to enjoy the green water and no waves.I fished for 2 1/2 hours and caught 8 keeper trout on an olive & white clouser.The biggest being 17 1/2.Unfortunately I kissed them and released them all because we had rented a van to bring are luggage and H.E.B. supplies for my wife's meetings.Flyfishing is all I've been doing sincewe moved to San Antonio 7 years ago.I never have caught 8 keepers with bait or plastics.Flyfishing is awesome!

Montana, what I've seen of it, is absolutely beautiful.  Would LOVE to go up there and trout fish in the fall...or spring...or anytime!

Is this fish from the Guadalupe?If so,What part of the river did you fish.

Glad you have good luck with Stren. I have not been so lucky with their mono. I love the braid but it is pricey. The last time and I do mean LAST time I used their mono I broke-off EVERY fish on the first day of a fishing tournament. (3 were over 5 and 1 monster that could have pushed 15) I have not used their mono in years now. I tried the following monos this year and I'm not happy with either. They are P-line and Gamma. The P-line spooled 1 reel and I was very pleased. However on the next reel from the same spool the line was failing 50% of the time. I don't know why the difference was so profound. I used some Gamma flourocarbon and It failed more that it worked. I would have trout break the line about 80% of the time.

I wrote both manufacturers and got no response or intrest into why this pricey mono does not work. Come-on the light drag required for trout fishing should not come close to punishing 17 lb. flourocarbon. That is why I am still using the trilene big game. It does not fail me.

The redfish are concentrating at the jetties in Port Aransas .Biting mostly on live mullet, croaker , and perch. They are also concetrating in large schools in the Lydia Ann Channel . Flounder are now moving to staging areas to go out to sea.

 This photo of 3 limits of reds with largest being 33" and 26" trout . We caught and released around 50 reds that day. Pictured is Mike ,Whitney and Cory Hubbard.