Warm Water Report

We are having cool fronts coming through the Hill Country about once a week and that has affected our warm water fishing. This past weekend the San Marcos received a large amount of water which stained the river and put the fish down. The Llano has also had some increase in flows in the lower sections of the river. Last week on the Llano near Junction water temperatures were in the lower to mid sixty degrees, which is still good but getting into the lower range for steady fishing. The bass are still active but the sunfish and Rio Grande Cichlids are starting to slow. At this point in the year it is good to keep an eye on the weather and pick and choose your warm water fishing days. Most of the better fishing is in the late afternoons and evenings. I have received good fishing reports on the Colorado and will be getting out later this week to confirm those reports.

Fly Patterns for this time of year are almost all streamer patterns, with the most productive patterns on the Llano being olive or black and on the Colorado white and chartreuse have been the colors of choice. We have had some nice action on poppers on the Llano in the evenings, with chartreuse or red poppers being the most effective color choices.