My World and Welcome to It.
---James Thurber
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In one of the late John Gierach's collections of articles and essays, he's mulling over a possible move from Colorado. He enjoyed fishing the clear streams of the Texas Hill Country for Guadalupe bass as well as the stock tanks, ponds and other still water for big bluegill and largemouths.
The essay is in one of my books, but I haven't been able to find it, so I'll quote him loosely:
"I've only been in Texas in April and I understand summers can be pretty grim."
Texas Fly Fishing​
Because Texas summers are HOT, we Texans, for better or worse, go to Colorado to fish in the summer.
I'm guilty.​​​
But string up your split bamboo, stay local and go...
...Where the Fish Are
Hill Country Stream
Possum Kingdom Lake
sorta near Fort Worth
Texas Stock Tank
aka a "pond"
The Laguna Madre
120 Mile Stretch Between Padre Island and the Mainland