Hey, I'll play. We fish 12 months/year here. The Texas hill country has limestone warmwater creeks. The southernmost trout tailwater in the US is 20 minutes from my house, and is in John Ross's book America's 100 Best Trout Streams (I fished with John when he was down here). I'm two hours shortest distance to the Gulf coast. It's lined with barrier islands and miles-on-miles of foot-deep flats and turtle grass.
Within the hill country, one noteworthy county as removed the right-of-way from all county roads to eliminate parking at the crossings. Texas also has a "navigable water" rule where the landowner owns the river bottom on any creek less than 30' wide. The headwaters have wonderful spring creeks that fish better than the middle rivers, which get pumped for agriculture. These spots are prime bike-fishing. The right-of-way rule is not to keep out fishermen, but to keep out those who would literally bring their bbq grills and literally crap on the landowner's bank. Likewise the landowners who don't have to give you access don't want your vehicle drawing attention to their crossing. But the sheriffs and Most of the landowners are amenable to biking in - parking a car is the problem for them. So for many of these places, we can park at a state road and bike a few miles to get in. Zoeller Lane from Sisterdale to Waring is both a great bike ride and a great fish. Likewise, Morris Ranch Road between Tivydale and Harper. With gravel tires, bike fish can open up a new world of access - crossing you can't get to by car (River Bend road and the back way to Waring). (anyone whose still interested, here's a slideshow of my home water http://bulldog1935.u.yuku.com/gallery/slideshow/fid/61159 , and here are some fish, though most are tailwater trout http://bulldog1935.u.yuku.com/gallery/slideshow/fid/61108 , and for the person who can't get too much, my hobby business is repairing and buying and selling vintage fly reels, which has paid for my tackle collection, many bike parts, and kayaks, even. http://bulldog1935.u.yuku.com/gallery/slideshow/fid/61509 ) Another kudo for Brian at Carsick designs. His roll-top panniers have nice end pouches that fit a rod tube. <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/aP9180007_zps9c81c67a.jpg> of course the pannier easily fits a Brady bag and my wet-wading shoes. With a second pannier and rando bag, I can haul my waders and cleated boots and everything I need for a day of coldwater fishing. In the pannier slot is a 4-pc. rod, and I can also haul 3-pc, which is the typical bamboo rod configuration. The Japanese travel everywhere by train, and have tiny multipiece rods to save face on the train. <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/surf%20rod/hermit/hermit2.jpg> This is a 7' 6-pc. Japanese glass rod that fits in a rod tube only 15 inches long, and, of course, is a cinch to bikefish. On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 8:22:37 AM UTC-5, Skenry wrote: > > I do, I don't combine the two often, but I enjoy fly fishing, and fishing > in general, especially with my sons. I have a great Browning takedown rod > that fits inside a 2foot case. It could easily stick out the top of a > pannier or onto a rear rack, mostly though, I use it from a kayak. > Scott > Dayton, OH > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Roy Drinkwater <royd...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> The Redemption topic got me thinking about how many RBW members fly >> fish. I know that Grant fishes, but how many others? Fly fishing seems >> like a natural hobby along with good bikes, right? >> >> Roy Drinkwater >> Lititz, PA >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
