Stocker Trout Fishing News

Late start Saturday for Nuclaroche and I. We planned to fish Frisco Commons for Rainbow Trout that morning but I was sidetracked by work and then some early "Spring" cleaning of the office. By the time all was done, it was late afternoon. Around 4PM, we made it to Frisco and fished till after sunset. Nuclaroche hooked up with one Rainbow Trout using PowerBait. I stuck with different dry flies trying to hook the Trout that were rising on the surface, and then eventually switched to the Micro Fly Rod . A quick check to match the hatch did not help either. I had caught one of the bugs flying around, and then tried several fishing flies that looked like it. No luck! Still had fun catching little Bluegill on the Micro Fly Rod!

Lots of rain last week coupled with lot of work made for a tough time to go fishing. Started raining this afternoon, so had no plans to fish but then saw a break and made a run to Bethany. Grabbed the five weight fly rod (one that I broke and fixed last year) as it already had a Foam Grasshopper on it. Bite was steady with Bluegill, Sunfish, and Shellcracker. Did get one Bass to take as well. Lost count of how many but did get a few sample pictures posted on Instagram ( coaf.field.team )   Able to wet a line today, #flyfishing with #foamgrasshopper… #fish liked it! A photo posted by COAF Field Team (@coaf.field.team) on Aug 22, 2016 at 6:06pm PDT

From the Field Team to our Readers, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! It has been a great year for the Team, we hope our Readers have enjoyed the same in 2015! As today is the day before Christmas, what better way to celebrate the Holidays then to go fishing! That said, we went fishing! NucLaroche arrived yesterday from Oklahoma. And, Fshng84 is always ready to go fishing. So, after work, the Team headed to Waterloo in Denison. We are still working on the video and will post it later… till then here is a picture of today’s catch and a brief message from the Field Team posted in the embedded player below! Update 12/25/25: Merry Christmas everyone! Here is the video of the action at Waterloo. We used a Five Weight Fly Rod and a Kiyotaki 18 Tanago Rod. Lots of fun catching them on the fly! Although most of the fish were caught with the Five Weight Fly Rod, we did get one Trout and two Bluegill using the Kiyotaki 18!    

Fished the Guadalupe River this round. We were targeting Bass and Panfish but struck out. Worked several pools down river from the tail race using a strike indicator and a Near Deere. After a while, went up river and fished the tail race. First tried the area by a big tree in the River. Had a strike on the first cast but missed it. Kept at it for about 30″ but did not get anymore hits. So, crossed over to the other side, and fished the seams, pockets, and the deep pool. After a couple of light strikes, managed to finally hook up with a Rainbow Trout! Did lose another as well but overall had a great time on the Guadalupe River!