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Five Most Common Mistakes of New Fly Tyers (and Advice)

beginner Fly Tying Tuesday Ties

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Five Ways to Respond to Someone Asking for Your Fishing Spot

Bowfishing Finding Fishing Spots Texas Freshwater Fly Fishing

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Should You be Asking for Fishing Spots? (What You Should do Instead)

Finding Fishing Spots Where to Fish

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PRIZE ALERT: Period 3 (May/June) Year of the Rio Photo Contest

Action Angler Airflo Flydrology Remedy Provisions Rheos Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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How a Fly Fishing Line is Made: Behind the scenes at the AIRFLO factory in the United Kingdom

Airflo Fly Line Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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All the Colors

Bluegill Georgetown Green Sunfish Largemouth Bass Longear Sunfish Redbreast Sunfish Redear Sunfish Rio Poquito San Gabriel River Sunfish

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Bowfishing is Not Fishing (and Needs More Regulation)

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And the winner is...

Action Angler Airflo RepYourWater Rheos Rio Grande Cichlid Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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Fish Spotlight: Largemouth Bass

Bass on the Fly Fish Spotlight Florida Bass Largemouth Bass

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Pat on the Honey Hole Hangout Podcast

Honey Hole Podcast Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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Tying the San Marcos Salamander

Fly Tying San Marcos Salamander Tuesday Ties

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VOTE: Year of the Rio Photo Contest - Period 2

Period 2 Photo Contest Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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Revived by the Small Things

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15% OFF at Remedy Provisions for Year of the Rio

Nate Karnes Remedy Provisions Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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How to Put Backing on a Fly Reel

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Carp in Texas: Part 6(ish) - Interview with Odom Wu

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Year of the Rio Photo Contest Period 2 - 1 Week Left

Photo Contest Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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List of Texas Rivers - How Many Have You Fished?

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Remedy Provisions - Year of the Rio Sponsor

Nate Karnes Remedy Provisions Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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Carp in Texas: Part 5(ish) - Interview with Cory Sorel

Carp in Texas Common Carp Corey Sorel Koi Mirror Carp

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Five Must Have Flies for Rio Grande Cichlids

Deer Hair Ant Jigged Foxy Clouser Pat's Hot Tail Mini-Craw Rio Getter Rio Grande Cichlid Rio Poquito Year of the Rio

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Carp in Texas: Part 4(ish) - Interview with Gabe Cross

Carp Common Carp Gabe Cross Mirror Carp

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How to Tie the Midnight Muddler

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Carp in Texas: Part 3 - What are Their Impacts?

Asian Carp Bighead Carp Carp in Texas Carp problems Common Carp Flying Carp Grass Carp Invasive Carp Lake Austin Lake Sweetwater Silver Carp Texas Carp

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Legislation Watch: Part 2

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The Year of the Rio Collection

Flydrology Year of the Rio YOTRio2021

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Tying the Midnight SMP

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New TFFF Stickers Availiable

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Carp in Texas: Part 2 - Why are Carp Here?

Asian Carp Bighead Carp Carp Common Carp Galveston Bay Grass Carp Kirby Lake Reservoir Lake Austin Lake Conroe Lake Fort Phantom Hill San Jacinto River Silver Carp Trinity River Victor Brawning

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Legislation Watch: Bills Effecting Texas' Waters

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Year of the Rio Photo Contest Update

OTRio2021 Photo Contest Rio Grande Cichlid Year of the Rio

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Carp in Texas: Part 1 - What are Carp? (and What Ain't?)

Asian Carp Big Head Carp Bigmouth Buffalo Black Buffalo blacktail redhorse Buffalo Carp Common Carp Golden Redhorse Grass Carp Gray Redhorse Redhorse River carpsucker Silver Carp Smallmouth Buffalo

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Tying the Mini Minnow

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Carp in Texas: Part 1 - What are Carp? (and What Ain't?)

Considered a nuisance fish by most anglers in America, carp in Texas seem to be as divisive a topic as the Dallas Cowboys, the legalization of marijuana, or Kinky Freidman. Some love them, many hate them. Discussions about carp can quickly become as heated of a debate as one about UT vs A&M, putting sauce on Bar-B-Que (notice the spelling), or wind turbines. As carp fishing (especially fly fishing) becomes increasingly popular in Texas, this divisiveness may get further entrenched. All sides of the carp debate feel solidly correct, but what is the truth...are they trash fish, do they destroy the environment, are they a prize catch? What are these carp in Texas and what is their impact? In this five-part series, Texas Freshwater Fly Fishing , will attempt to dive deeply into the subject to root out as much CORRECT information as possible. Be sure to understand the facts before you make a decision.

Fish Spotlight: Rio Grande Cichlid

For our first Fish Spotlight, TFFF is going to introduce you to the Rio Grande Cichlid. It is the fish that we have dedicated 2021 to, with The Year of the Rio ! If you haven't checked out the Year of the Rio yet, be sure you do. Fish Spotlight: Rio Grande Cichlid Photograph courtesy of Mike Schlimgen

Fish Spotlight: Bowfin

Fish Spotlight: Bowfin Known by a nearly a million names, the Bowfin may be considered a " trash-fish " by many, but their native existence in Texas is just about as cool as any other species here, and they deserve some respect! I must admit, I have never fished for Bowfin, nor have I been around while someone else has landed one. And, I knew very little about these fish before I started researching them for this Fish Spotlight . But I genuinely now think that these are some of the coolest fish here in Texas, and I will dedicate some time to target Bowfin in the future. Much of my research included information from Dr. Solomon David and a few dedicated Bowfin fly anglers, including Stavros Cotsoradis (the current Texas fly fishing record holder) and the Bowfin man himself, Danny Scarborough from Houston Fly Fishing Guide Services .

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