"Always watch the skinny water following calm, cloudless nights; the water in the shallows is 5 to 10 degrees cooler than in the deeper bay"
-- June 2005 p. 131 Chris Woodard

“ The top water explosion you’ll get from a red is something you have to see to believe”
--July 2005 p. 33 Robert Sloan

"Within an hour, I had caught 11 trout and missed about 25 more while using a blue/chrome Super Spook Jr."
--September 2005 p.27 Robert Sloan

"When it comes to fly-fishing for both trout and reds, the flats out of Port Mansfield are tough to beat."
--October 2005 p.24 Robert Sloan

"With this tide moving out , the flounder will be holding on the bottom between those sandy ridges."
--Sept. 2005     P.33   Robert Sloan

“A hundred yards ahead, redfish tails waved beyond cactus blooms and grape-size succulents hanging over the water’s edge.”
--October 2005 p.65 Terry Gibson

“Last summer, fishing with a group of friends, I realized one of my lifelong dreams by catching a redfish on a Fly”.
-- August 2005 p.66 Burt Myers

"I waded up to that gut and there were about two dozen reds easing along with their tails slicing the water's surface."
--May 2005 p.22 Robert Sloan

“Are you sure we are in Texas?” I asked my wade fishing partner, Capt. Bruce Shuler. Did you know we are on the same latitude as West Palm Beach Florida? “We like to call it the Texas Keys.”
--Sept.2005  P.12  Bink Grimes