Weekend Workings

I had plans to fish with my brother on the San Marcos River on Saturday; however, due to forecasted thunderstorms with hail, we rescheduled.  So I sat at home on Saturday and decided to tie some new designs and hit the water on Sunday for some Guadalupe Bass.  These are the three I was most excited about coming up with:

The first was a small foam popper to mimic the small frogs that cover the banks of the hill country rivers in the summer.  Should be killer for Guadalupe Bass and Sunfish.

Here is a picture of it's belly:

Then a tied a smaller black foam popper with a red belly.  Should look something like a small spider, or some type of bug I guess.  I bet this smokes the Sunfish:

After talking to Drew Haerer about some of the flies, he had the idea to make the frog into a diver...so I figured I would give it a shot.  This is what I came up with:

Well, anyway, I spent my whole day on Saturday tying flies and watching the World Baseball Classic.  I did nothing else.

But, I was bummed because the weather on Saturday turned out to be perfect.  Upper 70's, no clouds, very light breeze.  I coulda, and shoulda hit the river...

I was still going to go on Sunday, so it was ok.  However, late on Saturday night, the storm came.  Bringing rain and hail that night.  I packed my flies anyway.  This is the selection that I was going to bring:

I woke up Sunday morning, and hit the road.  It was cold out now!  Low 40's with 20+ MPH winds.  I wasn't ready for this.  Anyway, I launched my yak in the South Llano River, and started to fish.  The steady 20+ MPH winds with stronger gusts made kayak fishing tough, and the fly fishing even tougher.

I was cold, wet, and frustrated, and I didn't catch a single fish in the first 3 hours I was on the river.  Needless to say, after that I paddled back, packed up, and went home.  This was the first time that I was just plain miserable while fishing and gave up, in long, long, time.