Monday High Noon Sidewalk

I am still giving some time for the new SUNDAY FORECAST for the week ahead to soak in on Monday mornings, and that’s not the only thing that will be soaking this week – at least here in North Central Texas! The windows are barely cracked for a chance to escape and go hit the water, and it does remind me of recent years because this is when the carp population shows up for their annual return to the shallow flats in most lakes in this region.

But, and that’s a BIG BUT, the storms seem to simmer their activity, and in these years past, when the weather beats down their appearance, it does not bode well for the season. Maybe we will catch a break this year, but you will certainly be one of the first to know.

Go No Go

It is impossible to gauge the weather (when weather is around) in the LBJ Grasslands National Park, at only 40-miles away. It is much more exposed in general, and on the wilder edge of most weather visiting Texas. I do know it’s going to take some weather to slow down my trips out there, but we all know our limitations don’t we?

Canoe/Kayak Rigging for the Grasslands

If you are wondering how I get that stunning video from my boat, and what mods I have done to it in the last four years of ownership, this video is for you! It is the TELL ALL about my video methods as they are right now.

As I have said many times before, “fly fishing from a kayak is like balancing a marble on a marble,” but I think you will be surprised by my opinion on this contraption – the Old Town Sportsman 119. One thing I learned while making this video is – I really have not done much with it in terms of “mods.” That can be a good thing, and it can leave you short sometimes. I think this canoe needs work. I think I need to think bigger about the stock seat, maybe even removing it and putting in a taller, ventilated and comfortable chair. I wonder … would my thirty-year-old Herman Miller Aeron be too big and heavy? At this point, I don’t think I have much to lose – compared to this stock seat plastered into the bottom of the canoe.

Thanks for reading and beware of the weather and flooding danger around these parts!