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Author: Aaron Reed

Aaron Reed is an award-winning outdoor writer and Army veteran. He currently splits his time between his native Texas Gulf coast, where he drives a tugboat, and his home near the San Gabriel River in Georgetown, Texas. He is a founding member of the Texas Streams Coalition and has worked for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. In 2020, he was awarded the prestigious FFI Roderick Haig-Brown Award. When he is not working, chances are you can find him knee-deep in a stream somewhere around Austin, often with his wife and one or more of his three boys, trying like heck to become a better fly fisherman. His stories and photos have appeared in Southwest Fly Fishing, This is Fly, Kayak Angler, Texas Outdoors Journal, Texas Sporting Journal, Texas Fish & Game, Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, Lone Star Outdoor News, Austin American-Statesman, Austin Business Journal, the Taylor Press, Soldiers magazine, Leatherneck magazine, Liguorian magazine, The Washington Times, and elsewhere.

What’ve I done to help?

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Aaron Reed 8 Comments

The events of the past 10 days, a firestorm ignited by the casually depraved murder of a Black man in Minneapolis, have been heartbreaking. Read More

The Blue Collar Fly Fishing Variety Show

May 23, 2020June 2, 2020 Aaron Reed 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago on a Thursday evening 130 of my favorite people gathered at Mesquite Creek Outfitters on the prettiest town square in Texas. Read More

Essential in the time of ‘rona

April 20, 2020January 16, 2023 Aaron Reed 7 Comments

It has been a month since Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order limiting public and private gatherings to fewer than 10 persons, and more than two weeks since a “stay at home” order went into effect Read More

35 Scenic Drives to the Wades found in “Fly Fishing Austin”

April 10, 2020May 21, 2020 Aaron Reed Leave a comment

The 35 free maps listed below were hand-built by Tom Herbertson, based on the driving directions provided by Aaron Reed in his book The Local Angler, Fly Fishing Austin & Central Texas published by Imbrifex Books in Read More

It’s the end of the world as we know it

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Aaron Reed 2 Comments

– With a little luck, most of us will be okay
– Book signing events and presentations canceled
– It’s a perfect opportunity to do a little more fishing Read More

Coronavirus Got You Down? Go Fishing!

March 9, 2020January 16, 2023 Aaron Reed Leave a comment

When the guy who bit the head off a live bat and pissed on the Alamo canceled his appearance at SXSW because Read More

A Dog is Bound to Find You Sooner or Later

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Aaron Reed 2 Comments

It went sideways when the dog lunged forward to lick the cat. Charlie ricocheted off the loveseat, bounded into the kitchen, and somehow wedged himself between the glass and the blinds at the top Read More

Humility (and why there’s nothing quite like family)

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 Aaron Reed 5 Comments

I have a book. Advance copies arrived just before Christmas, and for the first time I was able to hold the product of two years of work Read More

ECHO Base: A Can’t-Miss Small Stream Option

December 1, 2019January 16, 2023 Aaron Reed Leave a comment

For a while now I’ve been touting the ECHO Base series as a solid first rod (and beyond) based on my Read More

What is the Texas “Hill Country” and Why It is a Fly Angler’s Paradise

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Aaron Reed 3 Comments

Texas is full of surprises. When I went off to college and met lots of people from other places for the first time in my life, I sometimes Read More

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