My friends and family members don’t great with me “hello,” or “How are you?” anymore. Instead, I get: “Are you done yet?” Read More
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.
Low and Slow, with Shenanigans: No bad months here, but the best are just ahead
The end of summer in Central Texas typically brings us low, slow, and sometimes scummy waters. In the years when we Read More
Fly Fish the Republic ( Or What I did on my summer vacation)
The bear was a surprise. Most Texans fishing away secretly hope to see a bear, even while we overplay the danger and check to make sure we have Read More
Secret Fishing Spots
I received a call from a good friend a couple of months ago. Word had gotten around, he said, that I was planning on writing a chapter about a reach of river beloved of local carp anglers. He wondered if, maybe, I could Read More
There’s an App for That: Technology on the Water
For many anglers, a day on the water is an opportunity to get away from it all—“it” mostly being the demands our computers, smartphones, and tablets put on our lives. If you are one of those folks, and I’m deeply sympathetic, let me suggest Read More
Fainting Goats and Finding Bliss
Maybe you’ve seen the videos on YouTube. If not, you should take a look: someone yells or throws up his arms, and a goat (or two, or three) falls over. The goat, which hasn’t actually fainted but is merely Read More
Future-Proofing Central Texas Streams
It is an irony that in this anomalous year, an El Niño season of persistent rain and swollen rivers, I can’t stop thinking about the limits of water: how it is Read More
The State of Central Texas Fly Fishing 2019
The Central Texas scene is growing and maturing at a remarkable rate. Read More
And then it rained … and rained
Back in August, I wrote about the dog days of summer and low-water conditions across Central Texas. Many local streams weren’t looking their best, but the fish Read More
Building Community through Pig Farming
It was the next episode up on The Fly Tapes podcast during my long commute to work: Jay Johnson. I’d never heard of the dude, but the previous 12 episodes had been a good time so I Read More
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