Fly Fishing Houston & Southeastern Texas

“This fine guide includes everything you need to find these forgotten streams: maps and descriptions, helpful information on fly patterns, behavior characteristics of the fish, QR codes showing the best place to park, and GPS coordinates for legal access points. Everything you’ll need for an hour, an afternoon—or a full day of fly fishing fun.” —Ron Watters, National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA)

“The essential source on freshwater angling in Southeastern Texas, complete with handy maps, captivating photographs, and enough savvy insider tips to ensure a place in your dry bag for years to come.” —Wes Ferguson, former Senior Editor, Texas Monthly

“Love all the waters/species included as well as the local fly guys.” —Danny Scarborough, Houston Fly Fishing Guide Services

“Fly Fishing Houston & Southeastern Texas is an essential resource to anyone who intends to fly fish the greater Houston area. From local, urban fisheries to remote destinations buried in nearby National Forest, this book covers it all.” —Chris Johnson, Owner, Living Waters Fly Fishing

“With detailed descriptions of access points, wading trips, ideal flow and discharge rates for each creek, and fascinating notes about the biology and ecology of Houston’s local species, Fly Fishing Houston is an invaluable resource.” —Travis Richards, Fisheries Biologist, Texas A&M University at Galveston

“With this book and a sense of adventure, any ‘creek freak’ fly fisher willing to step over copperheads and wade mysterious waters can tie into some of the most exciting freshwater fly fishing Texas has to offer. This guidebook should find its way into the glove compartment of every fly fisher who wanders the woods and waters of southeast Texas. With it, they’re almost certainly within reach of fishable water in some of the most surprising places.” —Chris Hunt, journalist and author of Catching Yellowstone’s Wild Trout: A Fly Fishing History and Guide

“A sumptuous feast of angling opportunities featuring an incredible diversity of waterways and species for our consumption. Exhaustively researched, Fly Fishing Houston & Southeastern Texas reveals where and how to pursue ‘lunker’ largemouth bass in sprawling lakes, massive carp from urban concrete canyons, and gorgeously-colored longear sunfish from remote Pineywoods streams. This is a fun, informative read and an invaluable resource.” —Terry & Roxanne Wilson, authors of The Bluegill Diaries: A Fly Fishing Chronicle, Largemouth Bass Fishing, Smallmouth Bass Fly Fishing, Crappie Fly-Fishing, and Bluegill Fly Fishing & Flies

“Robert has taken the guesswork out of fishing our local waters, telling you how to prepare, where to go, and what to bring.” —Don C. Puckett, President, Texas FlyFishers.org

“What a wonderful resource! Robert has described, mapped and critiqued so many accessible areas in and around Houston that have been overlooked in the past. Getting to know him while we worked together was a real pleasure. Anyone who wants to learn about this area, must have this book!” —Mark Marmon, MetroAnglers.com