Lake Austin - Late Spawn!

Keith and I hit Lake Austin today and found this fish sitting on a bed! I got her pissed off enough to bite, and then Keith threw in and caught her... twice! Once on the way out and again on the way back. We caught about 8 fish total and 3 nice keepers...

Ranch Rod

This is a Phenix S700L blank with a prickly pear cactus butt and rattlesnake skin in the split grip. The customer requested "ranch colors", so I went with a green and black classic twist thread with vintage tan trim.

Lake LBJ - 4th of July weekend

We hit the lake for July 4th weekend with my cousin, Ross and his wife, Kim. Rachel also had her friends, Lindsay and April out there. Ross & I had rods set out all weekend and were only catching little catfish. The one time we decided to go up to the house, Rachel and Lindsay were sitting down on the dock watching the poles.... Of course, that's when the biggest bass of the weekend came along and took down a live perch!! This was Lindsay's first bass ever!! Nice catch!!

LSU Tiger Rod

This is a Phenix S706M Blank built as a light surf casting rod. The butt cap is Texas Agarita wood mixed with purple acrylic resin, with an inlaid Tiger coin. The thread colors are Gudebrod purple (with cp) and metallic gold. The guides are the new "Black Pearl" Recoils, and they're spiral wrapped.

Lime green & Pewter

Here's the latest rod fresh off the dryer! It's a Rainshadow RX8 XSB822.5 with spiraled Fuji titanium 3.5 micro guides, a minima reel seat, and Gudebrod metallic lime green & pewter thread.

Snorkeling in Lake Travis!!

Rachel and I went on a little snorkeling/fishing trip this afternoon. I took some pics of these little fish I've been trying to ID:

After some asking around, I figured out that they are Texas Logperch. Cool little fish!

I also found a Rio Grande Cichlid:

And some bass:

I ended up fishing a little right before dark and caught 2 pretty decent bass on a white fluke. Great time on the water! Four new rods coming soon, stay tuned!!

Bent rod!

Here's some shots that Tim O'Brien sent me of his new rod in action. These pics really show the backbone of the Phenix S700M blank! Nice pics Tim!