| Fishing for Guadalupe bass in Texas is another best | | | | Bass. Usually a cross hybridization that goes awry is a |
| bass fishing technique for local anglers to try. Look for | | | | bad thing, with the offspring either eating the natives or |
| the Guadalupe bass in every single state of this | | | | eating the food the natives depend on. This is not the |
| glorious nation besides Texas and the cooler will | | | | case. This story has a happy ending and luckily for the |
| remain empty, for a long time. This is not because the | | | | residents who fish for these wonders of the state, the |
| fisherman cannot entice the beautiful bass to bite, the | | | | fish decided to stay close to home. Ever been to the |
| reason is that this relative of the smallmouth bass is | | | | central Texas hill country? Cannot say we blame them |
| found only in the great state of Texas. They say that | | | | for staying put. The landscape is beautiful and clean. |
| everything grows big in Texas and that is usually the | | | | In order to rustle up some of the Texas Trout there is |
| case when it is in reference to Longhorns and Dallas | | | | a method that many Texas anglers employ: Fly-fishing. |
| Cowboys, not the diminutive Guadalupe. This Texas | | | | There is no greater thrill than hooking into a Guadalupe |
| Trout as they are affectionately referred to in Texas, | | | | on a very light-weight fly rod. The jumping ability of the |
| barely grow over 14 inches and weigh in at a light | | | | bass leaves many to believe that a little trout snuck |
| three pounds for a whopper. | | | | into the petri dish at The University of Texas? Either |
| The anglers who hunt for these feisty and high-flying | | | | way this fish is a much sought after species in Texas |
| fish normally do so in one sector of Texas. Austin, the | | | | with anglers traveling as far as California to try their |
| state capital of Texas, is where they find the acrobatic | | | | fly-fishing expertise against this stream loving bass. |
| Guadalupe Bass. The fish prefer the gentle rolling | | | | The bait of choice for many anglers is the hand-tied |
| streams of the areas hill country and cannot be found | | | | fly. The fisherman of central Texas use the same fly's |
| anywhere else. This makes the fish the state | | | | that are tied to catch the browns and rainbows of the |
| representative for all the great game fish that are | | | | same area. It must be likened to getting two birds with |
| found in Texas. Quite an honor that is bestowed on a | | | | one stone. The Guadalupe is a hardy character |
| fish that got its start as a hybrid of sorts when the | | | | resulting in a strong abundant population there in Texas. |
| Department of Natural Resources in Texas attempted | | | | The state appreciates their master creation and so do |
| to cross a smallmouth with other species of non-native | | | | many anglers who hunt for the bass. So the next time |
| fish. The results were not so good and one of the | | | | the "hankering" to catch a rarity comes a calling, head |
| resulting creations was the magnificent Guadalupe | | | | for Leander, Texas and settle in for a spell. |