Fly Fishing the Guadalupe River
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Mark Dillow. Fly Fishing the Guadalupe River
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Guadalupe River (Central Texas)
Location: Central Texas, 16 miles northwest of New Braunfels, between Austin and San Antonio. During the winter months, fly fishers focus on the trophy trout zone located near the small town of Sattler. Warmwater species can be pursued the entire length of the river.
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The river ran generally unmolested to the Gulf until 1964, when the Army Corps of Engineers completed the construction of Canyon Dam. The dam was installed to help moderate the notorious mood swings of nature found in this region, holding back floods from tropical rains and providing water storage against droughts for municipal, industrial, and agricultural needs.
The use of the dam to protect lives and property was successful, but it created a 10-mile segment of the river too cold for native fish to thrive. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that the river held promise as a coldwater fishery. Enter Lone Star Beer.
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