Jeff Johnson, Author at Fly Fish Rockport

Rockport Fishing Report – September 11th, 2016

Welcome to your first September Rockport fly fishing report. Fly fishing here in the Rockport area remains good. The fish are there, especially in the mornings. As the days warm up, they can be a bit tougher. There have been some very warm, calm days as of late. This can make for tough fishing later in the days, and unbearable conditions for the angler. But, Fall is just around the corner! And with it, our best fishing of the year. First to come, a series of insignificant fronts. But they tend to rid the air of stifling humidity, make the early evening a bit cooler, set up some terrific sunsets

Rockport Fishing Report – August 6th, 2016

After a bit of slacking... FINALLY an up to date Rockport fishing report! Apparently all these days in a row are catching up with us. Or maybe its because its baseball season? Or maybe all this sun has fried whats left of my brain? Either way, here is the current Rockport fishing report for early August. Fly fishing here in the Rockport area remains good. With fairly consistent weather, and favorable winds, opportunities for fish are there every day. The mornings are your best bet for sure. The cooler part of the day will provide shots at tailing fish, singles, doubles and triples cruising the flats. 8'-12" of water has

Winter Redfishing Video in Rockport, Texas

This winter I had the pleasure of meeting Gibson down in Rockport. He booked a good 5-6 days with Fly Fish Rockport throughout the course of the winter. He was pretty green to the saltwater game, but picked it up very quickly. Each day we would fish, he would usually come equipped with a Gopro camera, and I would have a couple as well. I didn't think much of it at the time, as this is pretty common form in the boat. But a few days ago, he sends me this little video edit he put together. Hope everyone enjoys this quick edit as much as I did. Good

Rockport Fishing Report – May 19th, 2016

Welcome to your wet Rockport fishing report for mid May. The weather has certainly been interesting the past week or so. Plenty of rain, with a few nice days mixed in as well. Pretty unstable really, but not all doom and gloom. Some days, we just have to wake up and see what it looks like, then make the call from there. Just as all this rain began to hit us, the waters/tides were coming back down some. So we were starting to see more and more fish each day. A little less water in the bays meant the fish couldn't swim quite as far back into some of the

Rockport Fishing Report – May 2nd, 2016

Better weather, high water and slack tides are the name of the game for your first Rockport fishing report of May. The weather has continued to be a bit unstable, but not bad. This past weekend, it actually overachieved and left us with 2 excellent weather days on the water. And after a quick front blowing through today, we looks to have a solid run of high pressure moving in for a few days. The water is still really high. Not all bad, though. We are just fishing a little different water is all. The fish are still scattered quite a bit. But they are there. You just may not

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This upcoming Tuesday, April 26th, I will be doing a presentation on fly fishing the Missouri River for the Texas Fly Fishers of Houston. This will be my second time presenting to the Texas Fly Fishers group. The first being a presentation on Redfishing in Rockport, TX this past October. I am looking forward to the opportunity of showing the group my home waters of the Missouri River and Craig, MT. The presentation should be about an hour long, detailing the river, hatches, tactics, flies, etc. And of course a bunch of cool fish pictures. But pretty much, I have a captive audience to ramble on and on about how

Rockport Fishing Report – April 20th, 2016

The weather is still name of the game for this Rockport fishing report. It continues to be pretty random... at best. We have been stuck in the middle of some solid thunderstorms for the better part of a week now. We are getting breaks here and there, but most are hard to predict. The forecast will be one thing, and you end up with a pretty solid window for an afternoon. Again, random. Along with that, there is a lot of water in all the bays right now. So as we seek shelter from the winds, we are finding fish deep. We are looking as far back in the mangroves

Rockport Fishing Report – April 12th, 2016

Spring is officially here, for the first Rockport fishing report of April. This means consistently warmer days, warmer nights, warmer water and completely random weather! Wind, fog, mist, rain, more wind, sun, dead calm, etc. And just about the time you go to bed thinking you know what the weather will bring the next day, you wake up and its something completely different. Or maybe the report for the morning is fine, but that fog doesn't burn off until noon, instead of 9am like you thought. Random! But with all that said, we have still been on the water catching fish. There certainly have been mornings where we need a

Rockport Fishing Report – March 28th, 2016

Despite some pretty windy days lately, the fishing continue to get better and better for your late March Rockport fishing report. The weather hasn't been great. But it hasn't been bad either. It's just a little all over the place. But we have been able to make it out every day, and see fish each day. We are starting to see a lot of schooled up fish. Today alone we came upon numerous schools of 7-25+ fish. Most were tailing along the banks. But we did see a few just cruising as well. But all were very shallow and very willing to eat. Some even allowed us shots at a

Rockport Fishing Report – March 17th, 2016

Another nice redfish on the fly in Rockport, Texas. What is up with the weather these days?!? And welcome to your mid March Rockport Fishing Report. The weather the past week or so has been a bit "interesting" at times. The weather man says one thing, you get another. Wash, rinse, repeat every day. But honestly, it hasn't been that bad. We have still been on the water every day, and are still quite productive. Maybe not as much as we would like, but the fish are there and giving us chances. So what more can we ask for? It's been a constant blend of clouds, winds, fog

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