TGOT Fishing and Exploring the Wilds of Texas
TGOT Fishing and Exploring the Wilds of Texas
We are The Guides of Texas. Johnny and I have been guiding the Texas Hill Country for over ten years. We met at Southwest Texas State University and we soon realized that we both had a love of rivers and angling.
Our river adventures started on the beautiful Blanco River. Soon, we started fishing and exploring other rivers and we became experts at paddling canoes, reading water and catching big fish. In 1997 we started The Guides of Texas.
As the years went on, we fished, guided, and introduced many people to the beauty of fly fishing in the Texas Hill Country. As a result of our initial success we decided to pursue other adventures. Johnny decided to photograph, travel and guide throughout the Western Hemisphere. I decided to pursue a "real job" and live the grand adventure of raising a family. Our time became very precious and we did not guide full time. A few of our clients became very frequent visitors and we dedicated most of our time, taking these clients on different adventures throughout the Hill Country. We are now looking for a few more clients who wish to fish and explore the wilds of Texas.
Like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, we have decided to renew The Guides of Texas. We are now in our thirties. Johnny is well traveled. I have a lovely wife and three beautiful daughters. Johnny and I have decided to once again allow our lives to revolve around what is very important to us; rivers and fishing. We guide on nearly 1,000 river miles. It is on rivers were we see ourselves and our clients become natural. We use our minds and our muscles to paddle down rivers and finesse fish out of their watery hiding places. We want to show the world our photographs and tell the stories of the landscape and livelihood we have come to love.
We have learned rivers the hard way.
We are older and wiser.
We are raw and natural.
We are The Guides of Texas.
Texas - Clubs
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Fredericksburg
Georgetown
Houston
Longview
San Antonio
San Marcos
Texas Womens Fly Fishers
Waco
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Texas - Fly Shops
Austin
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Fredericksburg
Houston
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Texas - Saltwater
Saltwater guides we know and recommend...
South Padre Island Area
Ethan Wells - wellsoutfitters.com
Eric Glass - captainericglass.com
Kenny Smith - inshorenearshore.com
Ray Box - flyfishtx.com
Scott Sparrow - lagunamadre.net
Skipper Ray - islandoutfittersspi.com
Todd Casey - spifishing.com
Rockport Area
Billy Trimble - trimbleflyfishing.com
Chuck Scates - chuckscates.com
Freddy Lynch - flyfishcorpus.com
Mike Cook - cooksguideservice.com
Sally Moffitt - captainsally.com
Port O’ Conner
Scott Graham - flyfishingtexas.com
Scott Sommerlatte - scottsommerlatte.com
Other
Africa
Randall Moore - abucamp.com
Alaska
Rus Schwauch - epicanglingadventure.com
Sam Egli - egliair.com
Argentina
Joey Lin - northernpatagonia.com
Arkansas
Michael McLellan - mcflyshop.com
Artist
Dave Sellers - davesellers.com
Dave Whitlock - davewhitlock.com
Bubba Wood - collectorscovey.com
Canada
Derek Botchford - bulkleysteelhead.com
Houston
Mark Marmon - metroanglers.com
Fly Fishing Guru
Dave & Emily Whitlock - davewhitlock.com
Photography/Media
David Sams - lsonews.com
Tosh Brown - toshbrown.com
Tim Romano - theflyfishjournal.com
Gear/Equipment/Rod Building/
Winston Fly Rods - winstonrods.com
Mike Munoz - munozafa.com
Rick Pope - templeforkflyrods.com
Texas - Rivers
Freshwater guides we know and recommend...
Hill Country Guides
Alvin Dedeaux - alvindedeaux.com
Banning Collins - classv.net
Bill Higdon - inthehillsfishing.com
Dan Cone - llanoriverflyfishing.com
Jeff Davis - flyfishthehillcountry.com
Kevin Hutchinson - hillcountryflyfishers.com
Kevin Stubbs - expedition-outfitters.net
Rick Wilson - flyfishingintexas.com
Hill Country Lodging
Raye Carrington - llanoriver.com
Michelle Huebner - devilsriver.info
Texas - Lakes
Rob Woodruff - flyfishingfork.com
Please visit TGOT friends for all your Texas Fly Fishing needs...