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

austinflyfishers.com

Dallas

dallas-flyfishers.org

Fort Worth

fortworthflyfishers.org

Fredericksburg

fredericksburgflyfishers.org

Georgetown

sgflyfishers.com

Houston

texasflyfishers.org

Longview

easttexasflyfishers.org

San Antonio

alamoflyfishers.org

San Marcos

ctff.org

Texas Womens Fly Fishers

twff.net

Waco

centraltexasflyrodders.org

Johnny Quiroz

Photographer

cell phone

956.802.1157

personal email address

johnny.quiroz@gmail.com

Marcus Rodriguez

Writer

cell phone

512.665.3261   

personal email address

markfly98@yahoo.com

For booking info, trip inquires, specials, updates and more...

The Guides of Texas

Texas - Fly Shops

Austin

sportsmansfinest.com

Dallas

tailwatersflyfishing.com

El Paso

atfflyshop.com

Fort Worth

backwoods.com

Fredericksburg

hillcountryoutfitters.com

TheFlyShop.html

Houston

ifly.org

New Braunfels

grueneoutfitters.com

San Antonio

tackleboxoutfitters.com

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

              faroutfishingtrips.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...