Fly fishing in Texas.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 38waters
- 5with a live gauge
- 39designated

Photo credit
The Guadalupe River north of New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
38 fly-fishing waters in Texas have a page here, 3 with a live USGS flow gauge and 36 with an official agency designation (such as Agency-named saltwater fishing water or Catch and release).
More about Texas
18 fly-fishing guides and 13 fly shops in Texas are listed, unclaimed unless marked. Destination hubs: Port Mansfield & the Lower Laguna Madre and Rockport & Aransas Bay.
41 watersMost fished first
- Guadalupe RiverTailwater · Tailwater trout fishery · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Colorado RiverFreestone river · live flow
- Devils RiverFreestone river · Catch and release · Agency-named bass water · water temperature
- Trinity RiverFreestone river · live flow
- Laguna MadreSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- San Antonio BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Aransas BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Baffin BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Corpus Christi BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Galveston BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Redfish BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Sabine LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Sabine RiverFreestone river · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Alazan BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Arroyo ColoradoSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Bastrop BayouSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Cayo del GrulloSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Cedar Lake CreekSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Christmas BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Clam LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Cow Trap LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- East Galveston BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- East Matagorda BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Espiritu Santo BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Guadalupe BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Laguna SaladaSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Lost LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Matagorda BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Matagorda IslandSurf and shore · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Mission LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Nicks LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Oso BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Powderhorn LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Saint Charles BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Salt LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- South BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Tres Palacios BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Trinity BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- West Galveston BaySaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Caddo LakeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Toledo Bend ReservoirLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water · lake level
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About the Texas list
About this
38 Texas rivers, creeks, lakes and flats with a page: each with its official agency designations and their source, live USGS flow where a gauge exists, the state’s regulations and access map, and the guides and shops nearby. Waters that cross into Texas from a neighbouring state are included.
A Texas water is here because the state agency lists it under an official designation, because guides and shops in our directories name it on their own websites, or because a live USGS gauge sits on a river a guide names. Species appear only where an agency page states them. “Most fished first” ranks by designations and by how many guide and shop websites name the water.
