I had to work this past weekend so I didn't get to do any fishing. For this upcoming weekend I may not get to fish either. That's OK because this weekend is the annual Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo at the headquarters here in Austin.
The expo is a great place to take the family to see and learn just about anything about the outdoors whether it is for shooting, archery, paddling, camping, fishing, hunting, hiking and so on. I am not sure other states have similar expos and this just might be unique to Texas. The other part of this is that all the events are absolutely free! So, you can imagine the place can get pretty crowded with tens of thousands of people coming through.
I expect we'll be in the fishing and aquatic zone quite a bit and I might try to convince my son to try the youth shotgun activity. I will also stop by the fly tying tent they usually have and say hello to the good volunteers that will be there. I volunteered a couple of years ago at the Wet Zone which has a 10,000 gallon tank where people can try their hand at paddling a kayak. My kids have done this before so we will try to do other activities we haven't before such as the Map and Compass course is the camping area.
So, I will take my kids and camera and report back later this weekend as to what we did. Should be fun! It always is when we go.
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If you plan to be at Expo on Sunday afternoon, stop by the fly fishing tent. I'll be there with Jeff, demonstrating my favorite Hill Country flies.
Hi Jim,
I went this morning because we have plans the rest of the weekend. I did look for y'all at the fly fishing tent. There were some great folks there. Have fun!
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