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The San Marcos gives us the unusual advantage of fishing a river just yards from its birthplace. The San Marcos
River is formed by over 200 springs releasing 350 million gallons of water from the Balcones Escarpment each day.
This unique arrangement gives us very stable water temperatures month after month in the headwater section of the
San Marcos. The San Marcos holds large stocks of Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, as well as an amazing population
of Bluegill and Red Ear Sunfish up to and over a pound. The San Marcos also has a healthy population
of Rio Grande Perch. If you have never caught one, this is the place to give it a try.
There are three main floats that you can do on the San Marcos. The first is the headwaters stretch, starting in the city
of San Marcos and flowing five miles downstream to County Road 101. Due to the spring-fed origin of the San
Marcos, the water temperature and clarity in the headwater section is very stable. The flow in this section averages
approximately 200 cubic feet per second which makes for a nice day-long float. The headwater section has three
dams that need to be portaged, but has no whitewater. The casting on the headwaters can be very tight in places and
underwater structure is abundant - good thing I provide the flies!
The next float starts at County Road 101 and runs five miles down to Highway 1979. As we get further away from
the headwaters, the rainfall and ambient temperature affect the river more and must be taken into consideration. This
stretch offers more open casting and a little faster flow than the headwaters float does. The population of Sunfish is
slightly lower here, although still very good, but the population of large Bass seems to go up. As with the
headwaters float, there is an abundance of underwater structure on this section, which offers great cover for bigger
fish. This stretch has some fast water and there are two areas that will need to be portaged around, but they can be
handled with ease.
The last float that I do on the San Marcos starts at HWY 1979 and covers 5.5 miles downriver to HWY 1976.
Again, this float has more open casting, plenty of structure and a nice flow to make it an enjoyable trip. This section
of the river is very similar the County Road 101 - HWY 1979 float, except it is a bit longer.
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