What a GREAT description! Thanks for sharing!

Good luck!
John
"Big Dale" wrote in message
...
Andy wrote:snipthinking of
maybe stopping and fly fishing & camping along or close to I-20 in
Texas.
Any suggestions along with fly suggestions & what might be caught would
be
appreciated.

You might want to check out Lake Bisteneau State Park in Louisiana which
is
about a half hour before you get to Shreveport. It is always pretty cool
to
fish the cypress trees with the spanish moss in them. Once you are in
Texas,
one of my favorite state parks is Tyler State Park. They will be stocking
the
factory trout there by then, but it is a beautiful little state park what
was
built by the ccc's in the '30's. Bass and brim rule in this part of the
state.
It has been said that the best bass fishing in the world is found within a
50
mile radius of Tyler. Jim Green runs the flyfishing corner of The
Backcountry
in Tyler the phone number of the shop is 903-953-4602. I have been a happy
customer for over seven years now. The Lone Star FlyFishers is the local
fly
fishing club. WWW://LSFF.com. Their guide for Lake Fork is Rob Woodruff if
you
want to go that route. Most of the towns in the I 20 corridor east of
Dallas
were built around the turn of the centrury and most all have a little
local
lake which are good for bass and bluegill. I am not sure if they ever
filled up
the lake at Van or not. When they drained it earlier this year they
screwed up
the best lake where you had a chance to catch a bluegill that weighs over
one
pound. There is another state park about a half hour south of Longview
called
Martin Creek State Park. Lake Of The Pines has been a great bass fishery
since
they built it north of Longview back in the 50's. If you fish Caddo Lake
be
careful, it is easy to get turned around and lost in it, but I think it is
the
most beautiful lake in the state. I have heard that you don't need a
fishing
license to fish in a state park now in Texas, but that could be just a
viscious
rumor. It was in the paper, but you can't always trust what you read in
the
paper...still it would be worth asking. I have concentrated on mentioning
state
parks as they always do a good job for guys with fifth wheel rigs.

Big Dale