Texas · river
Comal River
The Comal River ( KOH-mal) is the shortest navigable river in the state of Texas in the United States. Proclaimed the "longest shortest river in the world" by locals, it runs entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in southeast Comal County. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 2 mi
- Basin
- 130 sq mi
- Elevation
- 645 ft
- Rises at
- Comal Springs
- Flows into
- Guadalupe River
Flow now
Comal Rv at New Braunfels, TX, 0 mi from the river.
180cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 114 cfs to 326 cfs, around 285 cfs.
Also gauged at Comal Rv (oc) nr Landa Lk, New Braunfels, TX: 59 cfs, Nov 12.
The season, November
Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.
- Midgessizes 18 to 22
- Small eggs and worms
- Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator
Typical for the week over 10 years: 114 to 326 cfs. Running 180 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.
Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.
- Flows swing a lot this week most years. Carry both a heavy nymph rig and a dry-dropper and let the gauge decide.
- Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.
Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.
Fly shops on this water
- Gruene Outfitters New Braunfels (Gruene)Website
Nearby waters
- Canyon Lake14 mi
- San Marcos River25 mi
- Colorado River47 mi
Open Comal River in FlyMaster for today's plan, the flies, and your own log here.
Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.
