TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FLY FISHERS
Trout Lease ProgramThe purpose of the Club's TROUT LEASE Program is a conservation and education project designed to utilize Texas fishable-water resources by maintaining and stocking area freshwater leases with trout. Lease members learn, in real-time, key points about land conservation and waterway and game fish management. The Trout Lease program runs from December through April of the following year. The program leverages private creeks and ponds in the Fredericksburg and Kerrville areas. Leases are strictly fly fishing rigs, barbless hooks, catch and release only. The Lease Access Fee varies from year to year and is based on the cost of lease water's rent, pounds of fish needed to be stocked, and amount of feeding required for the lease season. In general, expect yearly lease fees from $250-$350 per fisherman. The Trout Lease Program is fully self-supporting through leasing membership fees and private donations. No THCFF club operating funds are used for the THCFF Lease Program.
Randall Sansom revives a "sleepy" trout before release at a stocking event. | Support The Trout Lease Program with a DONATIONYES! I would like to Donate to the success of the Trout Lease Program |
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
_____________________ NOTE ___________________ Your Lease access materials will not be mailed until your 2027 Club Dues are paid. Items Required anytime you Access LEASE 2027: wrist bracelet pass, and auto parking id. _________________________________________
The Trout Lease Registration is online only and available to current Club Members only. The Lease Sign-up Form can only be accessed after logging into your Club Member Profile on this website. Log In to your club member profile here. Learn more about becoming a club member here. The Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife considers trout a non-invasive species and stocking trout into waterways is not a threat to area Texas Wildlife.
Our lease management team is continually looking to expand the program by acquiring additional lease waters. If you have waters you want to lease or know of potential lease waters please contact us at  |
THCFF Fish & Lease Manager |
| Don Anderson - Freshwater guide and fly fishing instructorDon Anderson is an active member of THCFF and serves as the club's Fishing Lease Manager. Don's passion is teaching others to fly fish, accurately cast, and tie flies. Don's fishing passions are Carp fishing and Euro/tight-line style fly fishing. Don is a life long sportsman with most of those years fishing the Texas Hill country. Don co-hosts a podcast, Roll Cast Podcast for fly fishermen who want to explore all aspects of fly fishing. When Don is not guiding or teaching he is a professional taxidermist/artist. |
Children's Fishing ProgramThe CFP is a THCFF Trout Lease endeavor, spearheaded by Don Anderson, the THCFF trout lease manager. The program's mission is to introduce young people to the sport of fly fishing. Children Fishing Day normally takes place in April near the end of the lease.
Learn more... TroutLease@THCFF.org |
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Lease Operations Lease Manager is Don Anderson. The leases' first stocking is in December and the fishing days extend through April, depending on seasonal water temperature changes. A second stocking often occurs in late January or early February. In September email notifications are sent out to the previous year's lease-holders with remaining slots offered to all remaining club members on a first come first serve basis. People wanting to participate should be sure to read each club email for upcoming lease news. Available lease slots book very quickly. The total number of lease-slots available each year are determined by the amount of available lease waters and the respective water conditions near the stock dates.
Great care is taken to make sure fishermen have plenty of fish available and fishing slots re not over crowded so lease membership is limited. Lease holders are expected to assist with stocking and maintaining lease waters as part of learning effective game fish lease management. | Support Game Fishing Conservation
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