In southwest Texas, at the confluence of the Tamaulipan Thornscrub, the Edwards Plateau, and the Chiuhuahuan Desert, the Devil’s River flows through a hardscrabble land that the forces of time and human settlement have yet to alter.

Down the Devil’s

The river water is as clean as you’ll find in Texas. Bubbling from beneath the rock’s craggy edges, springs from the Texas Hill Country fill the river with liquid jade.

By Russell A. Graves

As fantastic as the scenery is, fishing for smallmouth can be just as great.

Water this magical can’t be compromised by a motor boat.  An area as secluded as the Devil’s River demands silence and introspection - only the kind a canoe or kayak can provide.