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Every cast you make along the Texas coast taps into a whole ecosystem you may never see.
The Harte Research Institute is doing the work most anglers never see — and the fish you chase depend on it.
"Is that a trout necklace?"
There's a version of women in fishing that shows up in brand campaigns. Sarah Bosenbury of the Titty Deep Podcast writes the other version: messier, funnier, and a lot more honest. No pun intended.
The Laguna Madre doesn't care how far you drove.
Or how much your gear cost, or how many fish you caught last weekend. It has its own agenda. Always has. Jaden Diaz on what fly fishing the flats actually teaches you.
Some rivers earn their name.
The Devils River isn't interested in your ego, your gear, or your plan. It just wants to know if you'll show up anyway. Christopher Lewis did.
Something is happening around here. Not in a hype way.
The editor's letter from RS Mag Issue 01, on the stories we stopped keeping to ourselves and the flag we've been flying the whole time.
Kids running on an empty porch. A woman at the foot of the bed in Room 40.
The Tarpon Inn has fed Port Aransas ghost stories for years. The real history is stranger: a lumber-built inn, a fire, a hurricane, a 1925 rebuild from memory, and a lobby wall of 7,000 tarpon scales from a fishery that vanished.
The water crisis in Corpus Christi is a masterclass in manufactured panic. If you’ve spent any time on local Facebook groups lately, you’ve seen the frenzy: apocalyptic warnings about property values tanking and taps running dry. It’s loud, it’s coordinated, and it’s largely bullshit.
I wasn’t standing there at peace with the world. I was locked in a quiet battle. With the water. With the fish. With myself. Refusing to leave. Refusing to admit that maybe… just maybe… I didn’t know what I was doing.
Most people who follow Reel Sportswear have seen his face without ever knowing his name.
Leyton Hernandez was part of our crew long before most people knew it. He was the guy we'd call on a Tuesday night, last minute, after football practice — and he always showed up.
We're grateful for every hour we got to share with him.
Rest easy, brother.
Corpus Christi just voted 8-0 to explore desalination at Barney Davis. After years of watching Harbor Island go nowhere, this one actually feels different.
The site has the infrastructure. The brine goes to the Gulf. And if the numbers pan out — this coast doesn't just solve its water problem. It exports water north.
We're watching. And for once, we're feeling good about it.
The original GPS was called Grandpa.
Before side-scan imaging and chartplotters, you learned the water by memory. By landmarks. By listening to the guy in the back of the boat who'd been running these channels since before you were born.
One day you're the kid watching the cork. The next, you're the one watching your kid watch it.
Most brands talk about “giving back.”
We decided to settle up.
The Payback wasn’t about merch or discount codes — it was about custom-built gear sent to the people who showed up for us long before hype or algorithms mattered.
Thanksgiving isn’t really about the food — it’s about the table, and the people who gather around it. In this Reel VLOG, Andrew Foster uses the chaos of holiday family dynamics to talk about loyalty, gratitude, and the 12-year journey of building Reel Sportswear. A warm, funny, heartfelt piece reminding us that everyone has a seat at the table.
Every company promises “big savings,” but somehow everything costs more. Andrew Foster calls out the nonsense — and explains why Reel Sportswear is doing the opposite.
There was a time when Halloween was wild. Pillowcases full of candy, cheap plastic masks that barely let you breathe, and enough hairspray in the air to make the ozone cry. Parents sent us out with flashlights and bad advice, and we came home sticky, tired, and happy.
Fishing runs far deeper than catching. It’s not just about filling limits or freezers— it’s about moments. Gyotaku is the purest, most interactive way to preserve those moments. It captures the soul of the fish, keeping it alive long after the fight is over.
When we dropped the Desal and Disorder VLOG, the response was immediate —
messages from fishermen, teachers, refinery workers, and even a few city employees.
Everyone wanted to know one thing:
What’s really happening behind the curtain?
So, let’s dig deeper.
This isn’t about finger-pointing — it’s about truth.
And around here, truth’s been buried under more red tape and PR money than a fish kill in July.
When the Sparkling City by the Sea starts running out of water, things get complicated fast.
Between billion-dollar desal dreams, corporate pressure, and locals being told to “cut back,” it’s starting to feel like common sense got left at the dock.
In this first episode of the Reel VLOG, Andrew Foster — founder of Reel Sportswear — breaks down what’s really happening in Corpus Christi’s water fight.
It’s not about politics. It’s about community, fairness, and calling things what they are.
They call it water security.
We call it Desal and Disorder.
