AN E145 CREW; WHILE PERFORMING THE TAXI CHKLIST; TAXIED PAST A HOLD SHORT LINE AT CRP; TX.

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CLRED TO TAXI TO RWY 35 FOR TKOF. WE WERE ON TXWY B THAT RUNS BTWN RWY 35 AND RWY 31. THE RWYS COME CLOSE TOGETHER AT THAT END AND VEE OUT. THE TXWY RUNS BTWN THEM AND MAKES A TEE AT THE END TO GO TO EITHER RWY. WE RAN THE TAXI CHKLIST WHILE TAXIING AND AS I WAS APCHING THE TEE; I REALIZED THERE WAS NOT A HOLD SHORT LINE BTWN MY ACFT AND THE RWY. I HAD THE FO INFORM THE TWR THAT WE WERE READY FOR TKOF. THE TWR ASKED IF WE COULD TAKE AN IMMEDIATE; WE ADVISED HIM THAT WE COULD. HE THEN CLRED US AND WE MADE THE TKOF WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS WE TURNED ONTO THE RWY; I LOOKED FOR THE HOLD SHORT LINE. IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 150 FT PRIOR TO THE TEE AT THE END. IT IS A PAINTED LINE AND WAS ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE THAT DAY BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT WAS WET. THERE ARE NO SURFACE SIGNS AND IT IS NOT DEPICTED ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM. I DO NOT GO TO THIS ARPT OFTEN AND THE PREVAILING WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SE; SO TAXIING OUT FOR A TKOF TO THE N IS EVEN A LESS FREQUENT EVENT. THIS WAS ALSO THE LAST LEG OF A 3-DAY TRIP WITH 7 HRS 35 MINS OF FLYING SCHEDULED FOR THE DAY; SO THERE WAS SOME FATIGUE. I THINK THE MAIN FACTOR WAS THE WET TXWY. THE CONCRETE IS ROUGH AND DARK. THE PAINT IS SOMEWHAT FADED AND BEING WET EVERYTHING JUST BLENDED TOGETHER. I THINK INSTALLING SURFACE SIGNS AND DEPICTING THE SET BACK HOLD SHORT LINE ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: A CRP; TX; TWR SPECIALIST STATED THAT THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 35 IS PLAINLY VISIBLE WITH NO COMPLAINTS TO THE CONTRARY.