Does anyone know what the "no motorboat" bylaw fine (in $$$) is on the Bow river above 22X?

From what I have been able to research the Feds deemed the Bow as a navigatable water way and the Feds should have the upper hand over the City in regards to the using the waterway, but of course I'm not a lawyer.

I know some of you will spaz about this topic but what are your thoughts on the legality of running jets right up to Bears Paws

I’m planning to start fishing in the lakes and rivers near my area, but I’m confused about fishing license rules. Does one license cover all local waters, or does each lake or river require a separate license?

Are there different licenses for freshwater versus saltwater fishing? Also, are there age-based exemptions for children or seniors?

How long is a license valid, and what are the penalties for fishing without one?

I’d really appreciate advice from people who fish regularly and any tips on how to get the correct license.

If like me,  you were on the auto renewal system and you’re a Veteran, after contacting the Alberta Fish & Wildlife district office, the following is what you have to do:

1. Print out your digital Resident Sportfishing License
2. Take the license to your local AB Fish and Wildlife office and fill out the form for voiding a license

(The Admin office will then send the form and printed license  to AB Licensing who will process your refund))

3. Once the void and refund is complete you can then go online to purchase your AB CAF Veteran Resident Sportfishing License.

Fly shops and guides are the tangible heart of our sport, here's how to help them

I know we are all hurting, some more than others, but give some thought to the folks who support us.

T

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Calgary's Fly-Fishing Film Event: the International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) is a curated collection of world-class films and cinematic storytelling from independent fly-fishing filmmakers around the globe. Each year, IF4 brings together powerful stories that capture the heart, soul, and adventure of fly fishing. More than a film festival, IF4 is an unforgettable night of culture, connection, and stoke for the local fly-fishing community.

Unfortunately, unlike most good stories, this one doesn’t start with a beer.

I build bamboo fly rods and have for the past 40 years. I sell the rods that I make with a recommended fly line weight rating. As I personally use Cortland 444 Peach or SL lines, I was somewhat unaware what has happened to the fly line weights in the past years.

A customer called and said, “This rod doesn’t cast worth *hit! It was overloaded.” Well, I test-cast each rod prior to placing it for sale. The rod cast fine in my hands so I asked the customer what line he was using. “Scientific Anglers Amplitude Infinity model,” he responded. So off to Scientific Anglers web site and I found the model of line he was using. No damned wonder, the line marked 6 weight on the box was really 7 weight line according to the line description from the site.

So that begged the question, how about other lines? A rainy day showed up, so I headed to the web sites of RIO, AirFlo, Scientific Anglers and Cortland looking over their fly line descriptions. I chose 6 weight lines to examine as 6 weight is a transition line between light and heavy trout fishing. Although they all presented the truth on their sites, the fly line box may not contain the line weight and could mislabeled by up to 3 weights heavy. I checked only what I considered trout lines and most of them were floating types.

Scientific Anglers: 23 floating lines checked – 7 of them were rated correctly

5 sinking lines checked – all of them  1>3 lines weight heavy

Rio                       18 floating lines checked – 2 of them rated correctly

                             7 sinking lines checked –  all of them 1>3 line weights heavy

Cortland               13 floating lines checked – 7 of them rated correctly

7 sinking lines checked – 5 of them rated correctly -2 were 2 lines weights heavy

AirFlo                  13 floating lines checked – 1 rated correctly

                             1 sinking line checked and it was 1 line weight heavy.

So where does that leave the buyer? You are faced with two issues. Firstly many of the rods manufactured today are oftenrated 1>3 line weights less that what they should be. However, you are saved as the line manufactures have bought into the game and mark most of their line lighter than is in the box.

Secondly the buyer will really be caught if he believes the internet chatter and buys a line one weight heavier for his new rod. Now he’ll have a 5 weight rod as marked by the manufacturer [ really a 6 or 7 weight] and looking for a line weight heavier, he buys a 6 weight as marked on the box and got a 7 or even 8 weight.

Why this happened, I haven’t a clue. There are industry standards for nearly everything in today’s world. Thankfully, the line and rod manufacturers don’t build nuts and bolts or any other of the myriad of tools, equipment, orparts that make the world go around.

Further notes:

1] The standards for several Fly Fishing equipment are maintained by the American Fly Fishing Trade Association. See: https://affta.org/page/About

2] Several of the line manufacturers have changed their offerings on their sites since I collected the line weight information in July 2021. However, the lines could still be and likely are for sale at retailers everywhere.

2] The data list for each of the manufacturer is provided on my web site

http://www.bamboorods.ca/

2] For those doing their own research, here are the web sites from the four line manufacturers.

https://www.scientificanglers.com/product-category/fly-lines/

https://www.rioproducts.com/freshwater/fly-lines

https://www.cortlandline.com/collections/freshwater-fly-line

https://www.airflofishing.com/products/fly-fishing-lines/freshwater-fly-lines.html

Just wondering if I'm having amazing levels of user error, or if the data isn't showing up yet. Trying to watch for when those flows start to come down...

So many choices now!!!

What do you guys use and likes?

Wondering for those that have the Boa system if you like? Comments? Do they tighten up well all across the boot?

Also, anyone fishing with the patagonia foot tractors with the aluminum bars that want to chime in?

Thanks

Thanks.

Jerry

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sure would appreciate any advice.

Regards Ray 

*The caveat being I know there is no legislation/regulation in Alberta related to the fishing guide industry, so technically none are required...

How many guides on here (independant, working through a shop [FFC sponsors or otherwise], etc.) have a business license and/or insurance, 1st aid training, swift water rescue, any or all?! Or would you even be willing to answer?!

Other then asking, how does one find out?! Or is asking the only way (if so how does one confirm that they actually do)?

P

P.S. It will be interesting to see if I actually get any responses from any guides (other then quite possibly a few strongly worded PMs)...

Hi Brian, these are not a locally developed strain but out of the U.S.

Alberta has heard some positive things about these fish from colleagues in other places in Canada and figured we would try them here in the province to see if there are better tolerances to environmental conditions (not so much diet) in many of our stocked ponds.

Our hatchery folks will monitor performance of these fish over time.

Take care

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