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Went out for what was probably my last camping trip of the year. Wasn't as quiet as it was during the OHV ban but the beautiful fall scenery helped make up for it. First campfire in months! Luckily I still remembered how to split wood and light a match. Found some fish. This guy broke someone off before I got him. If you want to reclaim your fly, sorry but it slipped out of my fingers and floated away. Ciao! The clouds kept threatening all weekend but other than a shower on Sunday morning it stayed dry.

I really like the way these turned out. P8190182.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr P8190196.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

Hi All; I watched an interview on CTV Calgary .About the rebuild/update of our hatchery.They are all overdue this.But just SLH,was mentioned.So they are moving out all the fish,some lakes will get 2 stockings.My question & hopefully someone may be able to answer.Stocking for 2018,not going to happen ?.Are they going to purchase stock from other hatcheries,hopefully disease free.thks. Brian

^ Do not pass that up!

You also have the less expensive option of simply purchasing a single hand Skagit head for an existing rod like the OPST commando heads with floating or various sink tips. I have a 225 grain head that I'll often use on my 6wt Z-axis and it's great for the Bow. You can still do all your Skagit style casts in tight quarters (or just because you want to), and in general keep your fly in the water longer without having to false cast. You can bomb out big flies with long casts (especially with mono running line), actively strip or just swing; that said, I wouldn't say it's the best method for short line indicator nymphing. If you decide you like that style of casting/fishing then get yourself the appropriate sized two-handed rod for the job i.e. 8wt or beefy 7wt for BC steelhead, and most likely east coast Atlantics, 9wt or better for chinook , maybe even get addicted an get yourself a more traditional 15' 10wt. and throw some long bellys!

Tried it all, and nothing seemed to reveal where my slow leak is happening. I had previously repaired what looked like a flaw in the material, so put on ample Aquaseal over that area again. On Monday I did remain dry, but wasn't often in very deep water so not entirely sure if that solved it. I may have to wait until spring and deeper water to see if it really worked.

Just a sample of what kind of fish are out there.

Catch, release, repeat. P8260005.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr P8260006.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr P8260011.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

Underwater shots are cool