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Are you willing to change your behavior when fishing? Handling, where and when you target fish, what species you go after/and timing, techniques used (fish without your bobber....it is possible) Thoughts... "Another way to improve best practices may be to institutionalisevoluntary conservation ethics that transcend the basic regulatory requirementson C&R (Fobert et al., 2009; Cooke et al., 2013). For example,in the 2019/2020 Alberta Fishing Regulations, anglers are encouragedto avoid targeting fish species-at-risk such as bull trout andnative westslope cutthroat trout, and to voluntarily reduce their efficiency,i.e., “Practice this proven method to drop your release mortalityby half; catch half as many fish.” (Sullivan, 2019). Appeals to normativebehavior or ‘doing the right thing’, accompanied by informal sanctioningsystems (e.g., angling community appeals to appropriate behavior,and anglers confronting those who don’t use best handlingpractices), can be powerful social institutions."

I watched a well known guide/"celebrity angler" a few years ago spend 6 minutes photographing a fish. We pulled over and counted...

I liked the event. Very engaging Biologist willing to share info and their ideas. Liked the come and go format, thought all of the AEP staff were very approachable. They seemed to care and were enthusiastic in talking to the public. Some very good (and weird) feedback on the post it notes at each station. I will be watching with interest to see what happens.

" anglers are encouraged to avoid targeting fish species-at-risk such as bull trout " Time to just stop allowing chasing bull trout. Guide outfits actively pumping the bull trout tire is getting old, considering we know they're at risk. Hell, even tourism Alberta is promoting it. I get it, i used to be into getting them as they can be huge.. but man, there sure feels like a lot less these days. Dont think i've cast to a bull trout on purpose in 10 years.

Well hopefully anyone on here complaining goes to the open house tonight to provide this kind of feedback. I’ll be there doing such

I have Fly Fished the Bow for 5 Decades at least. Over 2,000 Float or Day Trips. The last decade has been the hardest to take. Guide boats fighting for position on every good bank. Cutting each other off, low holing, high holing. I have had the same "Guide" float a very small back channel 3 or 4 times in the last season. I was at the bottom, gently fishing dry flies, with a good friend as he rowed thru, while fishing and then asking me how is it going..15' feet wide.. How the **** do you think it is going ***hole ? Fishing in front of bank anglers.. etc etc etc etc. It is up to every angler to determine there own, lowest common denominator.. My advice to all anglers is to try to be invisible, make no impact on others. Be kind, laugh lots and enjoy the Day. To all the Hipster "Guides".. Maybe go back to school or get a part time job that doesn't effect the health of the Bow so much. The first and most important job and ethic of a "Guide" is to provide GUIDANCE. In all things, not just the total catch and Tip received.