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I must say that the version presented by ggp seems potentially an improvement.
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I have the lite version but am going to pick up the regular stuff.
Unlike the Loon product Knotsense, the lite Bug Bond does not dry tacky at all which to me is important.
As pointed out before it tends to hold its clear color as well, and I have seen no signs of yellowing.
From the Davie McPhail videos on Youtube, I also noted it retains some flexibility so will bend a bit and not crack. This is of use for things like making caddis wings for one example, and does a decent job of making thorax covers tough.
I tried my first buzzer patterns using it and found it very useful.
For some minnow patterns i would guess that Clear Goo or the regular bug bond would both do very well.
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I have had no issues with Daiichi 1730 sizes 14 to 10 straightening out. Fishing boatmen and leeches, hard hits, fish 5 to 15 pounds
That said I really do like the Mustad C49s from size 14 on up.
As to needing it to float, there are several issues there. At times fish are not taking near surface and a bit of float ability is good so I use the Jennings Ultimate Boatmen type body or just create one out of foam, then use it on a NON-Density compensating full sinking line so when I cast and let the line sink, there is a belly that will have formed in the center area. I then strip the fly in and in doing so, it first drops close to the bottom then rises as the line is pulled toward the boat.
I also use weighted versions (tiny bit of flat lead at the bottom of the shank near the eye) in shallow water and let the boatman sink then strip it in with pauses.
Certainly if fish are taking them on the surface that is the fun way to fish but all too often one finds fish full to nearly bursting with boatmen and backswimmers yet there is no surface action. It is times like this when one must do some thinking about how to entice strikes...
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Point #1.
Drive by racehorse + dutch creek campground most of this summer they're nearly empty. Drive 3km up the road and there's 40 or 50 RV's camped within that 3KM. It's not the campgrounds or the capacity of them, though if we can get a random camping ban yes, indeed there would have to be some increased capacity put in.
Point #2.
If C&R mortality IS having an impact... I agree... we should put down the rods and leave the area alone for 5 years (as my original post stated). I honestly dont think C&R mort is having a huge impact. Creeks with no one around for miles now, have no fish. Even little know less pressured streams anywhere in the catsle / oldman drainage are suffering, from lack of suitable spawning habitat. Go have a look 2km east of the FTR on hwy 532 (towards bear pond and the pass). See that meadow? Ruined. Used to be important spawning grounds for L River cutts.
You folks saying this in point #2 have not seen the issues created when access is restricted to the public. . . an unused resource has no clout at all when it comes to protection from development by industry. You might think it is a good thing until yourselves and everyone else has forgotten there were values there that are long gone.
I have witnessed this happen in many parts of BC and also in Alberta, and it is decidedly bad advice.
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what are they for, I don't think I've ever seen those.
I use either size 14 or 18 swivels in black. They can be bought at Wholesale Sports and are shown in their catalog that you can download online. I use these mostly to add weight to get chironomids down.
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ENTOMOLOGY LINKS
http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Aquati...dex.php?Page=34
http://www.flyline.com/entomology/entomology_2/
http://users.eastlink.ca/~dryfly/hatchtax.htm
http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching.php
http://www.flycraftangling.com/entomology.html
http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/angling/bugs/index.phtml
http://www.flyfishingentomology.com/index.html
http://people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Strea...roKeyIntro.HTML
http://www.insectsofalberta.com/
http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/fishing...,194565,00.html
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http...6CA256%26sa%3DN
http://www.amazon.ca/Nymphs-I-Mayflies-Maj...0670&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.ca/Nymphs-Stoneflies-Cad...0699&sr=8-4
http://www.westfly.com/entomology/entomology.shtml
http://www.flyfishingentomology.com/
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Dont really like the idea of a quad too much, rather walk a long distance... but it does make things easier, and if its on designated quad trails then i dont mind, just dont like it when they tear up some stream beds, muskeg, spawning streams etc. Were keeping out of the water on this one. Getting a Honda 420 i think
LOL...the next time you say you are apologizing for use of a quad ... do the right thing and walk if that is the only way to cure your concern.
I used to walk long distances in the back country and would like to be able to be able to walk back there still, but it can only be by quad or air now, and any way i can be there is a good way to go in my opinion.
Do not get overly fussy about use of ATVs because of those who do not act responsibly, or you as well as your offspring may never experience the more remote back country...
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I found these pics.
http://www.hacklehead.com/fly/image/36/lar...nzoFlies-35.jpg
http://www.orvis.com/orvis_assets/prodimg/58PTSF10.jpg
http://www.saltwaterflies.com/ep_pike_offs...yellowperch.jpg
http://www.netikka.net/aarne.karjala/perho...%20streamer.jpg
my favorite so far is...
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/b1...s100new0091.jpg
I want something fairly easy to tie... :-)
your first, second and last ones are easy ties and will work... I recommend having eyes...use stick-ons and use epoxy to fasten them on as well as to cover the outside of them so they will last a lot longer.
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Thats surprizing, I think I'll try that this fall. Expanding on this, have you ever tried tanning a hide before? I know you can send them to Edmonton, but I've heard you never get your actual hide back. We use to use a guy in Strathmore, but I think he closed shop.
I don't tan most hides but clean it well and take all meat and fat off then coat it in borax, changing the borax after a week and leave for around a month or so. I then hang them in a dry area and cut what I need as required.
As to critters, Jack has nailed it perfectly. I also however sometimes nuke a small sample I will be using for 15 seconds or so anyway.
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Ok cool. The 15' sink tips might have been tough to cast with the 40+ line unless you cut them back. One tip with the Airflo polyleaders - they come with a length of looped mono at the front so you can do a loop to loop connection with your tippet. Cut the mono off and make a nail knot loop out of the polyleader material instead. I found out the hard way that the mono to polyleader connection has fairly low break strength.
Bought the Airflo 40+ and use the Rio intermediate and fast sink tip 15 foot lines with it. Had no issues at all using loops that I made for it.
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thats one of the ones my dad was looking at, but i think he will buy one and then get a second pontoon for lakes. So he will probably get a better electric motor for the drift boat and us it also on the second pontoon. thanks for the help guys
The boat I referred to is made for a gas outboard so you can run back up rivers or travel a long ways on a lake to get to where you want to be. I found my electric to not be such a great thing on the drift boat, which is the reason I recommended the power drifter model.
Hope this helps.
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HA....next thing ya know it will be like Limited Entry hinting draws for everyone! Bet they would have done that if they had not got a lot of flack...
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I have the LH Signature series Hyde boat and like it. Have a 50lb thrust electric for lake use but only use it to get from point a to b
I would recommend this Hyde boat instead if you are going to be on lakes a lot.
http://www.hydeoutdoors.com/boat/models/po...erdrifter.shtml
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What is this Thorax style you speak of?
http://www.google.ca/search?q=thorax+style...ved=0CCAQqwQwAw
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For me the take and the fight are what I crave the most.
There is also something breathtaking to watch a steelhead rise through 6 feet of clear water and grab a skated fly on the surface, or a trout rise from he depths in a clear lake to take a surface fly.
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Does anyone know were a guy could get info on the time of year the different runs happen on the Skeena drainage?
for starters,
Try Google.ca "salmon runs and skeena"
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Yeah, that's exactly where they came from. 11/0 Japanese seed beads or something like that. Had to rip half the label off to open the vial so I'm not 100% sure that's what they're called. The hole in them is pretty small so if you're tying in the antron like I did you need to be very minimal on thread wraps. I used 12/0 Giorgio Bennecchi thread with one base layer and one layer over the antron and I still had trouble sliding the bead back over it.
I get mine from artbeads.com
Low cost, good stuff and a pile of selections. Where I live it is not practical to visit a shop to look at them before buying all the time.
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OK, I'm calling you naive.
1. There was no "official reasoning" behind this law. As stated, it was dreamed up to try and appear to be doing something to control the chicklet chompers from doing each other on the recreational lakes of Onterrible, without appearing to be pandering to "The Centre of the Universe". Inland and Maritime law is federal, therefore this was enacted across Canada.
So a cute little test that even a one-eyed old fart who hasn't ever studied or used any maritime rights of way, etc can pass with one error, makes things safe? How about forgotten within two days?
The whole thing was and is utter nonsense. Just a money grab for the feds and their hired "examiner contractors".
j
You are 100% correct here Jack
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Whoa on there!!!
Professional or Pros do it for money - money is the only measurement of their competence. Whether or not pros are any good @ anything will only be determined by the market place. Some examples of pros include hookers & hockey players.
Whereas elitists are by definition: The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
How about you use expert!
Don
without trying to sound 'elitist', Hawgstopper has it right. I have watched in wonder while I caught fish after fish on chironomids, mayfly nymphs as well as caddis pupae and thought to myself those elitists are limiting their own fun.
There is a time and place for dries as there are for the various other members of the insect world that offer up as fish food! It is a fact that most fish diets derive from under water in stillwaters by far. Those that just want to catch them on dries are not doing themselves any favours in spite of the fact when dries suddenly appear and fish are taking them it is always a time to switch to them.
I prefer to call it being smarter in some ways because when i go fishing I like to catch a lot of fish and not to simply get exercise....I get that too in my own way,
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Dune, there have been lots of studies on mortality rates of fish and the chief causes. While bait/baitless, barbed/barbless do play a factor, there are other factors that are much more significant, including "play time" or the amount of time it takes one to land a fish. Essentially the longer it takes you to play a fish, the higher the mortality rate. Also, the more time spent out of water also increases chances of mortality. Surprisingly, there is little to no difference from an Idaho State Gov. study on barbed vs. barbless, which is why I believe they brought back the allowance of barbed. The issue of "play time" is why I often am disappointed in the anglers on the Bow who think it is cool and fun to play a 22" rainbow on a 2-3wt rod for long periods of time. I say, use the proper equipment to get the job done...a 5-6wt is perfect, will let you "feel" the fish quite nicely and allow you to get the fish to shore quickly. In my opinion, the more skilled angler is the one who can catch the big one and bring it to shore/release the fastest....not the longest!
Here is the link to one study that illustrates the issue of "play time": http://www.acuteangling.com/Reference/C&RMortality.html (note the range of species in the study)
Here is a summary of the study from Idaho:
Barbed Hook Restrictions in Catch-and-Release Trout Fisheries: A Social Issue
D. J. SCHILL and R. L. SCARPELLA
Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 1414 East Locust Lane, Nampa, Idaho 83686, USA
You will see from the chart within the study that barbed/baited is highest mortality. I tried to cut/paste, but file is to large....
finally some common sense
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They cannot go too far overboard on this without contravening - perhaps from ignorance or by purpose - the Federal Fisheries Act.
To begin with I would:
Try to determine what is actually being proposed, what the risks are, and what the Federal Government has agreed to, if anything, then refer the matter to the DFO Minister by way of individial phone calls of concern.
Find out more about your water licensing system in AB. Things are becoming increasingly hard to figure out here in BC in this regard with respect to northern BC and water allocations, so take it very seriously with this news.
THis may be a good forum to find information, but never think for a second all the ranting and raving this will result in on a forum like this will mean much unless you actually go after your local politicians and put the fear of lost votes on their tables. And I do not mean signed petitions, I mean get right in their face and express your concerns.
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I think its in the Columbia at Castlegar as well, looks very much like the middle picture above and I actually thought was from pulp mill discharge, will have to start looking after my boots and waders better. Thanks for the pictures, worth a thousand words Daryl
We fished from Castlegar to the Waneta Dam last summer and noticed Dydmo in various places all the way down in small amounts here and there, but nothing like what I would say is a current issue for the area so far.
We were looking around the Salmo River area from near Ymir to close to the Stag Leap Park turnoff and so nothing obvious there. We spent time fishing the Elk near Fernie and did not see it there. Never really saw or noticed evidence of it anywhere else we went.
We did see it in parts of the Bow and Oldman two years ago.
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I guess i should add that I've only fished(tested) the 18's.My first experience was cronie fishing in deep water, lots of bites and only landed a few.Also on the Bow nymphing, same result.Nice hooks but fish don't stay on.
I did a comparison one day on the Bow, fish were hitting little green so i had one of each.The barbed hook with it squished down out fished the barbless clearly.I also made sure the barbed one passed the barbless test.
Maybe its the large gap or the point and the bump has nothing to do with it i don't no.
I have not tried the 2499 yet but have two questions for you for lakes.
1. Are you using a loop knot?
2. Do you have a tiny swivel about 18 to 24 inches above your fly?
(here in BC we cannot use droppers so that was not an option to complicate things here)
Using both these above improved both my hookups and retention using barbless hooks on size 16 to 22 chironomids last spring and was done on the recommendation from a successful chironomid fisher
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There is some technical stuff here. Includes some fact sheets.
To the best of my knowledge, this is didymo (below.) ... at least the gray-tan gunk is. The bright green algae is something else. There are taken below the OM dam. Didymo has been there almost since the dam was built.
It covers rocks and breaks away as is shown here. It is also called "toilet paper" algae. It is not an algae, but a freshwater microscopic diatom. What is confusing is that the references claim it prefers "warm" water. Whereas the water below the dam stays open all year, the water temps are cold all year long and it is chilly even in summer because it is a down-draw dam. Still, it seems to like it there.
You got it. Good coverage and pics.
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