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It appeared to me that indeed yours was also completely irrelevant to the topic.

I have heard from a reliable source that when fishing with chironomids, at times changing to a copper bead from a black, white or gold one makes a lot off difference in the rate of strikes. He as well as others have also mentioned that at times color really matters (not just with respect to the beads) but it is also known for certain that rainbow can become very selective on the size of fly they prefer. I therfor have no doubt there is a degree of preference by selective trout as to bead color as well, however i am less than certain of either the trigger for this or how consistent it may be. As mentioned before in this thread, a difference may be related in a variable related to how bright or dull the day is...or how early or late given high light intensity versus low light levels, dirty versus clear waters and all permutations thereof. A brght sunny day with clear water may cause shy trout to move away from presentations of flies that are too flashy while at other times in lower light or colored water they might like them. After dark when the trout are feeding on things near the surface film, darker flies may have the advantage as they will offer the most contrast against the background of a lighter sky if the trout are 'looking up' toward the surface.

I just cut strips off of white 3mm packing foam

This comment is reflective of the mistaken green view characteristic of students and planning people rather than the biologically sound view of those other than 'wannabe biologists' Give your head a shake guy.

Your narrow green view has to simply be better focused as you are going down the wrong path whethe you think so or otherwise. Best wishes with that but I am afraid in context this will lead you nowhere fast. If you are a student then it would be more productive to try to think through these issues from the perspective of what it is the public wants rather than what a Park Planner would want. Those two ideas are hardly the same in most cases as they are both based on subjectivity whether planning people care to debate that or not.

THen Student, consider yourself educated

I strongly support fishing in National Parks, and would comment that a lot of subtle pressure to deter fishing in some has potentially reduced the support for fish there to the planning level where there is no cost. That is ridiculous as we all know a fishery with no user support gets no monitoring or research support either. The park planner approach is to reduce public exposure to issues, not to improve it. These are indeed national treasures and for many of us feel government intervention as with our taxation system is totally out of control In BC in recent years, the green groups grabbed huge land areas and the first thing they tried to get approved was to have much of these wilderness areas set aside for nonconsumptive use. This was driven by our BC Parks Planners and was not supported by Fish and Wildlife staff at all, and was only pushed aside by properly informed public users who would have never thought to be involved unless these issues had been pointed out to them. An unused fshery resource over time becomes an unknown one with a slow increase in complacency and often results in loss not protection. Sometimes users are a good idea. Another issue I had with all this is they chose to ignore any specie except those that had rare and endangered labels and have since been aggressively managing for example, bull trout. In many of these wilderness areas there never has been a significant harvest and never will have particularly with their intervention of over-restrictive regulations. Those regs have since been seen to be not in the best public interests, and have given rise to support of closed seasons as well as catch and release regulations with some slackening here and there. One such area is the Muskwa-Kechika which is larger than any of the National Parks and has so little access and public pressure it is only reflective of Parks Planning Green leave it be than appropriate publi use perspective. Be careful what you wish for and do not agree to anything without understanding both sides, since we as Canadians have been giving too many of our rights away to glib tongue public planning processes thinking we are being empowered by a planning process to help make good decisions. This is not always the case. Mitigation=Compromise and where it is not really needed we lose our rights a little at a time.

That structure contravens the Federal Fisheries Act unless they approved it.. Also any pipe or culvert that is installed so it prevents fish passage up and downstream contravenes the Fisheries Act. How many people here have reported such structures to your provncial Conservation Officer Services?

I bought one of these Snowbee tube fly boxes a short time back and found it to be very good. Even larger might have been a good idea, as I normally keep the fly boxes in my seat in my Hyde Drift boat anyway, but this is nice and compact to put in my vest as well. I like the way you can leave it open and raise the flies to dry them. I use the space in the lid area to insert the rear half of my tube flies that hold the hook for those that are convertible flies mostly

What is the material you are using for the abdomen of the Stone as well as your caddis ties? Also, had you used weight for either of those? They look very good to me and I am sure they will fish well.

1. you did the correct thing, don't worry about it. 2. muskrats are indeed vegetarians. That being said, most people think cute little critters like squirrels, robins and others are as well.

Someone nailed iton the nose below. It depends on where you intend to fish with it. I assumed using a 3 weight you are not after monster rainbow, so maximum backing capacity might not be a bg issue. For me it certainly is. There are some great buys on right now. On another forum a person pointed out that the FishnHole has a sale on Pfleuger Trion reels. Heavier than what you are telling us but at $99 and a decent drag might not be too bad. Posts here mentioned the Sage reels. I like them as well as the islander lx3.8, the loomis 7.8 both seem however to be above your price point which was why I started to mention brands.

I like the reel to be balanced with my rod, but I always try a reel on a rod in the shop anyways, so am normally more concerned as to the backing capacity, the quality and reliability of the drag and the cost of spare spools or cartridges to ease line switching. This usually means hands on buying rather than shopping online to save an extra few pennies. You never asked about brands but I like to buy good quality as well and I do like the Islander products but have been eyeballing Snow-Bee's new GEO or their XDS cartridge reel for my wife's rod. We are both right-handers only and for any reel we buy it must be thus.

I use a tippet of flurocarbon and on my tapered leader I use a size 14 or 18 black swivel. The size 18s are hard to find... I use the same when fishing chironomids in lakes. never an issue casting but here in BC we are only allowed one fly...no dropper allowed at all

a photo of it would help

Right on RICKR

1. don't beleive everything 2. why did you not report him?

Hot topic or not, the fact is that it too often matters little what you pay for an angling license or an elk, deer or moose tag, since the money goes into the black hole known as General Revenue and in times like these your wildlife, fisheries and your enforcement people are unlikely to see much of a change if anything. It is very much the case here in BC with the exception that for each license sold, the BC Habitat Conservation Fund gets some revenue....Most of that money is supposed to be directed toward the hunting and fishing resources in BC. In fact an ever increasing amount of it in recent years has been going into projects that do not do the consumptive users of fish and wildlife much good...and for you catch and release guys, good for you, but you get less benefit as well. If I were convinced an increase in license fees or new fees were assessed would actually be appropriately made use of for the resources I love then i would not hesitate to toss my money on the table. As it turns out I have to anyway...and I see most such things as yet another hidden tax...akin to the gun registry and the more recent ridiculous boater certifications. I think we Canadians as a whole tend to fall all over our feet when someone in government sells us with the right twist.

I went Norvise all the way and have 6 of the automatic bobbins and 15 spools all filled with various and sundry good stuff. I also have 5 of the old type bobbins from befre I got the norvise and use them for some things as well.

While well-intended that pittance would not get you what you expect....and as usual, it is reflective of how the public is less well informed as to what the best options are. Don't throw a pile of money at this but DO sponsor and support a much improved reporting feedback. Never just vote for giving governments more cash as the guys that need it cannot appropriately improve their capability with more cash very often. Government has a way of swallowing such $$ into the bureacracy where there is talk and little done...

I was with BC Fish And Wildlife for 33 years as a wildlie biologist, and can definately say that what made Conservation Enforcement effective was the establishment of a public information feedback network such as what seems to be the objective here. I would support it were I an Alberta resident.

Nice one Jordo. What are the components of this fly? It looks about like something that Sheridan Lake BC flyfishers would do very well with for those monster rainbow there.

Excellent Stone there Jordo. It is going to drive me nuts trying to figure how the segmented body was tied so I have to ask... Tried fooling with this but it never turned out like yours! LOL.

Very impressed with those ties Max. Had you used these in the Bow at all, or were they mostly saved for the Steelhead trip? I have been impressed by the Finn Raccon fiber and that last tye used it. Should have great action.

Here are a couple of step by steps from Canadiantubeflies.com in pdf format that will get your fly tied for you once you have the color and so on decided on. The second one is the way I would do it. This tie results in a great intruder fly. Your fly would be even more straightforward than these examples I think. http://www.canadiantubeflies.com/files/wiggle1.pdf http://www.canadiantubeflies.com/files/Russian_Intruder.pdf