[Stimulater]

First tie of this kind to

[CDC emerger]

First tie of this kind to

[not Sure what it would be called]

I found the cut throat love these

[Parachute Adams]

first try. I think I made the tail to long, but this fish will let me know.

[Hairs ear]

Dubbing is probably my weak point for tying. And “tips” on how to make a nice dubbing noddle?

[Inch worm]

First flies tied 

[Second flies tied ever]

i havnt caught anything with them yet but I’ll keep trying. If successful I’ll tie more.

[how was everyone’s season]

13 hours ago, trailhead said:

Wasn't in Alta, I caught them in Baynes Lake BC, the day before I got creamed on my bicycle. Was going to go for cutthroat in either the Bull or the White River but couldn't do much with one arm.

I had found your old thread saying where you were at when it happened. I used to bycicle the highway from calgary to Banff every year to camp and fish “my spincast days” and it’s crazy how little consideration cyclists are given by the average driver. I hope the recovery is going well and that you get full use of the arm back. On a side noti looked the lake up on anglers atlas app,it didn’t tell me any species were in there. Besides bass what else have you caught there?

[Advice about a new rod]

Lol any rod would be a upgrade from the pflueuger 5/6 weight I got to learn on. I thought learning I might break the tip or whatever, but after fishing every 2 days since April I have yet to have an issue.

[Advice about a new rod]

With the TFO rod having a lifetime warranty, and the ability to go to the shop and have it repaired in about 10 minutes”so they say” I figured it might be worth it. Even with the lower price compared to say a crazy$$$ sage rig.

[Advice about a new rod]

I’m looking at buying a new rig this spring coming up. I’m thinking about a TFO 9 weight for pike walleye and Muskie. Anyone have any good or bad experiences with a TFO “temple fork outfitters” rod. Just looking for input before I spend the money.

[Getting them over dams]

What an amazing idea, this needs to be used anywhere fish of any kind are blocked from their headwater spawning grounds.

[Still an old favourite commercial]

Love it.

[Do you have "Catching a Tiger" on your bucket list?]

My first fish on the fly was a tiger there this spring. Little feller but I was excited just the same.

[Bad Bass Outing]

I hope your recovery is well on it’s way.

[First impression of Waiparous...]

I found if you go upstream far enough you leave the off road vehicles behind. I caught several cut throat up near North ghost recreation area camp ground. It has changed since the floods but still good fishing.

[how was everyone’s season]

I’ve gotta dear hair popper I tied that I’d love to test on them

[how was everyone’s season]

Where did you find the bass I havnt seen anywhere in Alberta with them?

[What Are You Tying 2019 Edition]

A little crayfish 

[Pike on the fly]

I found that lake newal at kinbrook island park is great for pike. I use a clouser minnow variant and it works well, the fly just moves over or around thick weeds because the hook point is on top of the fly not under it. I have also found that you can use as low as a 6 weight rod”that’s my rod” it helps if you use a Belgian cast so get the fly out there because the rod is a little under weight for the flies that would attract a pike or walleye. Now don’t laugh but as we all know pike are not leader shy. For a leader I use 8’ of 50lbs braided line to a 30lbs tippet ring and use 30lbs nickel titanium wire tied to the tippet ring and a heavy snap swivel as my predator leader. Havnt lost a pike on that yet.

[Midge]

even fat head minnows we’re going after these little ones.

[Moorish mouse]

i havnt tested this pattern yet. I’m hoping we get a few more nice fall evenings to give it a try.

[Trying different variants on a clouser minnow pattern]

Thx spark plug I just started fly fishing and fly tying this summer.

[Trying different variants on a clouser minnow pattern]

4 minutes ago, Sparkplug said:

Nice ties, Wayne.

My kids used to just slay the walleye and pike on a Rapala X-Rap in the "Purple Ghost" finish - pearl white belly, yellow sides, and purple on the top/back.  So I tried tying up some Clousers and other flies (e.g., big Zonkers) with the same color pattern...and they worked very well, surprise, surprise.  Don't know what it is about that purple and yellow combination, but the fish sure do seem to like it.

 

 

 

[Solarez Experience]

I havnt tryed loon uv res yet,but I found solar res is a great product. I cure the res with my uv light then put it in the natural sun for a full day before I use them. I have yet to have the res “peal off”. I use this method on the thin/thick and flex uv res.