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I have no idea what the limit is. I personally have done it for up to two days, possibly one. Don't really remember. But if the campground allows it and I choose to take advantage of it, don't see how that makes me, or anyone else a jerk. If the rule seems unfair, lobby to get it changed. Don't blame the people who are playing by the rules as established just because they are willing to take the time to get there early.

I've done that. Drove 2 or more hrs the day or a couple of days before a long weekend, set up a tent, and went home. If I'm willing to spend 4 or more hours of my time to set up, and the camp allows it and charges me for it, how does that make me a jerk?

To continue on Pseudonym's line of thought, I have had some success fishing in shallow slow water near the bank on the extreme inside of runs. Particularly early in the morning/late in the evening using lighter flies and the indi set such that the top fly just touches the bottom. Seeing the take is really easy! I have not done hopper/dropper in this setup (slow and shallow), but that is probably because I'm dense. It would certainly work as well.

Sounds like fun Kevin! Give those spin fishermen some love. I remember spin fishing being fun too.

I'm knocking on wood right now. 8 yrs in the Navy, quit to go back to school 17 yrs in the oilpatch, 1 company. knock, knock, knock.............

Come on Pete, suck it up and pay the fine!

My first fly fishing trip ever was with Dee in October coming up on 4 yrs ago. I'll remember that trip forever, it changed the way I fish. I caught a fish on a streamer on my 3rd or 4th cast. I commented at the time "that fish committed suicide!" Great guide, CP is luck to have him!

I've noticed the crazed expression. If you ever want to change that look to one of befuddlement, just hand him the net and watch the comedy show begin. He sorta freaks out. I keep waiting to try to pull the trout away on purpose just as he tries to net to freak him out even more, but I find it unnecessary. He couldn't net a stick floating by. Another trick is to lie about the length of his fish. this is particularly effective days on the Bow where he is outcatching you 2 to 1. Jared is totally unable to estimate fish lengths, so you can easily subtract 2" from every fish he catches. The crazed expression morphs into the befuddled one when he hears the length, but since he can't really tell 20 from 18, he will believe you in the end. The best part is you can add 2" to each of your fish as well. So really, you have to be pretty dim to let him believe he's caught a bigger fish than you. On a different note, he did do pretty well with some green scud thing some guy from Sundance gave him (though I have to give a shout out to Kungfool here as his little leech was the fly of the night). I call it the Global Warming Special, or GWS. At the time it seemed to catch a lot of fish, but afterwards someone tries to convince you it wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

Corporations, fly shops, general public, most everyone is a bit afraid of spending money right now. Every auction I have been involved in recently has had massive problems raising money. Charity golf tournaments are having major problems as well. When businesses are afraid to spend, it is up to user groups to do what they can to take up the slack. That is what is happening here. Based on other fund raising activities I have been involved in recently, this is doing excellent. We should focus on that instead of worrying about who isn't involved. Keep it positive boys!

I DID set sideways a few times, even joked with Jared about it! I told him that if I set sideways for awhile he was sure to catch me. Uh, didn't help him! In all seriousness, setting sideways didn't seem to matter. The best hookup rates I had was to wait a bit (like 1 second or so) after the take. My theory was with fishing that shallow in about 6-10 ft of water I would give them a chance to turn back down. It worked really well at first and it worked whenever you saw the indi disappear down (good hard takes). For the lighter hits, it didn't help at all. I think it actually made it worse. For the fish that were sliding the indi sideways or barely moving it under I think the best was a really fast strip set. But even then, you tended to ldr a bunch and completely miss a bunch more. I would say it was frustrating, but I had some fun trying different techniques. The only mistake I think we made was NOT changing flies. We were getting so many hits that it did not occur to us. But I think that maybe had they seen something different they may have hit it with more aggression. Since I didn't test it out, I certainly don't know. But next time I'll switch up some. As to the indi..same one I used on BH. But next time I'll downsize.

Jared did. I didn't. I've personally never seen trout hit that fast and/or light. I also was wondering if the very shallow depth we were fishing impacted the hook up rate. I'll be interested to see how it changes with wind.

To drum up some more interest in our Chaparral trip, here is a report from last night: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?...amp;#entry86771

He is not exaggerating much on the "20th time in a row" part. There was a point where we had to have completely missed, or hooked and ldr'd at least 12-15 fish in a row. It was almost comical. I did drop a bit of a bad word at one point, but said "I probably shouldn't swear this close to people's houses." Rob, do you find your fish are fighting well right now? It seems like the fight was down a bit last night. Just after ice off, they were on steroids. Now, not as much. There are lots of trips in our lake, but do they exhibit spawning behavior at all? I did think that they were fat because of this, but they are solid as a rock.

Brad, I edited my post and title. Still amazing to me.

Folks, I pulled this from the Spey clinic post. I don't know if many read that thread, but I thought this was stunning and wonder who we could report to? From fisherking: The behavior is amazing in itself. The fact that they would do it in front of a bunch of other fishermen is simply jaw dropping. Is there any place this type of crap can be reported? It can't be too hard for their supervisors to figure out who was catching a brown for a taxidermist. Like there aren't enough stuffed browns around. At least now I know where the bait containers at Southland come from. Edit: These were not CO's. They were F&W Employees working for a hatchery.

Got out to the neighborhood lake with Troutlover today. We figured we needed to pre-fish a bit for our auction item. We went to what is typically the most productive bay, or so I've been told, and set up shop. We stuck a few fish right away, but did notice more fish near surface than normal. So I pulled a hawgstopph and went really shallow. Like around a foot to the top fly. That was the ticket. The action was pretty much non-stop. Most productive flies were a scud pattern and a small leech like pattern kungfool tied for me. KF, that rubber legged pt looking fly lasted 1 cast and busted off under a pier on a pretty big fish. After we had got a few each, fish started hitting my indicator. I put on a big crane fly and a scud dropper and did get one on the crane fly (first dry fly fish of the year) and a couple on the scud. But it the failing light the dry was hard to see, so I gave up after a bit. I'll try more next time I go. I'm not sure how many we ended up with, but it was well over 20 in the two hours we fished. But there is absolutely no telling how many we missed and ldr'd. I would say at least 3 to 4X the number we caught. They were hitting very light, and very fast. Like the indi would go down for <<1 second and then pop back up. We tried every method of striking we could think of. Our end theory was it is WAY easier when it is windy, very tough when calm. That or we caught the stupid fish first. One cool thing was when Jared had a fish on, there were two or three more bigger fish chasing it around! Spawning behavior? Most fish were between 16 and 19", and all FAT. Jared did have a couple of bigger fish on, but lost them. Here is my one pic of Jared with a trout. He has lots of me! Apparently he is more willing to stop fishing to take a picture than I am. Seemed every time I got my line in and got ready, he would have already released the trout. That and the fact he ldr'd a lot more than I did! Hopefully he can figure out how to post the rest. Edit: Apparently he hasn't figured it out yet.

Don't kid yourself. The Yanks don't watch ANY teams play, unless they are fans of that team. Hockey is a non-sport in the majority of the country. Less popular than soccer I would say. Not because of any bias, it's just very few people play it. So you get a few hard core fans, but that is it. My question would be: If you like hockey, why wouldn't you watch? Particularly game 7 Pens/Caps? I HATE the Yankees and the Red Sox, but if they are playing game 7 of an LCS, bet your ass I'm watching!

I sometimes wonder if I am totally oblivious to all this. You would be hard pressed to find someone who is not a guide who spends more time on the Bow than I do. I am totally addicted to it. I would bet that I average 2-3 trips per week, probably more. Now many of them are short, and quite often I go pretty early in the morning, or late in the evening. I don't fish much in the middle of the day, particularly on the weekends due to family stuff. But I go LOTS. So lets say, conservatively, 400 trips in the last two years. In that time, I've had one confrontation (probably my own fault) that I can remember. Quite often there will be people fishing where I want to fish and I either ask them which way they are headed, if they mind if I drop in behind them, or I just go somewhere else. There is so much good water here it is ridiculous. I really haven't had many people (1 trip in 20, maybe) drop in on me without asking. If they do, so what? If they do drop in it usually means they don't have the slightest idea what they are doing anyway and really are not much of a threat. Want to get back at them? Catch a few fish while they are standing there. Better yet, explain to them how you are catching fish. While doing that you can discuss stealth and etiquette. If people dropping in on you really bothers you, as others said, then leave. Remember that typically they do not know what they are doing, you do. And the smart money is on the fact that you know lots of runs to catch fish, they don't. If you fish the city, expect people who do not know what they are doing. It is a fact of life. If bad etiquette makes you mad, prepare to be mad. You want solitude? All you have to do is drive and walk a bit. Mission accomplished. Hell, you don't really even have to drive much. Just walk a bit.

Been using them for a couple of years for "stock" flies. Very happy with the customer service, quality, and turn around time.

It seems to me there is a bit less this year than last? There would be time last year where you would have to clear some off like every other cast. This year it does not seem nearly as bad, at least to me.

Below is the last paragraph of their research section. I did not read the entire article, just skimmed. But interesting read. I still have a hard time conceptualizing how this will work, but it has some advantages to the fish--the most obvious being in nymphing where many of us use 3 flies, and 3 hooks. This system would just use on hook at the bottom of the 3 fly rig. So from a snagging perspective, it would actually be an improvement over what we do today, ie, less snagged fish with the 2nd or 3rd fly. Anyway, not advocating this system as I don't have the necessary knowledge. But it is a bit intriguing. From another source:

I've been fishing the 'no name' rod from Wayne for over a year now. I certainly wouldn't say that it's actually a TFO though. I have a couple of TFOs and this rod is nothing like the TiCR or TiCRx. It is quite a bit faster. Mine is a 6, and I love it. I actually got to fish one of the first ones made as a test. I had both the 5 and 6. I liked the 6 more for the bow. More power, and I love extra power in the butt end-you can really turn a fish's head with it.

Lynn, I lived in GP. Those are rednecks. Not yuppie rednecks, just regular old rednecks. Rednecks can have money, many do. Look at Britney Spears. Lots 'o money. Still a redneck. I recognize them. I am them. Sorry for veering off topic. Darren, I'm sure your son won't be a redneck. Jury is a bit more out on Dave. Here's hoping his mom is the influence.

Congratulation Lynn. I think you just invented a whole new class of people. The yuppie redneck. Instead of BMW's they drive really nice 4wd trucks. Instead of Starbucks, Bud Light Instead of a 2 bdrm bungalow with a detached garage, a nice shiny doublewide. Wait, that's just a regular redneck. What the hell is a yuppie redneck anyway? Not sure how redneck fits with urban, or professional. Well, I think I have met some rednecks who were, um, professional-but that's a whole 'nother story.

Gus, The biggest key to me is to find somewhere with as close to guaranteed action as you can get. Remember that they will not care anything about what kind of fish, or how big it is. I don't know what's been stocked either. Normally I would suggest Spruce Meadows Pond, but I think it might have winter killed. I don't remember the name of the pond (Sibald Creek?), but it gets stocked plum full of cutties. And Mt. Kidd as well, but I don't know what time of year? What about Chain? It should be iced off, and it has lots of little guys I think.