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Thanks for the signature OO, The crazy thing about the Bow... while I'm sure the native fishing was excellent, the temperatures have been impovred by bottom draw dams and the productivity has increased from the city wastes (relative to brown and rainbow production. There are also tribs for fish to go and spawn in. My understanding of the NZ river is that it is already a great productive stable temperatured watercourse. To put a dam on it would diminish the desired fishery... Of course, none of this has anything to do with what the best environmental course would be for the Bow... just what the desired fishery is. Thanks for the signature and the Facebook placing, Erik!! Much appreciated (I don't have the facebook skills or community to have any affect )

150 views and only 9 Canadians have signed since I posted this... shame, shame... (Thanks to the guys who did) Some folks who do fish that river alot were over here this past month lending a physical hand cleaning our rivers, and folks here can't even sign their name. Special thanks to Paul Arden and Babus who, while on Vacation from Hungary, helped with the Crowsnest River clean-up!!!

I'm pretty sure they were on their way to help with this. No drugs, just an overwhelming urge to spend time with people saving the planet. I know I know shameless promotion... (this last pict is from troutundergrounds most recent blog... gotta give credit where its due.)

Gary Borger has a great set of videos that talk about nymphing One of them has some great shots of flies next to the naturals... I think the San Juan is in there... worth checking out. Part 1 http://www.hook.tv/player.php?key=6309B752797C7F2D Part 2 http://www.hook.tv/player.php?key=330A58BFFCAFD5B9 (I think its part 2, but they're both good videos anyways)

Wow... nobody likes supermodels?!?

Thanks guys. Pacres, I've posted it over on Flyangler.ca also... been awhile since I've wandered over that way. Come on folks... only 15 views... very few Canadian signatures... a whole pile of Swedish ones!?! I've heard that the country with the most signatures will take the gold in the next hockey tournie... Plus the Swedish bikini supermodel-brain surgeons really dig guys that like to save rivers...

New Zealand has always represented the best to me... the best sheep and wool (more velcro gloves than in all of Scotland), the cleanest water, the nicest people, and of course, the BEST trout rivers (after Alberta). Right now, one of those trout rivers is being threatened by a dam. Those of you who fished the Oldman before the dam was put in place will understand how this will ruin the river and destroy the wild trout population. On top of that, its just not the same to fish below a big concrete wall. As an angler I appreciate wild spaces and natural flowing rivers. I have always dreamed of travelling to New Zealand to fish the wild productive rivers. I have no desire to fish a tamed river below or above a dam, and I’m sure many of the tourist/anglers that travel there (or dream to) feel the same as I. I enjoy catching wild fish that I know have struggled within their environment to attain the condition they are in… and from what I’ve seen of the Nevis, the fish are excellent (see below)! Info on the issue can be found here: http://www.savethenevis.co.nz/ Sign the petition here, to show international support for wild fish, that one day, I may have a chance to pursue. http://www.wrap.org.nz/ Picture from Sexyloops: http://www.sexyloops.com/picofday/chris/chris03.shtml Take 2 minutes and sign... because one day when you win the lotto and offer to bring me to NZ, I'll want to fish this river!!

Have fun... I'm assuming you're flyfishing for them? They are a blast on a fly... as well as large mouth!! 9-10 wt rod BIG flies... whoooaaa!

I just walked out the door looking for my rod, before I realized there was no way I could get to that river... Another realization that my life sux. I wanna go!!

Anybody else get this in their emails: Apparently somebody hacked ito his listserv... The link doesn't work, but got a kick out of the message. Followed by: It was followed up with this: Of course... I'd like to point out the biggest mistake... Stevie Harper is not an Albertan... he just wants to be one. Go Left!!!

Those reasons almost take the cake right there. I like my 10'6 Beulah 6/7. Great in the high water for presenting streamers across different seams and for dealing with heavy streamers in the wind. It makes an excellent Bull Trout/ streamer rod and yet it is still a managable length for walking through the bush along a stream edge (as much as a 9-11 foot pole is manageable). Do I use it for low water... not yet, I prefer a single dry for my fly fishing, and the switch isn't a good as my singlehand 5 or 3 wt for that.

It was unexpected.... We need to stop being race... fishist and respect Whitefish for what they are>> an excellent sportfish, an important part of the ecosystem (trout love to eat them), and a really cool fish to see while snorkelling!!! Whitefish are people too!

Taken on a size 6 hopper a couple years ago: Great fight!

Just saw this on catch sharing: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...ft=1&f=1025

Highlighting any good practices is beneficial.... especially if it comes from a place that struggles with environmental concern because of population concerns. Western society living standards should not have been exported... the world can't take it.

It all revolves around having a competent gov't setting appropriate quotas... Yeah on cold winters.... :$*%&: I need more insulation in my house!!!

Swinging soft hackles has always been great this time of year. I find that at the end of teh swing, if I let the rod tip drop some and then lift, I entice hits... must be like a caddis swimming up. There were lots of caddis (oct and little tan jobs), still some big grey drakes, PMDS, lime sallies (size 14-16), and BWO's. EHC worked. PMD patterns didn't work, nor did the BWO dries (except a tap on a 18 comparadun). Last week the ticket was to fish big. Size 6-8 chunky patterns were bringing them up when hatch matching wasn't. Otherwise emerger patterns worked... like Bob Wyatts Deer Hair emerger (I tie it with snowshoe). A sz 8 Oct Caddis and an 18 SS emerger were getting hits 50/50 and were used for most of the afternoons. Some big fush were put down on the first cast and just stayed put on the bottom or in cover (undercuts). Wouldn't move until I waded out to them, and then they would drift away and circle back. Freezing my nuts for 10 min in the water wasn't long enough for them to get comfortable and drift within underwater picture range (or maybe it was my stinky hungover wetwading ass in the water...). Bastard fish

The wake from boats causes shoreline erosion when they zip along the banks. The introduction of that sediment can be harmfull to fish and habitat. Great topic so far... havin' a blast reading how such minor things can cause such intense considerations... Blows my mind that Dave admitted to using a dry fly!! Flyfishing>> Using the weight of the line to load you rod (or the tension in the water) to deliver your offering (whatever it may be) to the fish (if they are there). Using the weight of the offering to pull the line off the reel isn't flyfishing. Lobbing heavy weighted nymphs is a grey area between float and fly fishing (nothing wrong with it). Call it a technique employed with typical flyfishing equipment. However many flies you want to use is your choice within the law. How you use them, your choice. The tradition in any fishing is to use the best method to catch the fish. Personal preference is not tradition.

I've used a drop or 2 of clove oil to mask the smell, but you really need to wash them with a mild detergent... unless your fishing has been lucky, then leave'em be.

Try cut and pasting it to here... unless it will really wreak the formatting. About testing bear spray.... Everybody should go and look at their can. If it is old or nearing the date test spray it. You need to know how it shoots (some comes out in a spray, some in a mist, etc). Then garbage that can. It works (used it on bears 3 times). Of course, the best prevention is like Taeke mentioned... know your *hit and pay attention. I don't carry a gun or a big knife (useless) and leave my spray at home most of the time. This gal was ahead of me an my wife this past weekend in the pass. We followed it to an old mine cave in, before deciding it may be holding tight. Found another set of tracks about the size of my hand, also on the trail, some under these some over.

You would recuire a licence from fish and wildlife to keep and transport live fish to your residence. That reg you quoted is intended for folks with live wells on their boats that will keep a fish fresh until they kill it. You can not keep fish from the river unless you have a permit.

That UK fishing article is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/20...g.climatechange (Stolen from a link on Sexyloops)

I've seen some of the shrimp that are farmed in rice patties... its a pretty cool idea. If I recall there is also a river in China where they are growing/building flooded vegetation like mangroves to have a shrimp industry. Its good to know there are places in Calgary where you can buy sustainable goods. Maybe the rising fuel costs will make ocean raping less of an attractive revenue... there is talk about the impacts of oil prices on fishing in the UK and Spain. No more subsidies...

It's a bit of an inside joke for him. He can tie flies that look fine, but he started catching fish on these f' ups so it became a running theme to mess flies up and still catch picky New Zealand trout with them. In the members section of Sexyloops there is a look at one of Paul's fly boxes... no Royal F ups.

Travelling from N. America (except he's banned from the USA now) to Europe to N. Zealand following trout seasons... he's the real deal. Sexyloops is his site (Paul Arden).