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The nylon part is ripping out, or the leather itself is torn (or the nylon shock-cord laces)?? I use just normal laces with my boots and it's just fine. If you need a new hole for the laces, make sure to put a grommet in the leather to protect it. Cheers,

That last looks the best; more like the natural progression. Good fly for picky fushes.

Hey Rock, Which CG is it?? Right on the Little Red Deer, or one in town? It's a great area to fish.... better chance of new water for alot of the S. fish bums too. But, if everybody is hell-bent on headed south, I like Syncline. My dad's B-day is on the 16th of that month, but I can always convince him to stay at the ranch near Beaver Mines or with friends at BM Lake... Drink with you folks at night, mix up the fishin'... Sounds good. Guito, we have an appointment on a long section of creek from dawn to dusk. We'll walk the whole thing this summer. Cheers,

I'm suprised nobody mentioned the Chota STL's. You can add or remove studds for different areas/times (a couple of studds in the toe add good traction, without going overboard), great ankle support, Mine lasted 5 seasons (+100 days rec and work/season), boat work, walking alot of sharp bed rock, and many many miles. The laces were replaced after a season and the felts after 2. Just bought my second pair last winter... still look great. Only 2 downsides to felts...1. they wear out with alot of dry walking (so does the soft stealth rubber, though) 2. Bad for carrying nasties if you travel... Wash in good hot water, dry completely, and freeze if you can. Prevent the spread of Dydimo to the south, and Mud snails and whirling disease up to Alberta!!! Clean your gear.

Will you still be working outa Slave??

I'm there any night.. It'll be good to have a few beers and start getting flies done for next season.

You may need a flycasting golf course set up... like the golf disc courses in some parks. Your goal... cast to the target at the end with the least number of casts. Around obstacles, through bush, just distance, etc. For the last shot you have to hit a ring on the ground. If you land the fly closer than a rod length to the target you get to move back one rod length (9') from the target. If you miss from 9' you just keep casting from that position until you hit the target. So I guess you have to move your fly every time unless you land within a rod length. Everyone carries a marker so when you "tee off" you walk out to the fly and drop your marker and then move over for the next caster. Its a fun way to have a few beverages and practice all types of casting, plus it can be competative practice without the pissing contest. Don't forget the blue argyle checkered sweater...

I hadn't noticed anything wrong... don't they catch fish like that now, out of Wabamun... Could use that in the TU float for the Whoop-up parade next year... actually not a bad idea, I'm gonna go talk to my manager.

You know I'm there... Fri if necessary Sat for sure!

I saw that driving around Lethbridge... I was going to wave him over when I was in my work truck, but I thought he probably gets enough crap as it is.

I'll be there with Farrah... may be a bit late. See ya,

Two tails.... All right Dr. Andy, bike racks after the TU meet... I'll take ya No worries on the time, Jeff, my tying stuff is Still packed up anyways. Thanks!!

Hey Jeff, I could use a chunk of tail (I've only got green left) and hide if you're coming this way... TU meeting on Wed night, or any time you want to stop by my office. Thanks, Paul

Thats a great site... hadn't seen it before. How's Slave Lake Treatin' ya??

The beginner tying thread is here

You can also give me the: Madam X Partridge and Pheasant BH Soft Hackle Pupa Crowsnest Stone I may need receipies from the book... I've been using the patterns from Vic and Tim's old Fly Fishing Alberta's Chinook Country site at: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/cnangler/html/flyfile.htm I'll look for the book, but I think I'm quite limited in Lethbridge. Cheers, (I'll still tie more if needed)

That fly is a killer in the spring and fall. My first GL steelhead was on that fly... dropped from a heavy stonefly to gt it down. Its an amazing thing! Nice work Flyangler

Are we going to try for every fly in the book?? I think we could do it by the expo... there are enough excellent tyers on board to get it done.

That's very cool. I thought browns wouldn't start before October... and closer to the middle of the month. We also have seen some pretty big redds... Amazing what a couple of dedicated fish can do with the right sized rock and a little hydraulic assistance.

I don't know enough about the Bow River Brown timings to answer that, Taco. I do know that the Browns are establishing on the Oldman... just not to quickly and not in the commonly fly-fished areas. It is very unfortunate that the Bull population was written off below the dam. It is good to see that they are still trying to hang on after a +10 year obstruction to their migration, though. Not sure about ACA, but Environment didn't do them this year (on the OMR for browns). They have been done recently though, and are still going on in different places. Cheers,

I really like hare's foot, but you have to use the right part (heel). The hair traps air, is naturally hydrophobic, and dries in a quick false cast. I use it instead of CDC with great results and its hard to beat the usual as a mayfly dry/emerger!! I have used caribou for big salmonfly patterns, but I don't think its better than deer hair. Moose hair is the same (check out some of the moose hair hopper patterns that Jack Dennis has put together in his western tying books... good stuff). Pacreseltoro is bang on with the best hair floatation (especially for bigger flies). Tying with Snowshoe Hare: http://www.flyangler.ca/index.php?option=c...1&Itemid=32 http://www.hafft.ca/sheldonsflies2004.html#Anchor-13378 http://www.hafft.ca/SnowshoePatterns.htm http://www.flyflickers.com/ff/flybox/reple.../snowshoe.shtml http://www.flyfishingmagazines.com/ft_feature_038.shtml#b These are great sites about SS Hare properties and patterns. Take the time to look them over... you won't find a more versitile material with a great halo/buggy look to it.

Pretty sure of the top one. You can see the pit at the bottom(ish) right and the tail running from right to left. Hard to see because of the angle of light and lack of polarizer on my camera... also sed in the water you can see coming from upstream. But like all things it is subject to "user" interpretation. This brings up other stuff... there are old redds out there. After a couple of weeks they are hard to pick out. There are also fish starting redds that are scared off by anglers. If you stay there the fish may or may not come back. If you want to watch, do it quietly from the bank... a good place is off the bridge in Canmore... lots of Grade A peep show action. Also you NEED polarized lenses to properly see through the water. If you don't use them... get them. Greg, we found redds in very shallow water (possibly at risk of freezing), they are often dug along the shore and in smaller side channels. Cheers

You've got to listen to Greg Keeler ( http://www.troutball.com/ ). Great song on whitefish and one on neoprenes!! he played for us down in W Yellowstone a few weeks ago. Hillarious. (found also on this page http://www.flyfisherman.com/downloads/ ) There are also some cool bands playing fishy blues and such (Chasin Steel and Steelhead). Also a good set of tunes at www.thisisfly.com Just type music into the search at the bottom and it'll bring up the pages.

A little late, but here are some redd photo's I said I'd find... not bulls as talked about earlier on the board, but similar. A couple of shots of Brown Trout Redds. Just passing the peak brown trout spawning times. Be on the lookout and avoid stepping on them, particularily downstream of them (remember the tails are often the eggs covered by gravel, the hole at the upstream end is where the gravel is from, not nessecarily where the eggs are). If you see spawning activity in an area or think you see redds, avoid the area, because there very well may be a bunch of redds that are tough to see. Cheers

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