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It's been a long time since I've broken a fish off. I can't help to think it's because of the knot more than the line. The strongest knots are hands down the palomar or trilene knots. The clinch knot is inferior to the trilene knot as the trilene knot doubles the line through the eye. I think this is critical in a really good knot. As for the palomar, it's easier to tie, and it never slips no matter what. A trilene knot is a clinch knot with the line doubled through the eye, and the tag passed through the double formed loop. I use 4 twists for mono and 5 twists for flourocarbon. The palomar is basically a loop created at the end of your tippet, with the loop passed through the eye, with a simple overhand knot tied and the formed loop passed over back around the hook. Very easy and quick tie. Youtube them if you wanna try em out.

If you plan on fishing the winter, fall, or early spring I'd go with neoprene. In the summer I just get right in there with shorts. I bought some cheapo bare waders for a hundred bucks a few years ago and they're still going strong and keep me warm during winter. Also, if you fall in, you won't want to be wearing breathables. I ditched mine before I got neoprene and never really missed them.

I will tell whoever what I'm using as long as they're polite. I believe strongly in sharing all of my knowledge, especially if someone is nice enough to walk up to me and say hello. The only type of person I won't share with is if I get a glare, or they act defensive if I walk by them and ask how their day is going. There's lots of rude ppl in calgary these days, the rude ones won't get jack *hit out of me but to all others I am probably the nicest guy you will come across. BTW, don't want to start anything, but being "taught that way" to keep your flies secret from other fisherman is a pathetic excuse. It's complete BS.

EDIT: wrong thread, sry.. I observe. Once in a blue moon, I'll just tie something random on before I leave the house, if I have limited time on the water. But if not just observe what's going on in the water, turn over some rocks and go from there.

Thank you for correcting us on such a rude level.

Those are blacknose dace, atleast they look like it. Can't say I'm very good at telling different types of dace apart.

At a quick glance, I thought "hoary marmot" said something else....... Nice pics.

Dang, I haven't owned a vcr in years. Maybe I'll head over to west winds and see if they have it. If they do, I'll check cash converters or somethin for a vcr. Thanks jim.

I never really fish a dry/nymph combo, but I fish two nymphs at once all the time and I can tell you that tying the dropper line to the eye of the first fly helps quite a bit. I dunno why but tying to the hook bend always seems to tangle alot more.

I was wondering if anyone has these on DVD? Where I can possibly get them? thanks.

ch-ch-ch-ch-champion lakes. Nuf said. Especially if you got float tubes. But if you don't, forget me not looks nicer I guess.

Lots of sallies around there? Thanks for the tips everyone. I figured the salamanders themselves wouldn't necessarily be a good food source for trout, considering how big the tiger salamanders get. I just find them fascinating, like all amphibians, but I ignored them in terms of fishing. I'll try tying up what you recommended junior. on the other hand, do pike eat them?

Thanks for the info. Any idea where I can observe some around calgary? I tried finding a few in those ponds next to the bow at 22x but I couldn't find any. You think it would be worth tying some big tiger sallie flies?

nothing to be worried about until you find one of these Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I was wondering if someone has any simple but effective smaller salamander/frog/tadpole patterns? I'm curious to tie some up and try them out. I imagine tadpoles would be the best bet as we have a healthy population of wood frogs and boreal chorus frogs. Haven't ever been able to catch a tiger salamander, but information shows they're pretty large, too large for most trouty waters. So salamander patterns should be in their larval state, unless someone has better info. I'd appreciate any info on the topic.

Oh, so that's where she went!!! I've been looking for her everywhere, thanks for finding her!!! I dunno what I'd do without my girl!!! Hope you didn't touch her with your bare hands around the mouth area..... LOL

I bet that's how bull trout populations decreased. Back in the day, dudes would go to the river with a hook and worm, catch a stringer full of small cutts, then toss the stringer into the river. Rip it back out and got themself a stringer of bull trout.

Gorgeous pictures, thanks for sharing!

I voated no, simply because I like things the way they are now. But some stocked ponds would be really cool, especially near the cities. Maybe take some fishing pressure off the bow.

I agree about the budget part, but in this day & age the regulations are available anywhere you go. You can check them on your iphone, online, fishing stores, whatever....... so that's not really a good excuse. I know before I even made plans to fish anywhere out of province, I've read the regs before I even bought the license. It's just common sense really. I agree with sundancefisher and kungfool. Even a simple identification test would suffice. I think some of the time out on the water when you see people using bait and barbed hooks or keeping illegal species, it's probable that they just don't know. Atleast a handful of them. And even if they had bought a license, it doesn't mean *hit in the long run because they're handed out like hot cakes to any schmo who thinks he can just go out and do whatever he wants with the river. IMO, having a sportfishing license doesn't mean much in this province besides giving the CO's something to tag you for. Hopefully one day they'll do something with it.

I was just thinking about this while browsing around the forum. But what if they implemented a small regulations knowledge test before you're allowed to buy your license? Obviously they'd have to be questions that include the entire province. EG: What bodies of water are you legally allowed to keep bull trout? What bodies of water you're allowed to use barbed hooks on? etc. I'm just wondering if you guys think this can cut down on people poaching or people not reading the proper regs?

LOL, that's hilarious

Thanks guys, I ended up heading out to dewitts. What a weedy pond that is, ended up hanging out reading a book instead and picking up some garbage. I'll have a go at the 3rd pond this week, I appreciate all the info.

Yup, lots of small fish to catch. Don't let it fool you though, there's some big trout in there. Pike, browns, whities, rainbows, and even some perch. I like to fish it out of the city though above the reservoir, much more peaceful, less dogs, and some bull trout. Fish are smaller but who cares, I caught some big whities though and some browns above 16" last year. I even caught a big pike just above reserve land on a muddler minnow, with 5X tippet to boot.

That's sad, I'm really sorry that happened to you. If I was at that gate working or passing through I would have grabbed em and mailed em back for you. What a SOB that is, just reading your post about it and imagining it happening to me p***ed me off.