mudkid

I floated it for the first time yesterday with a guide on a hot sunny day and it is a beautiful river and reminded me of the Elk river in Fernie. I landed 6 Walleye and a whitefish on streamers. Awesome to see a new river. Next time I hope it is overcast. Big brown drakes were hatching but no fish were eating on top. One of those rivers that you need a buddy to live close by to give you the skinny when stuff is happening. Not a Bow river type river. Our guide said 7 to 10 fish is a spectacular day between 2 guys on a boat. Still very much worth hitting and it would be spectacular to hook a few of those big yellow buggers if you hit it when critters were looking up.

Sure, Can you fit in a Sage bag/

Here are a couple clips from this year's Cuba trip.

The Bonefish in Cuba are hardly heavily fished. Maybe on the north side of the country with commercial nets.

Now that's a football! Nice

Yes I did it on my mac. I have a 35 min version with even more action but too big to put on youtube. We were there first week in May.

In really sketchy griz country with lots of sign we carry a sawed off legal 12 gauge with a pistol grip that we practice with in the spring. It's our sheep/elk hunting camp gun. Always have slugs and big buckshot alternating. Probably will just piss off a griz but have stopped a big boy from coming into camp on on occasion by just blasting shots in the air. Bear Bangers would probably do the same thing. We have had a few run in's with bears fishing in south eastern BC and west of Grande Cache with both Black bears and Grizzlies but never once have we had to do anything but shout or fire off bangers. We just feel better about ourselves having some protection but I don't know how much it would help.

I have been down there 3 times and the fishing was great. We usually went down at the end of April into May and fished a couple of days on each of the Creeks. We almost always fished tiny midges 20-24 sized, and olives. 7x fluorocarbon leaders etc. Go to westwinds and talk to Gord. He has been going there since he was a kid and has all the right flies. Some years we had some decent caddis hatches as well.

I will take a private lesson if you still have time available. Pm me is there is still room.

Awesome report! See any permit?

Call Gord at Westwinds, he had a guy do one for me last week for cheap.

Anyone who has caught more Tarpon than anyone on the board doesn't need advise. I think you might need to cast 83 .5 feet into the wind or no mabey 78 feet. Sungloves are a gimmick and useless. Make sure you follow Einstien's instructions since she lived there for 10 years. We cannot wait for the book and video. Your feet don't get wet on a skiff.

If you hook Tarpon you will be thankful you have Sun Gloves. I've been to Cuba/Belize? Coszumel salt water fly fishing 7 years in a row and you would be stupid not to bring them if you were running into Tarpon. Buy the Sungloves! I'm sure your interested in catching a Tarpon if you see one!

The most important piece of gear would be a good pair polarized sunglasses with Amber or Copper lenses as well as the individually packaged disposable lens cleaning cloths. The regular spray and cloth seems to get salt water on it and it will not clean very well. A bandanna or buff also adds good sun protection to the neck and face in conjunction with sunscreen. Sun gloves are also a must to prevent sunburn on the tops of your hands and more importantly line burns that you seem to get when hooking a 100 lb tarpon or a large bonefish. Pliers that can cut 60 lb-80 lb flurocarbon will also come in handy if you need to make up Tarpon leaders. If you are fishing mostly from a skiff, then I would bring a pair of thin white socks for casting from the boat. This will give your white Alberta feet some sun protection and also provide better feel for where the line is. Wearing wading boots or sandals sucks and you won't know if your standing on your line when a large fish is hooked which will almost always result in screaming, yelling and F-bombs when your hook gets spit or snapped off violently. A hip pack for flies, leaders, pliers etc is also a good option because you won't feel like wearing a vest in 35 deg weather. Also bring a light rain jacket because the odd squall can swoop in and chill you to the bone no matter what time of year. Other than the obvious stuff to bring such as rods and reels, these are some of the things you will wish you had if you leave them behind. I hope this helps.