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never heard of it..Is that a law on the river or just an unwritten rule? Ive fished NS/NB before and encountered similar crowds..Great Idea though, for the most part in Newfoundland peole "hog" a rock or a spot to stand on the river until they get a fish, then they may give it up to someone who has a less desierable spot in the pool..

I burn through 3 pairs a year so ive learned to settle for cheapos

Interesting, almost looks like a Chernobyl Ant variation..

Glad to hear no one was hurt..she's taught me a few valuable lessons over the years..way to keep your cool...

my opinon -- if you want to cast long..learn to cast long... your rod & line are matched for a reason...if you want to throw 50 feet off line into the middle of the river go get yourself a spey rod..or..overline and have a whole differnt set of challenges appear..ie roll casting will be near damn impossible with a +2wt line, presentation will suffer tremendously, picking up alot of line downsteam of you--forget about it...and im sure there are lots more....seems like a large price to play for an extra load on your rod..again just my opinon...

What do you do if you spent hundreds of dollers and drive for hours, (or in my case fly from Alberta) to arrive at this river, it was the less traffic we seen while i was up thet way (Northern Pennisula, Newfoundland)..not fishing is just not an option, the Salmon run was late and there were literally hundreds of people waiting for the run to happen on 4 small rivers..(less than 3km in lenght)...this river recieves the least pressure in the area..I did however manage one in the pool down below resting behind the rock, but for the main part once salmon leave the salt water, they don't stop before that first holding pool, and they wait for a heavy rain so they can jump the falls... on another river nearby, The Torrent River, a guide friend of my said he counted 21 rods fishing at Wing Pool one morning..which is not much bigger than this one..needless to say..i did'nt go to Wing..but this is the worst pressure I've seen in the 10 years Ive been up there fishing..

good one buddy, Nice fish

I don;t find it hard to avoid the crowds on the Bow, sure you get pressure around the parking lots at Fish Creek, and all the other popular spots but a short hike up/down river seems to remedy that for me, for the most part people who fish the Bow are lazy and don;t want to walk much more than the length of themselves. Since there are pretty much fish everywhere on the Bow, crowding holding pools like this is usally non-existant...If you find yourself crowded constantly, PM me I'd be more than happy to give up a couple inner city sweet spots where I seldom see people fish...

grew up with this crap..If i can see what pattern your swinging..than your way too close..i won't line up with the squatters, I'll go fish the pockets and take my chances, nothing better than walking by 10 people around a pool with 200 fish in it and going below and catch a fresh fish on its way up river stopped in a small pool for a rest....its the best... this is quite mild for a salmon river on the east coast, the next day there was a big run of fish come in (200-300 fish) and apparently it was crazy by any standards, I was fishing another river that day so did'nt get to see the crazyness...whew... Question..The guys sat on the rocks are guiding a couple people each..Whould you pay +/- 200 bucks a day to fish here?...lots do...

free parking...yeah right!!! .. believe it when i see it.. The shows have always been great except for the trout races and fish pond..

I dunno..you'll get better laughs and action out of a dog..cats are cool but in a different kinda way.. funny vids..

LOL...bear spray...make sure to wash your hands afterwards though or the fish will smell it...too funny..bet it'd work though...

first time for me was today, worked fine for me all last week...and don;t know why it shows my online/offline status as private..i did'nt set it to private..how do i change this?

Rather than highjack Brent's thread, Here goes: Pressure in Alberta is realtively mild compared to alot of places guys, Ive fished rivers from coast to coast and depending on the species your targeting it gets WAY worst than anything ive ever seen in Ab. but that beening said a little common courtsy goes a long way when it comes to angling. If push comes to shove, nobody owns the river, pool, run or otherwise and one can only hope that people govern themselves with proper etiquette, but this is not always the case..When it comes to trout, they can be found anywhere (of course some spots are better than others)..but certain "run" fish, such as Some species of trout, Salmon and Steelhead, must be targeted in most cases to catch fish..and this creates alot of frustration to all anglers involved..the best thing to do is the best you can w/o getting upset..if you find yourself at the end of your rope..best to bite your lip and move on..after all fishing is suppose to be enjoyable and should'nt cause tension but releve it... ..and when you find yourself in a "tight" situation with 5 people on 500 yards of water think of this.... IT COULD BE WORST..Ive seen and even had to fish worst than this...

always start off the season with a log but seem to fall behind every time, I write in location, insect activity, patterns, weather/water conditions.etc For me its easier to keep it well up to date in the early season for some reason, but about the 40-50th entry it gets sloppy and find myself going back days maybe even weeks to try and replay from memory..then abandon it..when your out fishing every hour your not working and tying whenever time frees up I think a log is pretty far down on the list unless you have lots of time...

I'd stay out of any of those rivers in a pontoon .. and I would'nt be wading the Rams alone either, they have some pretty dangerous cliffs that drop rocks into he rivers almost constantly..its scary

I'd say with shorter casts maybe..but all around .. no .. your line weight and rod weight should be matched for optimal casting, you can get dual weight rods, I own a 7/8 weight rod and it can cast a 7 weight line better than a 8 weight line, I guess it all depends on the quality of the line and your casting ability. I'd say Birchy's problem is this : he's only been fly fishing for a short time (as far as i know he only started this spring) and has been mostly fishing subsurface with nymphs and such and probably with an indicator, and his cast has been molded around that..now that its dry fly season, he just needs some more time to get the feel and perfect his cast... should have read up first..KF said the same thing..sorry

drys should be the easiest to cast by far..regardless of your rod weight. some things to check. 1. proper leader lenght and taper 2. matched line and rod weight (like DF said) 3. make sure you have your line on right..(if you have a WF line on your reel backwards it would cause seroius casting problem w/o the weight of a nymph rig or stereamer) 4. not waiting for the load of the line to catch up before forward cast. just a few things..good luck

been pierced that many times..if i left the flies in I be on the cover of National Geographic Magazine... first time i remember i was about 6..fishing off the dock at the cabin with a fly rod (trying to be like the men) with a little tiny spoon on the end with a treble hook .. got it right above the eye and broke off one of the hooks..i go up to the cabin and get a pair of little vice grips to pull it out, im sitting on the counter top in the bathroom when my mom comes in and sees me, the pliers, the blood..she freaked out bad...we talk about that one around the campfire everytime at the cabin..so vivid almost 25 years ago... was'nt too long after that dad took the hard tackle away and i learned to swing wets for fish bigger than me...did'nt help the battle scars though...LOL

seems they use to check lots below 22x, i found policemans and mc flats were patrolled quite alot..only seen them in the city regularly last couple years though..thats where most of the poaching goes on IMO asked to produce my licence only twice so far this year out of approx 40 days on the Bow...

Ive had several experiences, some good, some bad, the system ain't perfect but it works I guess..better than nothing. IMO..its come a long way in the last 5-6 years..

you just gotta hit the Humber for the jack run in August..you'll hook fish that make that one look like a minnow...they are hard to land but plenty of them around in mid August..they are late this year anywhere i been..so maybe towards the end of the month... ..FYI.. Harry's River is stacked right now with fish..big run came in a couple days ago..isn't that near your place...??? ... sorry had to... was back out to Southwest Brook and Flat Bay this am...pretty slow..but those rivers only get small runs anyways...

I'd imagine the Columbia is hard to fish with out a boat..I'd look for a break in the river..large eddy or a confluence or somthing..But i'd definatly be swinging big streamers for sure...

Try a vibrating back massager or anything with a low frequency vibration..and if you get it apart ferrell wax will keep you out of trouble..good luck