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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

LOL.....depends....am i a fish or a 260 lb pissed of newfie?

sounds like a decent trip .. ouchers...great report..

nobody leaves the river when they see others coming, unless they are doing somthing wrong..don;t know if RAP would even act on the call considering there are plenty of other calls that could be more serious..Ive called RAP before to report bait fishing before and they seemed uninterested unless they were retaining fish...

I fish a 9'6" 5wt on the Bow mostly..and there are a lot of times i wish I had a little heavier rod..for throwing streamers or lots of weight to nymph deep..or the most common when i hit a hog and think oh S*** im in trouble..can't see an extra 6" making a hugh difference..but every bit helps especially for short line fishing.. I just realized my new rod is a 9'0"..sorry .. LOL to may rods

I agree, Grayling are very hard to handle...

I use cotton work gloves, pick them up anywhere for cheap..for about a buck a pair..you can get a fair grip on the tail of the fish without doing any harm, you don;t have to worry about squeezin the fish's abdoment when handling it..and after awhile of tailing fish you get use to counter acting the thrashing of the tail..with a simple twist of the wrist and the fish's tail in you palm, they can't get any thrust..never tried the actual tailing gloves.. tailing has been quite the disscussion since i posted that pick..there is another thread where i babble my thoughs on tailing fish..

Lonefisher : help yourself Bobloblaw : Im from Corner Brook (curling actully)..

Nice Sea runs for sure...sounds like a gret trip..I'd much rather hook into SR's then browns anyday The ASF is definatly making progress..great organization I keep a close eye on the salmon news on the east coast....info from an outfitter maybe not quite as it seems, fish caught means very little in the broad spectrum..check this out..of course ive found a pretty mixed bag of info from the Miramichi but look at the rivers numbers as a whole and it ain;t hard to see trouble is on the horizion...a hugh problem is aquaculture in NB and pen fed fish..which is another discussion all together...thats just my opinon from my research John no disrespect meant... check this out http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2000/07/19/salmon000719.html

I think me and TM started this "arguement", Im saying this, I tail Atlantics because, It's the way i learned, I don;t even pack a net, the terrain usally allows you to get right on top of the fish and simply pick his tail out of the water with one hand and keeping his head under water removing the hook with the other, quick lift for a few pics and back he goes...saying that..Atlantics are by FAR a more hardy fish..these guys swim great distances over some crazy rapids, falls low water etc.. and hang in fast runs where the biggest of fresh water trout would get swept away..and the strength of a salmon can't be compared to trout on any level...they take a lot more playing to even get them to a point where you can land them..I can land a 25" trout with the same gear i use for salmon 75% quicker than a salmon of the same size..you dip one of these guys in a net, they don;t lie there and let you reach in and remove the hook, they panic and thrash LOTS..and IMO dangerous to the fish...I've seen Altlantics dipped..90% of the people who fish in Newfoundland are hook and cook fisherman, if the fish is too big to keep..(over 63 cm) it does;'nt even reach the shore in most cases, unless its a real sportfisherman or guided trip (the other 10%) once they are in the net and realize they are trapped..look out.. now as for trout..Ive landed some big ass trout out of the Bow but have yet to land a 30" (mainly because I fish mostly with a 5wt) I net some, in areas where the terrain is hazardous to me..(try tailing a fish on a two foot ledge over 4 feet of water..not easy) but most I tail if im standing in the water or on a reasonable shore..when I fish I think of the fish..im not gonna exaust a fish to get the pic. If its a monster I may use the net to steer the fish towards me and to control it.. so my answer is I use both..but tail 75% of the time..it takes getting use to but i think its easier on the fish ...and you can't compare trout and salmon..its like comparing a Magpie and a Bald Eagle...anyone who has grabbed the tail of a salmon will tell you..hold crap he go some power...Ive hooked salmon and had them swim upstream while i was pulling back in faster water then you will find ANYWHERE on the Bow... The Bow rocks i consider it my river, and Trout rock .. there are just different applications for different situations .. Tail/net whatever..if that fish gets back unharmed you done good...but if the fish don;t get a knife to cut the line .. you should'nt get a net .. fair fight like TM said..but the fishs health comes first ..thats just me opinion... sorry to ramble on guys

For sure they are a little late this season, I've been coming first two weeks of July for years after the Altlantics, same rivers same runs, not to mention fishing them since i was old enough to cast a line, seems like every few years there is a little hiccup and the salmon are late somtimes even early..what puzzles me is how quickly these Jacks are getting to the headwaters...I got this guy 40+ kms from the salt, and up a tricky little river to boot and only spotted a few grilse since ive been out..back to a few more familiar holes in the AM..and then to the grand daddy rivers up north to Lee Wulff's old stompin' grounds...this will tell the tale weather or not they are late or the first runs gone through already due to the higher water and cold temperatures...not to mention the Miramichi has been recording some of the lowest numbers ever in the last few years..it seems to be holding, but only at about 20% of what it was not even 10 years ago...big rivers are suffering on the east coast...and the little ones too from diverted pressure...IMO in 10 years the Altantic Salmon sport fishery will be closed and we won;t see it open again for quite some time if ever... How big were the Sea Trout you were getting John...Sea trout still have a healthy population here on the rock but coincide with some killer fishing on the Bow too so..I stay out west for the trout and come here for the Salmon, long after the Sea Trout are gone though...can't fish 'em all...yet...

I love it..been shooting everything i can..never had an underwater cam before..here is another..notice the orange fly in its lip...been hooked before, they tend to hang close to the bottom afraid to move after they have been hooked..why i was able to get so close to get a pic..

Really early for the males..the rivers were high and according to the locals the fish are'nt hanging up for long especially the big ones, been out on a few of the major rivers around the west coast and the fish are scarace lots of water and its still pretty cold making ideal conditions for the runs of salmon.. males usally hang and feed in the salt till August before going up most rivers, my guess looking at the great condition of the male i landed is he hung in the salt for an extra season and its his first run back...??? although I think the bigger one i hooked was a jack as well..long and slender not thick and stocky like the hens...

That one took the orange bug, the first guy I hooked was moved for a blue chrarm then I hooked him on the Thunder and Lightning...wongrs: your more likely to hurt the fish if you use a net, you have to realise your hooking most of these fish in rivers the size of the Elbow/Highwood..its to tempting to try and net them premature and have them thrash themsleves to pieces on the rocks..these babys are way tougher than any trout and can be played longer..this one took off after only a minute or two or revival... Greg, male fish, very slight jaw on this one..if she was a hen she'd be twice as fat .. suprised to see him as far up stream as he was this early +/- 40 km from the salt. healthy looking fish though

Day # 3 on the rock, was starting to get discouraged, pouring down rain as we drove out to Southwest Brook, cleared nicely as we got there. First cast across the first pool, I moved a MONSTER..decided to change out the 6lb for some 8lb and damn glad I did, 3 more casts and bang fish on!! ran across the pool jump a few times, swam up to the upper pool and back again jump again and gone..figure +/- 15 lb fish..my day was made... but..just around the corner couple pools down..tagged this hog he pulled me 200 M down stream before i got him..beauty..30" around 12 lbs...10 min fight..

fine line between need and want..LOL, this sport will cost you like no other.....I can't stop....

Like Greg said; happy to see them on the river..I remember a thread on the old FFC turning quite nasty after a jet boat thread was started..LOL

Depends on the fish, where and how you hook it..seldom do I have a fish on for more than 2-3 min. Its better to bully the trout and break off or haul the hook out than to exuast the fish for a pic or just to say you caught it.

That's sad news SD..I hope the the return of your family treasure..