Gil

Although somewhat unrelated before the run off I 've been seen a lot of jets in the city. I'm assuming this is still prohibited.

Because of Mec I figure I need to work a couple of more years before retirement....

I caught my first fish about that age. I had such a good time it was an event that shaped my life in many ways. My love of the outdoors fishing etc. Great to see kids enjoy the sport...

If while floating you come up on a corner pool with a nice seem but requires long casts, rather than get out and working it or trying to catch the seem as you float by stay in your boat and work the seem from the inside. In some cases use your anchor.

Always be thinking of the number of small things you might do to increase the probability of success: your visibility and sound, shadow of your line as you cast ect. By focusing on the details as well as the obvious, such as presentation, your odds will improve....

Just bought a 5 weight. Haven't fished it yet.

I can't stop think about doing my first float of the season. I get an extra week of holidays this year; 5 weeks, plus 2 week of flex days. Plan to break my record from last year of 32 floats/season on the Bow. Also want to hit some new water in BC...It's going to be great. Let the melting begin....

I normally use a 4 or 5 weight for dry, 6weight for nymphing and hopper and a 7 weight for streamer...If I'm floating I always have 3 rods available.

What will happen is prices will rize. Then farmers will move into raising more birds to cash in on the high prices & demand. The fashion trend will be over 6-8 months from now, then the price will plunge when there is an over supply. Plan to stock up 8 - 12 months from now.

Generally you want to go small in the winter. Fish are lethargic and don't hit nymphs hard as they normally do. Thererfore, hook ups are harder on larger flies. #16 SJW is a good place to start, however you may find it hard to find commercially. #18 prince, hares ear or phesant tail are other possibilities. Note: If it is too cold there is going to be too much sluch on the surface to fish.

I've spent a ton of money on materials etc that would take decades to recover in the savings per fly. However I really enjoy it, so it's worth it. For me, the fun is coming up with my own patterns. A lot more rewarding that using commercial flies.

I have to get one. Fly around and water the grass at the same time. Awesome!

I don't often share my own patterns but I thought I'd put this one out. The wire wrap over chinelle every 3rd turn gives it a segmentation I like. Having a short chinelle section in the front prevents it from folding over in an unnatural way. Tie the head chinelle to the side to make threading your tippet easier. Burn not only the tips, but use the flame to give the body a curl you like as well. Very fast fly to tie and a killer in the winter months. #16

Bow River - SJW, prince nymph, hares ear, stone fly, for dries Adams, elk hair caddis, grasshoppers. Steamer fishing is no fun so don't bother.....

One problem people may have is that they don't have a trailer and can't have it pre-assembled...Not an uncommon issue.

I love my fishcat cougar due to it 4 chambers low profile (good in wind) and overall quality. Used it hundreds of times on the Bow and lakes. Unfortunately, they have stopped making the model. My next pontoon will be the Fishcat Panther for similar reasons. If you are going to use it a reasonable amount I wouldn't go cheap.

Tried the extra small, however the small seem to work pretty good for me.

Aside from tying Roal Coachman today (see ask the pros) I've been filling the box with my bread and butter flies. One of which is the Prince nymph. I've find I use rubber legs on a lot of my flies. Believe it makes a difference.

I was walking around that area at 1:00 today trying out my new camera. I saw only one guy fishing. must have been him. I took a pic of him in fact. He was actively fishing when I saw him.

It was a good year on the whole, especially dry fly. Had some fantastic caddis days. On the other hand I've seen better hopper seasons. Came up with a couple of new patterns I'm happy with. Got my kids to do a number of floats/camping trips which were a lot of fun. Bought several new rods, a couple of new reels and a ton of tying stuff. Yup definitely a good year....

I have an area I fish regularly in the winter for a number of years now. A couple of winters ago I headed down to my spot early in the morning. I walked onto the ice and stepped confidently off the shelf into what had a few days earlier been 12 inches of water, but was now about 3 feet of water; doing a full summersalt. What I had negleted to take into account was that we had a few days of minus 20- 30' weather since I had last fished and the sheft had extended out several feet further now. The swim and 1/2 km walk back to the truck did however wake me up.

Did notice Wholesale was carriying a commercial box for droppers the other day. Too bulky to carry around in my opinion. Maybe ok in a boat.

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I agree. On the other hand I seem to use & tie alot more parachute patterns because they are so effective....Note: I've always considered Klinkhammer a parachute