troutlover

My biggest yet. Click here if the movie does not play.

DBT be careful you could be silenced for revealing such conspiracies

7 Years for me mostly on the bow first four years were rough with very little productivity but then i decided to pick up some books and read every thing i could get my hands on and my world changed. Best thing i ever did was learn about bugs.

my budddy jet boats through the reserve all the time and no problems at all. HE also goes through the huderite colony and says the amount of fish he sees on their striggers every time he goes would make you sick. but the fishing still continues to be great.

That oct caddis is really great. ( one of my favorite hatches to hit GULP!......ZZZZZING!!!!!!) if your having a problem trying your flys out you send them to me and i'll let you know

ditto, that quote struck a good vibe with me as well. Thanks Toolman. P.S.- Hey RUSTY what time is that show on it sounds AWESOME!!!

CRAP!!!! i just heard the bow is closed also for the whole long weekend! And it's being strictly enforced. Man! what bad luck.

The fish you speak of are highly educated fish.

Admit it! It was still fun.

AHHHHH who cares! Goat, sheep, they both do the trick on a dark lonely winters night out on the ranch.

ding ding ding yes mat it is a goat with it's head in a hole on the indian graves rd........ whats up with that eh?

Please lets not ruin this great post by turning it into the Gopher Boy post.......start a new thread.

looks like a mushroom. mmmmmm shroooms. jj.

Some Mummy lake cutties in Banff. And a big one for Gopherboy

LMAO!!!!

What the heck is that ? My wife asks as i chuckle to my self.

I hope the regulation change you speak of is just a nasty rumor cuz that would suck BIGTIME. I'd like to find out where this info comes from so i'm gonna get on the phone and dig around a little. Taco now that you mention it yes i think your right you know your fish and i do remember a while back someone telling me the same thing. I don't belive they stock the lakes up there anymore and there seems to be a diversity of all ages so they are reproducing well. tintin yes it is the grizzly deerfoot but i've never met a bad bear in that area, we were only 200 yards from this griz. We knew he was there, we were in a group of four and he was aware of us but busy feeding it was amazing to see him rip up the ground like it was nothing. Yes the area up there is unreal in the fall i'm going again on the sept long. Heres some more pics

There is a place in Banff that i have been going to since i was 14 years old. My dad would drop me and my buddy of in the sunshine village parking lot and off we would go to our playground for a week to roam the wilderness. I know the place like the back of my hand and it still blows my mind. I went there a couple of weeks ago and did alot of hiking and a little bit of fishing. In 4 hrs, 30, 10 to 14 inch cutts to hand and every fish like the scenary around, mind blowing. I just can't keep this one a secret cuz i want others to experience this area and it's power. It's 13 km hike in and there is a hut so no tent is needed. The hut is also nice to stay in if there is rain. From the hut there is 7!!! lakes to choose from all 2km away and 4 of which are fishable in a one day 7km loop. Mummy lake (the best of the 7 IMO) is one of the higest elevation lakes in north america so you are way up there. Check out the colors Mummy Lake If anyone wants some info just pm me i think it's one of the best places in banff. Oh ya don't forget the bear spray

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Who could ever complain about livin on the bow and a city that takes a week off in the summer to live a little wild west. The Calgary moto with the boom is "work hard play hard".

most fly lines are weighted and rated to load a rod best with 30' of line out so if your fishing small streams and not often casting 30' putting one higher weight on helps your cast alot a good trick is to pull 30' feet out the tip of your rod mark your line at the reel and it gives you an idea when your fishing if your in the "sweet spot" or not. iv'e found that somtimes if your casting to a spooky fish your better off to back off to 30' (give or take 5) to get in that "sweet spot" and you can get a better cast and a softer presentation.

I dont like the rocks and sand that get into my sandals i wrecks my pedicure and hurts my freakin feet. Also i like the support a boot offers. I just picked up some Korkers and you can switch bottoms on them from hiking bottom to felt to studded felt they work good so far and are convinient when doing long hikes into back country. www.korkers.com i think fish tales is the distributer for calgary.

I took my flyfishing lesson yesterday....today I'm going to buy my rod and reel. Went to wholesale just to take a peek yesterday....the guy wasn't helpful at all. He was more interested in trying to sell me "pretty" rods cause I'm a girl, which kinda pissed me off...I don't care what it looks like how does it work!! I wanted to cast the rod outside to see if I liked it...he wouldn't let me. I wouldn't buy a $200+ pair of sneakers without trying them on first...I was kinda thinking the same with my rod. Is this normal that you can't try stuff out before you buy it? Anyways I think I'm going to go with the TFO Signature series rod with the Pfleuger Trion reel....cause so many of you have suggested it.....thanks for that Brownee it's to bad you had a bad experience with wholesale iv'e found that somtimes you get the guy who knows his stuff and sometimes you get the guy who is only thinkin about getting home at the end of the day. I like to go there for flies cuz they'er a good price. They might not be the best quality but i don't catch alot of fish so they last a long time for me. ;)ps i cant figure out how to separate my text from the quote text.

NOTE: Wall lake is in b.c so you need a bc license and they are there checking often. You can buy a b.c license in waterton. Wall is fun waterton lake is good to anywhere a stream feeds into it some good white fish and in the early season some big lakers hang out in these spots.

MTB you don't have very good luck with the weather! first bullshead and now k-lakes you are hardcore man. But at least the fish never give you any problems.