dekkard2019

What is the problem here? I am confused. We miss out on fishing for 2 weeks so brown trout and whitefish can spawn. Seems fair to me. I fish the Lil Red a lot and if it is closed 2 weeks earlier, so be it. The fish are number one!!

Truly epic!!

That is a great story! The mistake of "leaving fish to find fish". Who cares? That is all part of the adventure...you never know what you may find. That is fishing.

I find it is always changing. The chronnies are a good bet. But I make sure I have gold ribbed hares ears, flashback phesant tails, and also a good assortment of dries like adams, griffith's gnats, and traveling sedges. Make sure they are in smaller sizes too. Bottonline: bring a good selection because you never know what to expect at high elevation.

Good on ya! Look at that bull. It's got a face only a mother could love.

I know. WTF over. I wanted to fish Wedge Pond for a couple grayling and that is 95% solid.

Till next time...

Boulton Creek...

The Upper K Lake...

Made it up to Kananaskis Lakes today and there is still a lot of ice on them. I was able to find some open water and had a few fish on. Nothing too crazy but who cares when you are surrounded by mountains, rivers, and streams. I just want to thank the people who have helped with the regulation change proposal. It has been well received and we will know by the end of this year if it passes or not. Hopefully we will see the 1 trout over 50cm for rainbows and cutthroats by next year. This cutty pulled a chironomid deep into the abyss and put up a scrappy fight.

Yep. You could. There is a giant, deep, deep, hole behind the gas plant. I practice my spey casts there. Take the turn off from the 1A at the war memorial. Follow that gravel road to the Bow River regs sign and walk down through the field. Also, the run up above the river avenue bridge in Cochrane is perfect spey water. Who knows? Maybe you will hit one of those big bulls in there.

Bend to eye. But most of the time I fish just one chronic. Have you ever fished a chronnie that has a tungsten head? Gets down in a hurry and works well.

...I have mostly fished 10 foot rods so I am kind of biased...but I originally got one for lake fishing and the wind...turns out they are great on the Bow and they roll cast really nice too...I have had 2 10' 6wt...love 'em.

I live close to Cochrane and I am in town everyday. You should see the bridge on River Avenue. Crazy. I used to go down and have lunch under the hwy 22 bridge...not anymore the whole parking lot is coverd in ice. The walking paths are all shut down because it is too dangerous. It will be interesting to see when everything melts if there are any dead fishes on the shore. Things are warming up too and you can actually see flow now. Griffin's Bend is also a mess.

Frikkin' wicked post! I always read of the Henry's Fork in Gierach novels...

Happy B-Day mang!!!!

...Guy has done some great things for the habitat over the years...I look forward to seeing his new book which is coming out soon!

...that rainbow Buck got is still one of the finest fish I have ever seen...Yoda, right on...lookin' forward to seein' Ricky's pics.

...no problem...done.

Yep. Head to Wholesale and check out the Okuma reels. Line wise it is tough to beat the basic Scientific Angler floating line for $21. I know a friend who swears by the stuff and he can cast it a mile too.

That place is a blast. I originally had plans to fish Taylor Lake last summer but because of the construction of the highway(twinning the Trans Canada) I was unable to. So, I stopped by Bourgeau with my pup, and we had a great afternoon. The lake is packed with 5-10" brook trout. There was a big hatch going on and they were hammering a #16 p-adams. It is pretty good to that when you do fly fish a National Park you are only alowed one fly and no lead. Fine with me. There are a ton of great places to fish in BNP.

...evening show...thanks.

Epic! Cool show...your dog is awesome too...

I don't have exact numbers yet...the one at Wholesale is doing well...I hope to get more at Southbow...and I will be stopping by Fish Tales soon. I think I have close to an extra 100 sigs. Good idea to get one out at Wapiti.

I think it might be more realistic to have one of the fly shops to have it. They have booths set up at the expo.