matt1984

I feel bad for the kids that will be starting pee-wee next season with no hitting. When they reach bantam they will be playing against some kids that will potentially be in their 4th year of hitting. I bet the injuries seen then will be worse than what they are seeing now in Pee-Wee.

I would say much greater, in past years the only times I would see infected fish was post-spawn and it would only be 1 or 2 fish. Last year was the first time in 10 years I have seen the issue in the summer months.

I don't believe that the increase in Sapro started last fall, but actually much earlier. I started noticing alot of browns affected with the fungus as early as June during runoff, and have pictures of several fish from July that were covered in Sapro (*note the pictures were taken to document the disease not to post on FB for ego boosting). I think people just started taking notice more in fall when the water was lower and it was easier to spot the fish.

On the topic of redds, are there typically many rainbows spawning in the main stem? I saw a green crestliner Jetboat yesterday that was dragging what looked to be a big old rusty rotor off his anchor system so he was able to bomb the banks without backrowing. Looked to be a pretty good way to fish, but can't be good for the stream bed, especially during spawning season.

Nice, catch it on a 5 weight?

I can't seem to skip to the last page of a thread when viewing from an i phone. Is there something i'm not seeing? I want to be able to check out the bow conditions without clicking "next" 126 times.

If you really want areas that are easier walking for her knee, that would be my last choice. The whole north side of the river along that stretch has steep hills to descend to get to the river. If you want flatter easier access what's wrong with Mckinnons, police, legacy, fish creek.... Etc. Etc.... Anywhere but there really.

Looks about the same size as the sandwich haha

Love those split G2's on the whitetail, almost mule deerish.

Sounds like very poor handling skills. Hopefully his buddy is alright.

*hit, may have to change my position http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/09/29/hunte...s-hunting-buddy

Although animals are "colour blind" camo still breaks up your silhouette far better than wearing solid colours. Camo is definitely not a neccesity, but any self proclaimed 20 year hunter should understand it's benefits.

This was the guy that was shot while carrying a full sized decoy during rife season in Waiporous. Definitely a "high risk" behaviour quite different then walking into a stream to fish. If you are carrying around a decoy, then blaze orange would be smart.

I caught a nice brown in the city yesterday with almost an identical growth. I figured it was an infected hook wound or something. I dont think poaching a fish is a good idea just to identify a growth/ wound.

I notice alot of MEC reccomendations, but I remember a few years ago there was talks of MEC supporting anti-hunting groups. Where do they stand on fishing? Just something to note before you choose to support the brand.

Ditto, never again will I buy Korkers. A few months of use and my foot was hanging out the side of them. Once I changed the soles, they never stayed in place again. The concept of interchangeable soles is the only thing going for them. Most over rated boot out there IMO.

If I remember correctly something similar happened 2 or 3 years ago in Ontario. There was a string of home invasions targeting households with firearms. At the time they were thinking inside job, or someone was able to hack the registry.

" the guy chucking worms or whatever ". Posts like that make you sound pretty arrogant, and give the guys story a little more credit. I'm no spin fisher but to assume every one of them is a bait chucking poacher is plain ignorant. Not a good way to build a client base IMO.

Just wondering if anyone knows when the gates open to fish creek? Looking to go on an early float tomorrow.

I don't think anyone has a problem with you sharing a great day, most people like to see the pics and read about a good day on the water. However, how is telling the public your location of any benefit to your post?

Those aren't whitefish dude, those are what many refer to as "squaws". Hope you didn't eat any those things are nasty. There are tons of those in that lake.

I posted a picture of a 38" pike I caught just downstream of the city last august. Caught it on my 5 weight too! You can see the pic if you look back into my old posts, not sure if that's the one you are thinking of.

sweet pics man, tons of nice fish there. Got a question, I night fished a bunch last year during the stonefly season and got lots of action swinging big foam patterns, What is a good method for night fishing this time of year? Swinging small emergers?

To try and say that all hunters are poachers is a joke, that's no different then classifying all fishermen as poachers because of a few bad seeds. Many hunters care just as much about conservation as any flyfisherman. Sure there's lots of goofs that don't follow the rules, but take a hard look at the fishing community and there is not much of a difference.

Sweet, thanks for the help guys. I'll have to check out that forum. It doesn't seem as stacked as this one with information but it should help. Also thanks esleech for the tips, Is Diefenbaker fishable from shore where you were saying?