Keith

It depends on where I'm going as well, and what sort of fishing I'm planning on. If I'm hiking a long ways and I know what's hatching then probably just one for dries and one for nymphs. If I'm fishing on accessible water, close to my vehicle, then I might have five boxes.

Is the store still closed?

Thanks for the info fellas

Thanks for the reminder. I could see myself forgetting that.

I'm probably hoping for too much, but is there a book similar/on-par-with Barry Mitchell's Trout Highway book but for BC or parts of BC?

Cool post Rickr. Lots of good ideas in there. I do think that braggability comes into play quite a bit. But I'll tell you why I dont like whitefish. 1) UUUUUUUUUUgly. 2) They don't fight well. I know you say they pull like a log, but who wants to fight a log. If I wanted that I could tie my leader to a piece of driftwood and kick it down stream. It's all about running and jumping. That's why bows are the tops for me.

Pheasant hunting used to be better in S. Alberta. But as I said, Montana pays to protect some habitat for them. Alberta does not. As farmers have increasingly utilized all of their land in recent years there is very little left for the birds. There are more guns and shooters in Montana b/c it's better. I can't say that I know the status of pheasants throughout Alberta. I have heard there are some good spots to be found. But I can say that were I used to hunt them in Alberta has gone downhill and that where I do hunt them in Montana is far better. Also, I still see this whole issue as more related to hunting that fishing. As I hunter I might be a little concerned, as I fly fisherman it doesn't really bother me. For land owners to get control of charging for riparian rights would require a battle that I don't see them winning. The lucky few that own land on lakes and rivers will always be a small minority in comparison to the urban hordes that head out on the weekend to use those resources. As a hunter, I'm still not that worried. Some times you get what you 'pay' for. If farmers got some money to protect habitat I would glady fork up extra. Also, you can call game a 'public resource' but the land is private. It doesn't matter how good the pheasant hunting is on some guys ranch if he'll never let you on it. If paying a little extra means I get on then that's fine with me. But as people have said it depends on how it's done and regulated. It would be sad if all the good hunting and fishing went to the rich (Americans) but if the system was controlled by the province and price increase was controlled to a reasonable amount then I'd be all for it.

I don't think this will ever happen. Percentage of people who utilize riparian land for recreation >>>>>>> percentage of people who own river front land. People who own river/lake front land will always be in drastic minority to the amount of people who use rivers and lakes.

This might not be such a bad thing. You only have to pay if you use their land, so if you use public access points then it's still free. If you want to pay there will be new places opening up. There is a simlar system in Montana where they pay farmers to leave some pheasant habitat on their land and to let people hunt on it. That system is why Montana's pheasant population and hunting is not far superior to Alberta's. Personally I see this as more of a hunting issue rather than fishing. Stream beds are public land and you will be able to use them for free. Hunting requires land.

With all the money I spent on FF gear and gas, hooks barely make a dent. That's why I go for the higher end. Losing even one trophy fish would not be worth it to me.

That HD is looking awesome.

Where is lost lemon country?

Bat for the cycle: Rainbow Brown Brook Cutty Bully Golden Grayling I've got them all but never in the same seaon.

Sweet page. Thanks

Love the videos.

I agree. I intend to make a run down to Montana one of these years just for a change of scenery, but there's nothing in that video that can't be done on the great streams we have here in Alberta. Lots of good dry fly fishing on the Bow if you don't automatically go to the indicator, and some times people seem to forget that the Bow isn't the only river around. I know plenty of streams in this province where browns (just as big as those in the video) will rise to dry flies.

Thanks guys

A friends of mine recently gave me the feathers off of a couple of pheasants that he shot. However, I've been told that using feather off of wild birds might get mites into my fly boxes and cause the whole shotting match to be ruined. Is this true? Is there some way that I could steralize them at home? I was thinking of baking them in the oven.

Nice pics. Nothing beat brookies for colour. The reel is a Dragonfly Kamloops, I believe. I have a couple. Very nice sturdy reels.

No country on earth has had laissez faire capitalism for a long time. Not since Industrial Revolution England, in fact.

Contact TU's provincial biologist Brian Meagher (bmeagher@tucanada.org). He will let you know the fish rescue schedule and how to get involved.

Nice Catch. You don't see too many fish with those markings. A beaut of a brown.

Good to hear he's doing well.

I get most of mine at Fish Tales or Country Pleasures. I like a lot of Idlywildes patterns, which you can also find at the Fishing Hole or online. They can be pricey but the quality is in line with the price.

As you noticed from that MLS post, I think the problem you will run into is the zoning. I don't think that the land in that area is open to subdivision (at least not yet), which is why you have to buy 350ac. I know there is movement in the Longview area, led by country singer Ian Tyson to prevent any kind of subdivision that would break up the ranch lands and the grassland scenery of the area. For that reason, I think you have to buy a whole ranch or be lucky enough to snap up a smaller acreage that may have been zoned back in the day. While I would love to live in that valley as badly as you, I hope they win the day because it would make me sick to see them throwing up 1 acre subdivisions in there. However, the cynic in me thinks that eventually there will be too much money in it to hold it back.