DonAndersen

Din, They look good. The Muddler was tied to represent the Muddler Minnow or Mad Tom which is a sculpin. It was tied unweighted and therefore the amount of deer hair in the head should be lessor than if it was tied to float. The original I have has a very large head using a small amount of deer hair. The Muddler was invented by Don Gapen .For the full story, See http://gapen.com/flys.html#Muddler%20Fly. Don

Here's a little secret for fishing the lower Lake. Needed is a crib board and a couple of guys. Play crib till the pumps come on. Troll back and forth in the current outlet of the pumps 15 minutes after the time they come on to 1 hour after they shut off. Rest of the time, play crib. Learned 48 years ago. Trout like the mincemeat coming through the pumps. Haven't tried it in years. Haven't been there since they paved the road. Swore I'd never go back. Kept my word. Happy trolling, Don

Looked over the stats and WOW!!!! Only 12% were for offences where the fish population was actually harmed. The the remaining 88% were essentially administrative enforcement - barbed hooks and the like. Strange - I'd thought that there would be more fish killing events. regards, Don

Dogpound, The ACA guy to talk to is Marco Fontana @ 403-851-2208. Apparently the ACA shutdown their fencing program on Dogpound about 3>4 years ago using the buzz word of Stewardship. They expected all the landowners to just adopt all the fence and keep it in shape. Further, they are intending to do the same on all fencing in Alberta. Of course, while they expect "Stewardship" to keep the fences intact, to date they haven't looked to see if the concept worked but they are carrying on with more "Stewardship" plans. The ACA has shutdown about 30% of all fencing in Alberta to this point. The Buck for Wildlife fencing has been installed for 25+ years in a lot of areas and required replacement. Rather than doing that, they opted out. A real positive for the riparian areas of Alberta. But then, the ACA can spend your money on studying moths, dicky birds or bats. All the studies, of course, leading to no action on anything. Am I pissed about the direction ACA has gone - you bet. Don

Folks, Last week the paper in Rocky ran a head line - "zero tolerance" for May Weekend. Today I heard the 35+ officers of various kinds are visiting the Rocky>Sundre Area over the weekend. catch ya' Don

Wayne, A friend of mine swears by the $90.00 Vietnamese boot foot waders sold @ the local lumber yard. He gets 3>400 trips out of them before they require leak repair. He uses divers fins. Feet are always warm. But then, so are mine. We both tossed our neoprene waders in the junk years ago. catch ya' Don

Guys, For about 25 years, I've used diver fins over stocking foot waders. I got a pr. of Force Fins and find them both a trial to put on + they have about 1/3 of the thrust of my diver fins. BUT - there is a plus. The toes of the Force Fins are open allowing me to move my pinkies here and there. I've been getting foot cramps [may be an age thing] the past couple of years and decided to try Force Fins. So far no cramps although I've only been afloat 3 times so far this spring. After the next 50 or so days, I will know which one I'll go with. catch ya' Don

What kind of knot do you guys use on the fly>fly connection. The knot attaching the top nymph to the trailer nymph has got me baffled. With barbless hooks, the knot slips of the hook. Eye>eye means that they don't "flow" in a straight line. Any ideas? Don

Silver, Got a whole jar full of 4'>10": pieces. Your choice - the ferrule cost will kill ya'. And working on a 6'0" 2 wt. 2 piecer flamed. Should have it ready about July>August depending on weather. Don

Badger, Just a chunk of butt section that gets cut off when the rod is built. Generally build various tools from them. Dubbing picks and rakes are usually don't Out of needles for the picks. Got lots of cane sections. Give them away @ various tying sessions. And thanx for the neat idea. Tried it a number of times on a hook that was stuck into a sponge. Worked fine. Does have a problem though. Made the twist for a right hander. If anyone is going to build another and you are right handed, make sure you get the twist going the right way for you. catch ya' Don

Badger, Got some bike spokes and gave it a shot. Here is what I came up with. Am going to inset a rare earth magnet into the cork for attaching it to this or that. Need to order some magnets from Lee Valley. Mine are either too big or small. The cork was to have it float in case it went swimming. Don

Badger, I have to chose #2 - #1 insults their ability. Kinda like sex - nobody likes to know they are a lousy performer. Of course #2 drags more business in the door. Long as the door doesn't open during fishing season. I'm too busy fishing to work on rods. catch ya' Don

And with the CDN interest in fairness, the National Police force charges a member of the opposition party with a crime from 8 years ago. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/20...rbeil-rcmp.html catch ya' Don

Smitty, I think that the diagrams and flyslinger's reply about says it all. WF & DT's might weight the same, but they may cast a whole of differently. WF's may cast further providing that the rods are properly constructed to load the line with 30' of line through the guides. Most graphite rods need more line out of the tip top to load correctly. If that is the case, the hinge effect of the running line>tip section makes casting tougher. Roll casting with either within the 30' length depends on the taper. Roll casting over 30' with a WF is tougher if the line drops to the running line. Lines by Rio and others do not and roll casting is somewhat easier. You are right, you can get a WF on a reel where a DT won't fit. You'll have to acquire a larger reel. If you think that the line stuff is weird, try designing a rod taper to fit a line where the lines tapers are really weird. I use Cortland DT 444's 'cause the tapers are simple. Then you have a rod purchaser put on a Wulff Tri taper or a front loaded nymph taper on it and he's unhappy 'cause it won't load or he has to increase a line weight or on and on. It's a crap shoot. catch ya' Don

Would you have the National Police Force occupy the office of the Ruling Political Party for 2 days and it wasn't called a coup d’état but an accounting error. Ya' just have to love laid back CDN's. catch ya' Don

Weddy1, Made sure my sig line was attached. Hence the post. catch ya' Don

rickr, WF line are about distance. DT lines are about presentation. Wouldn't ya think that lines <6 wt. are primarily used for presentation of lighter flies @ closer ranges whereas WF's are used to chuck larger flies @ longer distances. There is a host of difference between casting and lobbing flies. In casting flies, the mass of the line is adequate to carry the flies/leader along for the ride. Lobbing is kinda like a weight on the end of a string attached to a broom handle. Kinda like two #2 San Juan worms c/w an indicator the size of a golf ball all lobbed by a 2 weight. catch ya' Don

I'm with Badger! DT's do the job better. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me to pay the same amount for 1/2 a line. And yes, I've got about 20 WF lines - use them for sinking lines. And the silliest thing going has to be <6 weight WF lines that float. catch ya' Don

Cutbow, I build and do repairs. Send note. Don

Badger, That is one neat tool. What OD wire did you use? Stainless? Don

A quick net search revealed! Assessing Temperature Tolerance of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Based on Constant and Cycling Thermal Regimes Abstract.—We assessed the response of Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki utah to constant and cycling thermal regimes in the laboratory. The 7-d upper incipient lethal temperature (LT50) based on a constant thermal regime was 24.2°C[75F], and no fish survived temperatures greater than 25°C[77F]. All cutthroat trout survived a 7-d exposure to a diel cycle of 16–26°C, despite a 6-h daily exposure to temperatures (>24.2°C) that would be lethal under chronic exposure. However, declines in feeding and activity were observed during the 16–26°C cycle, indicating that long-term exposure to such a thermal regime would be detrimental. Mortality occurred when diel temperature cycles were escalated to18–28°C. Effect of Temperature on Growth and Survival of Bull Trout, with Application of an Improved Method for Determining Thermal Tolerance in Fishes JASON H. SELONG AND THOMAS E. MCMAHON Abstract.—Elevated temperature is considered an important factor in the decline of the threatened bull trout Salvelinus confluentus, but the thermal requirements of this species have not been defined. We used the acclimated chronic exposure (ACE) method to assess the upper thermal limits and growth optima of bull trout fed daily to satiation over test temperatures ranging from 88C to 288C during 60-d trials. Survival of age-0 bull trout was at least 98% at 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 188C, but 0% at 22, 24, 26, and 288C after 60 d. The predicted ultimate upper incipient lethal temperature for these trout was 20.98C. TROUT TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS (LITERATURE REVIEW) Stressful and Lethal Temperatures Based on available literature drawn largely from laboratory studies (Cherry et al. 1977, Raleigh et al. 1984, Currie et al. 1998, Coutant 1977) the upper incipient lethal temperature (UILT) for rainbow trout is within the range 25 to 30°C. Eaton et al. (1995) identified upper temperature criteria for rainbow trout as 24.0°C.

Taco, Posed the question to a friend and he said what about all the South African Professionals showing up in Canada. Nearly all are white. But should they be called African Americans. But African Americans, as far as I can figure, all black. And you think you got troubles. Grandmother on Dad's side was a Laplander but born in Sweden. Married Danish. Grandmother & Grandfather on Mom's side were both US Citizens but Mom was born in Seven Persons Alberta [a place so small they considered renaming it to Eight Persons when Mom arrived. Mom carried dual citizenship till 60+ years old. That's it, I've had it!. When Global TV comes to visit about issues in Canada, I gonna be a Canadian - Canadian. Don

Guy/Gals, The Highwood junction thing is a no-brainer. But if you really are concerned about the Bow - quit fishing it during the summer days when the river is warm. From the Bow/Highwood Confluence study: Immediate catch and release mortality is relatively low at this time of year due to very low water temperatures. Don

But I'm still confused. Now there are French Canadians and English Canadians but only to describe those people in Canada. French Canadians are from Quebec or NB where as the English Canadians are from the rest of Canada. Now if you were born in France, emigrated to Quebec, do you become and French French Canadian. Similar rules might apply to English Canadians born in the UK. Boy does this multicultural society get confusing. Don

Folks, Been thinking about the words used to describe people in Canada. 1] We have Irish Canadians, Scottish Canadians, Chinese CDN's, Japanese CDN's but how come we don't have American CDN's. After all, there are >70,000 living in the Calgary area. 2] My family has been in Canada for over 100 years and 5 generations. When do I become a Canadian Canadian? Certainly it would be foolish to link my grandkids with my grandfather. So am I a Canadian Canadian or a what-a-be? catch ya' Don