Hawgstoppah

Your right. Keeping score is a bit difficult. but even at the worst times of that day I was landing a fish every 2 or 3 minutes. that's a low point of 20-30/hour... x 10 hours = 200-300 fish... as a MINIMUN. But the best hours it was well over 50/hour. Keep in mind these are 6-10 inch cutties that pretty much FOUGHT over my fly, sometimes the fly did NOT hit the water before a fish had it, and some riffles produced in excess of 30 fish for EACH my friend and myself... if you've never had that kind of fishing I wish it upon you so you have no need to lie about it, ever... It may have well been 400+. Please forgive me for not counting properly. next time I'll keep exact track just for you.

I'd be lying if I said that I did NOT have a 300+ fish day this year on the Oldman. It was almost all small fish. And it was about a 10 hour day... maybe 12. Those small cutts aren't difficult some days... and when there on, they are ON. and I'd also be lying if I said a certain southern stream hasn't handed me more defeats than successes this year too. I've been shut out on it 4 times, got 2 or less 7 or 8 times, and only once have I landed 5 in a day. And RickR, you were there for that one I don't doubt numbers on here.... people are going to say what they are going to say. I have seen with my own eyes what an experienced fisherman who's onto a hot pattern can do... total ownage. Even on the Bow. I recall one float last year with forum member Reellife and Dutchie. Tim outfished us like crazy and it was becuase he was on the hot fly. He outdid us 3 to 1... he ended up with at least 40 to dutch and mine's combined 20. As far as sizes... break out the popcorn and grab a seat, that's another thread!

It's amazing how all the people on this thread who say "it can't be done" are talking about browns or rainbows, and totally ignoring the fact that people could have landed a bull, or, in fact, even a laker. I've heard tales of large lakers come out of the NW below bearspaw... The only photo evidence of a brown larger than 30 on here is dean's photo, though. I sure wish I had gotten mine to shore... and I'm sure anyone else who's landed a monster like that and not had the good fortune to get a picture feels the same way. For those that are skeptical about the largest Bull picture (of the 33 incher) that I posted... I ask "what more do you want"... On a sidenote. I know if I leave the camera at home I'm almost bound to catch either an extremely large fish, or one so brilliantly colored that I wish I had taken the hour to go get the forgotten camera from home.

the aurora shots are amazing, as are the caribou in the red colored backgrounds... amazing.... stunning, and truly humbling photos. Thanks for sharing those!

pretty amazing the diversity we have in Alberta when you can do all THAT.... in one day. Thanks for taking us along on the journey!

LOL. wow...!!

Love the fall colors.

My inability to concentrate in school right now is directly in relation to posts like this! Please stop posting pictures of steel!! Just kiddin. awesome shots... crap I wish I was there!!!

well I don't know enough about the issue to comment much further than that... which I heard on the news. If cops are getting taken down by long arms, then it should be dealt with. In what manner and which way, perhaps the gov't is making a mess of right now...

12 of the last 14 police officers killed in the line of duty in Alberta where killed by "long guns".

well said and I couldn't agree more.

awesome picks!!! yeah studs and smooth rocks are a recipe for disaster.

LOLOL no kidding... *sigh** I'm sure you'll track down the bigguns soon Jeremie.. good start!

Ya must have squeezed it too hard for the photo

sweet. (I hate you too... I'm in school this year too. ya bastard )

sweet fish!

LOL!!!

Looks like another phone call to Jenny Craig is in order!

Ok that does it! I am gonna skip a week of school! LOL. *sigh* I am really gonna be twitching badly here in a week or two. I have fever bad and can't go for 2 yrs.

the moment you make your first cast over very active rishing fish... and your fly is drifting towards where they are, and you KNOW it's good.. the moment AFTER you pull back too soon on above fish when one very large fish slowly rises to your fly... ps. nice fish rick... wanna try this coming saturday?

Agreed. I hardly even care about the upcoming season. It'll just be "same old same old"... either squeek into the playoffs in 8th and get whacked in the first round, or miss the playoffs altogether. It's time for a total teardown... I mean we need to toally suck..... league last place bad.... so we can rebuild through the draft

awesome

Rick. Found the camera. PM me your e-mail addy

what pics? LOLOL... I seriously can't find my camera right now Have not emptied the car out competely, but doing that tommorow anyways to pack it up for school.

Taco that sounds like a spot on the upper OM that I go to sometimes. Check for some of my 3 or 4 grey drakes that may or may not be on the same log And... that was the one rickr got. He showed his better side on the ones he missed!! LOLOL.. There were birds spooking out from streamside vegitation taking flight.....