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riffle sections 1-2 feet deep right next to shore are just as good as long deep grassy banks. Also, I always used to have a lot of luck by identifying a really good hopper bank (west wind would blow hoppers into the river, etc) and fishing ALL the riffles below it in a searching mode. Plenty enough fish will have become accustomed to having the odd snack come by Good luck!

wow sounds like a blast for sure!

nice

Highwood or Sheep have bulls and are close to ya. Any deep pools with streamer patterns give you a chance. Cover a lot of water, if a bull is in the mood he'll let you know real quick. Don't waste too much time fishing over fish you can see, they've seen you too ;-)

I helped a 3 inch cutty take a 40 foot jump once, lol. Little bit of a hookset there!

Dry fly can be tough. To me it all depends on the fish and how it is rising. If they are smashy takes you can normally set the hook really soon after the strike. If the fish is slowly and delicately sipping bugs off the top, and you see a slow swish of the tail after every snout that comes up, you'd best wait a FULL second after the nose submerges with your fly. Fish that are gobbling everything up in a "rise every two seconds or less" mode can normally be struck on as soon as the nose is down back under the water after it was your fly the fish grabbed. Study the rise to determine the length of wait time on the set. Do NOT set, EVER, before the fish has gone back down. It's mouth is still open sucking in water and the fly when it is on the surface and if you strike then you are going to miss 95% or more of your takes, and spook quality chances at fish.

Welcome! If ya ever get an itch to come south of Calgary (or you get the good old bow river blues) I can lead ya in the right direction to some good fishing. If you can learn how to catch fish on the Bow it will make you deadly in *most* other locations. As always, the more time spent on your "home" stream the better you get to know it's secrets

The Bow is a magical river if you take the time to get to know it. 2 years (alone) is not enough but a couple of months with some of the good folks here will certainly have you pointed down the right direction! If you ever get the urge to make a couple of hour trip south of Calgary drop me a PM and I can usually get out on a weekend.

amen!

Whoa. A toolman appearance!

sounds like you are hooking the fish and then losing them. It's not a hookset issue as much as I would think that you are not applying enough pressure to a hooked fish. Get to know how much pressure it takes to break a fish off. Then continually get as close to that ALL the time you are playing a fish. Loose line = goodbye fish. Tight line stretched to it's limits = 80% plus of hooked fish to the net for me. Probably even higher average overall. Lay the wood to em! It does two things #1 - you land more fish #2 - the fish don't get exhausted during the fight and you get them in quicker resulting in a better release

awesome!!!!!!!!

1) early July. so long as your chosen guide starts early (like, REALLY stupid early) you will have a great chance of fishing dry fly stones till about 10am most days, but it's best at FIRST light which is around 430am/5am. 2) a 9ft 6wt will be fine for whatever you'd use from the boat 3) don't know the guides at that shop but I am sure some people from the board can make a recommendation 4) I'd bet you'd need to have your own on hand, and whatever the guide feels you really need and do not have I am sure they'd provide and in fact I'd be a bit shocked if they didn't. 5) graves landing to mac. big browns on the dry in the city early and by 8am your past fish creek and into a nymphing style day after then. good water all the way hope that helps

Darren we miss ya buddy. Come back to the dark side. There's fish here, we promise.

The one thing they don't really touch on too much and I see folks do this ALL the time is the rapid movement of the fish back and forth through the water to get water into the gills. Please do NOT do this! It is unnatural for the fish and results in a temporary burst of energy, often out of your reach, before the artificially resuscitated fish goes belly up and floats downriver. It is akin to giving a human an electroshock to the heart and then turning off the machine. Please let the fish recover in an upright position, gently cradled, facing up current. When it is ready it will swim off. Have fun fishing!

any of the hank pattersons. LOL

pretty sweet. wish they woulda showed a trout jumping in slow mo at the end of the kids line though!!

the way the price of gas is going, save it for local fishing trip expenses this summer.

I really like your vids they capture a really true essence of the sport. It's about more than the fish and you show that well.

You adjusted for the circumstances, did all you could to present a fly to this fine trout, and succeeded. Call it a freekin awesome job!

wait, do I see Diamond head in the background there? Are you fishing near the Honolulu airport? That would be my two loves in one! Airplanes and fish!

nice!

did one of those last year to a certain creek really close to home. Funny thing was it had fished very well before for me, and in the past 5 or 6 times it's been relatively dead. Left me wondering, for sure.

Then I did not really get out much until the fall, when I spent over a week with my best friend fishing and telling tall tales around a campfire. Managed a surprise Bull Trout while fishing cutts. Then some good cutt fishing! A couple more days were spent on other waters *pictures removed from here on down* I can't wait to get out for my first fish of 2014! I hope you enjoyed the pictures.