Hawgstoppah

You could just stop posting fishing reports and do like max does with one monthly "pictures post". I'll only post about popular rivers that everyone knows (crow oldman bow etc)... and if someone asks or needs advice / info on those Im happy to give it. I've posted all of , maybe, 5 fishing reports this whole year. I've been fishing other waters and exploring like a mad fool down here. but.... sh*t.... I seem to have forgotten all the names

Never got a pink... have seen millions of 'em dead on the shore while fishing for steel in smithers tho.

ha! whoops. Correct you are!!!. I got em confused... I wish alaska and BC would call the same fish the same things. LOL well... oops.

hehe no offense taken I just know that the mentality of most kids is about 15 minutes and screw this if I dont catch a fish, and it's a lot easier to have success tossing a nymph without really casting per se, than it is to teach them how to cast a dry effectively enough to catch a few. I usually leave casting a dry for when there proficient enough with the "flip cast" for nymphs and also used to the rod and fighting fish. Different strokes for different folks tho

I know this is about 2 hours away, but has all the rest of the qualities you want. Take her nymphing the crow. Let her use the water to load the cast, flip it up into the run, teach a simple mend / hookset, once the drift is over she can swing the flies (and get hits there too) and from that position flip up again into the run. Easy as pie, plus she'll catch fish too. I took my wife there and did this with her (she had never flyfished) and she got 4 and lost countless others. Good luck wherever you decide to go. A bit closer to home for you might be Cataract Creek, lots of willing small brook trout in there.

That's one heck of a thcik rainbow did ya get a tape on her? she's gotta be 6+ lbs for sure... nice fish!

I dont think there's a need for the hostility towards humble for stating he was going to try it ... .on private water.... before making a judgement on the system. Private waters are not governed by alberta regs, the rules are made by the individual or group who owns and manages the water. Go fish one of the lakes in Calgary, ask the mgt team if you can test this system out, and your not breaking any laws if they say "go for it". Hell, some lakes allow barbed hooks too. Cheers

I gotta be honest, seeing bulls with TROUT tails sticking out of their mouths is making me start to wonder just how much of an impact they might be having. I was under the impression (through research and talking to bio's, etc) that bullies mostly eat small whitefish / suckers and whatnot, and generally do not feed on trout per se... but I guess if a trouts injured, it's SCREWED now! LOL

LOL birch. Maybe the NEW saying should be "a lot of 30 inch fish are caught on FFC, **NONE** are ever taped"

Photo's removed - I am stooopid these weren't pinks. Cheers!

Nice fish.. I had one like that also have a fish out of it's mouth this spring it was 29 inches taped. it's on this page http://www.bowriveradventures.com/bowriver/id13.html Might wanna start carrying a tape though. I dont wanna say anything, but... start carrying a tape before guessin them bulls always look freekin HUGE compared to a buncha little cutts but.. 30 inches is a HUUUUGE fish. I'd guess yours around 27-28" still a massive fish though

Ha yep... good to hear one thing I always tell my guys - if your not going to kick the bow river's a$$, it will kick yours. gotta be aggresive! happy to hear your into fish rich was talking about it when we floated on sat - which was a great day too

LOL... did you breathe in or out on the backstroke on that putt?

awesome pics and thanks for not sharing the name of that other place

Just make sure it can carry a couple quads. Might as well go "all in"...

I was thiking that myself.. lol.. if it is, it's good to see the size improving.. I have a sneaking suspicion it's a little further south , though.

Maybe some of the guys with old cans could arrange a time to fire them off, with a few more of the FFC members present... then more people would gain a knowledge of what actually happens instead of information gained from only reading and never seeing. I have fired off old bear spray cans a few times, both times with the same results.. a good coverage area of about 15ft maybe 20ft... the thing to realize is when your getting charged by a bear, can you hold off till he's under 20ft away? calm under pressure? you bet... but I'll gaurantee if he gets to that close and you spray him he's gonna run right over you so be ready for that too... lol.... if he doesnt get within 20ft he's bluff charging, which has happened to me more than once out there.

yeah I looked at the flows down there almost every stream came up about 400% or more ... yikes..

Nice hawgs.

as a parent and one who has had these types of things happen (though with happy endings) it's almost impossible to watch each kid (if you have more than one especially) for 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They can and WILL do really stupid stuff...often the minute you look away or answer the phone, or cook supper, or do something else that requires a bit of your attention span.... simply becuase they don't know any better. Do I blame the parents here? Heck no. Glad they found the kid.... and I do hope they got his truck back becuase as a parent I'd be putting that in a keepsakes box to give to the kid when he's older and understands more what happened.

well... I thinnk I am gonna change my forum name to "stormcaller" becuase whenever I am near the Bow it friggin pours and hails and lightning strikes everywhere and she's blown out for a day. I apologize to ALL the rest of you all for the conditions. it's all my fault.

sheep, highwood, oldman, crow, castle. they all have bulls. Knowing where to look and how to fish them, well if your from texas... you'll know how to extract a fish from cover as I assume you fish bass... so do the same but now in flowing water. big poppers, bass style streamers, saltwater stuff, will work. Look for dark caves/ledges in the river rock edges or bottom. Good luck.

stellar pics and story!

I should be specific in saying - for DRY FLY presentations..

in my humble opinion, overlining a rod isnt very good for presentation (say , for example, a 4wt line on my 3wt, that would be the end of a quiet and supple fly presentation).