Hawgstoppah

Thank you Don. Been trying to point this out for years. People think the mouth fishing is some sort of political front on which to express their opinions, and hop on the bandwagon as "ethical" or "unethical". The only really ethical angler fishes with no hook point, and only on days that end with "Q".

I just don't get it with people who bring up this question, and bring it up specifically about the highwood mouth. I think y'all have some deeper issues you need to deal with instead of slogging people that DO fish the mouth area.. Either you fish, or you don't. If you fish, your hurting fish... wether your catching them staging now, or when they come back, or when it's 30C and the river is 70F and there very stressed, or when theyre "stacked" against a hopper bank in August, or moving into the city in the fall (Browns) or returning from spawn in the city in Nov/Dec... or your fishing coho's at the mouth of a trib or steelhead on a migration (there migrating for one purpose, spring summer or winter, c'mon...), or bulls in the wiggy, or rainbows in the open section of the crow that are actually spawning there, redds and all, and not staged, etc etc, and on and on and on. So basically, if you fish, period, you should consider yourself "unethical" is what your trying to say guys? Puuuuhhhleeeease.... So, either you fish, or you don't. Draw your own lines after that. Period.

floating the highwood section in anything other than a whitewater raft / kayak, would be taking your life in your own hands. I would recommend doing something else, or doing it whitewater style.

Fish were the fish are. Prove there being hurt, prove the SRD study is wrong please. It was less than 1% mort folks... much less. If you wanna close the Highwood you better do it from POLICE to MACKINNONS. There staged all along there. While your at it please close the crowsnest in it's entirety this time of year. Pffssshhh If anything, the real issue is people fishing the Highwood when the spanwed out rainbows return hungry, tired, and beat up in may/early june. That's when I don't go down there as that crosses my personal line. Besides, it's a good time to go hunt rising browns nearer the city.

LOL.... crazy moose.

I kinda wish they'd close the crow there at this time of year, becuase of this. Should be closed from the falls up IMHO... there actually spawning there... it's not like the highwood / bow confluence where it's "staging" fish, but rather actual spawners were allowed to fish for. Having said that, there can be some good fishing to be had when there off the redds and eating, but everyone should be very aware of the redds and not to step on them OR fish for fish on them. Thanks for the report

Get a hold of books like "blue ribbon bow" "the essential guide to fly fishing" and "fly fishing western trout streams" and "fishing the forestry trunk road" you'll be set to get a good start. Don't start on the Bow, start on some smaller rivers unless you got a huge itch right now, and then you could try the bow I guess. It's hard though. Maybe hire someone like max for a day, he's doing spring specials and having someone like him teach you will take a LOT of time off the learning curve and give you a good knowledge base on which to go forward with. Good luck, and ... welcome!

Bingo. Ya nailed it. Nobody in alberta knows where to find the siginal light lever on a freeway. Nor can they read that thing on the dashboard called a speedometer, let alone the highway signs that refer to a max speed. It's the "who gives a sh*t about the other guy" alberta attitude that makes us the worst place to drive (I'm not kidding) that I have seen in N America.

Yeah cool pix max. Too bad the crow / Oldman confluence isn't there anymore and what river we did waslk today was a sad, sad place. A tiny mud filled river between two dry mud banks. My heart longs to fish the crow pre-damn era again, my spots I cut my teeth on fly fishing are, well, GONE. Fun day, the water's low and very clear, fish are there but tough. You get one in a good run and maybe two, before you see the rest all darting around the pool in a panic to find some shelter and dissapear. We ended up having a pretty good day both in numbers + size anyways, and it was fun to check out what I think I'll now call the "boneyard" stretch

Driven all over north america for years. While Calgary doesn't have the worst traffic problems of major cities, it DOES have some of the worst drivers. Put Calgary and edmonton drivers together and give them a freeway between the two cities and it's no wonder people can't stay on the road. Been to Denver in a blizzard, been through 75 MILE an hour crosswinds and snow covered icy freewys in wyoming, been through ice storm in N dakota, and never have I ever seen as many people in the ditch as on highway 2 between calgary and edmonton.... EVERY single time it snows. Brutal.

DBT your a ducks fan I know, so in order to get favouritism from the refs you need to play a canadian based team. Now that your playing another US based team (Dallas) your teams elbows, cross checks, high sticks, and all other crap they normally would get away with, are being called. GOOD! I'll meet you on the golf course in a week or so..... *sigh*

You know what. I wont say that any of the calls were bad calls. There was a lot of NON calls... going the sharks way all game. It's obvious that more of the same BS will happen every game till the flames and any other canadian based teams get eliminated from the USA hockey league finals. Err I mean NHL.

Ha same. The farther the flames go the louder I am gonna get. I hope my renter downstairs doesn't move out

I still gotta send in my flies. will do it asap.

BCMI has a restuarant right in it, which makes grabbing breakfast before hitting the water quite easy Tecumseh ranch is awesome, and not quite as expensive as you would think. They have a little trout pond right on site as well, with brookies/ rainbows/cutts

cool. There was a huge herd on highway 501 all winter too, every time I went over the milk river valley there'd be about as many deer as your pics. Early on I noticed a lot of 'em had headgear.... what time of year do they lose it?

Have XM and sirius both in the truck. Sirius has a stronger siginal for sure, but XM for my money has what I want on it... every single NHL game... and all day NHL talk.

Geez man, you gotta get out of town a bit more eh??? Quit fishin my spot at hulls wood! That's the panty hole...

I think it *IS* neccessary for people to have the balls to speak up when they see a fish being mistreated. I don't know what else was said before... but c'mon.... thats a damn bull trout... provincial fish, endangered, etc... being abused.... glad they took down the pic... sad they decided to share it with us.

LOL.. step 6 ...

Dammit. Your already on to round two. I never even got a chance to tie in round one. Damn 2 week truckin trips. Best of luck to those who go on!

He was healthy enough to be eating and Brad caught it on sunday. He should be fine, but thats gonna be one hell of a bruise.

Here's hoping your either out fishing, or taking the picture of your career, or better yet, doing both at the same time. Best wishes!

Thanks guys. Yeah I was out fishing with Bhurt and troutslayer. Had a total blast. Thanks for all the Bday wishes guys.

Nice pics and fish boys, except one of the pics of course. *the rest of my comments edited out, the guys did the right thing and took the pic down*