Hawgstoppah

wow, that's a brutal day. we have ALL been there at one point or another. Usually for me it's anytime I try to do a home improvement project

Ha awesome he looks like he just LOST a 27 incher man!!!

Callibaetis nymphs all the way. (small red pheasant tail'ish looking nymph)

Wow. I never would have guessed that fisherman of that skill could go get blanked, when fish were actually around. Makes me feel a bit better about my BC adventure last fall to smithers with only one to hand. Thats a beauty river guys! You'll get 'em next time!

Yeah... same. I'd say 90% of a big bull trout's diet is suckers / whites. The only time I think they can get a trout is when it's injured, big bulls are just too slow to catch a darting little rainbow or cutt.

awesome. Maybe someday the funbuster will let me go on an epic trip like that.

Tarpon AND bonefish in the same place... sounds like a sweet trip!

I think this is where the young ones would say "PWNED"!!!!

One line for coffee only, one line for anything else. Problem solved. Half the lineups, period. Most people just want to grab a coffee and that's it. Suggested that hundreds of times to different timmy's staff and managers. No idea why a good idea always falls on deaf ears.

Tako. Sorry man but to maximize fishing locations we gotta do this mid summer. April sees only very limited open water on only 3 streams in S alberta. The rest of our trout water is closed until June 16th

Who wants to join me tommorow on it? Thursday Mar 13th. Any takers?

Cheeler, I drove by the aftermath of a bad wreck there once involving a timmy's line and a big rig. Not a nice sight. Get off the damn highway people!!!! Is your LIFE worth a cup of coffee?

Naw. I don't think I really have a chance at yah unless Miller goes down. You loaded up on goalies, and it was an excellent strategy.

That would be sweet to hit that in the next day or two then, thjose fish havent seen much for a good while. Could catch 'em "off guard"

I guess we could get this sucker rolling eh? There was a lot of interest. Maybe we should pick firm dates / location and get a sign-up sheet going. Can anyone organize that? I'm just too dang busy @ work right now to be reliable as far as the heavy duty organizing goes.

I'm coming for YOU palemornin!!! Looks like Im in good shape to make the "playoffs" and recieve the bonus

This was waaaaay better in person than it looks in the pictures. Taken near Shelby, MT last year during the fires in Montana.

I was on it for a small time sat evening, and we had good success. #4 sjw and #18 midge, and / or #18 red bloodworm was a meal ticket for me. As was said before, lots of open water now (though down from the falls was still frozen on saturday, which meant I couldn't try the section from hwy 3 downstream)

That's just awesome.

Yeah. Some of these warmer southern reservoirs would be prime bass water I'd bet.

Well I am almost embarrased by the simplicity and ease of this pattern, but I am going to enter it becuase of it's effectiveness. BWO nymph / emerger Thread: Olive 8/0 Hook: Daiichi #1130 size 16-20 Tail: Mallard Flank Thorax: White calf tail Body: built up thread Fish under your BWO dry on about 2 feet of 5 or 6x, and watch this little puppy do it's wonders when you can't get fish to rise to your BWO dry pattern.

BTW birchy, that will work great tagged off the "big red midge"... like as your bottom fly. Then both will be down deep and you'll pick up fish on both. Real bloodworms in the Bow are about a size 20, and pretty close to that color of red, have pumped 'em outta fish this time of year, almost every sample had numerous bloodworms in it. (mind you I haven't pumped a fish for 3 or 4 years, but I sure things haven't changed too much)

LOL.... I call these one's the bloodworms or midges, and a #2 san juan a BIG RED midge

Oh and a LOT of sunscreen

Oh come on, save yourself a ton of dough and just get yourself a thong