Hawgstoppah

Amen. Forget your light tippets for nymphing the bow guys. I used Berkley trilene XT spools for years. 6 and 8lb test. Gotta have something that's tough.

No, that's my work. I hit everything smaller than deer over and over again.

Brown is where it's at. And gold. the lovely colors of alberta. And white...... this year.

If for some reason Picklejar is open in June, I'd make sure you got some reports before you go. With all the snows this winter I can't see any high mountain hikes being doable till mid July.

So far yes, barely, ...but yes. Had a few near misses with those fellows at night. Black horse in a snowstorm = a "WTF is that AaaAAAAAAaaaHHHHH holy crap how'd I miss it?"

omg LOL I like it! I like it!

Paolo Tagliano Not too scary. unless I don't get my delicio pizza.

And yes, I did say "of the year". I think I am a dog "ace" already since I moved here. For some reason those reserve dogs can't figure how to stay away from 18 wheels...

I ran over my first dog of the year going through the reserve with the truck. Yup, spring is here!

I think I'd stay put. Far enough from calgary down here that no one's around (for the most part) and there's some "secret" spots that don't see more than 10 people a year I bet. Close enough to the pass and the oldman / liv, castle etc, and I see just about enough of the Bow in the summer to keep my feet wet but at the same time I have no desire at all to move back to Calgary. I like my 2 stoplight town.

That's just... well... pisses me off to the extreme that people can get away with this for next to nothing. 4500 bucks is a step in the right direction, but his vehicle should have been taken too. I want to see a picture of this dude. We all should, so we can kick his friggin a$$ next time we see him at bullshead which will be this coming season... since they didn't take away the vehicle...

Ya I guided chuck norris in the gap, you guys know that one rock that's split in two? He has a pretty powerfull cast! I told him to land on BY the rock, not on it... O well...

Nice looking flies mate. I use a similar pattern for most of my lake fishing

Ok so, are we tying anything in specific or should we just submit whatever. and where do we mail the hockey pool flies? I am going to tie a dozen of my #18 midge pupae I like to fish so much, you guys will find them usefull

Ok so we all sell our houses, subdivide this place up, and build on the land. sounds good. Dibs on the corner upstream from horseshoe bend

I watched it last night driving to Pocatello. It was out the driver's window and I had an amazing starry sky to see it. It's something else to view from the top of Monida pass, with NO light pollution at all. Wicked event. Phoned the wife to make sure kids got to see it too, they'd never seen one before.

I assume your making fun of me here Markd, but I brought up a serious point. How many of you SERIOUS bow river nymph fisherman notice line wear at the points that you hold while in a drift? or while setting the hook, etc. Check line guides, and cut yer fingernails... if you fish like me and set the hook on everything, your gonna cut into the line with anything and everything.

I'd have to echo that... for all but the bull trout fishing all the rod you need is a 4wt. If it's too windy to fish a 4wt, you won't get a good rpesentation with any outfit, in my opinion. I love my St croix Legend Ultra 3wt, but I think youer be4st bet is to go try a bunch of rods at a shop willing to let you do so, and get the one that feels best and matches best with your casting stroke. you never know, it might be the $150-300 dollar rod that suprises you. And for a reel, I'd highly recommend Islansder.. have had 'em for 8+ years on two different outfits and they have been nothing short of superb (even taking the abuse of 250+ days / reel / year some years that I guided). I have never lost a fish becuase of an Islander reel, something I cannot say about any other reel that's ever graced any of my rods.

bigBREASTEDbrent? lol, must be an inside joke... I voted for GGP... I love that originality. I really like pacres too, but GGP's eventually won out. If this had to be a fishable pattern, I'd go with Pacres fly for sure.

I always clip my fingernails before fishing. I found that it actually really helps keep your line from cracking and waering where you hands touch it most, especially nymphing bow river style with a lot of hooksets , etc. Anyone else tried this or other things that work for you (aside from regular cleaning / lubing your line)..?

Another good idea would be when your fishing beside ice (and your wading) you should be at LEAST as far away from it as it is tall... like if you got a 10 foot ice bank behind you, it can break off and fall 10 feet out pretty quick .I'd give it 10ft + 5 for safety. If you have to go any closer, your really taking your life in your hands, not only could it crush you, but even a 100lb peice of ice can pin you under if it gets you right.

Dang I wish I would have seen this earlier. I had a sick idea just now. Maybe next year. Cool flies guys. I like them all.

if it sinks fast, you'll be able to find many practical uses. I'd do what was suggested and paint on the eyes.. looks good though Should be a real god fly for bull trout hunting. Cast towards where water plunges into a deeper spot (a plunge pool), and let the current sweep it down right to the bulls waiting there on the bottom under all that white water

LOLOL EXACTLY!!!

I'd gladly do 'em but in my line of work I spend every second I'm home, with the kids, or fishing, instead of tying. Lately I've had far too few hours to myself, so my biggest fear would be that I'd commit to a swap, and then not be able to make time (or want to make time) to tie the flies. And I got no one to tie with now, I can't afford to drive to Leth for tuesday nights even if I was at home, and I can't tie by myself I find it really boring. I gotta be yapping about the fishing, to tie effectively. And talking to my wife about fhshing is like her talking to me about shoe shopping....