Hawgstoppah

Wow... as someone who is on the road all the time I've seen some pretty weird stuff... and this is right up there... unreal..

I kinda like a photo contest idea.... maybe at the end of the year (In December) everyone submits there 3 best pictures of the year and all others are allowed a vote once all entries are received (like the vote would begin Jan 1 if the deadline for photo's was Dec31st). Orrrrr.... at the Bow river cleanup were gonna organize... we could do a biggest fish, as I assume we'll get some time to fish.. I think we should start cleanup at 7am, go to 3pm..have a BBQ.. then fish from 5pm on... ... we might want to repost that thread on here. about the cleanup..

I actually am gonna drive through yahk tonight on my way to Spokane. I'll be sure to stop in... lol

Haha this is what makes a good chuckle every time I fish with ya dude... LOL

That Deifenbaker fish would just rip right thru the mesh on my net, leaving a wooden tennis racket with no strings... LOL

Ha!!! I knew about that spot for years there buddy... LOL ... just hadn't visited it for a long time. I chased a 30+ brown there for a few years back in about 1998 - 2000. It may have been the 32" broonie I got on the night of Apr 26, 1999... that I'll never forget ... and sadly... never got to take a picture of (it was about2am... I was in midstream fishing back to shore, fought him for a good 30 minutes, got him into my hands, tailed him, tried to haul him back to bag / camera... couldn't hang on when he started thrashing, he didn't like it and taught me a very , very valuable lesson... always have your drag on your reel JUST tight enough to prevent it from backlashing, causing lost fish )

Toolman got a white, Max got one small rainbow and lost another, and I landed one approx 20 inch rainbow for our 3 hour effort... not bad considering the vis was less than 4 inches... and the river being up the way it is... 350+ cms...

Sweet Lord!!! that's one big fish... wow...

So did Lees Lake 69cm whoa! LOL... too bad they'll be ugly as sin if you catch 'em...

I am curious to see how you make out. Let me know. I am down in that area quite often delivering log homes and would like to hit that river one of these days Are you going with a guide or on your own?

Hey.... I have thought this over and decided that instead of me trying out your lines, give 'em to someone who is going to have a bit more time to get them wet. My work schedule is insane this summer. Just found out that we do have an Alaska run in late August tho!!!

Gonna sneak out with toolamn in a few hours..... we'll let u know if we found anything worth trying it out. I know that personally some of my best successes have been when the water looked like this...

So, wow.... we pretty much missed it on tuesday down in cardston. I was BBQ'ing on the deck (covered deck lol) with a pretty good storm passing over, but NOTHING like you guys got it up there. I hope everyone's safe.... I assume the Bow is totally a write of for today eh? Was going to try and fish it while I'm up there this afternoon.

I got a stream that opens June 16 down here that will for sure be clear enough to fish, and I'll be on it I hope.... provided I'm not working.

I'd be glad to test it out on my 3wt St. Croix Legend Ultra. I fish it almost exclusively during the summer.

They were all over the place about a week ago at a house I delivered in california... it was right by a small creek... you should have seen the fish going after them .... it was pretty cool...

I hope that works... I can only upload one picture it seems did you guys all host your pics somewhere else and link them?

Both of my grandfathers took arms in WW2. My respect for them and all vets runs deep. My grandfather on my dad's side did not see the end of the war... sadly... I wish I could have had the chance to meet him and say thanks

Sad story. I guess if I had to write a script of how I'd want to go... it'd be when I am older and somewhere enjoying a day of fishing and feeling at peace with the world..... RIP buddy....

I've bugged him about it from time to time but I don't think he realizes how many people looked at it. Not to be critical, but I've quit looking at it myself becuase of how infrequently it's updated. (assuming that you are talking about the pictures of recent trips?)... I know John won't be doing the spring "specials" I did... he has a slower season in which he concentrates his efforts on the rodbuilding side of things. I only did those specials for the love of the river, and the joy of teaching a few of y'all how to fish it. I never made any money doing those ones... so I can understand John not wanting to run those, especially out of Pincher Creek..