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I fish in BC quite a bit, and the regulations there are crazy, however we must follow them, one thing that cheeses me off is out of province anglers in BC pay way more for a license than out of province anglers in Alberta. I think Alberta can increase the price of out of province licenses and use some or all of that money to increase awearness and help enforce the regulations here. Laura and I use artificial lures all the time, we are skilled at fishing with casting, spinning, and fly fishing for numerous species. Here in alberta our regulations are easy to follow and I agree signs and other media can and should be used to help people be awear of the restrictions on certain bodys of water. However I don't think we will ever completely get rid of those few who know the rules but disobey them anyway just to catch a fish or kill a deer. I can see how some guy,s would think that Fly anglers are trying to lord over everything, however being a fly angler and knowing many who fly fish I know that is not true, and no excuse is good enough to break the law. If a game warden catches a guy using bait on a body of water that bait is banned, teach him a lesson confiscate all of the anglers gear and issue a big ticket, just get em in the wallet. Gary

Thanks for the tips, I love river fishing, I have spent hours and hours on the Kootenay river near Canal Flats in BC, there are several places there where you can catch huge bull trout 20lb being the bigest fish I have managed to land there. And the RMW and the Cutthroats are abundant there also. I went on a float trip with Barry White one summer down the Bow River. However this will be my first shot at the Red Deer and the Little Red Deer rivers. I hope the rain cuts back and the river frees up enough for us. My specialty is hammering Northern Pike on flys up here in the Athabasca area ha ha I know that sounds funny but Pike are amazing on the fly and I love it. Thanks again for the help, Gary

Just wondering how the fishing is in the Little red, at Innisfail?? I will be visiting Drumheller and Innisfail on June 28, 29, 30th and wondering how the fishing is in the Red Deer river at Drumheller and the little red at Innisfail as well as the little lakes at Innisfail?. I live in Athabasca so I don't get down that way very often, and this is my first visit to this great board. We are used to catching Pike and Walleye up here in Athabasca, I was wondering if there is a good Brown Trout Hole close to Innisfail and or Drumheller??