Jayhad

I haven't been there.... yet, I may go one day. There are many reports of anglers getting jacked in the middle of no where just getting there. Pretty much the wild west.

Yes, I am saying you should stay off the Bow and leave it for drift boats only, you wade and walkers just get in the way and cause unneccesary bank erosion. I have swam with waders on, why would it be any more difficult? just to smarten you up a bit, water in your waders doesn't weigh anymore than water out of your waters..... you will not sink.... it's called physics, I can lend you a text book that will explain it for you if you want. If you are wading deep water and you wear a PFD you are a retard, all the PFD will do is lift you off the bottom and you will loose footing, use your head for more than wood pecker feed. But you must know this with your countless wading experience on salmon and steelhead rivers Breathe before you respond, I wouldn't want you to stroke out at your keyboard

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I thought of not replying but like most I just can't swing my glance away from a train wreck So to your answers; Yes Yes First off why would you stand so close to the transition, fishin hang out there to get food? Second What do chest waders have to do with you going under? If you can't simply stand up in thigh high water perhaps fishing is to dangerous for you and you should take up something more age appropriate. As I said a few posts ago in this thread, If it makes you feel safer, so be it. No I'm not hung up on the drift boat thing, if you don't know how to operate a boat on a river it's no skin off my nose, and you can't spend more time in a year on a boat than I have in 10 seasons, it's impossible there's only 365 days in one year, maybe you forgot that.

Nope, didn't ignore or miss your sarcasm, but after your rant about drift boats anchoring in the wrong direction I figured you may require as much information you can get. If you have waded past your knees you have failed, if you are wading in places where a PFD is needed for safety you are taking risks that should and can be midigated. A guide should never expose his clients to risks of this nature. But more importantly 75% of the fish that are brought to my boat are caught at shore, within inches of water.... water you just waded through to get to that seem 65' out there. You clearly missed that I wet wade, so do most of my clients and friends I float with because there is never a need to go over your knees, waders are for warmth and comfort

I wear Redington waders, in this part of the season I wear the Sonic-pro Zipper fronts, as the season progresses and the weather warms I shift to Redington Sonic-pro pants. Although typically between June and September I wet wade on the Bow, I will always have a pair of Redington pant waders in my dry storage just in case the rains come. I highly suggest Redington waders, for the cost they can't be beat, the pants may be the most comfortable waders I've worn. I own a few pairs of Simms and I get exactly the same lifetime out of $800 waders as I do the $350 Redingtons so I purchase Redingtons. As for my clients I ask that they wear what makes them comfortable, a comfortable client is a confident client.... confidence catches feshes. I have several pairs of Redington and Simms waders that clients can use if they don't have thier own but that is very rare as I don't often guide new anglers, and 99% of my guiding time is spent drifting rather than doing wade and walks. A good portion of those in my boat tend to wet wade.....

most anglers don't wear a PFD while wading, if you are past your knees you have gone to far and scared the feeshes Where are you planning on wading? why don't you just stand up if you fall over? If it makes you feel safer, so be it. Last couple of seasons i've used not HIT mustangs... they are great until the rain sets them off. This season I'm going to use the Bass Pros belt PFDs while drifting

this guy wants free tickets

With all risk of getting banned myself, 420 was tossed for legitmately asking questions about bonking brookies, the questions he was asking may have surpassed the bar on the stupid meter but apparently someone got their panties in a bunch. The questions were not threatening to anyone nor were they offensive so how come there was a ban given out? With this move the mods here have shown that this forum isn't an avenue to fly fishing knowledge but rather a playground where only their ball can be used and when you kick that ball a little to hard or far away from them they take their ball home and ban you from the play ground. Poor form mods; there have been far more offensive and distrubtive contributions on this forum that have never resulted in anything other than the thread being closed

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sorry Mike, NO DOGS IN MY BOAT

you can buy 1000 acres plots in south eastern south america for as low as $12 an acre..... have you seen some brown trout pics form down there, warm when we are cold, great beef, virtually little government involvement... that's my plan

http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/wyoming-outdoors-fungus-outbreak-killing-old-bighorn-trout/article_99391127-761d-5c60-8fe5-5dbaa771ebc0.html Saturday evening I received an email and photo from a friend. Kent Andersen, facilities director at Sheridan College, had fished the Bighorn River and was disturbed to see a number of dead brown trout littering the bottom of the river. The photo he sent me was of a brown trout covered with fungus and looking like parts of the fish had been encased in an opaque plastic wrap. Andersen wanted to know if I had any idea of what caused the problem. He noted that he had seen dead fish in the river over the years, but nothing like what he saw Saturday. I surmised that the dead and infected brown trout were casualties from spawning, but I forwarded Andersen’s email to Ken Frazer and Mike Ruggles. Frazer is the regional fisheries supervisor for Region 5 in Billings and Ruggles is a fisheries biologist for the Bighorn River. Frazer responded that he had received a high number of reports of infected and dead fish. He went on to say: “We get some reports of fungus and dead fish each winter, but it seems to be worse than normal this year… There are high numbers of brown trout in the river after a couple of good water years and now they are concentrated by lower flows. The low flows limited available spawning areas this fall so the fish were even more concentrated during spawn which probably increased competition and fighting resulting in more wounds to start the fungus.” Frazer had pointed out to me a long time ago that during the spawn, trout rub off most of their protective slime when they are building redds. Of course, the trout are jostling one another when they spawn so the rubbing and the fighting causes even more disruption to the skin. Another thing that Frazer has preached for as long as I have known him is that the Bighorn River is only as productive as the flows — the higher the flows, the more fish. We had high flows in the Bighorn River from 2008 through 2011. The flow was dropped to 1,750 cubic feet per second in 2012 and that crowded a bunch of fish. (An aquatic ecosystem’s carrying capacity is expressed in pounds of fish per surface acre, unlike terrestrial ecosystems where the carrying capacity is expressed in numbers of animals per acre.) Just like the flu infects more humans in the winter when people are crowded inside, when trout are jammed into less water and spawning, they are more apt to be exposed to diseases and catch them. The trout population in 2011 was probably the highest it has been in more than a decade because of good water years. In 2012 those higher numbers of fish were concentrated in a lot less water. Couple the fungal outbreak with the fact that brown trout only live three to four years in the Bighorn River and a lot of brown trout either die of old age or from the fungus. There were a fairly high number of rainbow trout that died this summer after the spawn, too. Most of the fish had the fungal infection and appeared to be bigger, older fish. (Again, remember that trout have relatively short life spans, especially where they experience fast growth. So a lot of old die each year after the spawn). On the bright side of this situation is the fact that with fewer trout in the Bighorn River the remaining trout will have more food available to them so they will have better growth rates, i.e., they’ll have larger girths. So anglers can look forward to fewer catchable brown trout in the Bighorn this year, but they will be huskier. In time the trout population will balance out with the flows and the large die-offs will subside, but for now I wonder if the trout realize that spawning is hazardous to their health Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/wyoming-outdoors-fungus-outbreak-killing-old-bighorn-trout/article_99391127-761d-5c60-8fe5-5dbaa771ebc0.html#ixzz2JxLed9dp

Calgary, being a trout fisherman myself, I would stay right here.... mind you retiring to the Hefley region east of Kamloops wouldn't be bad if you can't stumble along the rivers anymore.... but they only have dirty rainbows, most of which are triploids

I was being serious, have you heard how load a 45ACP is going off in a neighborhood?

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as with DHurst, I'm a fan of 7wt 10' for streamers... I use the Sage One

You may be right on some points there Don, plus green algae bio-oil production is getting major fianancial backing by the US government currently and we could see a shift towards it seeing it is percieved as much cleaner.

Yes, it's called personal perception. Just as others can easily justify a Porsche, I can not as it I find them crazy expensive.... or are you looking for a definition of the words crazy and expensive?

Taco, I honestly can't remember without having a LL & Circa side by side

if you like grass or older glass you'll enjoy it, The circa isn't my cup of tea and probably won't find a home in my boat... I thnk the ZXLs or TXL-Fs are far more suited to my casting and fishing style. It's also crazy expensive

I'm a big fan of the Rio Streamertips... they are specifically designed to toss big flys, I chuck dungeons with another smaller streamer as the trailer and they cast like a dream, My favorite is the cleartip. I run a 60cm leader of 12lb maxima and it turns over easy. http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/freshwater/sink-tip/streamertip/

DANG

If I am in the boat regardless of guiding or personally fishing I like to have 3 rods ready to go all the time for each angler. I have a 4/5 wt for dries, a 6 wt for nymphs and a 7 wt to toss sink tips and double streamer rigs. If I am wade and walking I take the rod I have decided to fish with. ie, if I am chasing snouts... dry rod, if I am nymphing, 6wt and if I am out streamer fishing 7wt. I do sometime take two rods with me. If I only had one rod to use I would fish a 6 wt with a Rio Gold line, you can fish drys, switch up to nymphs and loop to loop connections for sink tips to toss streamers. I am personally inclined to fish longer rods (10') as I find it makes spey casting and mending simpler, that being said I find the longer rods don't present dries as well, but that is probably my casting more than anything.. For dries I fish a 8'6". Now for bulls if you are sensitive to your rod you can fish a 6wt... I prefer a 7wt just to toss the heavy streamers needed.

let me know as well Jer, you might twist my arm into going saturday