Jayhad

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I talked to some reseachers walking the river and SRD last winter about the dead birds..... they stated it was collara (sp) which they get from eating each others feces. The ducks are here because of the warmer water though.

I truly don't think this has an weight. I have played with gas monitoring equipment and our air quality is with in 2% of being the same as way up north. The gases you are talking about wouldn't be able to stay static as we consistantly see heavy winds in this city.

there is no knot for the indicators, the ones that were displayed are thingamabobs and you just fold over you leader put it through the hole and then looped over. You can adjust the hiegt by opening up the loop and sliding the leader up or down.

good report pics look grea thanks

go to the city section of the bow in feb-mar...... that's a lot of dead birds

This one is already in the canner

crowds.... and my dad's finger Fish on PInky good bye

Me and Pinky Classic double header Big beast Nice pink with my dad's finger another fine specimen of humpyness

I flew to Abbotsford with less then great expectations, after all I was headed out for my grandfather’s funeral. I knew I wanted to spend some time fishing with my father but didn't expect out of 5 days I would get much time. I was happy to find out that my father was pretty excited to just be on the water for the maximum time allowable. Checking our schedules we figured we would be able to fish 3 full days, pretty good in my books. We wanted to do some sturgeon fishing but $60.00 for the tag is getting a little ridiculous and it meant we would have to sacrifice actual fishing time with boat prep, running the river, searching out bait..... Yes I said bait so we decided to just focus on fishing the Fraser around the confluence of the Harrison. Our main prey was to be pinks and if we are lucky, so I thought, maybe hook a big Chinook or two. First day on the water was Saturday, what a gong show. There had to be 3000 people in a 5 k stretch of the river. Tonnes of random campers, camping at the waters edge. More ATVs, 2 strokes and old blazers then I could count tearing up and down on the gravel dunes and sometimes blasting in the water behind you and I can't forget to mention the 100s of jet boats, 50% of which don't give a *hit and take the 383s and 454s full throttle past the long line anglers. So I figured what ever it tends to be a new Canadian trend, here and in BC. There was a 4 man fight just up stream from us that saw 2 dudes get stabbed, over a fish getting broken off on a line tangle up.......... wow eh. I was excited to fish with my Redington CPX 6wt 12'6" Spey as I was going to use a Skagit set up for the first time and I wanted to compare, plus I hadn't used the stick since last winter on the Bow. I was fishing with a piece of T-17 and after an hour and a half, 3 cut backs on the tip and 2 different lengths of the leader I started to seriously bang fish. This is when realizations started to come into play. You truly aren’t catching. Only 30% of the fish I landed had the fly in their mouths and I would think 90% of those were flossed. I generally fish with swivels and I could feel the swivel sliding across lips. The second day of fishing was great at first; I started to nail out pinks and then it happened. I hooked a big nasty Fraser River Chinook; the battle ensued for 15 minutes most of which was me just hanging on trying to keep my tender fingers from getting smashed by the handle of reel spinning the wrong direction at break knuckle speed. I had managed to get the beast up to shore and was holding my rod up reaching for the tail; in the iconic fly fisherman pose. The Chinook had other intentions though, with a quick thrash the big pig showed me what he thought of my 6wt, turning it to trash. I was reminded why I always carry a spare stick……….did I say always. Apparently my arrogance that was built on fishing the coast for 20+ years was rewarded with a learnt lesson. So I spent that day driving 120k round trip to get my hands on demo Sage VT2 8wt. She held up and was returned to the owner with nothing more then some burnt out cork and a sore arm. The third day of fishing wasn’t as great as the others in regards to numbers, but we managed to have a great time. It was Wednesday and the river was quite with angles but the nets were drifting down in full force so there was slim pickings. All in all, I had some great time with my dad, and I landed over 60 salmon in about 24 hours of time on the water. I don’t think salmon fishing on the fly will see much more of my attention as I think I becoming a trout snob. I enjoy the challenge, knowing fish are there but have no desire to feed on what you are offering presents problems that make us better anglers. The searching for the answers in salmon fishing come quick and once learned I find it starts to get boring. But don't get me wrong everyone should try this once, if for nothing else then a major confindence boost. Hope you dig the pics and tight lines Jay my dad with a pink me with a pink, i killed this one big humpy Doug with his first fish on the fly Test driving the Sage VT2

I have been talking to several of my buddies about hitting the Dechutes, the fish are smaller but much more plentiful, and it will probably way warmer then smithers. To me it's not always about the biggest possible fish, I would still like to catch some. Plus the things you learn about fishing travelling regions, I'never steelheaded in the US and I am sure they do something different which are worth knowing.

I've used the Ross Rythym, my father has several. The reel is well machine, felt solid and has a decent drag...... but that really isn't a concern on a 3 wt is it? My issue with them is the drag know, spind cap and drag assembly is all made of plastic. The drag know could be easily shattered with one drop on creek rocks. Personally i think 3 wt and under reels should be free of drag and be click sytems only, you are fishing the 3wt for the light line factor anyways

Great pics, those pikers are pigs. Good work with the black and whites... thank you

Lucky I am having to battle tiny pinks, I would love to find a coho this week

Wow good hike the pics are great, thank you

There are some real clean ones but I have it's about 1 in 8. I am fishing in Rosedale so not to high up. I hope to fish hard the next few days now that my grandfathers funeral is over and the extended family obligations are done. Me and dad on the water. If I am lucky I will work out my brand new 6 wt 10' Z axis I picked up today....... loots

Nice pics boys, great looking water. Is that a cricket???

Just a sample of pics to come....... these little pinks are wicked to fish for on the small spey sticks

I'm in Chilliwack right now....... I'm out I got warrants

are you looking for the tool to crimp PEX connections? If so just rent one at Totem for peanuts.

Fishtales........ best service ever. I took my Korkers in there a few weeks ago after a 100 times on them this year they were coming apart everywhere. Dave just asked me if I wanted korkers again or another brand, no "i'll have to send this out"

nice pics... I will be on the bow next week, I think it is time once again

Nice fish go city lakes

Nice pigs.... my flight to abbotsford leaves friday night hopefully I can find some beasts

oh ya they get even much larger then that. the fish I am holding only taped to 29" but I was reminded that they get bigger this monday when I taped a few hogs. Jay