thefisherking

Awesome vid as always. The unloading of the boat was far to funny!

I made it down to the South Bow fly shop today to watch Courtney tie up some tube flies. Wow those are some amazing flies. I was wondering if anyone uses them on the bow? They seem like they would have more of a natural presentation through the drift. I also had the chance to fool around with the new snow-bee rods in the shop, there's some really sweet sticks in there. I recommend anyone in the market for a new rod to go down and check them out.

the floro leader has a higher density so it sinks faster than mono.

Awesome pics bro! Theres a few hogs in there. That whitey is massive. So is the brown laying next to your rod. Thanks for the tips at the clinic today. Picked up a few tricks i had never thought of.

I would also like too see an increase in enforcement, but it's not likely that we will see any new CO's in the near future. I have often wondered how come there are no organizations where you could volunteer your time once or twice a month, and do some sort of river patrol. Not so much to catch people breaking the rules, but more to educate and inform. If you did run into some poachers you could always call in the CO's.

Does anyone know if there open today?

I picked up a couple and they were $2.50 a fly.

They do carry Simms gear.

Just got back from the store. Holy crap the place is huge. The aquarium had few lunkers in there. The one big rainbow in there looked like he was king of the tank. If any fish came into the area he was chillin in, he would ram them right in the side. Some impressive brookies in there as well. I over heard one of the staff members saying that a 20 lb pike they had in there jumped out of the tank at night, too bad that would have been cool to see. The fly shop was kind of basic, but it has enough stuff that i would probably head there if i needed something in a pinch. I thought they had a great selection of nets, quite a few styles to choose from. I would have to agree that $130 for a net is a little steep, but they sure are a beautiful net. Overall i though it was a pretty good store. Even if you never buy anything there, Its entertaining walking around and checkin everything out.

I called down there and they will be open everyday until the grand opening. They are open until 10:00 pm which kind of surprised me. Good to know if you need to grab something last minute and all the fly shops are closed.

Those are amazing, I will have to find time to learn the art of fly tying. I would be interested in purchasing some of these if someones interested in selling.

Your right silverdoc, its really not fair to compare since i never really held the rod in my hand. I did have few ads on other sites and i was approached by someone interested in selling a meiser system 4. I almost bought the rod based on all the info i could find about meiser. They seem like a top notch high quality outfit. The main reason i didn't buy the outfit was because this fella was selling this rod because he upgraded to the z-axis. In his opinion the rod was not fast enough for him. I myself prefer faster rods and that's partially why i ruled it out as well. If anyone's interested in purchasing a meiser system 4 switch rod, pm me i'm sure i could put you in contact with the seller. It was a really good deal as far as i was concerned.

I rigged it up with the rio windcutter 5/6 with the interchangeable tips. This is my first G Loomis rod and i'm very impressed.

I have been sitting on the sidelines for the last little while watching the great debate on switch rods. At the last spey gathering, max let me have a go with his and i really liked it. So i staring doing a little research. The weight of the rod for over head casting seemed to be the biggest issue. Most people said that they were to bulky and heavy. With that in mind I started to look at rods. I looked at few different types, deer creek, beulah, loop, meiser, gloomis and a sage zxis. I checked out a deer creek first, and found the rod to be a little soft and bulky to cast over head. Next was the beulah and meiser. I never actually had a chance to try one of these rods, but they are based on the same design as the deer creek so i ruled them out as well. The loop blue line is a fairly heavy rod so i crossed that one of the list. That left me with the sage z-axis or the gloomis glx. The reviews for both rods seemed to be positive. I was leaning more towards the sage until my fishing buddy tyfish picked up 6/7 gloomis glx dredger spey rod. I was blown away at the fine detail quality. If you lay the butt sections side by side there's no comparison, the loomis is far superior for relatively the same cash. So as it happens, last friday i stopped fishtales to pick up couple things i needed before heading to the river. I knew they had the rod at the shop, but i was almost afraid to look at it. I have the syndrome of, if its in my hands and i really like it, and it has something to do with fly fishing i will probably buy it. But i asked foolishly anyways and once the rod was in my hands i knew it was sold. I ended up picking up the gloomis glx roaring river 11' 5wt. and matched it up with a danielsson FW 5eight reel. This set up was incredibly light and i couldn't wait to get to the river to try it out. I spent half the day nymphing with an indicator and the second half with an intermediate sink and streamer setup, single hand casting most of the day. This rod preformed amazing well and i was quite surprised considering all the bad feedback about single handing switch rods. I had no trouble at casting this rod single hand all day. It was very similar to casting my 9' 6wt. I was a little disappointed in getting the big shut out on the river, but it was blast trying to figure out the new rod. Made it out fishing with tyfish on saturday. We fished a spot with a wall of trees behind us. I guess today was going to be the day to figure out how to spey cast this rod. I will admit i tried a few time on friday and had some trouble. But after a couple of hours of swinging the rod, things started to come together. My biggest problem was that i was treating it like a small rod and not a spey rod. We fished for 4 hours, i manged to break the hymen on the rod with one fish to the net while tyfish put on a clinic right beside me with 10 landed. On a side note, i was wondering if anyones thought of clubing there fishing partner while they pull out fish after fish. So after sitting on the fence for a couple of months, doing some research, and now owning the rod, I am blown away at the options this rod will give me. It truly is one sweet stick. It will make a nice addition to my 9' 5wt and my 12'6 7wt spey. So if anyone's sitting on the fence and is a little unsure, PM me and we can go out and you try it for your self before you decide.

I found this on another site. I'm not sure if its your size. There's some sweet deals in the classified section and some excellent information on that site. http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/board/...ead.php?t=55980

Nothing like big brother watching over your shoulder.

Those dropper rig boxes look stellar? Can you buy them in town?

Here's a couple of vids i came across. Some good stuff here. At the 2:45 in the first vid there's a shot of the bow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CqBLNAyvA...feature=related

A friend of mine sent these to me. I thought they were pretty good. Kent and three of his buddies have gone fishing every Saturday for nearly forty years. One Saturday, the guys are fishing at the boat launch in FC when a funeral processional drives by on 22x. Well, Kent runs out of the river lays down his rod, takes off his lucky hat and places it over his heart. This processional is huge and takes nearly five minutes to pass. Once it passes, Kent gets back in the river, puts his hat on and casts out without saying a word. Needless to say his buddies are floored by his actions. One of em finally speaks up and says, "that sure was a respectful thing you did there when they went by." Kent replied, "It seems the least I could do seeing as how I've been married to the woman for over forty years!" Her Skirt Was Too Tight .... As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus. Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn't! So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step. Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step. About this time, a large Texan (A.K.A. rickr) who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus. She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and screeched, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!" The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kind'a figured we was friends

Wow! excellent vids. Its pretty cool to see the red coming through.

I have sharkskin on my 5 wt and i have no trouble holding onto it. Its almost like sandpaper.

I found this sizing chart while looking up some info. Too bad, looks like I need the mediums. http://www.ian-woods.co.uk/prods/460.html

I would be interested in the clinic as well. Keep us informed.

Awesome pictures, I really like the shots with the frost. Whats the story behind the red rocks?

Vancouver island all the way!