reddeerfrank

i know some of you already check kevin's photo site now and again, so here is his video site to check out when you have withdrawls. the new one is from the bow last saturday (unfortunatley, i wasn't there, looked like a blast!) enjoy, frank http://www.youtube.com/user/SurfaceFilm

fyi, kevin posted his trip to the mo......roll the camera http://www.youtube.com/user/RammersRule242

brian, yes kev does fish still, but he had just picked up his new camera a few weeks ago so he had to play with it. he took it on a fly-in trip the ram before our trip and he is heading back to the mo' tommorrow so he might have more vids up on youtube in the near future. and yes, to have ALL the bigger fish come unbuttoned (only actually broke 1 off), was a little frustrating. we didn't get to palmer this year, but i heard they were restocking it so we might head back next spring.....i'll let you know if we go. cheers, frank

my photographer buddy has himself a new toy....a video camera, so here ya' go. some days you get 'em and some days the fish win. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=tapLnz2ANfA

fishstudent, usually, anything from a 7weight on up will work. i was using an 9.5ft 8 weight sage xp. my buddy was using his tarpon 12weight ( and he has rods 3-12, so it's a matter of choice). i believe clive's, 'dryfly', website has ideas on how to do your pike leader. again, a matter of choice....i use one similar to clives and my pal uses 90 pound hard mono and we never lost do to leader failure...come to think of it, we never lost a fish period.....lucky day. hope that helps, frank

thanx, i've caught hundreds of pike, up to about 18lbs, on the flyrod and this thing was at 24-28lbs...a guess of course, but it was a gooder'. we also had refusals and spooked more of about the same size. perfect conditions today, all sight fishing. frank

caught on a local lake. btw, for perspective, i'm 5' 10" 205lbs if you feel the need to comment on the way the fish is held, don't bother, that threads been done. http://www.pbase.com/kevinsproule/image/113727769 http://www.pbase.com/kevinsproule/image/113727768

no one on this board knows if a fish is going to live or die after it is released. i've caught fish with holes in them, gills hanging out (pike), deformed mouths, one-eyed fish...you name it, i seem to have caught it. i've had fish on the bow and red deer, brought fish to hand, quickly, and they seemingly die of a heart attack....fight to the bitter end, of a short fight, and could never be revived....gills don't move, nothing, dead. maybe 3 in 30 years of fly fishing. be as careful as you can, release your fish and let 'nature' (as natural as c&r can be) take it's course. a few year back 'flyfisherman' had an article on fish and if they feel pain. one scientist said that fish don't have the part of the brain that can actually 'feel' pain. they react on instinct and fight as they would by being attacked from a predator. i tend to believe that part of his theory. one could probably find something to the contrary on the internet if they so incline. my point being, is that seanp seems to think that a fish caught is an 'unhappy one' and will forever be so, but if you talk to some fishermen, myself included, you will find the same fish are caught more often than you think.... that couldn't happen if you ate 'em. animals...fish, dogs, cats, gerbels, birds, salamanders, rats.......ARE different than people. why we put them in the same catagory is beyond me. pike should be handled different then trout. they are bigger and deserve respect. humblefisherman seems to get the point. clive was a little harsh.....all things into consideration, all the points here have some value. take what you can from the original and learn from it. frank

those fish a great looking. the onlu lake i've really spent time on in b.c. in whitetail and the fish there don't look like that. we got some good ones, but they weren't that deep and thick. not a big deal if you don't want to say, but what lake were you on? well done.

happy b-day....here's hoping you got out fishing today. on another note, give me a pm about the weekend. frank

looks alot like "barr's graphic caddis". nice fly. he say's it catches fish everywhere.....i've tried it (with variations) and i think he's right. again, nice fly....good photos to boot..... frank

would like to have gone, but couldn't. how was jim cuddy? i like his music and would have liked to see him as much as fogerty. frank

me and a buddy fished a fabled cutty stream today and landed( in his opinion) about 100-120 fish. my question is do you pack it in after 10 fish.....30 fish.... 50 fish....? as a 10% mortality rate, how does the average flyfisherman deal with a good day? keep fishing?...let the fish be?...let me know.... frank p.s. we fished all day..............left at 7pm. regards

that's the guy. his wife thinks he looks like tom seleck (?sp). maybe a little, if tom was on the all carb diet....ba da bum... ( kevin will get that) frank

check out these bruiser's! these aren't brood stock 'bows and for the time of year, they put up quite the battle. http://www.pbase.com/kevinsproule/040607 enjoy, frank

thanks for the porn dave.....you must have went by the "mo'" on the way there. did you count 30 or 40 boats in the 5 miles you can see from I15? we were just there, the missouri, (got back 20 minutes ago and had to check the board) and we did all our fishing on top. not trying high-jack this, but, was there any other water you thought would be worth a shot that you saw on the way there? we have done rock creek, the clarks fork, the blackfoot,and a few other's....but the beaverhead has been of interest. any comments on how they look? oh ya,... 5-8x is the norm down there. fished 5x on sized 18 caddis and said the heck with that and went back to 4x and landed more fish in some the most heavily fished water anywhere.....good casts, good position, decent pattern.....BIG tippet=fish landed. btw very good pics and very nice fish frank