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definitely look like the ultimate streamer fish!

you'll probably get a call back if they did get fined, and you'll get a reward

Typically they call you back and tell you they got them, if they got there

Elk is damn cold, but not sure why I'm paying $20 to have a 100 tubers rafting all with beers and without life jackets. Good to town then was a dead zone

Bit of a shame to see more and/or bigger dams being touted as beneficial to fish, but I guess we do live on a highly artificial stream already Uber how long was the fish on to drop the photographer off and get the angle with the bridge... anywho back on topic

Tyee isn't actually correlated to steelhead, as it's a sockeye test fishery. So it's hard tomgive you a per hour or per day. With that, you can still follow the trends. If you're on Facebook look up North Coast Steelhead Alliance as they provide trend graphs. Take them with a grain of salt as they are not a steelhead test fishery. For example last year was forecast as one of the best years, but it was likely forecasting very high due to low water which was causing more fish to be caught in the nets.

sigh..and they call me a troll.. Let me know when you've spent one minute up there on the Bulkley, and then you can tell me just how many gear guys there are. Keep to the US rivers and hatchery fish, you deserve each other

I'm glad what you've heard, but again you have no idea what you're talking about. Poor ocean survival, mixed with worse management causes low run numbers year over year, and pointing fingers at gear fisherman quickly undermines any effort to actually worry about fish returns . The sheer number of fish that will have died from FN take will far outnumber incidental take from sport anglers. There are bigger issues then the number of anglers, and definitely their gear choice, that need to be solved at a management level before the first steelhead of the season returns. Go for a lottery, restrict angler gear. That doesn't increase one fish that happened to get caught in ocean nets, or nets in the mouth who are apparently species specific... solve those problems then look to recreation. Alienating gear anglers is a brilliant idea, particularly when you're obviously clueless in the ratio of fly to gear on the river.

Bron, virtually none of those things you brought up would change the state of the fishery this year... If you've never been there, pretty quick to bring up dink bobbers when there are maybe a handful of guys fishing them

Bob knows his *hit. I've said this a few times to a few people, it's going to be a bad year to be a steelhead

ya the highriveronline is a bastion of top-notch journalism

funny how quick it moved from facebook sharing of a 2015 article. It hasnt happened yet or AEP would have posted it on their site.

Price tag probably reflects the hellman canoe..those things are perty damn pricey. Would actually not be a bad kit if you were into canoeing and could use this as an add on

Pretty sure the advisory was sent to Jordan and asked him to ensure his head was covered at all times while fishing, such that he doesn't cause a sudden evaporation event. In other news, nice to see some cool nights considering the daytime highs...we have some hope yet

My roof could use replacing through insurance... Wait, wishing has an impact on river temps?

As I told a friend. Carry a thermometer, and let your conscience decide if you should be fishing.. About all we can do until and/or if we see closures.. Supposed to be over 30 again this week...sure would love to see a massive hailstorm

Really it's fairly high gradient, low productivity oligotrophic lake, not sure how big can really get in there..the biggest bull trout in BC that most guys see spend a lot of time snacking on Kokanee lets stock it with kokanee! They love Mysis...oh wait

... welcome to the Bow

... but how was the fishing?

Funny I disagree. I only reel fish if they put themselves there. Id say 75% of fish can be landed by stripping in, and it's typically the switch over from stripping to reeling where *hit goes awry. See a lot of guys struggle to keep tension when going from stripping to reeling, so just skip that part and strip them in. If the fish runs you into your reel, great, but strip em! You can strip a yard way faster then turning your reel 4 or 5 times..

It's the bridge. Pretty easy to find the city limits online http://www.calgary.ca/CityCouncil/Pages/WardBoundaryMap.aspx

Call CPS. It's their jurisdiction. Those that have a permit through Transport Canada have typically alerted the fire department and CPS as part of their approval, so worst case is they'll know about it ahead of time.

It is indeed that line. Call them in if they're above it, particularly if you can get their plate off the side. I know at least one guide who had the cops knock on his door when he did that.. If they're guiding (and you know who it is), pretty easy to complain to the shop about it.

3-5 years to look, another 2 for environmental approvals, 4 more for funding, and suddenly it's 2025 and we're all fishing for pike out of bass boats. I get it, this is a pretty big step for us to even get this far, and I was pro-plan when I did the survey, however this doesn't feel like enough for me.

And now that i've read it, so much for an increase in recreational access opportunities.. be good for some upgrades of existing sites, but this fell short of what i was hoping for.