darrinhurst

I was actually out at Elbow/Cobble Flats today. Gorgeous weather, couple of nice scenery shots, but no damn fish! Skunked again dammit!! :$*%&: Nice day, but woulda been nice to catch some fish. Ran into another couple on thier way out as well. Had the same luck as me, so I guess I wasn't the only one that got skunked today.

I know that Country Pleasures carries the Sage brand, as well as Westwinds. So far as stock is concerned, I am not sure.

Yeah, I am not sure if there is anything in the regs about it, but the guy's a tool none the less.

That's awesome! lol

Well, it looks like Ike hit as a CAT2 and pounded the coast pretty good. I do hope your family is doing ok rickr! http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/...Ike_hits_080913

That's nuts! I hope he makes a speedy recovery.

Nice fish man! One of these days I am going to have to hit the Liv........

Nicley Done! That's a big f'n fish!

Well, the answer would significantly be determined by what kind of fly you are using. Are you talking about nymphing? Then the answer would be two. If you are talking about dry flying, then the answer would be one. Although I am sure that there are some true innovators out there who have tried or are planning on trying two dry flies. To each thier own. If I am nymphing, I typically have been using two. Dry, only one, of course.

Yeah, I kinda figured the hopper would be a tad large, but didn't want to lose the opportunity by tying on a new fly. I did watch him for a bit, he was just sitting there. Not really doing much, relaxing, enjoying the weather. If he had a beer, he woulda been living the dream.

Ouch! Not cool. lol

I was out at 22X at Fish Creek yesterday morning before work, and basically got skunked again. Might have had one strike on a nymph rig, but not sure. Anyway, while I was making my way back, I was crossing a small inlet and that was where I saw a nice little trout sitting calmly facing away from me waiting for his lunch to come his way. It was a gorgeous day so the water was nice, I am assuming an amicable temperature for the fish. I had a hopper pattern tied on as I was trying the hopper for the first time, with no luck I might add, and tried to drop it in front of said trout. First cast, to the left and behind him....not so good. Second cast, kinda beside him, again to the left. Third try pretty much right on top of him, but he didn't even move. I don't really think that he noticed. Not sure if it was my fly that spooked him, or my shadow from false casting, but he moved off none the less. He didn't dart off, just kinda moseyed on his way into the stronger current. Lost sight of him, but I tied on a parachute adams (something I have had some recent success with) and made some attempts blindly casting to where he MIGHT have been. Didn't get much other than some more casting practise in. For future referece, what could I have done differently? I know I need to place the fly in front of him, but I was more concerened that with the calm water and the bright sun, my line would have either spooked him cause he can see it, or being a five weight, may have splashed down too hard on top of him. Is there anything that I could have done differently? Different fly pattern? Different technique? I am still learning, but being a trout ninja was kinda new territory for me.

I'd be interested if two things happen. 1) and most importantly, my wife lets me go. 2) I learn how to actually CATCH fish, so that someone may actually want me on thier team. Maybe I could join a stacked team an be thier "handicap" Seriously, sounds like a blast.

Honda Pilot. Seats 8.

Sure was!

Sweet avatar snakeman!

Welcome aboard dude!

No kiddin'. A real inspiration to be sure!

Holy Crap! That's the dude who taught me how to fly fish out of Country Pleasures! I love how he said, "Now, I'm going to catch a fish" and BAM, he catches one....

that's a retarded fish dude!

Check out the "Instant Bookmarks" link. It does the same thing. http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html#

3 or 5

Well, since my "year" is a whole two months long, as is my "career", I would have to say that it's a tie on my first catch on a fly rod as seen here: vs. my first on the dry, pictured here: I also caught a nice little cuttie yesterday on a dry on the Oldman with Teck, Wish2Fish, tintin and Pablo. But nobody took my picture with it. lol Anyway, I look forward to a solid September and hopefully a ton more pics of the many fish yet to come!

Wise choice Grasshopper. FishTales is a great shop.