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nice one. either that or the belly button lint fly. by the end of it (yes, i watched the whole damn thing) i thought he'd clip off some of those chest hairs and tie them in but no such luck.

i have a tiny fish tank net that is some 4" by 8" in dimension. it works pretty well for scooping up nymphs but haven't gotten any fry or sculpin yet. and it's small enough that it's ultra-convenient to bring to all streams with me. fits in my inside pocket. even brought it with me to Ontario a couple months ago and 'screened' the grand river and it worked well. cost 3 bucks. for dries i usually try to catch em by hand or, like LK, look at the ones that land on me and compare them with my flies. i'm trying to get into the habit of screening for 10-15 minutes before fishing but it's hard to resist the temptation to start hauling my flies out there straight away.

what a beautiful man!!

sweet pics. thanks for posting!

great to hear you had a good experience meeting new people on the river. i make a point of making some small talk with every fisherman i saw on the river because it really helped in the beginning. i told a friend to do the same on the grand in Ontario and he was snubbed off a bunch of times out there. great to hear that the calgary gang is doing a better job!

play softball tonight but would make the next one if any.

some would consider poaching to be a good responsible financial decision. you can poach and get free fish each worth probably 10-20 bucks each for a nice 20"er at the grocery store. if you get caught 1 out of ten or fifteen times then you're golden. if all you care about is making/keeping your $$$, then poaching makes for a good plan. in my mind, the only way to reduce the poaching is through increased policing and increased penalties.

i'd also appreciate an article on catch and release fishing. that's partly why i started that other post in 'ask the pros'. i'd also like to have a section in the article on how to photograph fish without harming/stressing the fish excessively.

So, the atlantic salmon thread makes me ask this question. I find that if I try to land a fish with my hands and tail it, it takes longer to tire out as I can't grab the tail and hang on. There are pros/cons to both methods so let's explore the situation a little further. Net === Pros: land fish quicker keeping it fresher Cons: net will rub some slime off fish, fish more likely out of water for longer time Comments: it is assumed that the angler does not allow the fish to thrash on rocks in the net. also assumed the angler doesn't keep the fish out of water too long. hopefully it's obvious to keep netted fish in the water so they can breath. Hands ==== Pros: land fish without the fish touching anything Cons: fish is exhausted and takes longer to revive, fish has more chance to shake hook Comments: i find that the fish is more likely to bump into rocks while i'm trying to tail it and/or pin it down - especially if i'm fishing from shore without waders. any other comments? personally, i'm a netter but maybe it's because i don't have enough practice tailing fish. does it really make a difference which way you go? maybe we can have a thread on guidelines for fish safety during picture taking as well. (btw, i'm going away for the weekend so excuse my monday response.)

doesn't the lack of a net tire them out more? i can't get a hold of the fish without a net unless their dead tired. i would've thought it better to keep the fish fresh in a net than the other way around. sweet fish btw. hope to get into some of those myself next year.

sorry to hear doc. hope it turns up.

i work in downtown but no time off.....dang!

somebody told me that there's a City of Calgary bylaw forcing employers to give people 4 hours off on Friday and most employers just give the whole day. Is this true?

hi there, i've camped at cataract a bunch of times and it's a nice campground. the park people tell me it rarely fills up (long weekends it does of course) but you shouldn't have a problem finding a campsite there. it's first come first serve and with both campgrounds you have some nice brookie fishing nearby. nothing massive of course but really convenient. and it's a short drive down the trunk road to get the livingstone river which has bigger bulls and cutts. fishing cataract and etherington should be pretty simple. just bring your dries in 14-18 in different colours of parachute adams, caddis, humpy's etc and maybe a few smaller stimulators. most of the brooks in there are 8" long but there's a few largeer brook trout in there but you might have to hike a little ways away from the campground. if you hike downstream on cataract, there is a nice waterfall and there can be some bigger fish downstream of there. it's a nice and easy hike for you and the GF. i haven't explored too much upstream of the campground. you could also try the livingstone falls campground which is on the livingstone river. i've only parked there but the fishing was alright there as well.

dang! wish i could take pictures like that. still learning how to use all the damned functions on my olympus 720 so not even sure if it's possible. nice work!

just got some pictures back from a day trip on the Grand River in Ontario. As I'm digital photo challenged, I've pasted links to the pictures below (the pics were too large to post in the thread - how do i decrease the size in the future?). Anyways, on with the borophyll: http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k18/wong...nt=IMGP0100.jpg http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k18/wong...nt=IMGP0099.jpg This guy took on a 14 caddis even though everyone was telling me to use an 18 or 20 caddis (they are real small out there). Did some screening and found out the water there is ultra-fertile. It was a 50-50 mix of hydropsyche and sowbugs and tons of em. I took some underwater video of the released fish as well but putting photos up on the new board was enough of a challenge already.

you could also try rawson lake (requires a few hour hike off upper kananaskis lake). rawson has lots of easy-to-catch fish and lots of room to cast. i don't think rawson opens for another few weeks though. you could also try other mountain lakes like chester (also requires a hike) or wedge pond (no hike involved). you could also check a post a few weeks back on the stocking program in alberta. there's a bunch of lakes that are stocked and the fishing should be good if there are still fish in them. i believe MissTheBow posted the stocking locations. there are also small streams close to cataract such as etherington creek that has lots of small brookies that are quite easy to catch as well. hope this helps.

somebody find a veterinarian cause that thing is SICK (kinda like my pythons). nice job.

there were a number of sightings along hwy 40 last weekend with 1 around lower k and a couple more along the kananaskis river. be careful out in those parts if you're in the area.

signed the petitions. thanks for posting.