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Puking out a bait fish in mid jump is an amazing capture on film

https://vimeo.com/229413115

So fun to watch people get excited. Ryan said "Now I see why you like this so much". "So cool to watch them come up and eat". That's my boy!

Too funny Bron. Yesterday my friend left his Orvis Helios and Mirage reel sitting in the bottom of the boat while he fished with his $25 first prototype TFO rod from 25 years ago and an ancient SA reel....the fish didn't even know when they were landed with such poor quality equipment

Do you guys ever fish Aster? There used to be some grey backed Cutts in there years ago

Well my son finally asked to learn how to fly fish ....I thought maybe he missed the gene or something. We packed up the dry flies and headed for the mountains to learn how to cast. After a 20 minute lesson we were on the hunt for the perfect dry fly fish. The fish were eating tiny emergers so we had to scale down the usual Cutty fly to a little BWO. And then it happened. Ryan is on the team as a 17 year old! Then he continued for the next two days fooling lots of these pretty surface eaters

So quiet in the mountains.....heavenly

I have seen some scary dudes riding bikes around the neighborhood peaking into people's garages. While folks are in the backyard, they are in and out of your garage. You can't leave your garage unattended at all these days. So sad to see the city reaching this state

So the low lifes hit my truck last night on my street and went through everything. Thankfully they left my rods but took my pack stuffed with flies, a reel and associated fishing stuff. They took a few other little things, but I think they are looking for money. I figured they wouldn't want all my flies so I was alley cruising looking for my pack when I got a call. A guy a few streets over found my stuff scattered between his house and his neighbor's. Being a fisherman himself, he looked through my stuff to find my licence. Then he packed the stuff up and brought it to my house......SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any way, this fellow Darrel, has just started a little fishing company with a couple of patents on some lures. Pinwheel Lures. All the best to Darrel. So thankful to see all those fly boxes and my new reel this morning. Some serious hours of labour invested there.

I am curious halcyonsancta, when was the last time you caught a rainbow out of Upper Kan lake?

Standing and sight fishing from a canoe is awesome. My buddy and I paddle together standing up and take turns with shots at the fish while the other guy controls movement. Having a couple of stabilizers would be nice

Thanks for the info Joe. I can see the advantages when fishing a large lake like Whitetail where you might want to travel from one end to the other. I guess one would have to try it in a big wind at Police (or further south) to experience the comfort level in the waves with a 25+ km/hr breeze. One needs to consider what type of water(location) you are going to be exploring and your fishing style. It looks like a well built tool for fooling the fishes.

Not sold on the idea. More traditional boat lets you store more stuff. Fishing in the wind would be awful with all those line catching devices, let alone landing a big fish. Good for exploring I guess.

There is a small, reproducing herd of rainbows. Still seeing some youngsters along with the big fish. They are very limited by available spawning habitat. They have been successfully spawning for 30 years. If only there was more gravel available...

I'm not sure if would matter Jay. I don't think there were many monster Bulls back when you could kill them....maybe they never got old enough before they entered the freezer? The population today is pretty stable due to a limitation in spawning habitat. With numbers not climbing out of sight, it would seem that growth rates are consistent. In my experience the 24-26" females seem a bit more plump than the past. Perhaps it is more a problem of a less productive reservoir than anything. Many of the stomach samples I saw from Bull trout showed mostly Mysis shrimp rather than fish parts. Perhaps in lakes with huge bulls there are a greater variety of food items to snack on. Biggest I heard of was 18lb in the about the mid-90's

Seen a few over the years. Most were within a few miles of the Highwood

When the reservoirs were made they were stocked with Mysis shrimp. These shrimp live in deep water during the day and migrate up in the dark and feed on zooplankton (thus competing with the trout). This is a problem the Kokanee face in Kootenay lake as well (and subsequently the big rainbows). The water sucked out of the Upper lake into the Lower lake is rich in Mysis. The young Bulls and other trout take advantage of this feeding trough. Hopefully the new biologist, and perhaps a better budget, will consider stocking bigger Cutts again. It is a treat to catch trophy class Cutts

Thanks for sharing. Almost time for me to leave the Bow

There are some great Cutts around in the big lakes this year because a number of years ago catchable sized Cutts were stocked. When the government stocks tiny fish, their mortality rate is huge in Upper and Lower Kan. I have heard the plan is to go back to stocking tiny fish...it is a waste of money. Lower Kan got 14.9k of 21cm Cutts in 2013 and 20K of 18cm in 2009...some survived. It is a way better plan than stocking 6cm fish in a Bull trout reservoir Upper Kan got bigger Cutts in 2011, 2013

Wedge pond fish 14-16" this year. Perhaps odd larger one. Your pontoon and chironomids are recommended.

His response was "whatever". Above the law I guess

Is the motor boat boundary the Deerfoot extender bridge just above Policeman's? The navy "power drifter" that jetted up this morning didn't seem too interested when asked why he was way above the bridge today. Perhaps he is more special than all the other "guides".

Great news. Don't need no frustration when out playing

I just put the pic on Photobucket and then post the image link