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No elk today. Just seeing Mule deer and a fox. Moose in the freezer

Tried to find some fur, but got stuck watching the sky

I often only use 10 feet. You don't need to go over 15ft. If you are going to make your own, just keep it short so the loops don't have to go inside the tip top. I broke a tip off a sink tip on a snag once and just looped a piece of old full sink type IV lake line on the running line. Still going strong. I would suggest a 10ft type V or VI sink tip. Rio or Sci Anglers will have something for you. Have some weighted and unweighted streamers available to choose from

One good thing is that the Bow's spawning streams don't have a lot of mud. Hopefully that will limit the host worm population

They are up high on the grass ridges along the edges of the Porcupines living with the elk. There are a lot of grazing leases north, south and east of Brooks where they live. Also lots on the Milk River Ridge One in front of my dog

That will work great. As long as it has a black tail you are in business. I've caught fish in the Bow with just about every body color...just need a black tail. Longer tails are probably OK for running water as the fish are usually aggressively chasing the fly down. You can even add 3 or 4 strands of flash to the tail

Irrigation ditches start with water from Chestermere and head east-northeast. One of these ditches is where the carp got dumped ( I believe NW of Strathmore). Then the water moves NE to Serviceberry to Rosebud to the Red Deer river. Carp could spread all over the irrigation system. With buckets they can get everywhere....like Blood Indian Res out in the desert

Years ago a young Great Dane grabbed my vest off the shore and ran away with it. He didn't like fly fisherman in his spot

Prussian carp spread started from a fellow with a Talapia farm near Strathmore. Irrigation ditch going through the property was a method to get rid of things. After that the bucket brigade got busy

So a positive from Lott Creek. Highly probable that Allen trout farm is positive. A number of the residential lakes have been stocked via Allen in the past. I wonder if they are positive as well

I have heard that it is a cultural thing that brings good "luck" when things are going poorly. A huge fine would be the best way to stop the practice. Money seems to be a good motivator for changing behavior

I hear a Fish farm in Lacombe is positive. There was Arctic char in Sundance too

Low/no oxygen in stocking truck was the first explanation. Brain injured fish are not the best fighters.

I wonder if it is Allen's trout farm. Would explain some of the spirally swimming fish in Lake Sundance

7wt, 12lb test and very few fish past 2 minute fight (average 1.5min). I try not to give them a chance to get near exhaustion. No net unless tubing and fish over 4 or 5 lb

BowLurker, I am sorry if you felt I was attacking you. My comment was just an observation that a good number of folks from BC like to bonk fish. It seems to be a much more common practice than here in Alberta. I put the odd one in a sack when fish a certain scud filled lake. Sorry if I ruffled your feathers

You're not in Bonk Columbia any more

porno freaks all of ya

Fish might be trying out some gravel to check it for quality already. Seems a bit early for dumping eggs. But there is usually a bell curve of appearances over time

Fish like to key into spots where there is good flow and especially up-welling of flows through clean gravel. These flows provide oxygenation for the eggs. With a bottom covered in algae like the Bow, redds look like places that have been swept clean. So the end of a run as it shallows out before a riffle (and even in the top of the riffle) is often a good spot for a redd. Fish often look for some over hanging cover in addition to good flows and proper substrate size. Take care of the next generation for future angling fun

What, no net!!! Great fish James and sweet pics. Glad you had such a great day

You're supposed to wear shorts for Cutty fishing

Wire brush on a drill?

Heard they want to check if Tubifex worms present too