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It's because all us hunters are ball scratching jerks who will do anything to out-compete the next guy to get the big trophy. Or maybe some of us don't fit that profile and just enjoy getting out with friends and family and feel blessed when we get to harvest something.

I use Royal Canin for my German Shorthaired Pointer. Not much waste produced and good health at age 10+. Smart, athletic dogs that need to run. I would imagine Weimaraners are similar. I hear they can be a little protective of master/home though. If you get a working dog, invest the time to let it exercise.

i tried some lightweight Orvis Encounter boots last year......they blew up after a couple months. I think the box they came in was better quality

Good show lads. Always fun at the Smorg creek.

You mean the foxes (guides) watching the hen house isn't the best plan for protecting the resource?????? Years of inflating rod days, then selling them for big profit....and these are the guys looking out for the fish??? (I guess looking out for the wallet is more appropriate) When "the few" benefit from a public resource, and then have the power to further restrict public access to the resource, there is a huge problem. Perhaps ZERO guide days would decrease the excessive pressure on the great streams that comes from all the guiding/advertising/promoting/"inflating". Zero guides wouldn't hurt my feelings at all

Cool. Congrats on accomplishing an interesting goal. Sure is lots of blue on her operculum spreading even under the eye. "Snags" that move are always good!! Looks pretty close to 31"

Cabelas 5mm are not too bad and they are pretty cheap. Base layer of polyester under a pair of fleece wading pants is a good idea for April/ice-out tubing. I've found April tubing is a lot colder than wading around in the river. Do you float tube screaminreel? Fish cat 4 gets your butt up out of the water more and is way better for retaining heat than the old tubes

Here is a crazy idea that I use. 6lb maxima for dry fly fishing (fits in my #18 BWO). 12lb maxima for streamer fishing. 10lb Fluoro for all my stillwater fishing. When nymphing in the Bow with big worms and stoneflies I have used 10-14lb mono. And surprising I have still caught fish and land them quickly with essentially no break offs. Try it out

Quite the carpet up in Bowness I hear

Nicely done Sir. Enjoyed the views and the relaxing tunes. We need that for a friend of ours so we can radio him when his bobber goes down...he never pays attention

Ah release sites, bring hockey helmet with visor and a kevlar vest. Took my young daughter for a tour one day to work the dog. As we are walking around, the truck showed up and drove out in the field. When he released the birds some guys jumped up out of a ditch close to where he parked and started blasting them. Pre-planned hide and wait for the truck. True sportsman they were !

Found these growths on the stems of submerged plants the other day. Thinking they may be algae. They are quite stiff. Anyone know?

I just showed my pointer this info and she says let's go get some chickens/ditch parrots! They're good practice for the real birds Murray I think SilverDoctor wants all your hides

Water is cooling, fish will soon be in serious hunting mode for a month or so. Then the water starts to get really cool and things taper off again. Lake fishing in August at low altitudes can be a huge struggle. Police is polluted with fish, that would be a great place to do some fishing. I think June is the best month for lake fishing No Brent I have never been to Mr. Spock's pond. Sounds like there be whales there though.

Public lake, not catch and release, lots of food available, and proper stocking density. If you don't put a 100,000 fish in there are lots of bugs for the fish. Catch rates aren't fantastic, but the fish are fun. Experience helps with technique and fly selection. jgib01...if you want big fish in AB, I would go for a drive to SE Alberta. Beaver lake fish sound like they are getting over 20" as well

Got a call from concerned resident about overweight inhabitants that have grown fat over the summer holidays...toad thinks they are too fat! Latest in toad tattoo (algae)

Great shots Steve. Do you have a name for the big spotted brown...you must have a caught him a few times this year. Beautiful fat Cutts you are finding! Good to see you guiding the wife and the young fella.

Took my son's girlfriend for her first creek walk to see some Cutts.

Those darn fish-transporting birds are at it again. Bringing bass hundreds of kilometers to a lake right where there are cottages. Its truly amazing

5lb TOOOO FUNNNYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really....I shouldn't respond aggressively to an aggressive dog? I own a big, powerful, well trained dog. If she was to act aggressively to someone I would pound her face in the dirt. If I have an encounter with an aggressive dog I think both of us are going to get very hurt. I am sick and tired of aggressive dogs that are out of their owner's control. I fish to relax, not to feel threatened. If you don't have control of your dog, and it has aggressive tendencies, please keep it on a leash.

They have been nesting at Frank Lake east of High River for a while now. Have also seen some south east of Vulcan

First time seeing one of these on the Bow

Michel Creek is a trickle and very warm. You may want to pass on that one