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But if I have to walk more than 93 yards from my car I'm just not going to go fishing after October 1. And besides, sometimes it's below 10C, and that just isn't pleasurable either. Hopefully there are lots of guys like me.

While it is true there are a variety of factors pressing on the brown trout population, the idea of decreasing any stress due to angling pressure at a highly stressful time point can only be a good thing. It is a short time window and hopefully a relatively short distance closure. As the river flushes and hopefully the bugs recover, perhaps we will see more browns and whitefish. Whitefish numbers are down and they provide a huge food resource with their young to the trout. Poor water flow management from the fish's point of view is certainly an issue.

Thick fish for sure, but probably eggs coming

Chunky bow spotted eating midge. Fooled her

One for the wife (not Cuba, but spinning rods work):

No worries, all in good fun. This event was well supervised and planned over a good wading area. Not scary at all....don't be afraid. Oh wait....don't try this at home, trained professionals only on a cleared track

Got to witness a surfing contest today. The winner went close to 400 yd. No bites while trolling though.

Thanks Brent. The bridge is a good marker and the number of redds downstream will probably not be that large. This is a good plan if implemented well

Love to see the "science" justifying a closure in the lower reaches. Great idea to protect redds....but is there ANY below the Highwood? How many from Policeman's to the Highwood?. October afternoons can be good for feeding BWOs to sipping rainbows. Management should be backed by some facts.

How many brown redds are below Policeman's? Seems to me that a closure from Bearspaw to Policeman's would be sufficient to protect spawners. Anyone have access to fall redd counts?

I'm sure there is some jigs that she could throw that would have a "shrimpy" appearance. http://www.sportfishingmag.com/species/fish-species/catch-bonefish-lures

I like my big dive fins 2-3x more than force fins, but you don't wear them over boots. Dive fins will create way more propulsion (good for travelling or fighting wind). I just throw my footwear behind the seat of my Fishcat 4

How long is your fly bigdirty?

Saw a guy slide his jet out and across the ice a couple of weeks ago. Pulled a rope out and winched it the rest of way onto the trailer.

Happy B-day Jeff. Hope you have an excellent day!

Always cool to see Woody

Beach running looks like a lot of work...but the prize is pretty awesome!

Ungava + chopper = WOW

Great post Cgyguy. Hopefully all will follow your excellent example

I've seen a wood box about 10"x12"x length of truck bed. Door opens up box once you lower the tailgate. When tailgate is closed you can't access the box. Just break rods in half with line still on. You can secure box to bed if you desire

There's Bullshead blood on those hooks Gary (and maybe some BC trout blood)

Great bugs Don. Thanks for sharing

I'm curious if the fish eat this as a real "fancy egg". Seems to be just the right color

Love the Waiparous shot. Thanks for sharing your views

You are turning into quite the lake guy....gear/boats/flies. Cutts are going to dis-own you. Have a look here: http://flyguys.net/fly-patterns/chironomids/john-kents-top-ten-chironomid-patterns Bring a throat pump next spring and your camera to record what you see New experiment