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That was awesome. Thanks for the post. All those fish rising reminded of what the Bow used to look like in the '70's every night down by Carsland. Clouds of caddis...you had to wear your hoodie to keep the bugs out of your ears.

When I was a kid I was fishing the lower Bow with my little sister. We were standing close together on the bank when she gets a fish. She says "it's a big one" and the fight starts. I lay my rod down on the shore and walk upstream to give her a hand landing the fish. A few minutes later she gets the fish in the shallows and I grab the line to land the fish. Funny thing is that I see another leader on the line. Turns out her leader was wrapped around another line that was actually attached to the hook in the fish's mouth. So even though she fought and landed the fish...it wasn't on her hook. The hook in the fish's mouth was actually mine! So for the whole fight my rod was laying on the shore while she fought the fish. It was a beautiful brown...I guess we had to share that one.

Thanks for post Burmisboy Very loud, poor singing of Nickelback songs has always kept me safe from bears as they tend to leave the area to keep from getting a headache.

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Only this kind of carp only gets to 3lb. Not like the big ones in the rivers in Montana. But you have a point

Big fat, lazy Cutts rolling around when you hook them fighting like a walleye...but they would eat dries nice. Then there would be the 10lb Bulls trying to steal them from you. Hate to say it, but those invader rainbows are way more fun to catch.

Looks like you were close to Nakiska...still some elk burgers around for the wolves

Awesome brown, nice to see a chunky fish this time of year.

You are right...no money or manpower will probably result in no action from the government. It sounds like the impoundment with a good carp population is on private land. It will be interesting to see if the landowner will let anyone on his land to disturb his unique fishery. I agree with you, fish Bios are in a tough spot in this province.

Perch were introduced to Sundance, they are not a natural population. Therefore, their attempted removal doesn't upset the wild population. Introduced carp might have a major impact on the native species in the Red Deer River. I thought your concern over native stocks might have elicited a different response. Thanks for slinging mud as usual though.

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Crucian carp in the irrigation system downstream of Chestermere....leaking to the Red Deer river http://aquality.ca/uploads/news/id102/Aqua...Survey_2009.pdf Apparently Fish and Wildlife isn't too concerned. It's not like carp can reproduce at a good rate or anything...

Good show lads. Great to see some young guys outside playing.

I haven't used hair for years. I'm pretty sure the fish can see/feel your size 2/4 fly moving through the water without it. To me it makes more sense to get the presentation right rather than the having the prettiest fly

Another newb question. Do you guys drag another fly around behind your first streamer? I'm just wondering if it is beneficial or it just causes problems.

Sometimes lining up a super stiff rod will make it cast better. A really soft rod might cast better with a lighter line...experimentation can be a good thing

Sweet...and no nymphing for Cutts

Cool. Thanks for the post. Looks like a wandering garter snake

Using photobucket lets you put a good sized picture on the forum

Someone floated down to Police on Saturday

There's a foot of ice on Sundance...it can even support Bobloblaw

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Don't be sad Jared....how can that compare to hucking nymphs into the Poo hole on our famous river. Thanks for visual treat Dave...I have a feeling you will be returning there again

I wanna be like Troutlover....me too!

I only fished Kluane lake and some small lakes on the east side of Kluane while I stayed at a research station years ago. Lots of lake trout, grayling and some pike. I was told there is also Inconnu in the SW corner of Kluane. We hiked up in the mountains west of Destruction Bay/Burwash one weekend near Amphitheater mountain. It was incredible scenery. We got to a high spot where we could look down on the Donjek I believe. The Blue berries were amazing. We got stalked by caribou too. South of there you can find lots of Dall sheep. There is a beautiful picture in every direction. Kathleen lakes a few hours south has rainbows