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Awesome Steve! Congrats on your 4 foot fish. The river valley down there is such an interesting place to spend a day.

I use Berkley Transition (it's gold) for lake fishing. 10lb test stuff gets used most of the time. I just use it for the last couple of feet before the flies. I just tie it to mono with a cinch knot....completely against proper fly fishing rules....fish don't know the rules or care. When indicator fishing you don't want fluorocarbon between the fly line and the indicator. The line sinks and makes hook setting more difficult as you first have to drag the line out of the water, and then the indicator.

Just a typo. You can have triploid 3N (male and female) or all female triploid AF3N. The males still jack (see secondary sex characteristics) even though triploid. They will only get huge if there is lots of food around. Therefore the stocking density has to be appropriate.

Excellent, you keep Mr. S at your lake so our fish on this side of the river can get a rest. Cheers, Rob

Bobber fishing works pretty well. Chironomids, scuds and caddis pupae have worked for me. In the really shallow stuff you can just strip pheasant tails in front of them. Pretty good fight if the fish want to head back to deep water

No, only stillwaters where the water column gets stratified by temperature.

I got a fish yesterday with 2 puncture wounds on it's head from the local fish hawk. He must have only got one foot on the lucky bugger. Very cool birds indeed.

Anybody have a desire for some fresh feathers?

I tie a loose rope off D-rings on the side that loops around behind the seat. I can then tie my 5/16" anchor rope to this rope. I use an 8lb rubberized dumb bell weight for my anchor (anchor rope wraps around weight). You can slide the knot along this rope to position yourself in the wind if need be. I use a wet bag about the size of a sleeping bag to bring along any extra clothes/food/gear for the day. Slide your net in beside the wet bag. Scuba fins provide for great mobility.

Fish cat 4 with the foam seat is the best fishing tool I have. Not too bad to hike in for a day trip with shoulder straps. I did have a seam leak in the bladder but Outcast replaced the bladder with a better version for free. Great service. Both my friends have not used their pontoon boats since getting a Fish Cat 4...easier/quicker to set up and get fishing. Get a wet bag to sit in the space behind the seat and small anchor and you are set.

Drag will have to be reversed as well...flip a bearing or something depending on reel

As the water rises and warms you will see them moving into back bays and swampy spots. There is pike from Bowness to Carsland. Not sure if there is a huge population but they are around. I've seen some 10-12 lbers. Even the Rapala boys don't seem to catch too many.

Fishing was good, lots of the those chrome looking fish were exercised. Pike spawning in rocks along a fast riffle, OK then

Looks like the fish are getting enough shrimp to eat. Thanks for the pics

Spooked this guy in about 5" of water this morning. I followed him upstream for a photo. What dry fly do experts suggest would work for this fellow?

I find mending and holding the line above the current easier with a longer rod

Behind the scenes

Don't show any more Coho pictures...it gets me too jealous. Love the flying salmon shot

Looks like the CSI unit is set up about 200m south of 22X on the west side....must be a body in the area. Anyone heard any news?

Thanks for sharing. Love the Brookie shot

Nice shots ggp. It's interesting to see how much variation in color patterns the fish have in the Bow. You must be able to ID a bunch of these fish by their spot patterns from the close ups. I remember reading a paper years ago where a guy set up towers along a small stream back East. They used a camera to watch Browns patrol their territories and had fish IDed by spot pattern.

Not to mention you keep falling in the water

Steve, thanks for sticking up for me....I think. First of all, you southern redfish murderer, how many zombie fish have you seen while walking around? Would you touch one if you didn't have to? If I was going to falsify the story, I would have put the hook (it's a red wiggler, not a worm) inside the fish's mouth to show off even greater skill than Mr. Troutlover. My Mom always said I was a character so I must have some. My asinine fishing buddies/witnesses were out of the province so thankfully I got to catch all the fish by myself, including the zombie. And personally I don't think this fish's shiz would be very tough considering he looks a little tenderized. I can't believe the pure jealousy oozing out from the south side of 22X. I just order the new Zombie Fish Club shirts for my hero Jared and I....just TWO shirts. I guess you'll just have to man up and put a bit more time on the water in hopes of reaching this pinnacle of angling accomplishment. By the way, I saw the zombie yesterday where I released him on Saturday...he's still recovering from the fight (I had to walk downstream with him for over a 100 yards just like the Texans do).

I think a 6wt will allow you an easier way to fish some big streamers and a triple fly rig when nymphing the Bow.

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