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Good show Harry. Another awesome adventure complete with some fine fish.

I'm not sure if they own the streambed, but if not, you can still get charged with trespassing once you step out of the water onto their land. Search out the landowner and try to have a civil conversation with them. Most likely no communication in the past has led to poor relations with fishermen. A little respect can go a long way.

It might have something to do with guys netting them, rolling them in the boat for a while, taking a picture of their trophy and tossing them back in. I guess the fish just can't hold their breath for 3-4 minutes. Hopefully folks will learn over time as they see their fish belly up. We need educated folks like yourself bhurt to offer suggestions to the less experienced on the best way to release swimming pigs.

They used to close it for a week after stocking...now there is no closure.

Some kids brought a bucket full to the lake over 10 years ago. Since then it has been a breeding bonanza bhurt, the big fish really do put a strain on the rod. I believe they are triploids so the females will stay chrome next spring. Sundancefisher and I have been educating them for a month now. Great fun to catch fish shaped like rugby balls.

Warm water spewing from Coal plant at Wab. Great shots Ayr

There is some perch is the system...they are in the stream part of the display hiding under the bridge. Bass pro came to Sundance in the winter and collected a whole bunch of perch to condition the system prior to putting trout in. The guy recently told me they came into the store one morning and the pike had half a 20" Brown sticking out of his face.

I think you'll get a $13 line

Yes Blackwaters are from North Central BC and have evolved with minnows...they like fish to eat

Not much for spots on those fish....Pennask strain. Cutts are from Connor lake fish. Gary thanks for the advice. No indicator fishing is often the best way to go. I just like watching good fish stick their faces out of the water to eat dries. I'll have to come and watch you guys catch fish soon.

Did you see any surface action while you were there? I'm ready to lose my indicators already.

Just roll your waders down, arch your back, pull the little rod up and let 'er fly. We often fish hundreds of yards from shore so the idea of kicking in isn't that great. You will get good at it after a while (decreasing the spillage ). This technique was developed by Sundancefisher. You should see the video on Youtube!!

Beautiful chromers. Can't imagine them being in Alberta.

Oh no Russ, they only eat streamers and minnows. Ask anyone. Rick, thanks for the love brother

Great story Rick. I had the pleasure of helping my friend Patty get her first little rainbow on a dry today. I think she likes this hobby of ours...

Thanks for the post Jack. Big nets are a great thing. Glad to hear the 4wt is such a good fishing tool. I like 10ft rods to try and keep fish away from the anchor rope in my tube. The fish looks like she lives in a awesome lake. We got some triploids put in our community lake. A friend was over sampling some fish. I think they need to go on a diet.

Good show Rick. Good to hear Jackie had fun and can begin to understand the depth of your addiction a bit more. It was a fine day at the lake over here as well.

Jack, have you landed any triploids over 5lb with the 5wt? Does it have enough backbone or would the 6wt be a better choice?

Wow, I thought wisdom came with age. I've heard fish like to sit with their chins on the bottom during such nice weather. Makes for tough fishing. Great grebe shots though Clive.

Brunsie, have you tried the 6wt for any lake fishing yet? I wonder how it would work for bobber fishing for 8lbers at the community lake. I have this medium action 6/7 Fly logic FLO rod that is getting stressed the max trying to pull in pig fish. Is the wind warrior a med-fast action rod? Cheers, Rob

Too bad you couldn't find a picture of Dee with a decent fish

It sounds to me like a lot of these minor indicator movements (slight dip/sideways) would have been line bumps and not bites (unless you are dealing with tiny fish, which I don't think you were). I've watched the trout swarm around flies under the ice and on camera. They hit the line quite often when using more than one fly. It's an interesting thought about indicator size. I can't say that I've noticed a difference in hook up rate between sizes. Sometimes all I see with the big indicator is the rotation of the toothpick or a slight vibration. They have it. It has been our experience that the bigger the fish, the slower the take. I think big fish are often slowly grazing around sucking in their prey and not in a hurry. Things can change during a mass bug emergence or minnow hunt, but generally big fish are quite lazy.

The males will still color up a bit and cruise, but no sperm is produced. Females should stay clean with no eggs. The little guys (15-20") are fighting well with lots of leaping. The pigs seem to be getting in better shape with more endurance. Did you guys find any scales on your hooks? With that many fish falling off I bet a few had hooks that weren't quite in the mouth.

Good job guys. Kevin has been guiding me at our lake...scary fish on this side of the highway. Fast indicator movement...try inching your line in an inch or two at a time. Sometimes the movement helps with hook ups. Small indicator movements are sometimes caused by the fish swirling around your flies and bumping the leader. Sometimes this results in foul hooking. Glad to hear you got some on the surface. The torpedoes at our lake aren't very willing to come up yet.

You can get away with a six weight if you're only using 4-5" flies and the fish are under 15lb. I've landed tons of them and never had a problem. After the first hard run they often don't scrap that hard. If the fish are huge and you going to chuck giant flies I guess you will need more rod.