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Hey Jack, I waved the 5wt/10' Wind Warrior a bit. It's a nice, light rod. Pretty easy to toss some line. Too bad there wasn't a 6wt there. Cheers, Rob

Looking good Don. How does the grey bug work? It appears that a white bead is not your first choice for these little Dipterans. I've had not bad success with a clear bead on a black/red bug. Rob

Tiemco also has a 2488H that is 2x heavy wire. Straight eye rather than turned down like 2457

Beauty, nice spots, serious teeth

Thanks for tip Jack. We have lots of chironomids here swimming up from the mud. I just like to sight fish over marl. It makes for great scenery with the transition of green colors on the lake.

It appears that the other materials give greater "depth" to the bug over Hard as Nails. Perhaps multiple coats would provide the "look" Don is looking for.

Max is easy to find...just look for his "unique" set up

yet another rod to buy

Man you are turning into a true Canuck Rick. It is really easy to skin Burbs and they are fine eating (if you like fish). You should give it a try. The skin peals off easily with some pliers. You were fortunate to go with Steve. I think he is the head guide for the Southern Alberta Burb Trail. Did you guys happen to get any Walleye? Their eyes glowing in the dark is something cool to see.

Ya, we were over by the bridge, just north of the guys with the lantern. It was fun. I got 6 walleye as well. The guy we took is going to get rid of his Z-axis and trade it in for a Burb rod

Nice slough shark. We went out this evening, the weather was spectacular. We put about a 100 burbot on the ice while watching the stars. Great fun for the rookie ice fisherman with us.

Thanks for your input Jack. I have been using Tiemco hooks for quite some time but am going to try some signature hooks this year. I have had some problems with nymph hooks bending open on some bigger fish. It would be nice if we had more than a couple of marl lakes on this side of the mountains. I may have to do a road trip to your neighborhood to find some AF3Ns to play with. Cheers, Rob

Hey Trailhead, maybe the Livingston should be "Fly Fishing Only" like some waters in BC. No strike indicators, no weights, no lures with treble hooks. As if Cutts aren't easy enough to catch already. I bet hook injuries would decrease if people stopped nymphing(Hopper/dropper) for Cutts. The group I fish with has a self-imposed dry fly only rule for Cutt waters. It makes you work at it a bit...

Jack, what hook do you use for your chironomids?

Running along a beach in 2" of water, then "POP", and excruciating pain above the heel...ruptured Achilles tendon. Some guys saw me and carried me up to the beach (while I tried not to puke on them from the pain). It's pretty gross to pinch the skin above your heel and find no tendon there. I didn't want to interupt the family camping trip so I iced it down for the rest of the day and went to bed. About 3am I woke up to some great pain. I waited for the wife and kids to wake up in the morning before heading back to Calgary for some drugs and a cast. Passing kidney stones a couple of times...you don't want to do it

Congrats on a successful trip. Those are some serious fish.

Never let go of your rod when fishing with a boatman (can be expensive) Fish know when you are between strips while boatman fishing Bass love caddis flies Fish selectively eating emerging chironomids will take a different type of dry fly I need to take more scenery pictures 40 year old Iranian men smile like little kids when they catch their first fish You can't land a 43lb Chinook in the ocean in under 2 minutes Mosquitoes by a mountain lake will invade a tent trailer and try to suck you dry during the night German short haired pointers are very jealous of fly rods (but useful for collecting pheasant tails)

Hunting for Langara Chinooks at dawn

Run off usually starts around the May long weekend. Before that the water should be great.

Wimpy Texans. Me and Sundance were out making perch streaks on the ice today. I even managed a couple of nice trout and a big one broke me off.

Cutties don't count unless they are over 18" or caught in streams less than 10 ft wide, clouds are just water vapor..., seen one mountain--seen 'em all....BUT, man that's a nice TRUCK! TACOMA is on my bucket list!

3rd run down from Policeman's, north side

Across from west end of Cottonwood

Don, your technique works great with a piece of coat hanger instead of nails. This is "Bowness nymphing". Back to weights on the bottom: I know a guy who fishes like this, but he uses a heavy, full sink line. He usually fishes a streamer and a worm above his string of split shot. He fishes this set up on the swing (he's from the East Coast). I'm amazed how many fish will chase after a worm on a fast swing. It's kind of like guys who troll in lakes with chironomids. I gave a guy some chironomids at Bullshead one summer. The next day he comes and tells me now many fish he caught trolling with his electric motor on his pontoon and a full sink line using a #16 Chironomid. Sometimes the fish just haven't read all the proper technique books.

Sundance and Midnapore get topped up with City water (via the Elbow) each spring. I've been told that less than 3% of the people in these community actually fish. Therefore I guess the water is more for swimming, boating and the "lake lifestyle". I think there is a pretty good charge for the water purchased. Perhaps that sum will get too large in the years to come when all the rivers are empty. I feel so guilty now... I'll have to fish in Rick's lake this year instead of Lake Sunperch.