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So you are out fishing with your buddies and you tie on your fly for the day. Both your buddies immediately start slagging your fly with great comments like, "Maybe if I stuck a nail in my eye and tied in the dark I could make something that ugly", or "My 9 year old ties better than that", and finally, "We should name that thing, how about Rat Bastard". You take it all in stride and begin to fish. Soon the fish are all over the "Rat Bastard" and your buddies are getting very quiet. Finally one asks if I have another one. Should a person share after all this abuse?

The fish were eating the dragon flies spent on the water? That sounds cool. I have watched fish chasing them under the water while they buzzed the surface. I have even seen them jump up to try and catch them in the air. Did you get any fish over 20". What was the water temp like?

How was fishing Steve? I haven't been there in a long time. Love the first picture.

The redds will look like someone just cleaned all the gravel. Somewhere around 20" wide and 3 feet long. I've seen redds as early as Aug 23, but spawning will probably peak in mid-Sept. Redds usually are found at pool tail-outs. Many consider fishing for spawning trout to be bad form.

Nice fish drbulltrout. That is an awesome hole.

My net boy holding my fish. Love how he dresses to match the fish.

Lower K 30"

The red version would be a great spring lake fly

Cutts: Upper Bow, Upper Highwood and tribs, Upper Oldman and tribs, Upper Castle and tribs, Ram and tribs

Those are my trophies from hunts long ago when Badger didn't even exist. There just used to be an irrigation ditch running north/south there.

I think the non-resident fee is around $60 (yearly)/$30(few days) and the daily classified license about $21.50

Good show mkm. Took my pointer down to the river this morning for our daily pheasant attack, but I didn't see any fish working. The bwo's were hovering over shore but none were on the water. What time was the rising going on?

I started with my Dad's bamboo rod in about 1972. I still have the rod. Hopefully my son will have the desire to use it and carry on the tradition.

No bulls in this water

No real hatch happened, but the fish were still looking up

I think the 7/8 reel was a little overkill today

Suzanne and North Star on the east side of the road between campground and Jaffery. RBT and bass in Suzanne. I think they through some brood stock in Suzanne. Bass will take stimulators beside the bull rushes. Pretty cool to watch the rushes move as the fish comes to your fly. Lots of sticklebacks in the lake as well.

Does he wear rubber boots?

I like this attitude. I think I have seen my backing less that 10 times in 30 years of fishing the Bow. Just put the boots to them and you rarely have to move more than 20 yards (if at all).

Beautiful clean fish

Black spot (with bump) is from trematode larvae.