Flyfisher

Nick, a suggestion if I may, consider using finer wire and 8/0 thread (if you aren't already using 8/0) when tying chironomids in mid and smaller sizes. You can also use 8/0 thread in different colors for bodies and mylar or gunmetal flashabou (the narrow stuff) for your chromies, wrapping a doubled up strand over a tapered thread base. With finer materials you can build up a slim but tapered body, better representing the profile of the naturals. For durability coat with brush-able superglue such as LaPage or Elmer's Krazy Glue.

I use a small carabiner. It's attached to the end of my net handle and hooks onto a ring just below the collar on the back of my vest. Easy to reach, quick to release. A far better system than magnetic ones. No chance of the net being pulled off a magnet.

Very interesting, thanks for links. I know that on our side of the divide research and data collection is on going in regards to hybridization.

I cook a lot, have good kitchen knives and like to keep them sharp. Here's a link to what I use to sharpen them. Works like a dream. Quick and easy. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/speedy-sharp-0578006p.html

Male version of the Hardy poster girl.

I'm about to have my G3 felts resoled for the 3rd time. They are three years old and still in great shape. Tough, comfy, very well made, perhaps the most durable boot out there. They are somewhat on the heavy side in a size 12 and a little clunky due to the wide foot print.

That's a beauty alright. Doesn't appear to be colored up for spawn either.

Wow, those look great!

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I fished Cano Negro years ago. Really enjoyed the trip. There was a guide that lived in Cano Negro village where i was staying, he and his wife had a small butterfly farm. He had a small flats boat. He would do trips to the Rio San Juan from there to. He was very knowledgeable about the local waters and the fish. Don't know if he is still there.

Great vid. Looks like the South Fork of the Flathead R. somewhere in the Bob Marshall Wilderness area.

Postage one way.

Great service from G. Loomis. A replacement rod arrived by currier today. I didn't use the costly expeditor service option they provde. They dealt with the warranty promptly.

Treasured memories. That's a wonderful composition. You captured the spirit of it all, of being out there, the comraderie, all of it except maybe the wind.

I sure like my GLX Streamdance 'Presentation'. It's my go to cutty rod, 8 1/2' in a 4wt. Unfortunately I recently had to send it off to Loomis as I had an unavoidable mishap that resulted in a broken tip.

It wouldn't surprise me to see drones being a tool used by conservation officers in the future. Drones have been used as an aid in busting ivory poachers in Africa.

It'll be sad times if slingshots become a necessary item in the fly fishing arsenal.

Fabulous. Really like the head to head cattle.

Bull trout sandwiches, mucho delicioso or anyway you eat it for that matter. Especially bull trout from Kootenay Lake or those from Lake Kookanusa. How could they not be, think about it, these fish eat primarily Kokanee salmon.

I use Gamakatsu Octopus hooks for trailing hooks for bows and bulls. (I'm in BC so we are only allowed one hook. The trailed hook is all you need anyway, unless a particular fly design requires the keel effect of two hooks to swim in an upright position). A #4 hook on a 3 - 3 1/2" fly is perfect. I tend to keep my hooks as small as is reasonable.

I really enjoyed that (Stripped Down). They really do capture the essence of fly fishing. IMHO anyway.

Beautiful photos Doc, the top one I particularly like. Which one would I cast to first? The lowest one in the run of course.

Beautiful. You are in a league of your own ggp.

It's an amazing stream and one of my favorites. Was up there for the last week and didn't see another angler. Mahogany duns (?) were going off in droves. Fishing was excellent and yup matching the hatch made all the difference between a good day and a great day (can't imagine a bad day up there as it's so beautiful). Amazes me to see how resilient our native cutthroat are after the great flood of 2012 and how quickly invertebrates will colonize after a major flood event.

Always enjoy your photos. Gonna have to get out to the rolling flatland soon...