[Lost Fly Box]

Lost a Deyoung Fly Box full of jig nymphs last week on the Bow or Possibly below the Twin Valley dam site. Some pretty unique ties in there.  IF anyone has found it and kind enough to return it I would sincerely appreciate it.  Can be dropped off at Fish Tales Fly Shop.

Thanks,

Abe

[Lost Spey Reel]

Einarsson reel lost last weekend. Set up for trout Spey. Champagne reel (kinda green) with gripshooter and OPST head lost in Carseland area.  Love to have it back. 
 

Thanks. 

[Bow Habitat Station]

ok I have to admit when I saw your post I thought to myself ha another guy who doesn't know how to measure fish but DUDE! the picture proves it, that is one sick fish! well done. Really that is an amazing fish. I know the feeling it is the sweetest feeling ever. I caught the fish of a lifetime on the Red Deer River (the one in my profile pic) and I honestly think about it weekly its like a movie clip that plays over and over in my head. If you don't mind could you explain the streamer set up you were using and type of flies? Again, well done.

 

 

We are way off topic now, but first off, nice fish you caught there on te Red Deer and yeah...I will be thinking of that fish a long while. As for technique, in short, the fish was caught in dirty water fishing slow and low, swinging small streamers – really nymphing two size 8 Bow River Buggers, about 0.5m apart with a small bit of lead between and above the flies to get them down. I use lead strips. I also employ a sink tip line. Honestly, this is usually my last resort. It is effective, but I would rather see fish chase and attack a big ugly streamer stripped fast. The problem has been the fish seem to be staying down and deep in well formed, stable habitat and not particularly making much effort to chase down food. Nymphing is something I prefer to leave until nothing else works. That being said, it is by far the most productive in most situations. Nymphing streamers or swimming them slowly along the bank and bottome is a stellar technique that everyone should employ, especially if other techniques aren’t working. You can't be afraid to lose flies.

 

Tight Lines.

[Bow Habitat Station]

Ok. Maybe that link only works on iPhones or something. My Instagram page is:

 

http://www.instagram.com/houseabe

 

Thanks for the comments and info.

[Bow Habitat Station]

Ha ha. I can think of better spots. I caught my largest bow river trout last week 27.5".

 

http://instagram.com/houseabe

 

 

See photos.

[Bow Habitat Station]

Better call them. But I would assume you need to bring everything to fish.

[Bow Habitat Station]

It is free. Adults can fish too. I think it is intended to be a teaching pond.

[Bow Habitat Station]

Thanks Murray.

[Bow Habitat Station]

Has anyone taken their kids to the fish pond at the Bow Habitat Station? Is there enough room to take a fly rod or spin rod only.

 

Thanks,

 

Abe.

[South West Stream Watch May Report]

This is really interesting discussion. It's great to see passion for the sport and protection of the resource.

 

As a person who makes honest mistakes now and then, and who get's tickets for everything, I hope officers use discretion when issuing fines. I would feel pretty angry if an officer felt my flies still had barbs even though I try hard to smooth them down as much as possible. Sometimes the barb will snap when pinching it down and without meticulous filing, they will still catch denim or a fine mesh net - something I have noticed recently (as a bit of a newbie). I would buy more barbless hooks if they were available to solve this issue. After this discussion, I may have to go through my boxes to see if any bought flies still have barbs on them (likely).

 

I think and hope officers will recognize those who generally care about the fish and the sport and those who are breaking the law on purpose. That being said, if you forget to pinch a barb, find yourself fishing in a prohibited area... - you should suck it up, recognize you made a mistake and broke the law and happily pay the fine which pays for the officer's time and resources necessary to enforce the rules of fishing and protect fish in AB.

 

 

 

[Heading To New Brunswick]

Hello to all. I'm heading to New Brunswick in a couple of weeks. I will head out to fish some trout streams with an old friend of 90 years - he's showing me his old favourites. I'm wondering if any of you folks are from the east and can suggest some favourite flies that I should tie up or seek out. I think I can use weighted flies in inland waters so long as I am not fishing for Atlantic Salmon. If I am lucky, I may get some salmon fishing iaction too on the Miramichi and some trout/bass fishing on Lake Oromocto or the St. John River.

 

Any suggestions or advices is very welcome and appreciated.

 

Thanks.