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DANG!! We got the "off" day and you got the "on" day. haha. Good job man! Beauty fish!

C, Those gummie eggs would work perfect in Kikoman Creek!

Touche' LOL

It was funny.. we were driving out there talking about how we never see bears, and then seriously like 2 minutes later.. BEAR! And then saw 2 more before the night was over.

There's big rainbows in the Columbia by Castlegar?!?? That's where my mother in law lives.. and we go there often. Last few times (since I started fly fishing) I've thought, I wonder if there's good fishing in there??

Bull Trout.. Brookies? Maybe rainbows because of their spectacular jumps? What do you guys think?

Oh yeh.. I fell in the water too!! That was great fun. Had sneakers and pants on.. no waders, and murphy's law got me!! Haha. Had my first experience chucking big streamers - you guys are right.. hearing those things zip by your ears is great - and when I was throwing one I slipped on the muddy bank right into the water! I thought I was going to keep going too because it was a big drop off! Finally got some grip at waist depth! haha.. took me awhile to climb out too because I kept slipping!!

Great report SJW!! And great pictures! Those fish are gorgeous. I think maybe CDock and I are going to have to start thinking about making a Montana trip. The topic has come up before actually. Curious how much the whole trip cost you including gas, food, and accomodations? Just so I have an idea. You can PM me if you want.

You know you love it.

Two words: SKUNK CITY!! We hit the Upper Lake first around where the little Transalta Hydro station is, tried a bunch of different streamers and CDock tried some nymphs too and didn't get any hits at all. Didn't even see any fish in the water. After about an hour we decided to try the lower lake, where the little creek runs into the lake. Again, no hits, nothing. CDock did see 5 big bullies swimming towards his streamer but then they just veered off and he didn't see them again. We DID however see THREE grizzlies!! We saw one good sized young male on the side of highway 40, got some good pictures and video of him. And then we saw a mother and a cub on the lower lake. A guy driving by stopped and warned us that she was walking by up on the road.. literally like 50 feet behind us where I parked my car. We saw one of the cubs and we saw her, but not the other cub. Got some video and pictures of her too. We're almost positive it was the same grizzly that BigBowTrout saw and took a picture of, because she was in that exact same spot. Very cool.

Ask me again this time next year.

Hey, if you guys back me up I'll start posting "you're an idiot" replies to the threads on their blog.

Nah man.. I'm done getting upset about it. haha I'm just going to go back and catch him this year. With my measuring tape and scale.

Okay.

Well.. now I know what to get if I want to try out a Spey rod! haha. No problem.

http://www.templeforkflyrods.com/rods/Deercreek.html

We're going to catch a couple of these tonight:

Two parrots were sitting on a perch. One said to the other, "It smells fishy around here."

Can't wait! Gets me thinking.. how do brookies compare to bull's when it comes to the fight? I've heard that bull trout are the hardest fighting trout, but I've heard lots about the brookies too!

We're going today after work.

No kidding! Almost looks like a pike to me though.. About THAT picture... yeh, let's hold this sucker up with a rapala by his FRICKIN GILLS!! Cause that's good for him. I seriously hate these guys.

And bear spray.. we're bringing bear spray. haha Thanks for the tips guys.. We'll report in for sure. With pictures.

CDock and I are going to hit the K Lakes tomorrow evening. First time out there for me.. not sure about CDock. Any advice? From what I've gathered from you guys so far I'm thinking just stripping streamers?

Awesome!! Can't wait to hit the highwood!

That's hilarious!!!