Gary

nice dog pipes....ours could be brothers. Mine would be the crazy one, course then again yours looks as crazy as mine, gotta love crazy chocolate labs. Hey nice pup winston, would look better in a Habs Jersey though...ooooops forgot this was a calgary site!

Yeah Max, that is where it was caught. Jksnijder my brother and his son caught a couple lakers way below the falls last year one around 28" I think and one around the size of the one pictured 21 or so inches

Hey Terry....I very seldom fish far from home and this one was caught pretty close to home. Don't tell me you haven't been out. Been out 6 times since the 7th.

It has been a goal of mine for a number of years to get one of these on a fly. I have tried a few times with no success. Got this one today without trying

They are winter runs, early winter. The 36" buck (according to local guestimates) would be in the 18lb range. The 32" hen would likely be 12 to 14lbs

Way to go Canada!! Great game played by two very good teams. Canada definately showed the world what they were made of. Reffing was decent as well.

If you are fishing subsurface and you think you have snagged a rock...make sure it is really a rock before you try to break it off. Best of luck and have fun

Good report and pics. Best thing about trout is they live in the most beautiful places. Glad you had the chance to fish NZ. So many places so little money! Guess I should check my lottery tickets

If yours is the camera I saw at the bottom of a big hole...you will need more than just waterproof. A floater might be a good idea Like I should talk after mine went for a swim in Barnaby

Don't know why I hadn't check this thread till now. Incredible fish. Damn, another place to put on the list. Thanks for the pics

You're welcome...I can see why you miss it. It has only been a month and I miss it already.

Lots of real nice pics. Loved monger's dawn at Langara and Bhurts sunset or sunup but had to vote for beadhead's storm coming to the raven....great composition. OOps wanted to vote for beadheadwally (wally must of been late)...beadhead's pic of the lines on the water with him and his daughter is still a good choice

Don't get set in your ways. I learned tons from a great fisherman close to half my age with, of course, half my experience. Youth can be a great teacher.

Yeah tying in biot tails can be a pain. I generally dub a little ball of fur at the bend of the hook then tie the biots in. The little ball of dubbing gives them some seperation and flair.

Good idea for a thread Wes. Gotta admit though it is next to impossible to beat what is already up. An eagle coming out of the water with a fish!! WOW. Good pic of one of us junkies doing his thing in a snow storm! Come on, how can anyone beat a pic of a young girl's exuberance with her first fly rod fish??

Thanks. When we got to that spot the tree stump was all intact. The missing middle piece broke out while I was casting to the log and drifted away. The piece that broke out was the size of pickup truck. The tree was huge. Thanks for all the great replies all!

Fantastic fish all of them. The things dreams are made of....well at least for us junkies!

we fished 10 days. It was only supposed to be 6 but because the rivers were so blown out we stayed a little longer to fish the lower water. We also had on another 3 each with a couple of cohos thrown in.

Went out on our own...no guides. Al has fished for steelhead before but not were we went

After decades of wanting to fish for steelhead I finally found the time this past november to get out and see what all the fuss is about. When we arrived the river we were fishing was flowing at 28 cubic metres a second and a day later was flowing at over 140 cubic metres a second. That made for interesting fishing not to mention swimming. Guess you haven't lived till you have dunked yourself in a rain swollen steehead river in the middle of November. We did get some steelhead and some pretty cutts as well. Al got 3 steelhead including the 36" buck pictured. I got two, my first a 32" doe (pictured) and a 35" buck. I am officially addicted. Steelhead fishing is everything it is cracked up to be and more.

Nice fish, Brudis. I gotta figure a way to get there. That last fish is a monster, looks to be 30", did you weigh it at 10lbs? Looks bigger

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Taco you are the best.....that was priceless. Most useful article I have ever read

being it is the last 6" is completely shattered the best you can do is to cut the rod just below the break cleanly (use the edge of a flat file and ring cut it) find a tip top that fits and epoxy it it place. All rod builders can do it but you should be able to get it done on your own.

The BCMI is fine they have two motels one on the highway in Coleman and the Best Canadian in Blairmore. The Cosmopolitan (The Cos 403 562 7321) downtown is very good hotel with rooms comparable to the BCMI. It is a 2 star rated hotel with newly renovated rooms. It is quite good. Some weekends the bar can be quite busy after midnight so it would be better to get a room near the back and higher than the second floor. Goat Mountain in Frank (403 562 8897) has great little cabins in a quiet (inspite of being close to the highway) setting. There is also Eckardt's Tecumseh Mountain Guest Ranch (403 563 3900) about 4 miles west and north of coleman in a secluded area with nice rustic cabins. Owner is a flyfishing nut.