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Gary

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  1. I wish my wife would let me get a dang dog. I had one growing up named vern. I miss the rascal so much... I'd get another springer spaniel tommorow if I could.

    Springers are great dogs, excellent pheasant hunters, and super fishing companions. What would happen if you just showed up at the door with a cute little liver and white, long eared, heart tugging eyed springer pup?

  2. Gary if your lab had a little gray on the chin I would of swore you stole my dog. Here is one of him with a good friend of mine.

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    That is nice picture...love silhouettes. Yeah no mistaking labs. I am sure they are all a tad crazy. Well at least the chocolate ones

  3. 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!

  4. 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

  5. Nice pics! Thats a big summer run, any guess on the weight or lenght?

    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

     

  6. 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

  7. Alright,

    Im gunna buy myself a waterproof camera as my last one took a livingstone swim and drowned. I am thinking its between the Olympus Stylus 1030 sw and the Pentax W60. What do you guys think? Also, any other recommendations?

    andy

    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 :rolleyes:

     

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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??

  11. i really like to photo of the old growth tree stump, its a great shot

    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!

  12. Thanks for the replies guys.

    Gary, in answer to your question yes I did weigh it I have a weigh net, it was 27 inches long. The other fish were 25- 27 inches long they just weren't as fat.

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

     

  13. so five fish in how many days? that sixth shot is sooooo cool man

    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.

     

  14. 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.

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    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.

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