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It's two pike...a smaller one put on the stringer first, and ended up being pulled into the gills of the larger one caught second. Neat pic though.

Why not just charge us a yearly fee of $40 or something...I'm more than happy to pay!

Tried the same thing last year, with no luck. Will be interested in seeing what answers you get.

beautiful river, worth the trip. But do your research...really easy to get lost on the trip in, finding an access point, going up stream, going down stream, falling in and going down stream, on the way out, etc. Don't go by yourself. Did that once and swore I'd never do it again.

Well, I'm in Whitefish right now hitting a couple of fly shops with my daughter. So she sees the fly line section and says the EXACT SAME THING!

Good time...you may even hit part of the salmon fly hatch

Thanks guys...not too sure who's more proud, Daddy or her. She can easily cast it 20', and that's good enough for BH (we are going to need to make a little rod leash though cause Daddy's a little paranoid right now)

Spent some time this winter with my daughter building her first fly rod. We were able to work together in almost every step, and she got to pick out the colours, name on the rod, guides, etc. We think it turned out to be a pretty good 7th birthday present. The reel was an after thought...but after all the time we put into the rod, we had to get the matching reel. -Rod is a 7' fly logic 3/4wt (bought an extra blank so I have a spare if the tip gets broken) -Reel is fly logic in wild berry colour -Line is Sci Ang Headstart 4 wt -Reel seat is fly logic in wild berry colour (actually started with the reel seat and built the rod around it) -Handle has burl at both ends and was shaped to fit her hand -Madeira thread and silver metallic with cp. She was dead set on the rod reading 'nature girl'...cause she likes nature -Stripper guide has a holographic insert that glimmers green, blue and pink in the sun light -Rest of guides are single foot wires. Now I will have to build one for my 4 year old when she turns 7! But wrap Stripper guide Reel Reel Trying it out in the back yard Next step is for daughter and Mom to sew a rod sock.

BH has been a lot of luck too, sort of turned into a perfect storm as I know Muir up north is having a heck of a time trying to get what we have here and I know they have put a lot more work into it than any of us. Trips are still in the 'experimental' stage in AB right now. BH is not the only lake getting trips (a few others are...those that are at risk of having rainbows contaminating natives), so hopefully we'll have a better idea after a few years. And I'm definitely not the expert on trips...I know for sure by some of the posts that some here know lots more than I do. There's another fisheries round table coming up so we may get some more detailed information then.

When Bullshead was first initiated, maintaining a kill fishery was mandatory. Having this lake for 'everyone' was one of the big selling points and was needed to get everyone on board. Not sure we would even be talking about Police Outpost right now if BH didn't start as a kill fishery. That being said, things always change (ie. the move towards trips), and you never know what may happen to these lakes in the future...at least things are moving in the right direction (in our view), and people are passionate about this lake.

This same 'triploid' effect actually happens in humans also. Instead of adding pressure to the eggs of female fish, a gold ring does it for humans!

In front of the boat launch is probably the best place. That's where I take my daughter and the action is pretty fast with many 15-18'' fish

Let me know when you're coming...you catch, I'll record (and drink a beer)

Just an update, and a call for some assistance. 1. Bullshead lake will be stocked with triploid fish this Spring. Trips are non-reproductive trout, that will not go through the spawning process in spring. The benefit to this is that they grow faster as they do not have to waste the energy to create eggs and then reabsorb them again. This will also be beneficial in that they should not be cruising the shore lines in Spring like the standard diploids and be highly susceptible to catching and harvest. The stocking numbers of triploids will also be around the 28,000 mark compared to the usual 35,000-40,000 diploids. For more information on triploids, see http://www.gofishbc.com/docs/2208A06B4B85CFDB.pdf This is great news for Bullshead and other Alberta lakes. 2. Due to the stocking of the trips, we are going to need to collect some baseline date. What we need is to track the size of the fish that were stocked LAST SPRING...we are looking for the 1 year old diploids. Having this data will give us something to compare the triploids to next year. So what we need you do to is: -measure all the small fish (~15'' or less), record the date, and send the information to Terry Clayton at Terry.Clayton@gov.ab.ca or pm it to me here. April, May and June should be enough time to collect the data. The only problem is that you guys will have to target the small fish in Spring Thanks in advance for all your help.

And I'm sure you'll hear them saying..."and now that they got those damn new regs in, no one can catch any fish"

OK, read through all of this and am I the only one who bitches to them about their 'roll up the rim to win' contest. If you go in with a refill mug and get a coffee, they will give you an empty cup for 'roll up the rim'. What a waste! I like to make an issue of it and refuse the cup. Why can't they come up with a small scratch card or something like that? This really drives me crazy...I can't be the only one.

Nice going....you look like you fit right in there.

Never re-grouted, but I did tile and grout a whole shower...wasn't bad at all. I have an attachment for my dremel that is designed for removing grout. Check it out...probably the easiest thing to use.

yah, I've seen your guy's patterns with lime green cheeks and that really threw me for a loop. I've seen orange to be the most popular colour for cheeks, but if it's suppose to imitate hemoglobin, I might change to red. In the real chironomids I see here, I don't see a whole lot of hemoglobin in the thorax, more so in the body. In Canada, the hemoglobin is usually represented with the red rib (see patterns 4 and 5), or with a 'red but'. Thanks for the feedback...will have to go add some more cheeks!

Thanks...sorry for butchering the 'english style' one. Picture makes it look worse than it is. I like the profile of them though as they sink fast and are durable. Still don't understand the fascination with the cheeks though.

I use the red gammy's for my swj and blood worm patterns...sharp as heck. Even when she tells all the other boats what she's using, I don't think half of them even know what a sno cone is

Just a few chironomids I use during the year. Simple bloodworm Great in early spring and fall close to the bottom of muddy lakes Smaller style bloodworm pattern I use in rivers Black chironomid My favourtie chironomid pattern Sno Cone My 6 year olds favourite fly Chromies red and black English Buzzer Something I've been messing around with More of an exact match

Terry Johnson at FishTales...book fast!

Anymore info on this dryfly?

Yup, sort of a green/olive stringy material with orange blobs mixed within. Let me know how they work out. Those orange blobs should be good triggers. When you also get that zooplankton pattern figured out, let me know