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Teck, if you're looking for a place to park and sleep in the Pass, go to the Colleries. I've slept in my truck there before and it's a frequent place for truckers to park and sleep.

Damn, will have to leave the 2 wt in the truck. Anywhere else, and that little wind warning would be a cause for concern.

Awesome stuff. Love those kind of trips.

I've been using a phil rowley pattern this fall. It's mostly ostrich herl with a bead head. Pretty simple tie and it's working well. Got the pattern off his new video.

Dan Craft has a great reputation for high quality blanks at a great price. I currently have two of them...a 10' 3wt FT and a Sig V 8'9'' 4wt. Love the rods, especially the Sig V...too bad you can't find them anymore. Are you building the rod yourself, or having someone make it up for you?

Peak vise for me. Got one when they first came out. No one was selling them in Canada at the time, so had to order one straight from the factory. Got a good deal with a whole bunch of extras. No problems with it, still love it.

Foremost Res is ok...it's right in town. There are a lot of people from Foremost though who make the trip to Bullshead.

I sure like the flouro for lakes. I use straight tippet and no leader at all. My normal system is ~8' of cheap flouro (ie. P-Line or Vanish), a barrel swivel, and about then about 14'' of good flouro (love the frog hair) to the first fly, and then tie a dropper onto another 12' of the tag. In a lake, the fish get such a long time to look at the fly (especially when chironomiding) that I think the flouro really helps.

A few years back I fishing on the Bow and ended up hooking the back of my shirt. Didn't want to disrobe waders, shirt, etc, so just cut the line and retied (I was by myself at the time). Later in the day some other anglers came to the same run. We fished and chatted for a while. By now I had completely forgotten about the rig hanging off the back of my shirt. Wondering what the other fisherman were thinking after seeing me I also had a time in Norther Sask. where I was fishing with my elderly Uncle for pike. He hooked a hammer handle on a Rapala, and tried to take the hook out. Of course fish flaps around and he gets a treble hook in his wrist. We unhook the fish, but couldn't get the hook out of him as it was barbed. Tried all the tricks etc, but it wouldn't come. Finally Uncle got frustrated and just ripped it out. This was 2 hours away from civilization so hospital wasn't really an option. After the hook comes out and the bloods starts coming, he then tells us he's on blood thinners and anti clotting agents due to Heart Attacks. Like any red neck though, he just continued fishing and we all waited for him to pass out or fall out of the boat (luckily didn't happen though)

Love to see the wind pick up when ya got a board like that strapped to your ass.

Nothing like a good meal and beer at the Rum Runner after a cool day on the Crow. Over Christmas, I get to watch a few NCAA bowl games their too. That's a pretty good day to me!

Winter fly fishing is some of my most enjoyable time on the river (most of it is done on the Crow though). I love the peacefulness, the 'banker's hours' and the look of the river with snow covered banks/trees. I'm already looking forward to my Christmas break.

Check with the fly shops. there is a shuttle service offered.

So with the way my work goes in the Fall, I have only 1 weekend off until December. I'm hoping to make a trip out to the Pass for Sunday and Monday and was wondering if anyone has any advice or reports what's going on. Specifically, are the cutts in the Castle and Oldman areas still rising to dries, or is it mostly nymphing. If it's nymphing, I'll likely spend my time on the Crow enjoying the fall foliage. PM if need be.

Well if you wore a hat and actually put on some sun screen that wouldn't be a problem now would it.

good work, glad it got done. One of the best ways for people to get together. Next event would be the weed pull in the crowsnest pass I believe.

Not an easy repair. My first try would be to try and fill the crack with rod bond, and then sand it down with very fine sand paper.

Aw Man...you've just blabbed my secret spot to the whole world. Now it's going to be shoulder to shoulder fishing every weekend What are the odds that you got an email like this. Anyone who wants to go through that, more power to ya...I'll share the lake with ya....any I just may need you to carry me out

Great stuff...gets me thiking that maybe I should make another trip there before the end of the year

I miss those places! How is the pink fishing so far?

Used them before, but not sure if I would order them again. I do find them to bend out a lot faster then Mustads and TMC. Their white beads are a good deal though.

There's a few here that build. My recommendation would be to build a 'specialty' rod. ie. a 2 wt, or a back up 6 wt. Start with something inexpensive. In Calgary, you can't go wrong with Wayne at Fishtales. Dan craft is probably the best way to go for blanks.

Why the *&*^(* are you bringing me flowers man!

there's been quite a few reports of browns being caught in the river...both above and below the falls. A little weird.