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In his latest YT vid Ovens gets bitten by bed bugs, has an allergic reaction and ends up going to hospital. Karma?

Great pics! Great lakes! How's the rock snot in the "vince"? Haven't been there for a few years. There was hardly any didymo way back when they stocked Goldens; but from '05 to '11 it grew a lot. It looks like you went higher up the ridge than you needed to; were you checking out the vision quest rock circles?

Good points Pete, Probably just my biased against the feds who pull the strings in the Kremlin, the vid was just so shiny it kind of struck me as an ad. Now lets talk fishing: After several years without predation the invertebrate population should be booming in Rainbow lk and those "100" should grow fast. I plan on going late this season. Heads up to anyone heading up there; the hiking trail to rainbow lk has been deactivated so you'll have to use Warner's horse trail (unsigned and sloppy when rainy) Thinning the trout population in Sawback lk will allow those remaining to grow fast, 20 years ago it was common to catch more than one 24" cutt in a visit, The last time I was at Sawback I was skunked though, that's why they call it fishin and not catchin

Here's my take on it: the upper bow TU folks seem like a good bunch, I would become a member if I was a joiner. Kevin Van Tighem is a good head, but I will always be partial to someone I first met on the Upper Spray River. His latest book seems to have a strong conservation message to it, much like what I hear from the members of this forum: Get ATV's and clear-cuts out of the front ranges. The movie: I could watch hi-def video of the Upper Cascade all day; Sawback creek, Flints park, Block lakes and the west fork up to Badger pass are some of my favourite places on the planet. Three times I've been to Rainbow lake and it is stunningly beautiful; twice a bear showed up before I caught 2 fish and I had to leave in a hurry But! I thought the movie was no more than a commercial to attract more visitors (and anglers) to the park, there was very little conservation message (as someone commented in the discussion). So why did the money to make the vid come from a communication budget. I think the primary goal of the current Banff park administration is to attract more visitors and as a 20yr bow valley local I don't like the direction the current Banff park administration is taking,

Since the great trans-alta sucker rescue of 2013 there are a few big lakers between Banff and Canmore. Apparently they were running low on heli-time so they took the last few loads to the river instead of back to the reservoir. Try smelts (lol) in the flats up from where the cascade power plant outflow dumps into the river.

Man, I miss these two. looking east looking west the same spot, pre-flood

Allstones lk.

What annoys me is when random campers move in for the whole summer, Look at the setup just up from the westcastle ski resort. I was talking to some locals down there (the Castle) and apparently a new park is being created that will prohibit random camping. The park won't affect the ski resort or any of Shells operations, and it will prohibit random tent camping; so it's not perfect. All I know about it is hearsay though, maybe someone knows more about this park.

I agree. Lets get Charlie and his posse on a trail crew fixing bridges in the backcountry (as if).

There is a beauty little hike-in lake I try to get to every few years. After leaving the official trail I have to bushwack for awhile before hooking up with a faint game trail to reach the lake. So this year I see someone else has found the lake and they have left a line of flagging (which I took down btw). When I reach the lake there is almost no sign of fish, which is unusual as the fishing is usually fast and furious for small cutts. So I'm thinking "who fished out my honey hole lake ?". Then the culprit shows herself: I'm blown away, this headwater lake is at 6500 ft. elevation. I've seen plenty of otters in the B.C. interior, but never up this high.

Wicked trip, good on ya. The peak in this pic is an easy scramble up for an amazing view of the entire area. That shortcut to the outlet is the tits eh?

Way to go for getting there, I puked out on the cliff face when I tried this one. The suspence is killing me: We know hiketofish made it down, but: did the young guy in sneakers freeze up on the way down? (I've been with a guy when he froze up on a cliff...no fun let me tell you!) are there still fish up there, if so are they splake or have they evolved into all sorts of brookie/laker hybreds? stay tuned.

Hi XJ depends what you're doing up there. Are you: 1) outside all day working/walking? Go with Dunlop puroforts and Bama liners. 2) outside all day standing/sitting ? Good old Sorel pipeliners or military issue bunny boots. 3) in and out of the truck/shack all day? Good sorels with extra socks and liners. 4) sitting in the truck/shack all day like a white hat, band-aid or safety cop? Slippers. No matter what you're doing never wear cotton socks. Heavy wool, merino wool or polypro socks, depending on temp, is what works for me. Driving a nodwell on the Beaufort Sea, 100km north of Tuk. cheers TP

Spotted these twins a little ways up the Smith-Dorrian road. Seems that mom is keeping her family around the Mt. Engadine lodge at night and then moving them up into the old cut-blocks below Rummel lk. in the day. Maybe a good shutterbug could head up there and take a quality pic.

Alrighty, that wasn't so tough. here's a few from one of my favourite spots: reflection the 'boine the island and instead of the big fish pic here's a flower: paintbrush