[Hiking With My Wife]

Great story rick. Made for some nice lunch time reading.

[Northern Bc]

Wow that looks like an awesome trip. Congrats on catching the grand slam.

[Bow River]

Don't leave any garbage on the river. Keep it beautiful and amazing for everyone to enjoy.

 

[Egypt Lake Trip]

Nice pictures, looks like a great trip. Some really nice fish there.

[And To Finish Off July]

Thanks Don, great pictures and story. Looks like a great time.

 

[A Couple Streamers]

Dam those are some nice looking flies.

[Some Gems From 2010]

Great pictures, as if I wasn't excited enough to go fishing this summer with the shimmering of warm weather you had to do that.

 

Come on warmer weather, need to try out my new rod.

[9 Ft Rod For Wife]

I started with a Reddington Cross Action 9 ft 6 wt rod and loved it. I do most of my fishing on the bow and a little bit up various rivers around Kananaskis country.

 

Other then #16 and higher dries I have had good luck with everything else, streamers, nymphs, hoppers.

 

Great place to start I feel.

[Awesome Forum!!]

Welcome to the forum, I am sure you will learn a pile about fishing and many other things like I have in the past few years. Also have a few laughs along the way.

[Pigs Of The Days Gone By 20ten]

Greats pics and some real monster fish in there, thanks for posting.

[Wholesale Sports Edmonton]

Went into Wholesale Sports in Deerfoot Meadows in South Calgary and had great service there. Very knowledgeable and helpful, I believe his name was Jeff. Suggested a great book about Fly hatches which is proving to be extremely educational.

 

The customer service is out there, all though I have had some bad experiences as well.

[Practice]

haha great post SanJuan.

[From The Ffc Booth & Reflections From The Expo Weekend]

Great show, my first year, I was looking for a Fly Fish Calgary Booth and didn't realize that it was that so sadly missed you guys.

 

Good work to the volunteers and everyone who helped out, made for a great show.

[Nz]

Great pics man, thanks a lot for posting. Those all look to be some great fish, like everyone else I enjoy the first pic, I would definitely blow it but sure would be fun trying.

[6 Wt Setup]

Perfect thanks a lot for the quick replies guys. Come on End of the month and my bonus cheque.

[6 Wt Setup]

Oh ya I suppose this may help to narrow a few things down, for cost I am thinking around:

 

Rod: $200-300ish

Reel: $100-200

Line: $50-100

 

Max Total: $ 600 if need be I am hoping this will last me quite a few year unless I opt into another weight for specific patterns, ie 4-5 for dries and 7-8 for streamers and such.

 

Thanks.

[6 Wt Setup]

Hey everyone probably a reasonably common question around these parts as I believe it is a pretty standard starting fly fishing setup.

 

I am currently looking at getting a new 6 wt 4 pc 9 foot rod, medium to fast action, I am flexible on the action a bit. I do most of my fishing on the bow currently and dabble in the rivers/creeks in Kananaskis country.

 

I currently have a Reddington 6 wt 2 piece 9 foot rod which I enjoy but I am looking for a four piece and also to have a second rod so I can take friends out and introduce them to fly fishing.

 

I looked at a few rods today at the Fly Fishing Expo and really liked the weight of the TFO BVK series rod. I also looked at the Amundson Wind-Warrior series and thought it felt good.

 

I am also looking for a reel to go with this and some weight forward line that people have had good experience with.

 

I am sure this is a pretty broad question so please let me know if anyone has any follow up questions or things I need to be consindering.

 

I welcome everyone's opinion, suggestions and personal experience.

 

Thanks,

Russell

 

[Pretty Cool Fly]

Really well done, thanks for posting it.

[Merry Christmas Thread]

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a safe and fun holiday season.

 

Thanks for all the fly fishing tips/tricks/help/ideas and funny threads in the past year and to all the ones in the new year.

 

 

[Can November Get Any Better Than This?]

Holy cow that is a tank, nice catch.

[Sunrise To Sunset...]

Those are some greats pictures. Thanks a lot for posting them looks like you had quite a few good summer.

[Best. Acting. Ever...]

haha that is hilarious.

 

"Fool now for some of that fish porn."

[Gun Registry...keep It, Scrap It...care Less About It]

I don't have guns, though I have in the past. If someone asked me to register them I would have said "ok, can I do it online?" I guess I've never understood all the hubub about this topic.

 

I will say you could use the guns to ward off the roving bands of American heavy oil drilling, union busting, Nuclear Power Plant builders that seem to plague your country.

 

Haha great response Rick.

 

As for the rest of the debate I am against the Gun registration as it seems the people who end up registering are not the people we as a society need to be concerned about having a gun.

 

All though like they say bad people almost always find ways to do bad things so who knows.

 

[Nice Day On The Bow]

Great pictures, definitely jealous of the two fatso's

[Second Try And Still No Luck]

Like everyone else you are one crazy guy, but way to be adventurous. Thanks for posting the stories and the pics. the lakes look amazing, I love the color and calm of them.