jasonvilly

Is that discounted at all Al? Or are you paying the same fee as a daily camper would pay? Seems if a guy is willing to pay up front for about 4 months that, he should get some kind of discount rate. Especially considering most of the sites sit empty more often than not in non peak times.

Well if you want to be true to the bow and what most fly fisherman use, you probably should just do 10 different San Juan Worms. or.... Myabe do some life cycles of a few typical calgary bugs stonefly (kaufmann stone + stimulator) caddis (green hares ear, z wing caddis, elk hair caddis) BWO (bwo killer, serendipity, Parachute adams) And then maybe throw in some streamers (bow river bugger, sculpin pattern) Obviously pick your favourites for each of those bugs, but I think something like that could look pretty cool. Post pics when you're done so that we can see what you have created!!

I wish we had access like Montana, which is pretty close to every 8k..

On WFN : world fishing journal they did a nice little piece on the Bow River post flood. WFN has a free preview on now for shaw customers too I saw. Airs again: last 10 minutes is the bow river piece. Thursday, April 10 @ 10:30 am Thursday, April 10 @ 7:30 pm Friday, April 11 @ 12:30 am Sunday, April 27 @ 9:30 am Sunday, April 27 @ 6:30 pm Sunday, April 27 @ 10:30 pm

I tried for bones in Honolulu, saw a ton but none ate. Glad you had success. Did you use a guide when there?

Well since you have your heart set on blowing it. 4000 will buy you 30 days in Vietnam or Thailand Your largest expense is flight. Once you are there you can find a cheap bed for $8-30 a day. Beers are $0.5-1, a good meal is $3. You can live a pretty good life for those 30 days. If it interests you send me a PM and I will direct you where to go and places to stay.

One can no longer fish right at the creek inlet during spawn. I think it is a positive move. Lots of other parts of the lake to explore during that time. Upper Kananaskis Lake the portion of the lake within 100 m of Rawson Creek inlet July 16 to May 31 – Trout (except Bull Trout) limit 1; Cutthroat and Rainbow over 50 cm; Bait Ban. June 1 to July 15 – CLOSED the remainder of the lake Open all year – Trout (except Bull Trout) limit 1; Cutthroat and Rainbow over 50 cm; Bait Ban. Anyone else see any other interesting changes?

Blame them? Hell no! Envy? Hell Yes!

Country Pleasures I assume

Just wow. I am particularly fond of the last picture.

One sure has admit that them there 'vasive over eatin' outproducin' dickweeds sure are a pretty fish. Nice fish sir.

Flyshopcloseouts. Has the hardy zeniths on for $350. Pretty excellent rod.

I just drove to water valley last weekend, and just off highway 22 the colors were absolutely amazing. I would take her for a drive back in there, stop at the water valley pub for a bite and head back. Not larches, but some beautiful yellows, oranges and the odd red.

My aunt is Shelly in the CBC piece. Sounds like she is having a lot of fun, and 11th after day 1 isn't so bad for a rookie competitive fly fisher. Can anyone explain the results to me? On the website I see placings, fish and points. How does this all work, because if you look at the points after day 1 on the left they don't seem to be in order of highest to lowest, so I can only assume that fish caught and placings come into play.

Awesome ending, I think for the most part people or honest (or as I would like to believe)

Was just out watching my aunt at Arbor Lake, man is it ever cold out there today. One guy with a red toque was slaying them, saw him land 6. Good luck to all.

Middle Fork Flathead river, near west glacier, MT. 5 hour drive! 30 beer $17, All the westslope cutts you can imagine on a dry fly with the odd big rainbow, Super easy access, Beautiful country, Blue Moon Bar, 'nough said. Thank me when you get back.

It's not about the fish. In the end the places you visit and the people you are with is what makes the trip memorable.

This was the summer of travel, so much so that I was only in Calgary for about a week at intermittent times. It was full of new places and of course a lot of fishing. Thought I would share a few of the pics and stories. First up on the itinerary was Ottawa, Montreal and Alma, QC. I had the opportunity to borrow a bike from our friends and set off to explore the rideau river and canal. I first stopped at the canal as it was on my way to Hogsback falls (which were awesome) I had the new 4wt and tossed in a green wooly bugger. I was rewarded with a ton of these.. (crappy pic warning, only had the cell phone) And these Also managed a few perch. All 3 were firsts on a fly rod for me, so it was neat. Nothing huge in the canal, but then I biked my way past Hogsback to a spot across from Carlton University below a small set of rapids. I managed to catch 3 bigger smallmouth, but by this time the rain started so I didn't take out the cellphone) I stayed there until a family decided to throw rocks a few feet away, but that was okay because it was pouring cats and dogs. Didn't get a chance to fish in Montreal or Northern Quebec as family kept me busy. I did check out the Saint Margeurite river in the Saugenay region. They had viewing pools for the Atlantic salmon. The one I was at was manned by a gauradian who showed me around the place and how they count the salmon. The pool had about 40 salmon in it but was closed to fishing due to the warm water. I definitely have a spot for next I am out that way. The next trip was to Terrace for 2 weeks with my aunts, their 2 dogs and the jet boat. My first time ever chasing salmon. We spent most of our time camping on the river in spots like this. It was one of the most beautiful spots to fish...days like these were a lot of fun. It was really hot when we were there, 30+ most days and the pinks were running while we there. Chinooks were tailing off and the occasional coho and steelhead were being caught. My first salmon on the spey rod was this guy. A little beauty of a pink. I know they are not what you are after when you are there but they were a lot of fun to catch. They put up a good fight and really bend the ole 9wt spey rod. They also tasted pretty good on the fire. Most of them were really fresh with sea lice still on them. On the last day a bit higher up the river we found a massive staging area, and the action was just stupid. We caught a fish every second cast, with all the pinks in full spawn colors with the massive hump. I don't know why we didn't take a picture???? We spent a lot of time exploring the river for the magic run that would give us something other than a pink when this happened. I thought I was caught up on a rock, gave it a big tug, and the fish took off all of my sinking tip, shooting head, running line and pretty much all of my backing. I looked at my rod, it was doubled over, I had 4 wraps of backing left. I thought for sure something terrible was going to happen to my gear so I started running downstream. I gained some line, got back into my running line and again it was gone. I ran some more. About 500 yards of bank maybe, it was a lot. I finally had it tired and finally landed my first chinook on the fly. It was awesome!!! All in all the Skeena was awesome. I didnt catch a steelhead this time, but I will be back to try again. Near the end of the trip we did manage a few coho, which tasted awesome on the fire as well. I did lose a lot of bigger fish when they would run into the deep and fast current, so definitely a learning curve. But the experience, the learning, the camping, it was well worth the trip. The second last trip was to fernie with Gil for two days. We floated the elk the first day and we caught a ton of fish. All really small with a few decent ones mixed in. So on the second day we decided to go for a hike on a small trib of the elk. It was a pretty beautiful spot and a new one for me. I was lucky enough to catch a couple of these guys. Definitely worth the hike. One was even on a dry fly. Last trip was to Duck Mountain in Manitoba. Really cool park with just about every fish you could think of to catch. Unfortunately the lakes are really big and the fish were hunkered down deep so I had to resort to gear chucking. This was my first time ever tossing a big spoon. It was fun but ill stick with the fly. Caught a lot of pike and walleye this way. One new experience was spear fishing. Right of the family's dock in about 20 FOW I found a small pod of walleye. So the next day I took the spear gun with me on my daily snorkel. I found this piggy sitting on the bottom in the sun, waiting for perch to come by. I made a good shot and we had supper for the night. All in all it was an awesome summer, and I am very fortunate I have a career where I can go off for 2 months. Now the fall season is here and I need to get back to the bow river and rediscover her after this past June. Ill leave you with this last pic, which is only one of the many that I saw this summer.

Gil and I floated the elk on Wednesday for our first time. We didn't seem to have any problems. The two people at Elk River Guiding were extremely helpful in recommending a float for our first time on the Elk with easy put in and take outs (my worry is you will miss the take out). Professional in setting up the shuttle, hot flies etc. Didn't see too many boats (guides) on the section we were on, but the ones we did see gave a wave and seemed amicable. But I guess in life, there are always the good with the bad.

Going on Friday for 2 weeks, but I'm driving :-( the 18+ hours.

Just did it this past week. Only thing not allowed were hooks. I purchased the iris safe passage travel case. Lots of room for 3-4 rods, many reels etc.

I was fishing in Ottawa recently and caught a ton of perch. They really would eat anything. Green wooly bugger, hares ear, prince, copper John. They did seem to like movement.

Since its my game lets go with Drlevi question: What species of fish has been discovered in nose creek that could have a negative effect on our rivers ie. Bow river etc. (I think there was a report done on this in the last week on CBC, but I will give someone else a chance to answer. There is a little trick to the question if you didnt see/read the article) Good question Drlevi

Correct!!!! Catadromous, but salmon are not as Uberfly mentioned. I think there only six species which are catadromous, and two of them I believe are eels. Next question (even though it isnt about fishing) PNEUMONO ( as mentioned before something with lungs) ULTRA (probably has to do with microscopic next, something very small perhaps?) MICROSCOPIC (very small) SILICOVOL (something to do with the silia or silia lining?) CANOCONIOSIS Anyone able to add the rest, go for it cuz thats all I got.