fisher26

Hey, "your only bored if you're boring"

I'll keep it short: do yourself a favor and get a Mac!

Any thoughts and opinions on whether the moon cycles affect fishing at all? Personally I'm not really convinced, but at the same time being a fisherman I want to believe in this luck (at least until I realized I booked my fishing weekend on "off" days!). I'm sure veterans as well as less experienced folk have experiences and thoughts they would like to share about lunar cycles. Are they real, or just a bit of old fisherman’s luck...

Your not a sponge for marketing!

LOL!

Looks like I might of stirred the pot up a bit It would be nice if this board loosened up a bit, I mean come on its not like my comment was offensive. Just a little out there

Being on a noisy, smelly quad certainly isn't my dream. I guess if I liked destroying the environment and making loud obnoxious noises it might be. The moral of the story is different strokes for different folks, but if you think its rude for people not wanting to advertise a their favorite remote fishing spot publicly to ATV'ers - you can :$*%&: Because the last thing this bloody province needs is another redneck hell bent on as much environmental destruction possible.

Ok tako, I mean taeke, o wait is it taco?

(loggers, oil and gas, off road vehicles) vs. (occational environmentalist) but overall is winning without your support!

Thought some of you might be interested in protecting the remaining wilderness that hasn't been trashed. http://www.cpawscalgary.org/campaigns_castle/index.php Send a letter or make a small donation, really we only get one chance to protect what has been given to us.

That’s sound conservation; you know “It hasn’t died so it’s invincible”. Don’t quite follow you logic there. Other than that you made some good points. I think conflicting opinions is really important when disusing issues so don’t worry about posting. As far as ranting about oil money, I’ve yet to see that done on this board seeing as every second guy works for oil and gas.

People don't live in Resort Condos... Its not a matter of accomidating the population. Its building somewhere for oil money to relax.

There is an extreme danger of comparing places then deciding something is "a total non-issue". With people flooding here everyday our fishing resources will be under pressure (they are all ready), and we will see a decline in the quality of fishing throughout Alberta. If we stay particular, and on top of things maybe angling opportunities will improve... But from my point of view Alberta can go way further to enhance fishing, and ecological conservation. The reality is there is always someone worse off than you are. Compare our fishing to Ontario then say "o well let this behavior slide, because back home we do that" will only cause extreme pressure on our resources. Sure Africa doesn't have many fishing opportunities so were lucky even to fish here, lets not worry about this new dam, or excessive harvesting etc. In terms of the Highwood-bow-spawning thing I don't really have a huge issue with it, but it is essential we still have these conversations for risk of becoming ignorant and lose the quality fisheries we have become use to.

There are spots in the canyon that will kill, unless you are an experienced kayaker.

Ha, it'll flood with in a few years of being built. The once and a hundred year floods we've got every five years will strike again and blow it all out. I suppose it'll be bad for the river, but there's a lot of stuff in the bow that isn't exactly good for it.

Just thought of this: Don't the eggs stay for a couple of months before hatching? If so then wouldn't trampling them be a thing you have to worry about for a couple months? For brown trout since they spawn in the fall, all late fall winter and spring couldn't fishermen actually be trampling redds?

Good post. It's so important not to accidentally trample redds.

Snow pack’s misleading, its all about how it is hot, and how much rain there will be. Assuming the weather is similar to last year the crow will be below average (but not dangerously low), the castle below average, and the Oldman about normal or a bit below. It's so hard to tell but the best thing for the fish is a cool spring followed by a nice summer with mild (not cool) temps.

Hey what about CBC? What sort of Canadian are you anyway?

Had some troubles w/ indicators because I'm not really a corky guy. IMO the giant hard ones with the toothpicks hit the water too hard and are not nearly as responsive enough. I got some yarn ones and dressed with a bit of paste and some powder they float wonderfully. Love yarn, sensitive, easy to cast and lands softly on the water. For flies this time of year mix it up rather that the hare’s ear all the time (no doubt its a great fly) go to smaller PT, midges, and dark buggy things in general. I wait until it's warmer to bring out the size 12 hare’ s ear just because that type of nymph is more abundant in summer. That being said its still a decent fly for winter. Those are my tips!

My old line use to sink quite a bit, but it was cracked. I have had a few lines and all sink a tiny bit below the surface, so I think its normal. This being said I haven't had, or heard and problem with sharkskin (Love that line!)

I started this post to reduce the amount of garbage in and around our streams. I believe a fairly significant portion of garbage does in fact come from fly fishermen, which is absolutely outrageous. There are a few people on this forum who do litter, which is idiotic simply because they enjoy fly-fishing which requires a healthy ecosystem in the first place. The fact that you associate me with the few who do litter is ridiculous, why would I have started this post then? I for one care about out ecosystems, even if you don't.

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Looks like the crow in August... Except there is snow by that river.

Fishing a pure stream like the crow and seeing trash is just terrible.