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Not to mention casting a wet fly upstream is frowned upon.

It's not a governmental law per say, but it get's tricky, the law states "you must follow basic fishing etiquette as well as the rules and regulations set down by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Department of Lands and Forests." The "basic fishing etiquette" is written up by the Margaree fishing Association (a volunteer non-profit group), so are you by law required to follow it? Well, I doubt you'd last too long at a pool unless you did regardless. Funny thing about assumptions, (especially by me) they are often wrong, I guess C.B. is unique in that sense. Another reason why comparing Cape Breton with mainland NS/NB is apples to oranges.

Brownstone, I'm a little surprised, I would have expected Newfoundland to have similar regulations as Cape Breton Island's: Pool Rotation Pool rotation can be summed up very simply: -Take your turn, and cast and move. -Should you arrive at a pool, and other anglers are there ahead of you, it will be expected that you wait your turn before entering the pool. A waiting area is usually obvious where waiting anglers gather until it is their turn. -When it becomes your turn, you will start at the upstream end of the group of anglers, and follow the group through the pool. -While moving through the pool, it is the usual practice to take 2 casts and then take a step downstream. Be careful not to move too far out into the pool near the fish. This may cause the fish to move away or cause them to be less likely to take a fly.

Yes, the beer were dam good! But, that's the last time I take off my shoes and socks to cross a glacier fed stream, first time in a long time the bones in my legs hurt so much!

They've arrived today. Cosmetically they are very nice. I don't know anything about Spey rods but they seem very light for a rod that big.

Here's one from Michelle....

I think the jist of it is you can float and fish the rivers in Montana now at a time of year the Bow River and alot of other streams are blown out. Their runoff is usually done earlier. Comparably I'd say the Bow River is much more crowded than any Montana river I've floated this time of year. The Bow and Red Deer river have had many magazine articles written about them as well, the big difference is Montana has many more noteworthy floatable rivers to choose from and the dry fly fishing to large pods of rainbows are at levels that I'm told the Bow had in the 80's.

Since your going to Missoula stop in at Grizzle Hackle, the folks in there are super friendly and helpful. They have lots of maps of the rivers nearby and will help you out. The local favorite flies are only 99 cents as far as I remember as well. The great thing about that Flyshop is you can go there in the morning and get your coffee since they sell it there as well, Starbucks I believe.

Hey Birchy, Where exactly did you live? I grew up there as well, my dad lives just outside of Louisburg on Catalone Lake and owns the land adjacent to the river. My mom sent me the clipping from the C.B. Post, I went to school with Charlie's younger brother. Did you go to Riverview?