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This is a great pedagogical approach to most issues. The one failure to this approach in this situation is that it does not allow others to learn from someone's mistakes.

Grrr...I try not to let the internet anger me. This is the exact behaviour that messageboards can educate users on.

Early: yes. The wrong forum: probably. While this is fishing-related, ice fishing is really hard to do with a fly rod. Besides, why would you go ice fishing when there is a whole new river to explore?

I fished the RDR today near the dam. My friend and I decided to be nostaligic and fish for whites. In 4 hours, between the 2 of us we easily caught 40 (and 1 little brown). Considering the crappy condition of the river (it was still high for this time of year, and less than 75cm visibility), it was surprising. Now I know that it is nothing like my youth, but the river seems to be in fine shape---or at least in better shape than the last few years. Most of the fish were small (indicative of a recovering population), but all the fish were healthy and incredibly active. There was one fish that my friend and I was sure was a brown. it screamed out line, and jumped twice. But I digress... The RDR is a special environment. With a little love and attention, it could be something truly amazing. My question is this: What are the consequences of altering the flow so radically? I guess I just have a hard time being concerned about human induced flow rates when one considers how artificial the dam is in the first place. I am certainly willing to change my (relatively uninformed) opinion.

What part of the Bow are you fishing?

Thanks a ton people. This was mission critical. I have heard that they are quite fun and quite easy. It sounds like a good fly fishing training fish. I really appreciate it.

I am about to break all the messagboarding rules. My best friend will be in Alberta for a whole week---no kids, no wife. We have 5/7 days of fishing planned. The only time not allocated is when we are in Red Deer. I grew up fishing the RDR, but I have never fished for Goldeye within city limits (I usually went downstream to Burbank). I never fly fished for them. Most people think that they are great time. So...<ahem>...here it goes... Where is a good spot to fish for Goldeye within the Red Deer city limits? What is the best time of day? What flies should I use? I feel dirty. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Be gentle on me, FFC.

I think that an increase is important and crucial; however... Can someone please tell me how an increase in enforcement will help the longevity of fisheries in the province? As far as I can tell, there is no political system that benefits from increased enforcement over the merits of increased education. Can someone tell me how increasing non-resident fees increases awareness and health of fisheries. We want want more people to come to beautiful Alberta. In most cases, increasing fees just increases non-compliance. How are fisheries any different?

Sweet. This kind of posting is what makes message boards of unrivaled usefulness---sharing of practical experience from a diverse group of people. Where is this lightning hole?

I was a little surprised to find out that the riskiest activity to undertake during a thunderstorm is fishing. I do not spend a great deal of time worrying about lightning striking me, but waving a large carbon rod during an electrical storm does make me a little nervous. In the US, in the last 7 years there have been 238 deaths by lightning. 64% of those (152) were undertaking leisure activities. Of the 152: 26 were fishing 15 were camping 14 were boating 12 were playing soccer 8 were playing golf (the rest are distributed in other activities) SOURCE: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130624_lightningsafety.html If I get caught in a thunderstorm, I usually lay my rod down and tuck myself in the bank and wait it out. What do you do?

As far as I can tell, the advisory is for boating. I know that there are spots that would be safe, but I also know that in between these spots, there are potentially unsafe areas.

So, Nenshi posted that EMS had to be dispatched today to save someone from a falling bank. I do not want to be a Nenshi-noun, but I would really like to start exploring the new river. When do you think that it will be safe to start hiking the banks?

What was the visibility? Has it started to turn greenish yet? I can see that the flows have been stabilized at 400 m3/s.

Yeah. Fishing was great last year with the high river. Once there was 35 cm of visibility, you could catch big fish with a couple metres of the banks. I did not catch anything with less than 30cm of visibility though.

I understand this flood is perhaps an unprecedented natural disaster in Calgary's history. In this picture, however, I only see a beautiful and thriving boreal/temperate ecosystem. I would never, ever have guessed that this was a picture taken less than 10km from one of the biggest cities in Canada.

I dunno. I figure that flood adaptation is factored into 200 million years evolution.

This is just rain that is making the river high. This rain fell as snow in the higher elevations. When the rain stops, the Bow could clear up for a few days. Although, I would wager that we will see run-off-like conditions until the beginning of June, when we will start to see the actual run-off.

The city will help you solve this problem. It is a free service provided by the City of Calgary. In the genius of the previous owners, they planted a chokecherry tree that overhangs the front sidewalk. It guarantees a nice purple hue to my front entrance. If the tree is less than 3.2m from the centre of the gutter, it is significantly probable that the tree is owned by the city. It might only be a 2% chance, but given the possible (and highly probable) $20000; they are protected by a rather zealous group of people. There is a positive aspects to zealots: they tend to be moral altruists. Call 311. They will send a city forestation officer to determine if the tree is protected by the city. A tree can be protected outside of city jurisdiction (i.e. 3.2m outside the . A landowner can register a tree in their yard. The city will assess its value based on a rubric (i.e. its health, age, proximity to infrastructure, etc) before adding it to the list. The list is small, but they are, in my experience, fairly obvious (like a 90 year old apple tree, 100 year old oak, 70 year old spruce). Hope this helps.

I dunno. I figure if you choose a golf ball colour on the city section of the Bow, you will be OK.

I also find the orange ones tend to be easier to see as in gets darker.

I have no problems copy/cut-n-paste. What browser and version are you using? Have you tried using a different browser?

I would say that it is a glitch Go to options -> content -> block pop-up windows If it is checked, ensure that the ffc is not in the exceptions list And/Or...download Google Chrome. It is a better browser.

I have not seen this problem with Chrome 22.0, Android 4.0, and Firefox. What browser (and version) are you using? Does the same thing happen with a different browser.

My partner is a mycologist. She thinks that the problem IS the cold water. I definitely saw sapro on the big browns in the August. While the spawn and handling exacerbate the problem, I do not think that it is the cause. Her insight was mould in almost every form thrives in low-light conditions. Certain moulds will favour certain temperature ranges and chemical compositions. Sapro seems to favour hard water conditions with low temperatures. With that in mind, the optimized conditions were probably caused by the cold, dirty water during the super long run-off. Even when the fish is dead, the sapro continues to grow and infect nearby fish. While it is technically illegal, I think that any dead (or close to dead) fish should be removed from the river. What do you think?

I was fishing south of the city. While I was fishing, a huge golden bird appeared out of nowhere and grabbed a duck from the shore and then disappeared. It came back about an hour later where it just harassed the ducks. After about 20 minutes, it seemed to become discouraged and then left, heading south away from the river. But it did not just head away...it climbed to an altitude that I had never seen a bird fly at that altitude. I thought that it was an immature bald eagle, but it was so big and incredibly agile. I see lots of bald eagles on the river. A full adult might have been this big, but not a juvenile. Has anyone else ever seen a golden eagle? Do you think that I saw what I wanted to see?