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As a child, I had systemic yeast/fungal infections. My partner did her Masters in mycology. In medical mycology, apparently, once someone is infected, they will always be infected, it just takes the right conditions to bloom. I think that this year was an abnormally stressful year on the fish, 2 months of run-off coupled with heavy fishing might have taken their toll. I think that it might be cyclical, because there is going to be an age category of fish that it seems to affect (10+ years old, for example), the young fry are going to be born into an environment with higher levels of the spores available, more likely to catch the fungus, and then express in 10 years (if that is indeed the age category) when/if the conditions are optimized. I am guessing that the answer will be in the water chemistry. When my partner would make her media on which to grow the fungus, incredibly minute changes of the same compounds would allow one type of fungus to grow, but inhibit another. I certainly am not ascribing to know the answer, but I am certain that it is more complicated than a simple cycle. I think that the answers will lay in answering the questions: Why brown trout? Why older brown trout? Why males? (Rainbows and whitefish seem unaffected, despite being salmonids) Is this a systemic disease or is it acquired purely from the environment? In a laboratory environment, what conditions optimize the growth of sapro, and how does that correlate to this year's environmental conditions?

Sweet. Thanks peeps!

I have searched through the archives, but I am not finding a topic that suits my needs. I want to take a friend fly fishing on a river/creek within 1 hour of Calgary. I know the Bow is a great fishery, but it is a technical river to fish, and it does not have the charm of some of those smaller rivers. This will be the first time that my friend has ever fly fished, so I would like to take him someplace that is fun. My inclination is the Highwood downstream of Longview. Rockies are a great fish to catch for someone just learning, and all indications say that they are many that are eager and willing. The Highwood is also one of the most beautiful places in the province. My problem is that I cannot find any good access points downstream from Longview, other than a bridge on Hwy 2, and Hwy 543 by High River. So much inaccessible river. Can someone suggest another good walk and wade location?

Wow. If I see someone catch a fish, I always ask what they were using. And I always will.

Agreed. Hydros is a much nicer line---more supple and casts better.. However, I find the Orvis line high maintenance; it has to be cleaned regularly to maintain performance.

I caught one this winter. I know that every animal has its place. There is something creepy, but beautiful about the burbot: cool tail, huge mouth, neat teeth, awesome camo. I guess that the sucker has nice...lips. <shudder> Poor sucker. I see that people have caught pike. How often does that happen?

So, first of all, I thought that I had snagged the bottom. But then the bottom started swimming. It was a burbot. Seriously, the last fish that I thought that I would catch. Thankfully, my partner had the wherewithal to grab a phone picture. In the scramble to get it to shore to remove the hook, it got away. The line snapped just above the hook. It guess the fish was heavier than 7 lbs. I could not even fit half the fish into my 16" net. The last (and only) burbot that I caught was 30 years ago. Has anyone ever caught a burbot nymphing?

<----- Biophotonics nerd I did my grad studies in biophotonics This site is really cool. http://ca.oakley.com/innovation/optical-su...rity/lens-tints It gives you a good idea of what the lenses do. The reason why people like the bronze colours is because they produce a contrast, allowing a greater transmission of greenish wavelengths through the lens. Our eyes are sensitive to these wavelengths. This is why they work better in flat light. There will be a point in brightness (at both the high and low intensities) where the contrast will no longer be significantly noticeable. If was going to spend the day cycling or in the middle of a lake, I would grab my greys. I find them more comfortable to wear for long periods of time because they block the light in a neutral way. But for fishing, the persimmons/bronze render more visual acuity. I rely on my hat to generate the additional shade to keep the sunglasses comfortable for an entire afternoon/evening. Check out the Oakley site though. it is really cool. They take the bright picture and apply the lens transmission profile to the spectrum output on the picture. EDIT: you can slide the bar between the picture on the Oakley site.

I have 2 pairs: a grey and a persimmon (or bronze) Overall, I prefer the persimmon, but the grey are nicer on really bright days. If could only take one pair with me, I would take the persimmon.

Personally, I have found that the best distance to cast depends on the speed of the water and the weight of your rig. It is important that your nymphs get to the bottom. A longer cast means a longer possible drift; however, a longer cast also means a higher probability of getting a bad drift. So: Fast current + light weight : you will want the longest drift possible (but you really have to be on top of mending your line) Slow current + heavy weight: you can get away with really short casts (as long as you are not getting a thunderous splash when your hooks hit the water)

Fly fishing is kind of like handwriting. Everyone seems to find their signature that works for them. My method is a standard 9' leader. I tie on 30cm of tippet. I place the splitshot above the leader-tippet knot so it does not slide around. I then tie a SJW or a stonefly to the tippet. I tie second fly directly to the eye of the second fly with 30-35cm of tippet. I find that I have less tangles than if I tie the second fly to the shank of the top hook. The second fly is tied on using a smaller diameter line. i.e if the first hook is 3x, the bottom hook will be tied on with 4x. In the event of a bottom hook snag, if the line snaps, you will only risk losing 1 hook instead of both. Here is the thing that works for me: <Indicator>-------------------------<split>-------<SJW>-------<dropper> I make the distance between the indicator and split shot approximately the water depth in slow and medium currents. In fast currents, I will place make the distance 1.1-1.2 times the depth. I really do not like putting a split shot between the sjw and dropper---too many bumps and dangles. If I am using a heavy SJW or something like a size 6 Kaufmann's stone, I will forgo the split shot altogether and set the indicator to go to 1.1-1.3 depth from the the SJW.

Sweet. Thank you.

My girlfriend is a botanist. She will be working in Northern Saskatchewan for the first 2 weeks of June. Because there are no work outposts, she has to stay at a fishing lodge---Camp Grayling. I know. Rough life, right? She has some experience fly fishing. She knows the knots and the lingo, but she does not really know the flies and hatches. I would like to send her up with a good assortment of flies, but I have never fished for grayling. There are probably some good go-to flies. I would assume that prince nymph and hare's ear are fairly universal, but some additional insight would be appreciated. Many Thanks.

Here is the missing piece of the puzzle to me... I have had wide gamut of jobs. The jobs that I have hated the most have made me the most money. When I look back, they were awful jobs. But it made me realise the same thing: making money is pretty easy. Being happy about the money that you are making is hard. I worked my way up to a six-digit salary. It has taken 10 years, but I am almost back to the economic position, doing what I love. I have no regrets sticking to my guns. It made me realize that the most precious commodity in our lives is time. Once time is spent, it is irrevocably gone. Wasting time being unhappy really bothers me. There seems to be 2 paths of advice: - Take the money, but keep it in perspective. Be mindful of your costs and get out when you can. - Do what makes you feel happy. Since you are young...here is my advice. You are facing the choice: a job that makes you money, or a CAREER that makes you happy. - Go to school and become educated about what you love. I visit probably 60 different tech and IT companies every year. I have never encountered a GOOD company that did not a) encourage staff to learn more about their work field. pay people more money who are educated c) accommodate the future plans of their employees. Money is the most tangible and simplest way to see the value of your work and life. If were to invest time into something, I would want to invest into something that makes my time more valuable in the future.

My name is Dwayne. I am 179cm tall. I weight 89kg. I am one of the first true children of the metric system. The thing is...I am not *that* young. I am 38 years old. In 1980, when I started grade 1, I was the first group of children to not be taught imperial units. In university, I took physics, and everything was in the metric system. When I talk to fly flshing, I have to convert everything that someone says to me. Nothing is in SI units. In most cases, if something is in imperial, it is a US dominated market. With the global nature of fly fishing, I would not think that to be true (I certainly could be wrong). So why is fly fishing so slow to adapt?

I am reposting this for 2 reasons: 1. You are absolutely correct. 2. I realized that I do not use the word '***hat' nearly enough.

Does anyone know any place where someone could rent a pontoon boat for a day? I would try one before actually buying one.

At $500, you will be getting clearance hardware. In my 15 years of IT, I find raw metric is that you will get 1.5 years of reliable service from a computer for $500 that you spend for a computer that does not move. It is about 1 year of service for a computer that travels for every $500 spent. Of course, this is not entirely accurate. My personal preferences would lean towards an intel processor and a nVidia video card.

That is perhaps one of the worst analogies that I have ever encountered. Too much 4:20 before that was written. I do not see how you can equate the small unpowered pontoon boat to a (relatively) large car that is not moving, to a small agile motorcycle. Does the motorcycle rock a car in a wake when it passes? Does the motorcycle put the car driver in any danger or harm? Seriously, worst analogy ever. i also think that powered boats should be banned based on the pure economics of the Bow River fishery. I have discussed it with several people at McKinnon Flats who spend the day floating the river saying, "it was so peaceful until we passed Policeman's Flats. It is ironic that the further we got away from the city, the more it felt like a big city was close by." Public use land does not give one the right to act like a dick. Fine, I accept that powered boats are a great travel method, but the engines should be cut to pass waders and unpowered flotation devices. If people implemented simply courtesy, there would not be the need for explicit rules.

I have a Subaru Outback. It is an amazing vehicle. It can handle mild off-road. It is the best winter vehicle that I have ever driven.

I am not a conservative supporter, but I am thinking of voting conservative, just so the wildrose party does not get into power. I would like to know too. I have been involved in forming public policy for almost a decade. I find the wildrose unfocussed and delusional. They will not help our environment, nor will they help Albertan Security. I feel that they are just preying on disheartened people. I do not feel that the wildrose policies are really going to benefit the Albertan populace. I seriously do not understand why someone would vote Wildrose. Help me understand, people.

I have only been fishing the Bow for a year. However, during the summer and fall, I did not catch a single whitefish. Now, in the winter, they are usually the main catch. I am using the same techniques and the same flies. So this means 2 things: either they do not eat the same thing in the summer, which probably not true, because I catch whites using the same flies in the Red Deer Basin, OR the whites migrate to someplace other than the Lower Bow in the summer. Any ideas?