bigbowtrout

Thanks again Rickr and Uber for a great weekend. BBT

Day three was all about fishing some new water and exploring a bit. We packed up and closed the condo and headed towards home but we veered off unto another logging road in search of Cutty heaven but found high off coloured water at every turn until we arrived at the river the Rickr and Uber found while searching the maps. This river was still a bit high and off colour but not as bad as the others we past so we geared up and went for it. We found some good holding water and later a real nice canyon section that produced a few small fish each but that was it!!!!! It just never heated up at all but we did see a lot of great water. Oh well this might need to be fished in Aug sometime. The beast The River The fish The filler

Day 2 started the same as day one but the Back Country Rocket headed up a different road after the coffee shop and we ended up at a beautiful but a lot harder to access (lots of bushwhacking) river that almost beat me with its super slippery rocks. But wow this was well worth all the grief as the fishing finally after awhile turned on and rewarded us with a few nice fish.

Uberfly and Myself had the pleasure of fishing some of BC’s finest streams with our Streamwatch donated trip hosted by Rickr. As you can tell by some other treads we had a “BLAST” and some crappy sandwiches but all I can say is WOW thanks again Rickr for offering up your time and your place for a great cause and to top it off the fishing was AWESOME!!!!!!!! Day one started off with a power breakfast of Jalapeño infused scrambled eggs and a quick stop at the local coffee shop before we headed up to the river. It didn’t look to promising to me looking out the window at some of the water we passed on the way up. It was mostly rapids, falls and crazy canyons and not something I had prepared for. Well after an hour and a half of white knuckle Texas style back road driving we stopped close to what I was told would be our first river of the weekend. I was pleasantly surprised when we made it through all the brush and trees to find a really nice pool and run filled gentle flowing cutty stream. A great start to the weekend The day ended with a bang and some BBQ steaks and chicken (maybe a beer or two)

When you're driving two feet from a 500' + drop doing 90km on the gravel road I might be fine if it was anyone else. But being with a crazy Texan who on the main highway had a hard time staying on the right side of the yellow line I had a lot of doubts. (I still managed to grab a few Z's on the rides out) Peter "You never heard a "peep" outta me" I'm thinking it's cuz you where fearful for your life. Rick that was one AWESOME fire ball It was a great trip with tonnes of laughs and I'll get some pics up soon. Next year if this trip is up for grabs again, everyone should bid for it. We got it for a steal and Rick is a great host.

Hello RickR, Wow what a funny story from a funny guy who was really out to kill us both. First it was the drive up to his secret rivers that I thought for sure was going to cut my life short, then it was the drier sheets. And since those two seemed to have failed he tried to blow us up by leaving the propane on the BBQ (Even with the curtains closed I could still see the LARGE fire ball) I'm going to hold off on any further comments until my Lawyer returns my calls and until Sundancefisher posts the links to the long term effects of drier sheets on the human body. Later

I did my call of duty last year and took my Daughter to see the Jonas Sisters. Last night it was her Mom's turn. HAHAHA and from what I hear it was way worse last night then what I had to deal with.

This is a great site I like to use to ID Alberta birds but they also like to track where and when you spotted em. "Please Report the American Bitterns You See in Alberta" http://talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=13 Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403-237-8821

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome post Thanks

I love Red Heads HAHAHAHAHA Nice work and great job on the FFC plug.

Like kphebert said just look for the yellow signs. Some spots have some tricky climbs into the canyon and some are easier. Just head out and explore and have fun but if you are getting frustrated with some of the access you can always park at the Green Ford camp area and fish from there.

Prada Waders are all the rage!!!!!!

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Might be time to buy some Simms I don't know your budget but this might be worth a go. http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=13489 My last two pairs have been Simms and I'll never go back!!! The pair I'm using now need a patch (Thanks Uber+barbed wire) but I'm sure they will last one more season. (3 on them now)

When I get home tonight I will PM you his contact info.

SAY NO TO CRACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vincent *** ****???

I think you need a spotter and a good net man. What time should we meet up?

I pimped for two days. I felt like a Don.

Love it!!!!!!!!!Awesome

I was happily surprised to see fish that size in such skinny water that I have only seen 13" fish in the past. Twas good to fish with ya Uber.