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Nice looking Bow and in great shape. Here's a couple from earlier in the week, on a cold, rainy evening. Hammers 24" Broonie 25" Rainbow

I was'nt going to go fishing today with all the rain and a long to do list around the office, but a couple of flyfisher women have invited me to join them on the Bow...so...I guess I'm going fishing after all. It sure is a tough life...

Labrador is the Brookie capital of the world for sure. Thanks for the pics.

Glad the family holiday was a success. Great pics of the girls with their catch. That big laker is a beauty. Are we hitting the Bow this week? It's going to be sensational fishing by mid week.

Awesome vid Taco. I grew up on the Restigouche, not far away from the Miramichi river and around the Salmon fishing culture. My brother is fishing on the Nipisiquit river this week. I found part 2 of the Lee Wulff video.

Now that's funny...lol.

Pretty good MTB. I got it to work. Way to go Rick, never surrender...never...

That's awesome Ryan...Big congratulations to you and your wife. Things are looking up buddy. You are one lucky dude!

If you are looking for a good hopper pattern, simply walk the bank and take a look at them. There are a few species with different colors, sizes, profile. Drop one in the water to see how it reacts, drifts, sinks, to get an idea of what the trout are seeing. This will give you a better understanding of fishing with hoppers, then anyone telling you what the hot fly is today. ps. There sure are a lot of crickets along the Bow this summer...take a look, I'm sure the trout have.

Terrific story Rick. Keep them coming.

I would agree the 5x the rod length, of line out of the rod tip to be a good average. There are many variables to account for including, a balanced line/leader/fly system for the rod, casting skill and experience, wind conditions, use of shooting heads for distance vs. DT for dry presentations etc.. So a 9' rod should be able to toss 45' of line out. That said, somedays I can cast/shoot a WF-6 on my 9' single hander 65' (not acurately and only when the wind blows just right), other days I struggle with 40'.

I love the Cortland site with its "old school" ambiance. These folks are some of the most knowledgeable people in the flyfishing world and the company has been around since 1916. Another of my favorites is the "Red Shed". This shop has character, with one of the friendliest and most knowledgeable owner/operators in the Spey Casting world. His name is Poppy and he works out of his shed/shop. Check it out: http://www.redshedflyshop.com/ Check out the vid link of Poppy talking about his shop, he's the real deal.

What brand/type of spey line are you using for your spey rig? Did you go with a multi tip system?

grin...You also might want to slow down the casting stroke and let the rod do the work.

I'm looking forward to attending your Spey School again, Gordon. I continue to work on developing my casting skills and need you to evalutate my casting stroke. I'm having difficulty casting my XLT long belly line as consistently as I would like. I would suggest that students sign up for the Spey School on this thread. I would also recommend to anyone interested in learning how to spey cast with single or double hand rods, to take the opportunity and sign up for Gordons' School. He will have you throwing single Spey casts a hundred feet or more by the end of the day. It's a lot of fun and you don't even need to own a Spey rod, as there will be plenty to use at the school.

The park closes at 10:00pm. each night, but if you walk in to fish they usually won't give you a problem if you are quiet and respectfull. They are more concerned with teens making fires and partying etc.

I thought they found the second missing rafter from Quebec, a month or so ago.

I have not heard any news yet. I spoke to Birchy Thursday via email and he told me that his doctors were not expecting any issues and predicted a quick recovery. I also sent a pm to Cdock on Saturday, but I'm not sure if he has received it yet, as he has not been on the site this past weekend.

Thanks for posting it Rob, that's a great vid.

Congrats flyangler, that is a reputable rod by St. Croix and I have heard good things about its performance. I would recommend a multi tip line to cover all of the fishing conditions you will encounter. I have not casted this particular rod, so any line recommendations will be based on product name and reputation, rather than first hand casting experience. Also, I would recommend that you ask the folks who sold you the St. Croix, what the grain window is for the rod, so that a balanced line system, that matches the grain load required to cast the rod properly can be deterimined. Most lines in a 7/8wt. should be fine. That said, the CND, GPS multi tip line seems to work for just about everyone and is highly rated. I own and use a few different Airflow Spey lines that all perform well and would recommend them. Silver Doctor owns the Airflow 7/8 Multi tip system and he may be able to comment on his experience casting/fishing with it. Now get that rig lined up with 30 lb. backing, a new line and start swinging. Welcome to the wonderfull world of Spey! You're gonna love it... ps. Are you certain it is a 14' 7/8wt.? I looked at the company's site and St. Croix lists the Legend Ultra 7/8wt. as a 13' rod and the 14' as an 8/9wt. Click on Rod Specifications at the bottom of the page at the St. Croix site link below. http://www.stcroixrods.com/rods/default2.a...amp;section=fly http://cndspeyusa.com/Pages/gpslines.html http://www.flylines.com/Flylines_AirfloFly...ey_MultiTip.cfm

Watch how this prank turns out...WOW! http://www.youtube.com/user/andyme21

Very nice healthy Cutts...No Bulls interested or did you just fish dry?

My first experience with a fly rod was in 1975 when I was 14. My buddy, borrowed his dad's flyrod and a few drys for us to fish at a small lake for brookies in the evenings. We did not know much about flyfishing but we would row out 30' off shore and cast to the bank where the risers were feeding. We did pretty good that summer, but we mostly used our spin rods. The next time I picked up a fly rod was in 1987 when I started learning to fish for Atlantics. You needed to know how to cast 60' or more, routinely for this type of fishing, so the first couple of years were all about learning to cast, swinging, mending, deep wading and crossing large rivers, reading water and looking for the Salmon. I started fly fishing for trout on the Bow River, four years ago.

5 down and 790 more to go...I would suggest you just multiply the number of members, 795, times, say an average of 3 years expereience for each member and come up with a good guess...say 2385 years of experience. Or are you looking for something to do for the next 6 weeks?

Hi Dick, There are good video's that are available to start learning the basic single hand spey casts. A regular WF line should be fine on the DC rod. For the demo Spey rod, ask to try the TFO Deer Creek 12'6" 5/6wt. They can set it up with an Airflow Delta Spey line and reel. You could contact DanJ (Dan Jackson) for some single hand casting instruction. Also, Speyghille is giving another Spey school in September and it would be a good opportunity to learn on a two hander. Send him a pm if your interested.