[Any Experienced Lightweight Casters? 2 Or 3 Wt]

Just bumping this up here, I have at least one more of these lines if anyone is interested in testing them out. Let me know if you're interested.

[My Hunt For Brookies..]

Taco, in regards to the trip you are interested in, I do know of a place that you could go to for both of those species. This summer I am going to Minipi Camps in Labrador which has very good fishing for both Brookies and Char. The brookies are good all summer and the best char fishing is in Late August and into September. It is mostly a a brook trout fishery but the char are in there. Check out www.minipicamps.com for more info.

[My Hunt For Brookies..]

I once spoke with a biologist about why the limit is only two for the brook trout in places where they are causing so much trouble, and he told me that it has to do with people's ability to identify the trout. Not only do people have difficulty differentiating between brookies and bulls, but a lot of anglers can't tell the difference between brookies and cutts. The problem with increasing the limit is that it would increase the chances of people keeping the fish that the regulations are trying to protect.

 

One example I was given about the inability to identify trout was when Fish and Wildlife was considering the idea of implementing a fish ID test in order to get your license or at least a special harvesting license to help clear out invasive species. As an example, they gave all wardens in the Alberta a test that covered all the salmonids in Alberta. Not one of the wardens was able to correctly identify all of the fish on the test. An additional problem with trying to implement this test is that no where in North America requires you to write an exam to get a fishing license, therefore it would be very difficult to pass through government.

[Rainbow Trout With Halos]

It could have been a small steelhead. It wouldn't have been an Athabasca as they're native to Alberta and I don't think stocked anywhere else.

[Rainbow Trout With Halos]

The sign you saw in Kananaskis would have most like been showing the Athabasca Rainbow. They have considerably more markings than most rainbows. Also I have found that some of the rainbows in small BC streams become quite colourful. I fished this one stream and could have sworn that I caught a golden trout due to the colours. There are many different varieties of rainbow that have different appearances.

[Pike Rods]

Secondly, there's the hit to the back of the head to consider as well.

 

That's why I don't use a 6 weight for pike anymore.

 

I'm heading up to Selwyn Lake where 20-30 lb pike are common, so I'll mainly use the 9 and take the 12 as a back up.

[Pike Rods]

I currently have a 9 weight rod which I would imagine would do for pike fishing, but I recently got a special offer on some heavier rods that I want to look into. Right now I'm looking at picking up a 12 weight rod. I've heard in places about people using 12 weight rods for pike. I'm wondering if this would be total overkill or not. I'm probably still going to pick it up for other uses in the future but was looking for opinions on using it for pike fishing. What's everyone's opinion on this? Thanks

[Contest Ideas?]

What about a type of an Alberta scavenger hunt ?? give a deadline of September and the first 10 guys who complete their lists with pics goes onto the second round of best fish.

 

Bows

browns

Bulls

Cutts

Whitties

Goldens

Pike

Walleye

burbot

Suckers????

 

 

This sounds like a good idea. Another would be for the most impressive catch. Size of fish of a certain species compared to the size of the waterbody it was taken in. Ex 28 inch bull from a stream you could jump across.

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I've looked into the world records for Catch and Release fishing before, and found that a fish can be considered for a world record if it is released on the condition that your scale is certified by a member of the IGFA both before and after the catch. Hope this helps a bit.

[Any Experienced Lightweight Casters? 2 Or 3 Wt]

Check your pm's. I sent them out but it's saying they didn't go through. Let me know if you got them.

[Any Experienced Lightweight Casters? 2 Or 3 Wt]

Recently I have come up with a new idea for a fly line and am looking for a few experienced casters to give me some feedback on the line. If you are willing to help, I will need you to sample the line and let me know what you like or dislike about it. I am currently testing the line myself and have found some pros and cons within it, but am looking for input from others as well. If you are an experienced caster who regularly fishes with lightweight tackle in the range of a 2 or 3 weight rod and would like to test this line out, could you please let me know either on this topic or through a pm. I am looking for 3 to 4 members to test this line. Thank you

 

Dustin Styner

 

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