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Awesome, thanks! Didn't know if they still had that here.

Does anyone know if there's anywhere in Calgary that I could buy my national parks fishing license? Or do I have to go into the park to buy it? Thanks!

Gotta say I'm very happy with the Sage 4200 series.

Is this new? I always thought that under 16 had their own limit in Alberta.

I use the old Rio Pike line, which I really liked. I believe the same taper is now available in their Powerfly line.

Definitely try Loop Canada first, I had a broken discontinued rod a couple years ago and they were great to deal with.

If you have a pair of boots that fit well with your waders, consider the Simms wading socks that are made with the same thickness of neoprene as the booties of waders.

Great, thank you!

I've been using this stuff for a while now and have a question for others who use it. Do you ever notice an odour from the flies after it's been cured? I have found it to be quite strong and notice it as soon as I open my fly box.

Jurassic Lake is unbelievable!! Huge numbers of huge fish, and the advertising is in no way exaggerating it! I was down there 6 years ago and the fishing gets exhausting, my best day was 67 fish, and everyone else was experiencing the same sort of numbers. I actually tried to find flies that didn't work - small #18 chironomids didn't work, and neither did 4 inch streamers, but everything in between did. A couple others factors that really help this fishery: -Very low fishing pressure, the lake is surrounded by private land and the drive in is brutal (the last 40km takes nearly 4 hours in the most rugged pick up trucks I've ever seen). -One relatively small tributary for all their spawning limits the numbers of fish in the lake. -Location. The lodge is located right at the mouth of the tributary, so as fish all stack up before spawning. There is good fishing at other locations on the lake, but the Loop / Solid Adventures camp is in the best location.

I had the same thing happen to me a few years ago, same time of year, lake mostly still frozen. I went small with the flies and tippet, then it turned out that putting on a black leech was the ticket. Go out and try again soon, fairly soon they'll be spawning and not interested at all.

In this case that does apply, but in the future be sure to check the zone specific regulations, in this case ES1.

Interesting question, although I think the reason is that people are not targeting stacked-up or spawning steelhead as your post seems to imply. Most steelhead fishing is for the fish that are migrating or holding over the winter, so these fish are often months away from spawning. They are also far from stacking up, they are scattered throughout the river, particularly in the fall. I know that in the Skeena system, many rivers freeze up, and then aren't open to angling (between conditions and regulations) again until most steelhead have spawned and returned to the ocean. In terms of the anglers that target the steelhead, I believe that many are trying to target the freshest fish in the system and have very little to no interest in spawning fish. Jayhad, have you had the opportunity to fish for steelhead before? In my experience, it is anything but targeting vulnerable fish.

Anyone know where I can find a 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch foam butt cap for a rod I'm building? I have cork for the fighting butt, but would like a piece of black foam right at the back. I may have missed it, but didn't notice them when I was in at Fish Tales picking up my supplies. Thanks

Please count me in if the drawing is for tickets on the 25th.

What an awesome video! I was there 6 years ago, tough fishing but landed 18 large trout for the week, all on dry flies! Average size was 6 lbs, one fish was an Arctic Char. There are also tons of pike along the shorelines.

Well it depends on the season. In the summer I'm solely focussed on dry flies, but as we get later into fall I'm finding the surface action to be more sporadic and I've been fishing nymphs more. When looking at all streams including the Bow, nymphs are much more versatile.

The Bow River in the city or south of the city can be really good, although it can be a tough river to learn. I'd recommend hitting any streams west of highway 22 and south of Calgary, the majority of the mountain streams can provide great fishing. As for flies, small nymphs are almost always effective on trout waters. A good bet would be to go into one of the cities shops and get some advice while picking them out. Good luck!

It's been years since I was there, and I was only there once, but about 10 km south of highway 22 on highway 762 had some amazing fall colours!

If you think the fishing there is amazing, wait until you get things figured out on some different streams here! I never realized how spoiled I was for trout fishing living in Alberta until I had to spend a year and a half in southern Ontario lol. That being said, perhaps I just didn't take enough time to learn it all there.

I completely agree. If we can't post on it and can only send a pm to educate the poster, how many people will see such a post and learn bad habits from it? I am going to message a moderator on that board.

What a pathetic display of fish handling! http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=191929 http://imgur.com/1Rcq5XP The sad thing is that over on that board, posts such as these are completely acceptable and allowed, however you are not allowed to stand up for the resource and make a comment when poor fish handling is displayed. As you will see in that thread, one user was actually suspended for commenting on it. This is a new rule on the board! http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=191020 Forums should be about helping a resource, not abusing it.

The line pickup rate it definitely worth it. I was fishing a very large arbour reel for steelhead this past week and there were times that a fish would come at me that even with running backwards and reeling like mad I barely kept the tension on, the large arbour definitely made a difference!

Sounds like a great event, I'm excited to watch it for sure!