[Breaking: List Of Closures]

Do you have a link to an official announcement?

[Videos Of Cutty Chaos]

 

Anyways, while completely admitting legal wording ignorance here, my impression was that stream crossings are legal on a get in and out as short a distance and as quickly as possible type of basis.

I think you're right except that it has to be a legal fording point on a designated trail. Those spots are rocky bottoms so that there's minimal silt that gets disturbed when crossing. If you cross properly - slow and steady - then the water downstream of you should remain clear.

 

For example, this is a designated fording point in Waiparous. You can see there's no silt downstream of the vehicle and no rooster tails because he's crossing slowly. It's also the shortest distance between banks.

 

[Videos Of Cutty Chaos]

Guessing it's buried somewhere in the Alberta water act.

[Videos Of Cutty Chaos]

Asshats.

[I Hate This Campaign Already...]

So you're saying I should invest in tulips?

And bicycles.

[I Hate This Campaign Already...]

If Alberta/Sask are the economic drivers of this country

That won't be the case if the price of oil stays where it's at. And that'll be our undoing since the Harper regime has only done things to benefit the O&G industry. Even if you dislike him, Mulcair was absolutely right when he said that Canada has Dutch disease.

 

If Layton was still around I'd vote NDP in a heartbeat. Right now I'm still undecided between Libs, NDP, and Green. CPC has never been an option for me.

[What Length In A 4Wt Rod To Get?]

Actually I love a 6 foot rod for small water. Casts nice with less trouble with overhead bush. Less problems walking through the bush for this old dude. Plus a lighter rod in hand for a long day. I've never experienced any problems with roll casting at all. As a matter a fact I find I get smaller much tighter loops on the roll. Mind you the difference might be my 6 footers are Bamboo and Fiberglass giving me a bit slower cast. I could see a 6 foot fast Graphite harder to cast as it would be like a Tomato stake in hand. For graphite certainly stay in the 7 foot pocket, or at least one with slower action. I only like a faster rod in big waters. There are a lot of variables besides rod length to think about, your fly line can also change the action of your combo.

A softer rod also loads much better at short casting distances like you'd be using on small streams. I was casting a 7'6" Accel (med-fast) and 7'9" Circa (slow) both in 3wt side by side the other day. Found that both could cast 30' plus no problem with the Accel doing a bit better punching through the wind, but when it came to shorter casts around 10' to 20' the Circa loaded no problem and laid the line down gently while the Accel would smack the line down in a pile.

[Hidden Creek - Help Is On The Way!]

Does anyone in the know have a rough ballpark for when this will happen? I've got experience working with Cows and Fish on bank rehabilitation so I wouldn't mind helping out with this if I can make it work date-wise.

[Smith Low Light Ignitor Sunglasses]

Wonder what I'm missing without the chromapop?

Feels like I can see small dries on the water a lot better than I used to. Not sure if it's really the lens or just my imagination.

 

I like BBT's cake

What you two do in the privacy of your bedroom is entirely your business.

[Smith Low Light Ignitor Sunglasses]

I like the Smith chief's. Lots of coverage

I like the Chief frames but they didn't come with the lenses I wanted - polarchromic ignitors in Chromapop - so I went with Dovers instead.

[Tips On Getting Big Foams To Float Right Side Up]

I think he means a loop like a non-slip mono loop or Rapala knot. I've always found that if your hopper lands upside down a quick line mend will usually put it right.

[Smith Low Light Ignitor Sunglasses]

I bought my Smiths at Iron Bow. If Mike doesn't have the ones you want in stock he can order them in for you too. Scratching has a lot to do with lens material though. Plastic lenses will always scratch easier than glass, with the tradeoff being that glass is heavier.

[Alberta's Trout Highway]

All the Calgary fly shops probably have copies. I'm sure I saw a few at Fish Tales last time I was there.

[Blue Jays]

Would've liked to see them get more pitching instead of trading Reyes for Tulo, but oh well. Guess we'll see what happens.

[Opinions On Wading Boots Please.]

I bought a pair of Vapors in the spring. Got them a bit smaller so I can wear them with socks for wet wading instead of with waders. So far I've been really happy with them as they're light enough to do a lot of walking on a hot day and protect my feet a lot more than sandals. Not sure if I'd wear them as my main wading boots with waders though. I like the toughness of my G3s better for that.

[Keep Your Camera Handy...]

Just curious Marc, why is this?

Just google "social media shaming" and you'll find a ton of articles about how quickly it can spiral out of control. Just look at the recent example from Stampede.

[Keep Your Camera Handy...]

I was at Waiparous last week end, pretty depressing... Tons of tracks across the creek, and had 2 guys cutting our path in their motorbikes and casually going across the creek to continue on their trail. Got pictures of them but there's not much to show... It's a gong show out there.

There are designated fording points on the trails in Waiparous. The ones we use to cross have bottoms with large rocks that don't stir up silt and aren't in spawning water. The softer crossings on the trails I've used have bridges over them (I know because I helped put one of them in). Driving up and down the creek is illegal and so is crossing at a point that isn't on the trail.

If nothing else post pictures on social media. Shaming helps even if they are not caught.

No, social media shaming doesn't help anyone. Please think twice before you do something like this.

[Opinions On Wading Boots Please.]

When I was looking for a new pair of boots in the spring I picked one of the Foot Tractors up off the display and immediately crossed it off the list. They have to be the heaviest wading boots out there. I can only imagine how much heavier they'd be after absorbing water. It's unfortunate that Patagonia doesn't have a boot in between the Foot Tractor and Ultralight.

[Keep Your Camera Handy...]

Maybe CPS needs to get these...

 

http://gizmodo.com/sf-crime-is-so-bad-police-need-quad-bikes-that-transfor-1720392808

[Tfo Stepping Up]

The whole fly fisher obsession with "made in the USA" has always given me a chuckle. I fish Sage rods because I like them, not because of where they're made. The overseas manufacturers are perfectly capable of making stuff better than North Americans, it's the companies who decide the levels of R&D, QA, and materials used. Your North American Tundra is still assembled with a lot of components that were made in China, Vietnam, Korea, etc.

[I Take Pictures]

A friend and I just got back from an overnight float with Aaron from Fish Tales. It's a new thing he's trying out this year and we got to be the first ones to go out for it. Absolutely fantastic weekend with great company even though the fishing has been tough at times lately.

 

Rigging up at Police.

DSCF3684.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

First fish of the day.

DSCF3687.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

First brown of the day,

DSCF3690.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Me getting a little artsy.

DSCF3692.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

So much teh yellow. Been a while since I got one of these.

DSCF3699.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Screening the river for bugs.

DSCF3700.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Fish on!

DSCF3703.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Ready for the scoop!

DSCF3706.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

And landed!

DSCF3708.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Always meant to take a pic of this.

DSCF3710.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Sun starting to get low.

DSCF3712.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Grabbed the jet boat from camp and headed back upstream to hit a couple runs again.

DSCF3715.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Set for the HBO show they're filming.

DSCF3718.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Back at camp.

DSCF3726.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Getting ready for dinner.

DSCF3727.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Cutbow!

DSCF3729.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

So much chrome you can see the reflection of the hand holding it.

DSCF3730.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

 

Last fish of the trip.

DSCF3732.jpg by Marc Fossi, on Flickr

[It's Not Always About The Fish...]

I love how you manage to find time to dig out your camera for a shot while fighting the fishes....

FACT: Steve has had a camera surgically grafted to his head just so he can get those pictures.

[It's Not Always About The Fish...]

Glad you got some flower pics in there. I was starting to get worried about you.

 

Is that cattle drive on the 533? I've run into them there a few times on that hilly stretch just before the 22. Also ran into some Forces guys in their G Wagons on training exercises there too a couple months ago.

[Backroads Mapbooks Alternatives]

He said that he talked to the company and they told him that they weren't going to send it to print anytime and were going to focus on the digital version.

 

They spend $10 per paper copy and sell it for $26 that's a 62% gross margin or they spend $3 per digital copy and sell it for $150 that's 98% gross margin. They're going where the money is.

That might be the end of them. Just look at the bad reviews they get on Google Play then compare it to some of the other offline maps like Backcountry Navigator, Gaia GPS, etc. People who actually travel back roads know the value of having a paper map in addition to any kind of electronic one.

[Backroads Mapbooks Alternatives]

Yeah, I use Gaia GPS on my phone and tablet for offline electronic maps, but I like backup and redundancy so having a paper map as well makes me feel better.