BurningChrome

I shoot Nikon full frame DSLR and Fuji mirrorless. The pictures in my first post in this thread are probably a mix of D600, D750, and D800. I'd say out of the three that the D750 is my favourite and the other two bodies will soon find their way to kijiji. In my post from earlier today the two pics of Lundbreck were shot on the D750 and the other three were on a Fuji X-T1. The Fuji kit is so lightweight while keeping incredible image quality that it's become my walkaround kit while I only shoot the D750 when I'm working out of the truck. If you're looking for a good camera kit, best thing to do is head over to the Camera Store and look around, tell them your price range and what types of things you'll be shooting and they'll point you in the right direction. I've always had awesome service from them and never got "upsold" to anything I didn't need. Here's some other randoms from the past few months. Mix of Fuji and Nikon, but I'll bet you that unless I tell you which is which you can't tell the difference.

Started carrying a good camera with me while I fish. A few randoms from Friday. No secret spots were harmed while taking these pictures. Was also down in the Pass yesterday and stopped at Lundbreck falls in the morning. Saw a couple guys rigging up across the river too.

Just look for river access points and start exploring from there. Boat launches and parks are a pretty safe bet. No offence, but people aren't really going to give out very specific spots on a forum.

To be fair he only said that an outfit was looking for a guide this summer, not necessarily that they were going to hire him. I will agree with the sentiments expressed so far. I have friends who are guides, I've been guided, I've rowed a boat (once), and I've been fly fishing for over 20 years. Guiding is not as easy as it sounds and can't really be learned or taught in just a month or two.

This is key. I think a lot of people carry way more gear than they need and it ends up weighing us down. You don't need to be carrying two fly boxes full of hoppers right now, and if you're fishing dries you don't need all those sink tips in your bag. My problem was that I'd forget something at home and not realize until I got to the river. Now I have a backpack that all my stuff fits in and when I get to the river I transfer what I know I'll need into my sling. That way worst case I can head back to my vehicle and grab something I forgot.

Slingpacks are my preference too, but I also pack as light as I can get away with for the day. In the summer I wear cargo shorts and keep fly boxes in those pockets and wear a smaller sling pack. Patagonia Stormfront and Stealth Atom are what I've been using for the past few years. I've always found that with fanny packs I have to tighten them a lot to keep them from falling down and that ends up being too tight to swing them around to the front easily.

FRS / GMRS radios like you probably have are line of sight and usually good up to 10km in absolutely ideal conditions ie. no interference. When we use them in the backcountry sometimes they aren't even good past 50 metres if there are a lot of trees.

2015 licenses are available for purchase on albertarelm now too.

Was posted here already: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=22221

This has already been happening. The Harper regime has been calling Keystone XL and Northern Gateway protesters "extremists", "radicals", "threats to national security", and "terrorists" for a couple years now.

Nah, it still isn't there yet. I honestly can't remember if it only gets posted after March 31.

You can also view the regulations online if you don't want to download the pdf. http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs/

Dixon is obviously the better brand. Alliance causes a harmonic that puts the fish down. I was pretty upset the guy in the video didn't start doing this...

I like to use my spey rod for small dries on Stauffer.

Are you talking about skating dries like a stonefly or dead drift dries like a caddis or mayfly? For skating, a skagit with a floating tip will do the job, but a scandi will be a lot more subtle. A switch rod isn't really a good tool for dead drifting dry flies that require a delicate presentation...

Take a look at canyoneering shoes. They're made to be amphibious and usually have sticky soles. I haven't used them myself but looked into them when I was looking for a new wet wading sandal. One word of warning is that some of them are pretty fugly looking.

In the interest of full disclosure, Kurtis at Fish Tales showed me that trick

Piece of closed-cell foam on the bottom of the reel seat and you're golden.

To me this sounds like all the reason in the world not to buy from him no matter how good his boats are. If you have trouble getting the boat that you've paid for in the first place then what happens later if you need any kind of replacement parts under warranty?

I keep a "backcountry bag" in my truck all the time. In the summer it has a rain jacket, shell pants, medium microfibre towel, light gloves, light tuque, nanopuff jacket, and a pair of socks. In the winter I replace the tuque, socks, and gloves with warmer ones. It's useful for fishing, hiking, and camping.

Oh, I guess you aren't hard core

When the water's cold, wool base layers are your best friend. Wool will still keep you warm even when it's wet unlike cotton or synthetic base layers.

For nymphs, zebras and snow cones in red and black work well.

I agree if you're using Slick Shooter. I've found that using the Connect Core running line or a Switch Chucker isn't bad to strip at all, though you're not going to get the same distance. I've been pretty happy using Connect Core on the Bow, but my steelhead rig still has Slick Shooter on it. Not to mention having to learn a new casting style. Spey casting isn't really something you master in a day or two.