TroutPanther

Exactly. The original post looked pretty non-Hot spotting to me. Don't sweat it Dhx.

I like bow personally. Kype could be a good one too.

If you email customer service at smith Canada, they can tell you what to do. I had lenses crack on an older pair and they have a recycle program where if you send in the old pair they give you 50% off on a new pair. I dealt with them directly and not via a dealer. But it sounds like from Uber's comment maybe they no longer deal with customers directly? If yours are still under warranty they will probably replace for free. Sidebar, but I really don't like the tint on the new pair - chromapop bronze mirror, so I have switched to Maui Jims HT which I love.

My feedback was that a launch between police and Mac would be welcome, but that generally I thought the plan seemed pretty good. I'm not sure I like the idea of removing the entire rock berm at police - it's really just the boulders at the end of it that are the hazard - the rest provides a calm launch bay for staging/setup...

From the funnest fly shop on the Mo: http://www.headhuntersflyshop.com/two-mussel-encrusted-boats-intercepted/ Both from the Great Lakes region. One of the boats was headed to BC. Good to see they were caught, but scary to think of how vulnerable we are to this despite the boat inspection stations. The mussels have already been found on the Mo as well. Reminder to clean off your boat if you float the Mo this year - there is at least one coin operated car wash in great falls, conveniently on the way home.

Forecast for 60mm in Canmore from Friday-Sunday. 35-45 mm in the crow on Sunday. May be a while yet. Looks like I am in for a few more beatings on beaver/police!

I caught a duckling once. Momma duck took a couple snaps at me but chilled out very quickly chilled out as I held it to pop the hook out. Lucky for the duckling I was not streamer fishing that day. Also caught a dead rotting pike - by the lip, no less - that would have been my biggest ever had it been alive.

I did pretty well on BLO. It's fun to bet on the ponies but I agree with Jayhad everything is priced for perfection and there is a lot of risk and uncertainty. I will keep my positions small if I buy back into anything and stick to boring etfs for the most part.

Thanks for sharing - emai sent. I cc'd Kenney as well.

I know bulls get protection in at least some areas (I.e. Hidden creek, certain sections of the sheep, elbow, etc.) it would be nice to have consistency but I think there would be a big backlash if they shut down all waters with bulls present on Sept 1. Just out of curiousity - now that the stretch above the WHD weir is open all year, any plans to do a redd survey up there to compare how many browns are using that stretch to spawn (or the weir to glenmore for that matter) vs glenmore - police?

What a beauty.

Great call bcube. I will be doing the same. Hopefully everyone follows this advice to help prevent the spread this to unaffected drainages, particularly ones with vulnerable native species.

I've got the old cartridge model - the Ultralight CLS I think it was called. The big benefit obviously was the included extra spools & cheap extras if you need them. I use it for my streamer stick and have a floating, heavy sink tip and medium sink rigged up on the three spools. It's a pretty cool system and the reel has been great the last two seasons. It's got a nice purr when a fish is on, but it's not a full on screamer like the hardy salmon reels. One con is that given the wide arbor + cartridge design of the spools, I couldn't fit nearly as much backing as I wanted on (the sink tip lines pretty much filled the spool up by themselves). Meanwhile the floating line + backing fit perfectly. I ended up cutting off the back 20 feet of running line on my sink tips so that the spools weren't overloaded. The size up from my model probably would have managed the sink tip lines better, but would have been heavier as well and probably would be overkill for the floating line. All that to say think about what kind of lines you'll be using on the cartridges, and if so, have them all spooled up at the fly shop to ensure the reel will work for all your line applications.

Super annoying right! Do my FFC scan and always disappointed when it is the polls. FFC's version of the rickroll.

Great thoughts, Unfortunately I think it's pretty long odds that Kenney, Jean & co. place environmental issues high on the priority list. They have a great opportunity for a reset, but right now the only message I am hearing from them is Anti-NDP, Anti-Notley. I'm not hearing any agknowledgement that maybe the last conservative government screwed the pooch and they need to go back to the drawing board. As you mentioned, it will be very interesting when we actually hear some policy talk, but I won't be holding my breath.

Jordan, I trust you will do your best to lobby for this instead of more bike lanes!

Fishtek - I had the same comments re keeping the city stretch closed in the spring and fall to protect spawners. I like the full C&R proposal though. Will make it a lot easier to call people in when you see them bonk a fish, you don't have to long-distance eyeball measure the fish or try to figure out whether it is a whitey or a trout.

Trailhead: your point about the discount on WCS to WTI is valid, but just to clarify, the US is forecast to be a net Energy exporter (natural gas, crude, & refined products collectively) not a net oil exporter, by 2026. They are still a net importer of crude from Canada. 2.81 mmbpd in 2015. https://www.google.ca/amp/www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/01/05/united-states-may-become-net-energy-exporter-by-2026-eia-reports.html?client=safari http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=727&t=6

El Chupacabra

On the chum a couple days ago. Hopefully our bios are taking notice. http://fwp.mt.gov/news/newsReleases/headlines/nr_4296.html Helena, MT Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order today declaring a statewide natural resource emergency for Montana water bodies due to the detection of the larvae of invasive aquatic mussels at Tiber Reservoir and suspected detections at Canyon Ferry Reservoir and the Milk and Missouri rivers. The signing of the Executive Order triggers the deployment of an interagency rapid response team to respond to the emerging situation...

Maybe our govt can learn a thing or two from how they have approached the didymo situation in NZ: - angler education with check, clean, dry signage at most access points, f&g pamphlets, licensing websites etc - free spray bottles at tackle and fly shops for cleaning your gear - banned sale & entry of felt-soled boots Etc. Good to see them starting to take the issue of invasives more seriously with the mandatory boat inspections at the borders, although it does little to prevent intra-AB spread.

I really like the integrated sink tip airflo lines - I know BRT keeps them in stock. They have a heavy belly section to turn over big flies, and you can trim the tip to desired length and whip a loop on the end. Really like this set-up out of the boat for casting to juicy bank structure, as long as you don't get cute with back casts you shouldn't end up with new piecings. I had one line break on me, mailed it in to airflo, and they replaced it no questions asked.

Re: closures - I personally would rather see all the central ab brown trout streams get closed in brown spawning season than see Harvie passage - 22x or highway 2 closed. These es2 fish are quite often exposed in skinny water and vulnerable to having redds trampled. At least our bow river browns get spawning protection above the weir and in the elbow. Selfishly, I'd like to see the regs on the bow remain the same. I like the shorter fall floats close to home. If someone could convince me with data (like redd counts) that the spawning density is higher below the weir, and specifically below glenmore, than it is above the weir and the elbow that already have closures, I could be persuaded otherwise. Electro shocking survey results would be nice to see too, to inform if we need additional closures or if populations are just fine with the current regs. I think your findings to date are super helpful though for anglers to try to avoid high density areas, and will be great for trending over time. For example, I don't fish the mallard point side channel in the fall, which is enforced by your findings. I hope I can make it out this year.

Hey DHX, That's unreal! Good for you. I can point you to a couple systems on the North island I've had some luck on - just send me a PM. And cross your heart with a needle in your eye. There is a ton of water there I haven't explored though that's on my list, I'm far from a local expert yet! But I know where I would live on the NI.

Real class act bull handling skills in that first video. I can't understand what would compel someone to post videos of thenselves fishing closed waters... City section of the elbow in October? Wow. Nice work Muha!