kungfool

Hey brotha's! Tied my first Clouser today and would love some input from you vets about making them better. The tutorial I had didn't mention the lengths of the different bucktails or crystal flash so any input there would be fantastic. Cheers!

Red Floss Chironomid thread - black #8 body - red floss rib - medium gold thorax - peacock hurl gills - mallard flank fuzzy fibers

Olive Biot Chironomid thread - olive #8 body - olive goose biot rib - medium gold thorax - peacock hurl gills - mallard flank fuzzy fibers

Thought I would share a couple of chironomid starting with what I call the black blood chironomid. I put this together after seeing some kewl pictures of black bodied chironomids that had red between the body segments. I have had some luck with this one with the few times I have used it but wouldnt say It's been killer yet... I plan on tying more using smaller biots to get more segments. Black blood chironomid thread - black #8 underbody - red floss overbody - black goose biot rib - none thorax - peacock hurl gills - mallard flank fuzzy fibers

Great post SJW! I had no Idea the big horn had that many trout per mile. As far as I knew the Bow had more. Simply amazing.

Heres one you missed that they posted after Feb 25th, 2007. I had to laugh at the commentary as they discuss how they use barbless hooks. The one guy talks about how they use treble hooks since Alberta's laws hasn't outlawed them yet. I think these guys would use dynamite if Alberta didn't outlaw it . A real class act! Heres the video: Bow river rainbow feb 25 2007

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You can also easily see that they are using two 3 pronged hooks on that first video which is illegal. These videos are a poor representation of Calgary area fishing and fishermen. I would be surprised if the guy holding the camera was an Alberta resident.

Magnificent imagery there! Thank you for posting these.

Is this lake in Banff National Park? Did some googleing and saw a number of mud lakes in Alberta. Not surprised by the name .

What a magnificent gift! Your wife must be a wonderful woman . The perfect wife would buy you a drift boat and row you and your fishing buddy around every weekend. LOL Kidding of course... no seriously.

Great! Looks like an awesome magazine. Someone should tell the webmaster to play down the "Best viewed" and the "Update your browser" bit on the splash screen. They are goona have a high bounce rate on that splash page due to people thinking they have to update/change browser settings to view the site. A splash screen is counter productive to begin with and if you don't have text or a button saying "Click to enter" or something of that sort on it you start to lose visitors quickly. Having browser update info and screen resolution requirements makes them leave even faster. I have a decent background in internet marketing and believe me that this advice is something they should consider.

Monsta cut! Well done.

I'm with you on this one. I use golden pheasant tail for these which results in a tan body. I have had much luck on them also.

It's nice to see someone actually get caught once in a while. Thanks for calling these jackasses in.

I was expecting you to finish that paragraph with "After the third pair I got a new dog". LOL

I would like to ask you expert tiers where the best place to buy materials are? I am planning on hitting Calgary on Saturday to round up some mats for a CDC caddis dry pattern, golden stone and a Clouser minnow. Is there any one place where I wont have trouble finding every thing I need? Any help here would be appreciated. Cheers!

Thanks for the post. I'm always interested in hearing what Jim has to say about our beloved Bow.

I saw a duck tape stone fly posted somewhere.

Thanks for posting these pictures guys. Nature is truly a majestic and magical thing.

I think I'll pick some Maui's up before this weekend. I need to replace the crappy old ones I have now. Oh, and country pleasures sells them also.