kungfool

Bear spray isn't just for bears.

Some other idiot just got caught out in Bearspaw at my Father in-laws. Dumped a ton of garbage with bank statements, and bills with his address. I think these guys should be dumped in a hole along with their garbage, and then push it in.

Anyone else get a snow day? Pretty bad roads out here north of the city.

That sucks Rick! Too bad a sat radio couldn't be GPS tracked.

Made it out to the bow last Sunday for 2 hours and had quite a unique experience. Fished a piece of water I wouldn’t normally fish, and caught my all time record trout! After almost 20 years of fly fishing, this one absolutely smashed my record! The experience started at the parking lot. When I arrived the parking lot I was shocked to see so many vehicles. There were at least twice as many as I have ever seen before. I thought, I wonder how many miles I’m going to have to hike to get into a fish as I counted only around 5 pretty good runs within about 3 miles. Anywho, I headed up stream and as I suspected found 2-3 guys in each run with others fishing some pretty un-impressive sections in between the good runs. I made my way to a run I wanted to try, which was quite far just to find 2 guys there, and 1 more above them in some riffles. I almost turned around and went back but though, hey screw it. I’m going to try and cross the river above these guys and fish the other side since no one is there. I scoped out a gravel bar and small island ¾ across that I thought would be do-able and headed in. I was a little nervous as I have never cross the Bow before and didn’t want to go for a swim. After about 5 or so minutes I made it to the small island and noticed there was a beauty little run on the other side between it and the other bank so I setup my rod and got ready to rock and roll. I was impressed how deep this little run was and kept at it for about 20 minutes working my way from bottom to top. I was making my couple last casts when Boom, a good take and hook set. Now… this is where the fun/panic/hand-shaking began. This fish ran so fast down the river that I got some rope burn as I tried to feed the 10 feet of slack into the reel that were on my feet. This fish ran my into my backing a long ways before it stopped. It felt like I had hooked the bumper of a car! When it stopped I was sure it had me on a log or something as I could not move it even after a couple of minutes or pulling back and forth to near line breaking tension. I could feel some movement so I thought again, maybe he’s still on but on the other side of the obstruction so I started to head back into the water and downstream into some not-so nice water. When I got about 40 feet down, bam, the fish made another incredible run downstream taking like like crazy! Then, just like before, it stopped dead. I moved the rod back and forth and put a ton of pressure on the fish and thought, damn he’s got me on another log! Like before I could feel something but couldn’t move it. I worked my way downstream again another 40-50 feet and was sure this time I was going to break off. When I got there, I almost crapped my pants when the fish took off upstream towards me. I realized it wasn’t getting me into obstruction, this fish was a monster! For a moment I thought maybe it’s a pike, but what would a pike be doing in water as fast as this? No, it’s not a pike! My hands start to shake… After the fish ran towards me it stopped again out in front of me about 60 feet. I held a ton of pressure on it and slowly it started to move towards me. After a while of this I saw it come to the surface about 20 feet out and immediately saw what I couldn’t believe. It was a massive Bull trout! For years I have been saying, one day I would really like to break the 30” mark for a trout. Today was that day! Very slowly I dragged the bull closer and closer and realized he wasn’t fighting hardly at all, he was just so friggin heavy my 6 weight couldn’t move him in any faster. When I got him a rods length out I struggled like crazy to get him close enough to try and tail him. My rod was literally folding in half! I considered just breaking my line to not over wear out this guy but I wanted a chance to gauge his size as he was certainly the biggest I have caught. I gave it one more try and was able to grab the leader with my left hand and pull the fish alongside me. I was able to get a finger carefully under his gill plate so I had some leverage. I quickly took my rod and placed it above him from tail to head and he reached from the butt to just over the first snake. I immediately grabbed the fly that was in his top lip and gave it a downward twist… the fish turned to deeper water and disappeared. I measured my rod and its 32” from Butt to first snake so I estimated this fish between 33 and 35”! No I know lots of you guys go for big bulls so this isn’t that big of a deal. For me this was an experience and fish of my lifetime! Things learned/remembered: New water/exploration is the best! 6 weight rods are too small for some fish on the bow Try hard enough and good things will happen… eventually The bow is a place where dreams can come true!

Great photos! We need to get out this spring.

great vid as usual! Take me next time! LOL

I make no apologies! I will leave that to Birchy!

Nice video, except for the gutted fish showing all the mice.

Happy b-day fellas!

Some very nice stuff there! Question... I don't see you doing many fly fishing themed burns. Do you have any of those to post?

This works pretty good for my outings but I'm looking at upgrading to a more fuel efficient model. Shown below. Who needs gas!

Another great video! That kind of exploration fishing is what keeps me waking up each morning.

LOL yeah what a great song and the message is so inspiring i want go to go shoot some of George Bushes terrorists with weapons of mass destruction right now!

For a laf I was wondering what good bumper stickers any of you have seen/owned. Saw a great one the other day that made me laugh. Said: "Horn Broken, watch for finger"

Some cool looking stuff there. What a tough job it must be painting beautiful naked women all the time.

pdfcreator works well also and its free

Some really great stuff there.

A fun video to watch and well represents the Bow visually and atmosphere wise. Big fan of the paddles, not a fan of the outboards.

**mod edit for name calling** Wheres your support? I noticed you didn't mention Iraq. I suppose they have no resources huh? Your not worth my time to educate.

Withdraw support? That's an interesting choice of words. Someones been watching a little too much CNN or FOX news. You really think they are providing support? You really think they were ever fighting terrorism? I got news for you... terrorists do live in New York and they wear $5,000 suits. Stop taking the media's word for everything and start thinking for yourself. The truth is out there if you have the sand to go look for it.

His country is at war, he has committed more troops, and he gets the peace prize? This is just another sign that shows we are completely :$*%&: .

I would bet money that oxygen has a lot to do with it. On many smaller creeks I have fished that do not have many bubbling riffles, the fish do not jump/fight nearly as hard as other rivers that are very close that do.

A bunch of chickens, a bunch or barking dogs, whats the difference?

If licensing would limit the number of guides, and the days they are allowed to guide I'm all for it.