grannyknot

Nice fish Steve! I made out pretty well there after you left, but nothing like that brown. No pike either:)

Just bought one this year for my 8 wt. love it on lakes, like it on big rivers. My only complaint is the loop to loop gets caught in my line guides, but saves huge $ on lines an spools. Found it casts almost as well as most sink tips. Great for unknown waters where you're not sure what gear you need on your pontoon.

Absolutely not! I generally only fish the bow in the winter, once the crowds have dwindled. I could support a closure during the spawn if the science backed it up, but I love those chinook days when I can bust out the fly rod and leave the auger at home.

That sucks Taco. Friggin jaywalkers! I wrote off my ranger on a mulie near Sundre last month. Insurance paid out exactly what I felt the truck was worth, and now I have a 4runner which I'm really happy with. Hope it works out just as well for you. Loss of use worked well for me, I was leaving town for work the next week, so I just rented a Cadillac for the weekend. Budget probably wouldn't be happy if they saw the holes on the little red I made it to in their CTS.

If there is anywhere you could catch 70 fish in 2 hours, it's Picklejar. I caught about 50 there in about 2 hours, and still had time to throw a stick for my dog. I floated the bow saturday and caught 2. Unfortunately, that is an exaggeration.

I love my Rio Gold. It doesn't throw dries at long distances as well as Sharkskin, but as an all-round line, it can't be beat.

That's perfect! I love it on my 5wt, but I miss the GPX on my 3wt VT2. I find the sharkskin doesn't turn over as well on short casts. I fished the hell out of both weights this summer, and i thought they held out quite well. Worth every penny imho.

I'm stuck in Fort St. John and the rivers aren't any better up here. Heading to Jasper next week, hopefully I can find some decent fishing there. Managed to catch some dinky rainbows by Rainbow Lake the other day at least.

Those larva-lace ones look deadly.

Thanks Din.

I like! Mind sharing the recipe?

I've only ever voted green. Not even really sure I'd want them in charge, but as long as that's a pipe dream, voting for them sends the cons's a good message about where people's priorities are.

Done. Thanks rev, knew you'd take my confession.

$40 on #23. If I wasn't quite so unemployed at the moment, there would be a bidding war on that jet and float.

I don't think I could even describe how I do it, but I find whitefish much easier to debone and filet than trout. If you cook it with the bones in, the meat will slide right off the bones once it's cooked. Edit; that's right, I have bonked a trout before.