SilverDoctor

Not the the Simms or Patagonia which I am sure are both excellent, I have the Fishpond Thunderhead Sling. Like it when the weather is bad, most of the time I'm a vest guy. Very roomy and comfy to wear with lots of tie in points outside.

That is always my problem, stuff under stuff. But I've taken to putting tools in specific places like this and it helps. If you saw pictures of my man cave you'ed probubly run away screaming.

Thanks Nick, the hackle is white saddle dyed with Cool Aid. these wher#10's if I remember correctly. They were for a guy back east chasing Atlantic's on the Miramichi. For the Bow I would go with #6es.

I like found items for stuff. Have owned several waste bags for under the vice. Most hadn't cut it for me as they are floppy and hard to empty. I have liked this one for quite a few years, it's a low biscuit tin, and with Xmas almost here you can find these easy. Catches messy stuff like deer hair, and doesn't hold static. On the right I have hot glued a plastic tube to hold tying stuff. In the middle front is glued a cheap pet comb. Useful for combing out Deer hair, much better and faster than picking up a comb. Just in case someone can use the idea.

Yep, that's what I have been doing also for years now. "Waste not want not". Although my wife calls me a cheap &^^%#

I've also used them on the Bow with fair sucess. Know a fellow I tie them for that swears by em for Big Brook Trout.

Slip wing Iron Blue Dunn. Have a certain affection for fishing the Quill wings.

Condolences to family and friends. This time of year the cold would be the real killer sending you into shock quickly making swimming difficult. If winter wading you should invest in an inflatable pfd (I use a Mustang make) and use a solid wading staff. I have lost footing on big rivers and been swept away several times, but in summer luckly. A wading belt is the key, as you can float on your back with the trapped air for quite a while. Please keep safe out there

Source CBC A man who fell into the water while fishing in the Bow River on Monday has died, according to police. Emergency crews responded to calls of up to two people in the water near Graves Bridge in the southeast. "Initial reports were that a man fishing had witnessed another man, also fishing nearby, fall into the water and unable to get himself up and out," reads a release from the fire department. "The man was then swept away by the current. The angler who witnessed this immediately ​went into the river after the submerged man, swam to him, pulled him onto the shore and started CPR." Fire crews took over CPR, they said, and the patient was transferred to hospital. It's not yet known how the man ended up submerged in the water. The angler who dove into the river in a rescue attempt was unharmed but "very cold," according to the fire department. "The rescuer put himself at risk to save his fellow angler's life," read the release. "This incident and others like it are submitted to the Calgary Fire Department's 'Beyond the Call Program' for recognition at an annual luncheon."

Yep it was widely discussed at many a fisheries/public meeting and soundly put down as conjecture and fear mongering. I even did a letter writing campaign to add equipment cleaning into the Sportsfishing regs. Hoping they at least do this. But the Barn door has been left open for a long time.

Yes, could very well be. I've seen trout dig test redds often only to move to a different spot that might suit their needs better.

Have a Columbia rain shell also, very light and folds down to a very small bundle that takes no space in the back of my vest. Very waterproof and also a nice wind shell. Only time I forgot it I got soaked. Use a wading jacket if the weather looks nastier. Very cosy if it's cooler and drizzly. Not somthign that sores as easily but I still have stowed it in the back of my vest with no problems.

I like a full spey better than a switch although the G Lomis Roaring River Switch I own does cross the line nicely. I've had and passed on several but my fav is still my Meiser without question. I do like overhand casting and the ability to bomb out a fly without effort. Really nice for bigger waters like the Bow or Thompson in BC. Also great for beach fishing for Sea run cutties at the coast adn of course steelhead and salmon.

A few Salmon shore fishing from BC. A lot of Brookies during the Stewardship program in the last few years, I'll be back to just C/R.

I enjoy your silk work.

Going to do research over the winter to figure out what boots I should go with.

Or of you saving a Trout from a Burning building

Do you mean Simms G3 Guide Boots, I've been looking at those recently, Seem to have a long and good track record.

Which Simms did you buy, The G3 Guides?

Well here we go, Glue held up well on the left boot I repaired according to Korkers instructions, and I hoped to get through the season before getting a new pair of boots in the new year. 3 miles up a freestone river I waded across a stretch and my right foot felt funny and seemed to drag in the fast water. Kind of felt like I had some line or a snag wrapped around the boot making me stumble. Almost went ass over teakettle. Got to the other side and ouch, the other unrepaired sole had let go. The only thing that had held the sole form floating away was the clip at the back of the boot that holds the removable soul on, I looked like I had a flipper on. Stood there laughing, my fishing buddy thought I had gone senile. So they where a match pair as far as when the glue failed. But the reason I'm posting is sometimes we get smart. I had packed a compact roll of Gorilla duct tape in my vest. Dried the boot off a bit and wrapped the heck out of it. Got me back to the truck without any trouble where I changed to my spare Chota boots (9 years and going strong). I suggest everyone keep a bit in their kit for emergencies. So they are officially retired and I'll be looking for boots. Chatting with a sales rep, he asked me how long I owned them, said 3 years, he said oh... "3 years for a boot isn't too bad" I guess I am old school and didn't realize that wading boots where a throw away product after a couple of years (not like I wear them daily). I had an older pair of leather wading boots before those that have lasted 12 years and are still my backups. Have to check out Simms next, problem is the prices are so dear.

Here are a couple more pictures of Redds. Sometimes they are not as evident, but basically look for a different color where bottom material has been removed.

OOps yep I meant #8 I see most of the sporadic hatches on the smaller foothills streams (not the Bow) although the trout after hatch retention memory seems to be long for the dries.