SilverDoctor

Grease you leader up to a foot from the fly. Use a reach cast to add a bunch of extra line on the water to get a longer drift.

I have a Fispond Fly Tying bag. Lots of see-through windowed pouches, tools pouch tubes for thread spools, Hook box, vise storage area etc. I have it loaded for travel for an extended fishing trip or fly tying demonstration. I used an old Hardy bag but this is built for tying and is so much nicer. Its loaded but a very handy size. There are a few companies that offer these type of bags.

When we headed up on Suday we saw a big mega towtruck heading up. Will be a boon for the local towing companies. They have summertime and temperary CO's on working on this. There is funded for towing. Long overdue enforcement is starting to happen. What they are trying to say is the Public land is there for everyone not just first come. Talking to a CO they are recording locations and taking pictures of units.

Cuttie with an owie.

In BC you need to be registered as a guide. They lobbied the government for many years and succeeded. In 1990, the Ministry of Environment implemented the Classified Waters System to address conservation and angler use issues on a number of the province's most popular steelhead and trout stream fisheries. This included the creation of new licensing requirements for anglers and for the regulation of commercial angling guides through the issuance of "guided rod day" quotas. Rod day quotas give angling guides the right to guide for fish on a given stream for a fee. Recently, changes were introduced to the way that rod days are allocated to angling guides to ensure that the allocation process is fair and open, that the quota is being used, and that the Province receives a fair return for the privilege of holding it. The Ministry of the Environment regulates angling guiding to ensure a quality angling experience for all anglers. The Ministry licences angling guides and collects data annually on their activities in the province. An angling guide must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, provide proof of liability insurance and submit an angling guide operating plan that has been approved by a Ministry of Environment Regional Manager. There are currently over three hundred licenced angling guides in B.C. and over four hundred licenced assistant angling guides operating under their supervision. Rod days can also be allocated for Lodges with Guides and other orginizatons.

There was a time where I treated flies with spray Scotchgard. Worked fairly well initially but it does like floatent wear off in time.

I got smart and compiled a check list on my computer to to do a last minute look. Now if I could only find the list...

Reels also help.

Or just take it back to TF for a new one.

If you don't report it does make you an accomplace. Just saying.

It's a shame I grew up in BC, but being semi-retired I have to be very careful how many times I fish in my home grounds.

A couple that have worked well in the salt are the Rolled Mudder, Green Coho Mudder and the Handlebar (although it's a good Sea run Cuttie fly) its caught its share of Coho for me.

Hi Paul, like a few of my commercial flies you won't find the recipe readily online as it a tweaked original. Here it is. Hook - #8 Stimulator Tail: - Gold Turkey Bidots Body: - Yellow foam Rib: - Brass wire Underwing: - Red & Green Fashabo Wing: - Summer Deer hair or elk Body hair Legs: - Black and green Sililegs Head: - Yellow sparkle dubbing & Yellow Foam

On topic comments please. no attacks, any more and banning will be forthcoming. I will keep this forum civil. Please respect one another.

Must get up there this year.

Yep done.

A glut of Golden Stones (Doc's Goldn Stones)

Don't forget to look at past posts on this forum. an awful lot of stuff here.

The Bow river can be an ever changing and fickle mistress, think of the love of your life, mix in a bit of Marlin Monroe and a dash of Carol Bernett. I've fished and guided on her since 86'. Most people can hang a big metal wire hook under a bobber and say they can fly fish the bow. The real difference of fisherman to fly fisherman comes with figuring out tactics for what is on the menu on the Bow, not only from season to season but run to run. Sometimes you have to fish her with your eyes long before you commit to water. Hire a guide, but ask first what they can teach you. Some will take you for a boat ride and most likely catch some trout. Others will teach you about fly fishing and the Bow River. Most likely you won't catch much but learn enough to last a lifetime. By the IMHO a 2 hour session is almost worthless. Go for a day, it offers them the opportunity to judge what you know and need to know. Just my 2 cents.

Such a wonderful selection of Fly rods here. At no point in history have we had so many great products available.

Clover is the only thing that makes my lawn green

CBC new here if you haven't read it as yet. There are a number of summer camps in the area. Hope the smell doesn't bring in too may big predators ----------------------------- Hundreds of dead fish are rotting on the shore of a lake in Kananaskis Country, after low water levels combined with above average temperatures dealt a fatal blow to the lake's trout population over the weekend. Sibbald Lake, which was freshly stocked with an additional 1,000 rainbow trout on Friday, was lined with fish corpses and swarming flies by Monday. "It's possible that everything we put in, unfortunately, has died," said Ryan Lyster, a fish hatchery technician with the province. "The main thing is disappointment … we raised these fish for a year," he added. Lyster says the temperature was about 16.5 degrees, oxygen levels were normal, and other conditions were favourable when they stocked the lake on Friday. But over the weekend, higher-than-average temperatures caused the already low water levels to warm to 23 C. "That's possibly the reason why we had a fish die-off over the weekend," he said, adding that Sibbald Lake's water level has also dropped in recent years as a result of low spring precipitation. ----------------- Calgary Sun Spiking temperatures and shallow waters are being blamed for a mass fish die-off in a Kananaskis lake. On Monday, the bodies of hundreds of rainbow trout began washing up on the shore of the lake at the gateway to Kananaskis Country, just days after officials with the provincial ministry of environment and parks stocked the pond with about 1,000 fish for anglers. Ryan Lyster, a Calgary fish hatchery technician, said officials who stocked the lake on Friday tested for water temperature, PH levels and oxygen, and all those factors aligned with provincial parameters. But with the water level being lower than normal this time of year — a combination of lack of precipitation and low run off — the water temperature soared from a comfortable 16.5 C Friday to a scorching 23 C by Monday. “With all that heat, they likely heated up very quickly and that probably substantially resulted in the fish die-off,” Lyster said. “We haven’t had any problems with that lake before now.” On Wednesday, officials removed the rotting corpses of 500 dead fish from the banks of Sibbald Lake, though Lyster acknowledges there’s likely many more still below the water that haven’t washed ashore. Calgary’s Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery produces about 1.2 million fish (primarily trout) every year to stock Alberta lakes, with more the 2 million bred across the province. Lyster said while it’s uncommon to see mass fish die-offs, it does happen, particularly in balmier regions of southern Alberta. “It’s not super frequent, but it does happen from time to time,” he said. “We raise fish for people to enjoy with their families so it’s unfortunate when something like this happens.” As for any impact on the surrounding ecosystem, Lyster said it will likely make no difference as the fish are introduced into the environment as stock for anglers. Meanwhile, Lyster added officials won’t re-stock Sibbald Lake until the province ensures it’s safe to introduce more fish.

Yep I had one, it's a good bobbin and its Canadian made but it's pricey. Although you could use standard spools of thread, I found I had to fiddle a lot during tying. My Norvice Automatic Bobbins suited my tying style much better. Plus they are a lot cheaper. I think I have about 6. It takes about a minute to transfer thread to the Norvice spool. No big deal. This is just my experience. Please try one for yourself.

Yep