SilverDoctor

A couple more...

More...

Myself & my very good buddy “skwala” from the forum had a blast walking streams and pinching trout last summer. We didn’t stray much from Dry Flies except for a bit during high water. It was fantastic company, great scenery, and eager Trout. We fished mostly bamboo with a dash of Fiberglass & carbon thrown in for spice. Lots of heart pounding rises, hits and misses, half decent hatches, good and bad weather and an abundance of chuckles. I never seem to take enough pictures. You should have seen the ones that got away….

Pictures,,, I am sitting here with my tickets clutched in my hand.

Sexy dungeons and buggers.

I use my sliding chop saw an awful lot more than my table saw for interior finishing work. Table saws are nice for ripping those big sheets but a lot of building supplies will cut big sheets for you in store. I guess it depends what you will be using it for.

When I see unlawful practices I report them. I haven't lost my mind in quite some time. The "standard" should be to protect our sensitive environmental areas where we can make a difference. There are no plans to Ban OHC's, only to protect sensitive watersheds where severe damage is being done.

Don't forget to report any illegal off-highway vehice usage again this year. I've sent pictures and videos of offroaders the last few years to F/W with good results. It's worst than poaching as its much longer term and deeper damage.

At the last round-table Fisheries meeting, they stated that sensitive streams like the Ghost-Waiparous area had been filmed from the air to survey damage from OHC's (off-highway vehicles). The idea was to not only assess damage, but also look for common illegal crossings to further enforcement.

I have a couple of good patterns. This is one, the other one I am out of as I passed a few to a buddy during the Expo. Will be tying up some and will post in the next few days. Both have really worked well.

X2

You are right Toolman, I have never seen Salmonfly hatches on the Bow, the ones I see are on smaller and slower streams. My fishing buddy Skwala and I from this board hit a great hatch but neither of us had patterns at the time, since then I carry them religiously.

The trout are not shy during that hatch, I see trout everywhere then.

See salmonfly hatches most years. Mostly just the end of the hatch but I have been lucky enough to catch a few big hatches. Always like a few different patterns just in case.

That looks great

My 11'9 - 7 wt Meiser S series has handled Steelhead and Salmon without a problem.

Just an idea but go to Canadian tire and chek out their over the boot ice cleats for ice fishing. Might be somethig that works.

When I sat in on the Fisheries round-table last week, a 0 limit is in the planning for many lakes withing the next couple of years.

I take it no one uses a Whetstone? Still haul out one of those my Arkansas every now and again (it's an oilstone). The Arkansas came with a nifty little device that you tighten onto the back side of your knfe spine and sits there keeping an angle as you use the stone. Have a few Whetstones (water) that Dad used, that still work great, Stones are about an inch by 3 or 4 inches. Very handy pocket-sized,

Would like to thank all our members here who participated and gave of their time to teach fly tying. Thank you all! I am hoping we can get a few more of you involved next year to pass on some good will and have fun in this way. Life can be rewarding by giving a bit, and this is a worthwhile effort. The show itself was great and very enjoyable. Lots of great speakers, cool products and local shops. “Tyers Row” had extremely talented people that where free with their advice, and where else can you pick out a top brand fly rod and cast it at the same time getting professional advice about how to use the product. . Thanks also to the Fish and Game members who where fielding questions and with their display. What a great way to break the winter doldrums and to be surrounded by fly fisherman. As Murray said we taught over 300 kids and adults how to tie their first fly, a simple Wholly Bugger. A big vote of thanks also goes out to Superfly who donates great colorful materials each year and all the other sponsors involved who donate time and equipment. If you can wind thread around a hook shank you can teach kids. I have to say every time I get involved its rather selfish because of what I get out of it. These kids are amazing. The intensity of focus really blows me away. Its like when superman uses his x-ray vision. When you get a little girl or boy that stares intently at what they are doing in that way it is really something. No whining or complaints just marvel at each step in the process. Some are naturals some stumble along but every single one wants to be there and wants to learn. The youngest we had tie was a four year old that did well. The other thing is the beaming parents and the child walked away from the bench clutching their hand made prize walking on a cloud. I had several come to me, who I had taught that where now competent tiers. We had several instances of a kid tying and then a parent sitting down and saying, “teach me”. Something a family can do together. We also had a adults, men and woman that wanted to experience tying. It was neat seeing the light bulb go off and a mind suddenly say: “so that’s how its done”. Some really stood out. I taught one lady of a spry 85 years who wanted to use her husbands vice who had passed on. A very shy young lady who stated, “This is the first time I ever made something by myself”. A fly fisherman who loved to fish but was curious about adding tying to his love of the sport. Plus a lady who didn’t fish but wanted to explore the art. We where so busy Saturday that I didn’t get a chance to grab a bite to eat, but it was worth it. Just talking to such a wide variety of people who all value not only our sport but also all the little things that make it up all in the same place is special. Keep well all Lornce Didn’t get a chance to take to many pictures especially the line-ups’s

We have a booth again this year at the Expo, along with tiers at the booth we have members that have kindly donated their time to help kids tie their first fly. Drop by the booth or the fly tying corner and say hi if you are at the show. It's a great break for the winter doldrums.

I would certainly look at BC for a first choice, between salmon fishing at the coast, interior lakes or steelheading up north, the balue would be better

Wonderful pictures, thanks for posting, good on you for buying one of Don's rods. They are masterpieces.

Laid off so no holiday for me