SilverDoctor

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Very nice

Good on ya

Beautiful, bring back lots of memories.

I've seen Redd's overlapping, also seen Browns use a previous redd for spawning, scooping it deeper. They can also be very small and not the off color if there is no algae or silt covering the pea gravel when they start scooping, somtimes it light gravel over heavier. Spent a lot of time watching as its fascinating. Best to avoid any areas that look mildly suspicious, but that's just me.

There you go

Its that time of year to start watching out for spawning "Redds" if you are out wading. I've noticed a few already out there on large streams and small. Please be careful.

Ok so here are some stone flies, real and not.

An old favorite that I still fish. The Micky Finn, love bucktails

I have been really happy with my Lowrance. HDI Elite-7, downscan is rally nice and great mapping, love the large screen for thee old eyes. Have previous owned Hummingbird which also has some great units. By the way the lake is Okanagan.

Don't have an answer for you guys so lets start again, I posted this earlier. Big foam Salmonfly.

Decided to hit the Jumpingpond today. Rolled out of bed at 5 packed up the kit and headed out. Hit the Demonstration area. No other people up there. Lots of trees and branches down from the early snow, a few areas where impassable making it necessary to hike in the bush to navigate the creeek. Water was off color and a bit high. Quite a few hatches happening started with small mayflies and BWO’s early and then changing to a solid large Caddis hatch for about 2 hours (about size 12). They where hatching thick, banging on the water and making a commotion. There where also flying ants about. Wish I could report that the trout responded in kind but there was no interest. I only pinched a half dozen small Cutties through the day, that where very fat and sassy, non in typical places. All under 10” but bright and hard fighting, all on dries. No evidence of any Brookies, not sure if they have moved farther up for the spawn. Wanted to see a few of those in their fancy dress spawning colors . Ran into quite a few deer and flushed about a dozen Grouse which where wonderful to see. Another cool bonus was a pair Kingfishers. Watched them for a while as they worked upstream catching minnows in the water and plucking big Caddis out of the air. No Bear sign. Decided to have a look at Powderface so drove up there and parked. Hiked the creek for about an hour and a half with no takers or interest. The hatches seem to subside at about 10, so hiked back to the truck to scarf down a dry sandwich and watch the cattle in the open space for a bit as I packed up. Headed back about 2, nice day out but a lot of bushwacking to keep on the stream. Be carful if you are up there, Banks are starting to dry and crumble from the flood. Lots of cattle on the road from downed fences.

Definitely a Koi

Yes sure missed the Leopards saw the first one this year after not seeing em" for many moons. When I was a youngster they populated every pond and ditch. Their songs where almost deafening in the evening. Miss that.

nice clean lines

wonderful video thanks for posting.

Welcome aboard!!!!

Yep know wht you mean, Outdoor canopy is torn, but fixable, nice big limb lost on my apple tree, Torn boat cover. Lots of branches to pick up yet. Good thing I'm still a spry old bugger.

Here is what a crusty old curmudgeons desk is like.

Why don't you take a fly tying course at a local shop. You get to experience it and learn a bit about tools and materials to make an intelligent buy. I wrote some thoughts about it a while back. http://lornce.wordpress.com/is-fly-tying-for-you/

Just a thought. Could be emergers, at times it looks like they are feeding on the surface but only breaking it. it depends on what the rise forms look like. Or it could just be what you aren't presenting. It could also be the beginning of a hatch, perhaps n the sub film of the surface. Always a tough one.

My only 5 year old Saskatoon bush has been flattened by snow. Cleaned it off this AM but it doesn't look good.

If you are thinking dry fly I haves fished hatches every month of the year in Alberta. BWO's Baetis and PED’s have barely started, and will go on for at least two months. There will be the Glossosoma Caddis, Fall Cinygmula and Trico's. Not to mention Terrestrials like Beetles and spiders (which a lot of people don't fish). Hatches will slow down but not stop. Frost will slow down the hoppers when it hits. Only thing that shuts me down is the regulations that close the streams. Even in winter you can have excellent dry fly fishing with midges and Winter Stones. In my journal on a certain Stream north of us I had a tremendous Yellow Sally hatch on the last day of open season last year, the fish where exploding. Wet flies, Nymphs and Streamers of course are good to go any time of year if the swing is the thing or the tug is the drug.

Just dig em up and plant them. They grow wild. If there are any let over let me know.

Thanks for the tip, excellent hard cover book, picked it up today, still a few left there for you tiers.