SilverDoctor

Wow great pictures, wish I was on that trip, this is a great time of year that doesn't last long enough. Thanks for the great post.

I normally grow my own Tomatoes and Squash. This year I got wiped out by hail. Certainly in the coming years with the rising price of produce I will be doing more home growing and am very seriously considering a small greenhouse.

Well we’re into October, how time creeps up on you, with the leaves changing out there to their great fall colors the Brown trout are also putting on their best display clothes. They’re getting ready for the fall spawn. The typical time for Browns generally is Mid Oct through Nov so heads up. Those of you who know the bow and it’s seasons will be well aware of the dangers of disrupting spawning fish and wading through spawning beds. Remember these are future generations of trout, if we disrupt this process, it is bad Etiquette and irresponsible. I make a conscious effort to avoid these areas this time of year. For those of you that have not encountered this before on streams and rivers I’ll describe what to look for. The riffles and gravel beds look like they've been cleaned of their normal coating and look a lot 'whiter', usually these are in a round to tear drop shape, with it being dug out at the top end and a pile of gravel at the bottom end. These Redds will look like someone just cleaned all the rocks and gravel. Somewhere around 20" wide and 3 feet long, it varies. The pile of rocks at the tail outs is often covered with eggs. Watch before you wade! Be on the lookout and avoid stepping on them, particularly downstream of them (remember the tails often contain the eggs covered by gravel, the hole at the upstream end is where the gravel is from, not necessarily where the eggs are). If you see spawning activity in an area or think you see redds, avoid the area, because there very well may be a bunch of Redds that are tough to see. I've seen Redds in less than 1 foot to over 4 feet of water, I believe its more to do with the fish finding the right bottom structure that is the right sub straight with smaller pea gravel under a bit larger rocks, this with a combination of the right type of moving water and perhaps water temp in a given area are certainly common factors that I see. Watching browns spawn over the years the females after digging rounded saucer-shaped nests in the clean gravel that lines the bottom then deposit their eggs covering them with a few tail digs. Fishermen who drag their anchor at times to slow a drifting boat will destroy any egg nest the anchor is dragged through. The same will happen with the passage of drift boats, rafts and canoes, even sliding over the Redds, will be harmful. Please exercise some stewardship, we should act as guardians and treat those area's gently. Its so easy to spook Brown’s off there redds and destroy a spawning run. So light cleared patches of gravel and rocks... stay well away from the areas and give them a very wide berth. I’m posting pictures of a couple reds below, they are not always so obvious. If there are any biologists I would welcome comments. Also if anyone has additional pictures they could post please do. Thank you.

Hopefully the prize will be more educated eyes on the water.

Wow absolutely wonderful photo journey, I can smell the pines. Wish I was there.

Looks like a good one.

By the way our own Toolman is a really great instructor.

That is what clued me in too me in. Seeing so called local grown signs next ro the bins with Mexico boxes piled up next to the truck. I notice that all the veggies in various stall that are advertised to be from various farms are exactly the same which doesn't make sense. I guess I'll go for a drive this weekend out of town and see if there are any signs for produce.

Anyone notice that the prices at "Farmers Markets" are higher than Safeway? I bought some Squashes to stock up for the winter in BC and they where a great price at the roadside markets there. When I went last weekend to teh Farmers market in Calgary prices where crazy and on top of that I noticed that much of the produce was from other countries not locally grown. Anyone know of any markets close to the Calgary area straight from the farmer.

Bob Meiser faced some difficult issues that I will respectively not get into here. As Dutchie said we have a few of his rods that can be tested. Give me a shout or pm if you have any questions.

Was to go west after steel this year but family and work got in the way. Sigh... Have to start planning for next year. Ah well at least a lot of my Steelhead flies will be making the journey. Please post lots of pix guys.

Caught lots of those when I was a kid out of Okanagan lake. by the way Sq***fish is no longer a politically correct word and should be avoided.

Some is preference, some is look, others function. For example for a fly that you need to tie a riffle hitch on to skid the fly on the surface, I find up eye works better. Atlantic salmon and Steelhead patterns look better in up eye classic (just my opinion).

You can sharpen em...

A favorite picture of Lee Wulff, he frequently used a one-piece, six-foot 5 wt bamboo rod to catch salmon up to 26 lbs. Love the arc.

I would be willing to test one but can't lay out $ on another one. It cost me money.

The last few body cutters I bought was last year and I believe I paid around $12. I know I have bought them at Fishtails. You can also buy full sets.

Shhhh....

Encountering "that fish" is always an interesting exercise. I ran into one brown on a downtown stretch that kept me busy for a while last year. Drifted a bunch of things over him without a nudge. I took some time and instead of fishing for him studied him with binoculars for hours. In his particular case it took a very long leader, custom tied emerger and an awful lot of patience. It was between him and me. Funny thing was when I did pinch him and get him to net I never tried for him again. I guess I reached my goal with that fish and he deserved not to be bothered. It's actually really nice to get on a bit of personal ground with a particular trout. Many of the guides will tell you of a particular trout that they may target. It's figuring out the hows' and why's. Take some time to watch not only the fish but what is happening where he is.

I still do but it contains lunch

You could try that or slice out the rings that are loose and replace them with new ones.

Wonderful place wherever it is, haven't gotten enough small water fishing this year.

KLINKHAMER Special one of my favorites. Hook: Partridge CS54 size 6 Thread: silk Body: Light-tan muskrat mixed with poly Wing: florecent poly-yarn Thorax: Three strands of Peacock herl or peacock dub Hackle: One large grizzly dun hackle

Ooo... bonus

I like it, it picks up all the surface dirt off the water and onto the line, great for cleaning the surface of the Bow, another positive is the great music it makes going through the guides. Reminds me of fingers on a blackboard and I'm sure it's also really good for the rod guides. But becaus of the really cool name I was thankfully able to resell mine really quickly.