Sage

I'm new here so never had the opportunity to meet Jeff, but my compliments to this forum for their tribute. Great tribute to perfect fishing partner. Condolences to his family and his fly fishing family.

Was up there a couple weeks back.....friendly and helpful crew there!

Welcome to Calgary and our world class trout fishery!

Fantastic photos....thanks for posting

Stunning photos.... thank you for posting them.

Thankyou for the replies and advice so far......I had not considered a 4wt before. So if I was to go to 4 wt, do I go to 9' or drop to an even shorter length? Still undecided on my end but have time to consider ( and cast ) all options at this point in the season. Do most of you use a 6wt then as your Bow River all round rod? As bcube noted, perhaps lugging two rods up and down the river banks might be a bit arduous.

New here, so will start with seeking some experienced insight. Relatively new to fly fishing, started back in the Fall 2014 after 20+ year absence (due to a Golf obsession). I bought a 6wt 9' rod late in 2014 that I plan to use for streamers and nymph fishing. My dilemma is on the 5wt........ If I'm going to use a 5wt for mostly dry fly and light nymph fishing, should I grab a 8.6' or 9' ? or is there so little difference it does not matter? Useage: 99% of my fishing will be on the Bow from shore/wading. Veteran advice appreciated.