maxwell

tacos right.. but the battle is lost.. i think rainbows will take over by the time im his age and if we want too keep numbers up we need to resrtic the number of angling days.. some stretches i use to hammer fish dont have many not because they are smarter they just dont live there any more.. even now were i can check the winter holes and get a good idea on fish per km i just dont see the same fish schooling up. cutties are native but they are gullable and numbers are dropping imho due to over fishing and handling each season then whats left the following year mixes with the rainbows and the fish are further dilluted.. some are still around but to truly preserve them would be to stop angling for them altogether and having river keepers go through and murder all the ones who are un pure..

cutties are on the way out specially in the oldman and castle drainages not too mention highwood sheep and anywere else there are rainbows.. im all for a harder fighting, larger, more reproductive species.. and the rivers taht once had cutties and dont now like ghost or kanaskis river are buggered because of dams... im all for cutt bows rainbows and browns! if they are looking at stocking similar strains into lakes they do BC aswell they should! our lakes are brutal compared to some of theres and some of it has to do with the strain... would be cool to see some epic still water action in alberta... save some of my buddies gas money ripping across the border i suppose..

the last of em!! cheers!

here are a bunch more!!

had a blast this year out in teh mountains and on the bow! spent some quality time with my girl and my baby sister on the bow and in the mountains. got a chance too hunt some bulls with a buddy a few times but spent most of my time on the bow hunting fish eating mayflies and hoppers hope the last few months have bin good too yall! bin loving the fall colors lately! many more pictures to come!

like other mentioned for dries terrestrials has bin my go to for my clients the past couple weeks. midges and small mayflies too if we get decent hatches... the hoppers have bin pretty small out west ive bin having luck on smaller ones 3/4" long or so with tiny droppers. fish are moving out of the fast water too and stacking into the winter holes... was out on a 3 day trip with a client last week and we had tuff fishing in the morning there was really a 4-5 hr period were the fishing was good if we covered water and found the holes they stacked up on.

its great marketing! its a nice rod forsure but like most high end rods they are good if oyu are a good caster.. i get lots of clients with balling gear that hinders there casts more than my low end and mid range sticks i give em halfway through ever would.... but it is a nice rod to cast imho

i casr one a few months ago its nice. so are most if not all of the highest of high end rods.

epic fish!!!!!

nicely done!

like others have mentioned the outbound isnt the best line but it would work! the big thing is if you want to great a scandi you need a longer front taper.. adding a floating tip from rio would work and it will cast some decent tips but that line is better suited for overhand casting! a airflo 40+ has bin my go to switch line for the past 3-4 years!!! if i need better turnover with tips i typically take about 5-6 feet off the front... i typically line my switches 1-2 line sizes over.. so a 7-8wt line on a 6wt switch etc...

past 3 week plus since i got back for the guide season has bin a eventful one.. high water, not many trip went through and got my girl moved in with me... the two of us have bin fishing every day!!! alot of halfdays around interviews for her job hunt.. the river has bin really good to us! had some great times fish friends and clients! heres a bunch of pics from june! its bin a blast so far! july has started off on a great note and the good fishing has only begun hope all of yall have a grear summer! looking forward too seeing yall out there! enjoy..

overlining a rod slows the blank down. i find with some people they purchase fast action blanks and over line then to better fit there casting stroke. were a medium actions rod woudl be better for that casting style... it can be hard if you dont lengthen your casting stroke and apply more power through the stroke with a double haul. but if you just add more weight (heavier line) it will force the blank too load deeper naturally allowing you more of that slingshot feel.. same can be said for underlining a rod.. i have a few sticks that i am actually going a line size down so i dont hit it to hard and through a tailing loop later on near the end of the cast or cause the loop to collapse in the air... its worth a shot for what you want to do but your not exactly making your rod a 8 wt or 10 wt rod per say but somewhat in my eyes.. you might have a fast action 6 and 8 and now your making them behave more like a medium action 8 and 10.. hope that helps...

all the best lynn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! much love!!!!!! were with u!

let me know what day u will be at the show and i will bring it u can give it a whirl!!!

never heard of it ive seen pics of golden rainbows and the albinos before.. i think they get picked off pretty quick as younguns if they do happen in teh wild... just a pigment mess up is my guess... would be cool! ive seen some bows that definetly have a blue ish hue too them but never a blue one!

picked up all sorts of new toys this year and im super stoked on getting a few more!!! rods on the way im excited about are the loop opti power 9130-5 and the evotec mf 8120 some deadly trout stick i got on the way that should be great too are teh loop xact 6126-4 and evotec mf 6126-4!! finally reasonably priced loop troutters!!!!!! my all time favorite stick is still the opti 8124.. can cast that rod all day long no doubt!!!! wether it be with a 510 airflo skagit or loop scandi head in 31ish grains float or full intermediate i just cant get enough of this stick!!! had the pleasure of fishing the pieroway metal detectors alot this year mainly the 510 it is a sweet stick fished it lots for trout on teh bow this year.. i dig a 480 skagit on it or a 31gram scandi.. used it for steelhead lots this year too swinging wets, dries or tossing big bugs with the skagit!!! but i cast the 720 quite a bit too for fun and got one small steel with it! that stick can cast any tip and any fly as far as i want it to go for the most part totally awsome!!!!! glshooter i have the evotec 8136-4 mf and totally dig the stick with a 540 skagit! 570 will be best for most people i think but i wanted too speed the blank up a bit.. never got too cast the `f`blank... i dig the new evotec handles.. its exactly like a hockey stick in shape!!! feels just right EH! a rod i had a blast casting for only a few days this year and will be using alot more in some situations was the GASS 9116 .. used it in squamish for chums.. its my double barrel sawed off shotgun loaded with slugs!!!! lined with a 570 skagit this stick it awsome for big flies and tips in tightplaces!!! such a fun stick to cast!! a few other rods i enjoyed this year were the sage tcx series got too cast a few different lengths n weights n i enjoyed them alot same with the g loomis nrx series!! i just dig the tip flex fast action i suppose!!!! both series are light responsive with tons of power!!!! like silver doc said! wish i had more cash flow too toss around too!!

kool aid n rit is all i have bin using the past few years i have bin dying!!! have you checked online