hydropsyche

I wish more people had your attitude!!

Dirt biking or fishing. Tough choice. I used to own a modified 2-stroke P.E. 175. I could keep up with the 250RM's but barely. Not having as much power forced you to have to be much more aggressive (on the hills, skeg, etc.) so I'm not ashamed I had a "whimpy" bike. I did pretty good. And sometimes, I even past them (when they weren't looking) ;-)

Twitching spent adults and the fish starting rising. I'm assuming they were taking them, but didn't actually see one being taken. I'll have to tie one or two adult patterns in case I ever see that again. Red bodies, not the blue damsels. Largest fish was about 20. I notice the majority of the catches are larger then last year (duh). I had two bustoffs that almost yanked the rod out of my hand. Surface temp was 61 in the morning, about 64 by 3pm. Premo temp.

It was a tough go. Only 7 to hand each. The fish seemed like they couldn't make up their mind. Leeches in the morning, chronie a bit after, waterboatmen after that and then something I've never seen. Dragons mating/egg laying and lying spent on the surface. Wish I had a pattern to match. The water is pretty clear. No algae bloom like this time last year.

Just a couple of pics that show why I love the crack of dawn.

Great post and good on ya for bringing the fam damily. Its something I wouldn't be able to get my wife and daughter to do. I love the pic of the big bow. Its all about scale, so how big is that fish? I also love the "fish on" pic. I've been to Geraldine Lakes once with a girlfriend. It certainly was a wicked hike and not something I'd purposely pick for her first outing. When we got back to the trailhead, we found her car was broken into and wallet stolen. Its all those dog gam rural crooks.

Sorry to hear about your wife. I hope everything works out. Unfortunately, boycotts don't work unless a significant number of users participate. A lot of people are boycotting the SEK's, but it doesn't seem to be working. There are too many people who aren't willing to participate. I withdraw my $60 annual fee (already twice what a resident pays) and three people fish for one day and trump me. What can you do? I boycott wallmart and dollar stores (contributes to child labour) and 100 people shop there and trump me. Not everyone agrees with whats right and wrong and most times something other then principle comes into play.

Hey Chrisbird. Do you think you can get Denny Rickard's one year?

Just my opinion, but pontoons are pretty much all the same. The only thing I would recommend is get the larger ones. At least 9ft with large oars to match. You will have much more control when rowing. I would also go with aluminum frame and something that pumps up easily. I'm sure there are specific models that are way better buys then others, but those are the things I would be looking for.

Thats hilarious. Rickr, it reminds me of a story........ On second thought, I'll keep *that* one to myself.....

I'm with Rusty. There is something about seeing the crack of dawn that turns me on. (okay. Keep yer minds otta the gutter, guys.)

It was before I took up flyfishing (about 9 yrs ago?) below Bassano Dam.

Not the biggest but this puppy was pulled out of the Bow River.

Brian is a top notch guy and angler. Won't touch a nymph with a 12 foot spey rod. If you are at the PLC, ask for Steve the PACS man and I'll come by to chat. Nothing passes the time in recovery like some good fishy talk.

My first year I caught one 14incher. Thats it. The following year wasn't much better. My two fishing "buddies" weren't much help. I asked them to tell me what I'm doing wrong. They said "Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it.", and not much more. I'm glad to report that I'm fishing circles around both of them these days. And, to boot, giving them advice, and flies, and getting them into more fish then they would normally have gotten into. Compare that to when I took GAW out for the first time. I strung his rod up, told him where to stand, how to cast and what to look for. Before I could set myself up, he had an 18in on. He didn't even know how to bring it in. "Strip Man!. Strip!". After releasing it I continued to set myself up and before I could get into the water, he had another one on! Having someone show you what to do takes years off the learning curve. That man is a flyfishing demon now. He's even out fished me a couple times.

Those guardrails don't look to cushy. Sure to be a future candidate for the Darwin Awards.

A good day at work is a good day at work. A lousy day at work makes me want to go fishing. Halloween can teach you a lot about life. When you have all that chocolate in front of you and you eat it with abandon, you get sick. Literally. Life is like that. Too much summer, and you get sick of it. To much s*ex, and you get sick of it. To much fishing....... Okay. Maybe that last one was a stretch......

I'd ask the porcupine why he's being such a prick. I'd ask the Pelicans "How's it hanging?" and then I'd tell them to flock off.

Led Zeppelin at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. More for the crowd then the band. Boy, do they attract an ecliptic crowd.

I think Pipestoneflyguy hit the nail on the head. Very good post. Do I feel guilt sometime? Yes. I feel guilt when I swat a fly or kill a spider that shouldn't be in my daughter's bedroom. I'm not ashamed to admit I feel guilt but still fish. I don't thinks its hypocritical. Guilt is a governor to our actions. Can you imagine a world without guilt?

It looks like he'd take a Bud Lite!

Hey. How did you get a hold of my year book picture?

IMHO, these have got to be the top three pics. Great, great photo's. I've got nothing to compare. (for some reason, I can't cut Hawgstoppah's first pic)

Excellent forum. The Fly Tying section has some of the worlds best tyers participating.

Ha! They will have to change the name from Catwalk to Duckwalk.