[Covid 19 Ethics]

whatever you do it needs to be a solo event...... not the three guys in a drifter I saw as I was driving down deerfoot on Thursday...... pretty sure they were not a family group

[New Orvis Recon and Sage LL 4wt]

Still have all my original RPL's to go along with the LL's    I have both the XP's and use the VXP's as boat rods  and I like them both.... the VXP's are definitely a little softer in my eyes which is not a bad thing .....

[New Orvis Recon and Sage LL 4wt]

I have not tried it and do not know anyone that ordered one but the whole thought process of them re-introducing it was to build the same rod as the original so I can not imagine it being any different

[New Orvis Recon and Sage LL 4wt]

I've got a couple of the original LLs and yes they are sweet dry fly rods..........

[Can you still Fly Fish in Calgary during Public Health Emergency]

All of NZ is shut down both Islands..... son lives in Christ Church  and has been workin from home as has his entire company   IT related 

[Isolation..............]

 I dislike visits to the hospital even more-so in today's climate hope your surgery went well and make sure you rehab properly...... oh and stay isolated...... hopefully we are mostly through this by the time run-off is done   Cheers

[Montana Grayling in Alberta?]

Arctic Gray-ling do exist in the Belly although more-so on the Montana side of the border.... however these are considered exotic as they were introduced to the drainage. They do exist naturally in the upper Missouri drainage and were also found in Michigan which are now extinct due to habitat degradation ....... So while they are found in Southern Alberta occasionally they are introduced vs the native ones found from the McLeod river north in Alberta  ie Arctic watershed

[Ultimate flyfishing fun....GTs]

Rob, You may want to be careful its a bad addiction which is hard to get rid of....... neat video..... very similar to chasing Kingies on rays in New Zealand

[Beautiful tubing fins]

I would have figured those lakes were still frozen, need to get back there in a few months.......

[Fernie Area]

You could try some lake fishing but other than heading back to Alberta you are out of luck

[CAN SMARTPHONES KILL TROUT?]

Social media is a big problem...... cell phones should be left in the truck.... hopefully we will see some changes come spring.....

[Decreasing fish stocks...will you limit your impact?]

Perhaps going back to the old days when Alberta had 1/5 of the population let alone anglers and close the bow from October to June 1st and let the spawners procreate in peace and do the same in the tribs for the Bullies or at least shut down the upper reaches come August

[Excessive air exposure for picture taking causing mortality study]

Social media will be the main contributor to declining fish stocks....... One reason not to own a cell phone ....... pictures and hotspotting..... whatever happened to french-mans creek....just saying

[What an embarrassment Alberta]

I suspect you refer to whirling disease that likely arrived from the Sam Livingston back in the eighties via Johnson lake...... myself I always take new boots and waders on any foreign trip

[The Unseen Impacts of Catch and Release Fishing]

Perhaps a season closure from November to June with additional sectional closures in the spring and fall to protect the spawners  ie....  upstream of Police for the Browns around the Highwood mouth in the spring, barb-less single hooks and maybe a little less of the grip and grin facebook mentality........ oh I was just daydreaming again

[Lost Spey Reel]

Were you below the weir or above?

[Still an old favourite commercial]

[Parachute Adams]

Very Nice but tie some up with black posts for low light conditions and old eyes.......

[Advice about a new rod]

Yeah TFO's are a little weird that way ...... I have a TiCrX in a 8 wt that is awesome the 9wt in the same rod is a club casts like a 2x4 go figure......

[How many ?]

On 10/6/2019 at 9:11 AM, SilverDoctor said:

Depends on my mood and the reason for tying. For patterns I use a lot a minimum of a doz. At times a half doz. but mostly by the dozen. I like to keep a small inventory of some patterns. Every tier will be different, some strive for just a few perfect patterns. There's also experimental patterns that I usually tie fewer of, sometimes as tests on the water.  Other times to just to figure out a pattern, these might get the blade three or four times before I'm satisfied.  No rules, just have fun tying. For me tying is like a Zen, I can bury myself in the tie without thinking.

Gee, You think those might come in handy at this time of year......

[Want to go for a drift]

Use the Foam Luke......Use the Foam

[Careful out there]

On 7/30/2019 at 10:59 AM, fishjunkie said:

I found this link  https://www.mountainviewbearsmart.com/bear_activity_report.php  looking for the news article. I was surprised to see there was grizzly sighting east of Bergen. 

 

I'm not ..... saw one east of Shelby last year......

[My worst day as a father]

Browns are just like a Trophy wife all looks no substance..... from my perspective you have done nothing wrong.... buy him a Deathstar and send after some chrome this fall

[Washed out, ugly brown]

Nothin like high water to bring them out.... nice silver

[4 rivers, 4 days, 40 hours driving, 4 best fish]

Where's the fish from the Oldman and the Bow  ...... guess you'll have time for those soon...... Nice report.... heading down to Montana next week....