Dangus

http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=20473&p=177733 Big change in opinion over a season or two, eh?

oh okay, I guess it doesn't work. ha.

Put beads in to the articulations before pulling the wire/line tight. Not a 100 percent fix, but definitely reduces the tangles. Is your experience species specific? I always fished big ones for bulls in the kootenays.

That's what I mean...the longer strip goes up all the time. Not sure if the extra resistance acts as a keel or if the hide holds more air and is buoyant? I've done some patterns using those fish skulls with white schlappen and marabou and just colored the top half of the fly with a copic marker. Sheds water nicely, sinks well and still gets good movement. I've limited most of my bunny patterns to just the tails (for movement) as I had the same problem you have with double bunny as well as that they don't sink reliably. IMO Using split shot to get a fly down is pretty lame...especially if you've already got a t14 tip on.

I wonder if dead drifting it into where you want to fish then swinging/chugging would have worked?

I tried a mouse in one run in the elbow last spring and had a brown hit it. Missed him, as I saw him come up from bottom and jumped the gun on the hook set.

does it instantly flip over or just once u start stripping it? I think when the top rabbit strip is longer, it encourages it to flip over.

anyone ever experience an albertan salmon fly hatch-or should I say, salmonfly egg laying? Being from the Kootenays, none of our rivers were open or fishable in time for them-hell, I don't even know if they're out there. I heard they're here, but sparse.

I had more fun on the cozumel flats than ascension. It's a quick ferry ride over from PDC. Look up Nacho w/ bonefish cozumel. His son Nacho Jr took me out. Got me in to tons of fish. Baby tarpon on poppers, bonefish, and even saw a couple permit. The road to ascension takes forever and is bumpy as hell.

quite a few ridiculous recommendations in this post! ( 12wt and 1000grains LOL can you sub climbing rope?) I fish for bulls exclusively with a beulah platinum 6 wt switch (10'4). A 350 skagit head that throws up to 10 feet of t14 tipped with a chicken with lead poisoning. The smallest I've fished with it is about the half the size of the carbondale in low water, ideal is about carbondale or bigger (TBH if you're fishing smaller creeks they're probably spawning anyways and you should F-off). Yes stripping can be a little shitty, but with a shorter rod, your sink tip and shooting head are also more compact. Sometimes if you want to strip all the way in, you have to "dump" your head back out of the guides and do a quick roll cast to set up again. That being said, when you're swinging, fish grab at the apex of the swing or after 3 or 4 strips anyways. Far more efficient and free of those heavy back casts that hook on trees and hit rocks break your dumbells and nick your leader. Yes you'll likely never SH a switch rod. Just think of it as a compact DH.

No what I mean is, why spend money on glasses with expensive lenses when the optometrist is just going to take those lenses out? Just find the frames you like, the criteria is that they can't "wrap around" too far as there will be to much curve in the lens to facilitate the Rx. That or you have a curved lens with a prescription insert or a "lens within a lens."

to add insult to injury, you should really have two layers of BM to produce a robust wing that will have your fly swim properly. Not a knock against you or your tying, but that fly looks like it may flip over--Just my experience. I've had some flies with beautifully tented wings that looked picture perfect, but were unfishable. Sometimes it's just the hackle is too dense.

...a great choice for someone that doesn't need to put a prescription in them!

Well there is far more than 2x times the water, most of which can't be walked on or isn't walked on...are you implying there is higher density in the bow than the lower elbow? I would argue that the regulations already imply where the most vulnerable spawning habitat is. Generally, there is a method to the madness. That being said, there is Way too much huff and puff about the bow. It's been a remarkable fishery for decades and this year put up one of the best big fish years in memory. If a river running through the middle of a major city can do that, It'll be okay. Really. If you have to sweat anything, worry about water usage, low flows, waste and pollution. There should be more threads on vulnerable wild fisheries of bulls and cutthroat that have assholes poaching, quading in and logging/mining the headwaters. Don't get me wrong, I love the bow, but Native fish are much more of a concern as they've been in decline.

Bow river populations don't seem to be doing so bad despite all the redd stomping, triple rigs and retention. A little mortality can be good for a fishery, otherwise you end up with a bunch of 12"ers. I believe that all retention should have a "less than X length" stipulation. By using a "greater than X length" rule, you knock off all the large successful spawners and again, end up with a bunch of 12"ers. The Bow is mostly set up this way. Did they do telemetry studies to find out where the prime spawning grounds are? It's closed above the city in the fall for that reason, as is the lower elbow. Once they open again, there are still eggs in the gravel, but the pressure is minimal. I'm sure the side channel in fish creek park as some wading issues, though. I've come across a paper or two that suggest that trebles are actually less damaging than single hooks--possibly because it's a mouthful and less likely to get caught up in the rakes/vasculature. I agree with the single barbless on bull/cutt waters. Bulls and Cutties are pretty dumb and people hammer those fish. There is no need for a barb for a fish that is endangered and is being released anyways. As posted above, it is a sin to fish for cutts with a nymph rig (for that they will take a chunk of foam pretty much whenever)

I thought you needed a bunch of sizes for down there too. If I were to do it all over, Bones everything on a size 4's, tarpon/snook 1/0 or 2/0. There aren't many permit around this time of year but there are a few. In my experience The bones aren't really picky at all. Tan is the only color you need in various weights to get to depth properly without spooking them.