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Hello, actually, it depends...There is no simple answer to that one. For example, I enjoy teaching to teenagers (grade 8 to 12), and I would hate teaching grade 1. For others, it is the exact opposite... Then, it all depends of the number of kids you teach (above 30, it s a nightmare...), the kids themselves, and so on. What I am trying to say, is that you cannot really know for sure before you try it for several months or even a complete year...And even then, it becomes easier with experience. What I can assure you, is that the vacations are really needed and welcomed... I know that does not help you very much, but that is the truth. You can love being a teacher or wondering every day why you chose to do it. Anyway, good luck to you if you decide to go for it !

I enjoyed it. Pretty much the way I tackle that age problem myself. I recommend you guys to read it. If you are +40, it is so spot on, and if you are younger, you should take that opportunity to learn from it and prepare yourself... Thank you Rick for being so eloquent about it.

I am from Paris.The gesture is really appreciated. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Great pics and fish. Thanks for sharing. My dad past away 3 years ago(stomach tumor), and I wish I had something like that to share with him. Cherish those moments.

x2 really nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

Great pics! Thank you...

Well said!

Sygic. You can try it free for a week. Not for Topo though.

I I actually do that all the time while fishing small streams for cutts. Today, I wade my way up from pool to pool and I let go a lot of the fish I hooked. I do not see the point of handing them anymore...If the fish seems big, that another story. For example, I am happy that I could have a good look at a beautiful 15 inches cutt (I love those colors). But I do not see the point of stressing 10 inch. fish more than necessary . Of the 30 or 40 I hooked today I LDR about half of them on purpose (sometimes it doesn t work or sometimes I think the fish is nice and worthy of seeing it). I love the approach, the casting, the take and the strike...I could do with broken hook. Maybe I will, but not yet...

Cheddar...not even close to real cheese!

Lot of good advice but here is my 2 cents... Try a small stream, find a nice pool. there will be fish. Then tie on a nice dry, and focus on your casting, presentation and more importnatly, the drift. You will catch small trouts, but you will learn how to fly fish. If you want to fish the Bow, find a side channel, there way easier to "read". Try to go an evening, and there should be small trouts willing to take a dry. Great way to learn. Hope that helps. PS: Do not spend a lot of money buying stuff. My first trout in Alberta was caught on a 50$ combo gear and a hopper pattern...

Let me explain what I don t like about nymphing...It is damn too efficient! I was on a stream fishing cutties a few days ago. New stream, promising pools, and, in fact, it turned out that all of them were full of fish (meaning that I caught at least one fish in each). It was great. I lost some, I had refusals, miss takes...the usual stuff when your dry fly fishing. I caught a good deal of fish. Enough to not being sure how many I caught (between 10 and 20, in 3 hours of wet wading). On my way back (I usually don t fish), I met a guy fishing in one of the hole. He was actually pulling one nice cuttie out. I said hello and started to talk. He was nymphing and caught 3 more fish in that hole...I had only caught one. I asked him how was his day and told me it was stellar. Fish after fish. The point is, I am not criticizing the way people fish. But I cannot help myself thinking that in streams, nymphing is a too easy way to catch them. It is another story on the Bow, where fish are more difficult to catch, and the numbers greater. Regarding the flies, I changed my mind...I was on a Lake in BNP, and there were cutts rising everywhere (size 10 to 18 inch.). I caught several on different patterns, but I was having several refusal. Once I tied the right pattern, it was crazy! So as Silver Doctor said, at least when a hatch is happening, they can be picky. Enjoy, it is beautiful outside. Hot weather and cool water...good mix for wet wadding!

Well said! I mainly use stimmies because I love tying them, but I caught cutts on many other dry patterns as well (in fact, I think any dry pattern would work)

First fish on the dry...Nice feeling, right ? Congrat'.

Long Distance Release but I think Lost During Retrieving is the real one.

I am sorry, but when a spot is revealed, and thousands of people go for it (yet to prove...), that means LESS people elsewhere...Anglers cannot be everywhere at the same time. My point is, that for example Mitchell gives so many "secret" spots, that you do not know where to go...Too many options... I agree that if you have a lot of "secret" spots, you dont care if one is given away in a report. You just go to another one. Or you try to find a new one (for you at least). If you have olny one, obviously you get pissed off...

Nice report! And those walleyes are beauties...

I think you did!! Others (i am sure we are refering to the same readings)...I am not sure!

I have never fished for Steelhead. After those readings, that s the last think I want to do... Thank you.

Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing

I agree. I fish mainly stream holding native cutt, and I have never been controled once in the past 4 years... I have found fish in all water where I was supposed to though. I think it s encouraging, there is still good numbers outhere.

Happened to me a couple of time. Could see the sting of the previous catch... Since then, I don t fish twice the same riffle, and leave a pool after I catch 2 or 3 fish. More exploration, more new water...

Exactly my feeling... At the begining, I was amazed by the size of those tiny trouts. Then, by the size of those big cutts (and gorgeous I must add...). Anyway, great pictures, I especially love the one where you see the upper front, with the reel (and trees) as background...Really a special one... Glad you had a fun week, and thanks for your pictures !!

Thanks Rick, great story! It s all what I am looking for when I fish. I love the fact that in the rockies you can find almost new water. The feelinf of discovering new water....unique. And it takes some guts to leave fish to find fish. That s why people usually go to the same spot, day after day. It produces, why would they change ? Anyway, thanks for sharing...

Sorry for you loss. The pics are amazing, thanks for sharing.