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Fishing in the early morning mist for Pink Salmon while a pod of Orca work the fish out in the strait. We could hear the whales all the time and occasionally when the mist lifted we were able to see them.
A nice sea run cuttie off the beach
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Passing Time, while waiting for the salmon to show
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Beauty
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Great shots. I really enjoy seeing your pic's!
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Happy birthday Brian, have a great day!
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Happy birthday Murry, have a great day!
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Wow Rob, awesome!
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Thanks Lornce
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A couple more pic's of a great day at Bullshead sharing some laughs!
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My condolences to his family and friends. Rest in peace, you will be missed!
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Happy birthday Lornce, have a great day
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Here are a few more pictures of my good friend Jeff. He worked on the rigs and was also an avid photographer.
Here is a pic from the show (License to Drill)
More Bullshead
It was hard to put the camera down as he seemed to always have a fish on!
His love of K Lakes and it's Bull Trout
His love of photography
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Jeff Wilson
From Myth 1228 (Shane)
It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of our great friend and fishing buddy, Jeff Wilson, better known to many as beedhead. Jeff passed away on Tuesday, February 24 – he was 41 years old. Anybody that knew Jeff knew that he had 2 passions in life: 1) his daughters 2) fly fishing. Okay, make that 3 passions: 3) talking on the phone for mind blowingly long periods of time! Haha.
I met Jeff 11 years ago when I was 18 years old at, what was then, an absolutely unknown southern Alberta pothole lake called Bullshead. I was brand new to flyfishing and couldn’t catch a cold, let alone a fish, and every day I would watch this guy with bleach blonde hair stand on the culvert to Golden Pond and catch fish after fish after fish. After a while this guy with the bleached hair had a bit of sympathy for the guy who was spending more time with a hook stuck in his back than in the water, and so our friendship began. Jeff was a lifelong rig worker, so he was on breakup during the spring; I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, so I figured I may as well fish every day in the meantime. That first year Jeff and I fished together a minimum of 5 days per week for 3 months straight (and continued to do so for years thereafter). BH was still an unfamiliar lake at that time...I believe it was the year before the QSF regs came out, so every day was a new adventure as we would explore new portions of the lake, always trying to find that secret spot that held all the hogs. Jeff drove an old 70 something Ford at the time and you could start to hear him pulling in when he was a good 5km from the lake. Jeff passed on more fishing knowledge to me than I could even begin to describe.
I could honestly write an entire book on the crazy fishing trips that we have had over the years, many involving people from this board, but I’ll leave those for another post. Jeff absolutely loved to fish, and he was the best angler that I’ve ever known. Though his methods were anything but traditional (and mine too, as a result of his teaching), Jeff could seemingly outfish any person on any water body at any time. I have no idea what kind of fishing magic he had running through his veins, but you could be using the exact same fly, set to the exact same depth, casted within 6” of his rig, and he would STILL out fish you 5 to 1...it was crazy.
I introduced Jeff to what was then the Flyfish Alberta forums back in.....oh, what must have been 2005 or so....man did he love the forums! The day he registered on FFA was the day my name ceased to be Shane...I honestly don’t think he’s called me by my name for the past 10 years. Every conversation started the same: “Mythcast, beed here!” FFA, and later FFC, became huge assets to Jeff, and he to them. It was on these forums that he was able to cultivate more friendships than I could even count – I’m sure he’s fished with more guys from this forum than anybody else. It was on these forums that he passed on an immeasurable amount of knowledge of Bullshead to others. It was on these forums that he posted incredible photo journals of his fishing adventures from around the province, and it was on these forums that he found support for his stewardship initiatives, including various projects and fish rescues at Bullshead, as well as the project he was most proud of – having the regulations changed to a more QSF standard at K-Lakes.
Like I said, I could go on and on and on of stories and anecdotes from over the years, so I guess I’ll close with this. Jeff was a great friend...one of the best friends I’ve ever had. I honestly can’t recall a single time that I’ve spoken to him over the past 7 years where he didn’t tell me how proud he was of me for digging in and working towards the career I chose to pursue. He made it a point to say this every time we talked. That’s what was so great about Jeff – he legitimately wanted to see those around him succeed. Jeff will always be remembered, first and foremost, as an amazing friend and father. He will also be remembered as a true steward of Alberta’s fisheries (he was working on yet another project that was looking like it was going to be a huge success at the time of his passing). So, with that being said, let me close with this: Keep a strain on er’ buddy! It’s always time for Miller Time (even though we all know it was always Old Mil in your cooler!).
From GGP (Gary):
I didn’t want to change a thing in Shane’s tribute to our friend, Jeff. He spoke so well about him that I really can’t add too much more. Jeff had a genuine love for fly fishing and the outdoors. We met at Bullshead about 10 years ago and became very good friends. He worked tirelessly for protecting our waters….particularly Kananaskis Lakes and Bullshead Lake, Bullshead, being his baby. A few years ago he set about to return fish to the lake that had spilled over the dam to the creek below…it was a huge challenge...to that end he approached the landowner and appropriate regulators for permits to do the work. He was able to return many fish to the lake. Jeff was already hard at work trying to obtain permits to do it again this Spring. Through his efforts he was able to obtain the help of many members of this forum.
His passing has left a big void. Rest in peace, my friend. You will always be missed.
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see followup post re Jeff Wilson
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I hope you have a great day!!!
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Outstanding, each and everyone of them!
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Thanks guy's.
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Man alive, Gary - that thing is just on another level. Deserves to be framed and displayed!
Thanks Shane.
Thanks fishinglivin.
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Thanks Murray.
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A little something for anyone considering a trip to the coast in search of sea run cutts. Over the years I have fished many different patterns on Vancouver Island when pursuing cutties and they all produced at one time or another, however since seeing dabblers for the first time on another forum they just cried Sea Run Cuts. They have out produced any other fly in my box when it comes to cuts. For anyone who may be interested Davie Mcphail has a great video on how to tie them. Here is a pic of one that I use on the coast.
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Thanks guy's. The squirrel and the nut hatch were last week and the deer were yesterday.
A Few Pic's From This Summer
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Thanks guy's. Yeah they left us plenty of fish.