ladystrange

beautiful, absolutly beautiful. my sides hurt.

portland you say... i'm going to portland tomorrow. if i can't find it there, i have a few friends at wholesale and russell's, i'll see if they have it. nice to know a few people have the book. no, i'm not sure what i am looking for exactly. something interesting and unique for the fly swap but also useful. it's nice to have pretty, better to have useful. there is an excellent rock and gem store here in north vancouver, so ultimately i would like to have the book before i head back to calgary because they have an amazing selection. i'll let everyone know. thanks again

COOL!!! thanks for sharing

ok, i'm sorry

damn someone stole my ice fishing idea... calgary traffic is not that bad... i have never been to this event before, nice to hear it isnt downtown. although i live on the exact opposite side of the city. i could almost use a hotel night for the journey. lol

yes it is for the fly swap, i saw this book over a year ago at a bead specialty store of all places, hindsight is 20/20, i didn't get it at the time... i have looked all over vancouver for it to no avail. even the library didn't have it and the only copy in bc is in the okanagan library system. i will try calgary when i get back. i did find it on amazon, but would rather get it locally. if anyone has a copy or wouldn't mind letting me borrow it, i would be greatly appreciative.

um dutch... i assume you know there are bait bans in most of the rivers?!? my regs are in the truck and i don't feel like looking for them, but i know for sure there is a bait ban including worms in the carbondale. it is also catch and release only from sept 1 to oct 31. besides, fishing with critters is not fly fishing, you might as well bring a spinning rod, a 6 pack and just chuck hardware into a stocked lake with your critters. sorry for being a little bitchy about this but really, the rules are there for a reason, it is spawning time for the bulls and browns. although they have been stressed because of the heat. the rivers in the south have not had a lot of pressure in the last bit because of the fire ban and area closure. but please respect our rules as we have to, leave your worms and check the regs on usage of maggots on certain rivers and at certain times of the year. using means to catch fish that are specifically prohibited by the regs is just as bad as poaching, even if you throw them back. i do hope you manage to not have to cancel your trip out here, kick ur boss in the butt and tell him he's crazy.

this fly works wonderfully for cutthroat. i tie a bunch of these a year specifically for the carbondale. worked on the castle and livingstone also. tail - dark tiped deer hair body - peacock herl wing - white calf's tail brown hen hackle hook 14 or 16 dry try the gorge at the corner of the adanak road and the carbondale river. lots of bulls down deep

my incident was on the carbondale river, downstream of the adanak road and carbondale road junction and upstream of the shell rig. (the forestry road that is the back road in to hillcrest/side something or other? and blairmore, south of hwy 3, west of 507) i usually have my camera with me, good idea, i'll take pics next time. as for insurance... that's what i do no car, but the adjustors a few rows over, most shrug, they don't care as long as the premium is paid, it is up to the underwriters, and most of them don't care either.

maxwell, are you that cute in person... very jedi, but i'm with lynn on the grim reaper look instead

aww, where did you get the picture of me fishing... great flies boys

i asked the whole legal question in july to a few fish n feathers down in the carbondale area. the 5 jerk offs and their atvs and dirt bikes kept crossing the river, back and forth, we were fishing above then and it go to the point that when the dirt bike guy stalled in the river, we cheered because they all had to get off, wade in to the river and pull the dumbass out. which would have been fine except it was a 2 stroke, puking fuel/oil mix into the river. the co basically said, it all has to do with trails. as long as the riders are on a trail, they are fine. in some cases there are trails but no bridges, if there is a bridge in the area, they have to use it, because the bridge is part of the trail. they CANNOT ride up or down stream, but they can cross through a river. if they go off a trail and are caught, there are some steep fines. they seemed to more concerned about guys riding on the road away from the trails than through the rivers.

hey bill, welcome. i do a fair amount of fall/winter camping so to give you an idea, last september 16 weekend, went down to the crowsnest pass area - a little south of the rivers that Lynn mentioned, it rained the friday night, woke up to snow saturday morning, it got down to about -5 over night and didn't get over 7 during the day, sunday it was 18. i've had thanksgiving camping trips in -15 w/snow and +20 in the sun in the waiparous area. it snowed again down there the weekend of the 26th and i didn't get back down in october. winter seemed to arrive on october 20 for 2 weeks last year then went away again. including freezing rain, snow etc. you can camp at lundbreck camp site, you have close access to the forestry trunk road from blairmore, or go a little south and fish the castle river system either just before beaver mines or just after, the rivers in the valley include the carbondale, lynx, lost (be carefule of bears), gardner, or go east or north on 22 and fish the old man. or west and fish the crowsnest. lots of water down there and my favourite of the province. there was no one down there in mid sept last year and i had all the good holes to myself.

wow, that thread got hijacked quickly. i like to talk to everyone, throw down some opinion that no one wants to know about. it's more fair that way and ICK on the kids, don't have 'em, don't want 'em, certainly don't want anyone else's. Rickr, i know of a good travelling circus that might be interested in taking them...

i've had sucess with brown chenielle worm patterns and weighted tippet or sink tip, close to shore and downstream from either a washed out bank or culvert

i've always found, the more chewed up, the uglier, the more the dubbing is pulled and teased, the better it works... so go ahead and tease me all you want, 'cause i'll show you. this thing looks this bad because it has had that many fish on!! and then lend him one... right after he promises to buy the first round

i think dry. it might actually work, kind of like the light/dark deer hair 'cigarette butt' pattern.

thanks Lynn, that is the outfit i was thinking of and it must have been on tv, you know, one of those lazy winter sunday mornings and the only thing to do is watch fishing shows... it was one of those days and it was a commerical or an interview, i dont remember which, but i remember thinking what a great idea it was to have an organization like that. by the sounds of it we are up to .6% be careful guys, we are going to take over... really slowly. providing, husbands, children, work, school functions, inlaws, pets, laundry, work functions, groceries, other house work and paying the bills doesnt get in the way.

the few times i have fished the weaslehead, my fishing partner and i have been the only ones, so i guess it depends on the time of day. the last time was kind of funny, he was using a spinning rod - no idea why, something about refinishing guides and hadn't gone to pick up his fly rod or something, but anyhoo... he cast first with a squid like thing, about six casts, dont get a hit in 6 casts, move on is his mantra, so he's working the water, and i'm sitting back just watching, fully expecting him to catch something because he usually does. but nothing for him so he moved upstream a 100 ft and starts chucking his hardware again. i move to where he had been fishing and cast my god awful, creation of green and yellow maribou, sage green tinsle and yellowblack squirl hair. and cast number 3 (once i got my line out a bit) BAM!! FISH ON! i hear from behind me, like i said, 6 casts, just not my 6 casts. lol it was a nice 20inch ish pike. a little skinny though, poor thing kept trying to slide out of my hands, i ended up with pike slime and muddy silt all over me. guess u had to be there. farther down the stream is a beaver lodge and a submerged log, i've been told that both will hold fish, but it was a hot day in july so nothing else moved. as for chestermere, you can fish from shore, canoe will do. i caught my first pike on a fly there last summer from shore. i see most people chuck hardware. try under the causeway/bridge, in front of town hall but the boat launch, and the park on the northeast side of the lake. if you have a canoe, try the south east side by the private boat awnings. if you want to head out, let me know, i have wanted to get out there again, but havent had a chance since may.

so he found his left arm and leg. what a relief

mr.t is good for a laugh but i'm sure he has some sort of copyright on his image and usage i don't think i can see myself wearing a mr.t-shirt i'd like to add a thought to lundvike's design and actually have the fisherman on the bank, persenting the fly to the nice big bully rising to take it. i can't draw.

what's a net

pretty fish. way to go. goal for next summer - a bull trout

when i did have a dog, i only took him out once. great dane shepard x. great dog, short attention span. i was carburn park, ended tying him to a bench because he wouldnt sit still and kept getting under foot. on the other hand, i fish regularly (except this year due to the fire ban) in the carbondale, lynx, castle river area with a friend of mine. he has a beautiful dog and has been taking her fishing at least 150 days a year for the last 5 years. last year she was still a bit annoying as she would wander off. he still keeps her on a leash and sometimes he stands on it. this year she has been really good, not going too far and very quite, likes to try to 'kiss' the fish, so you have to be fast with the release. we use her as a bear sniffer. she alerted him to 2 this year before they could sneak up on him. i have another friend whos dog is only a year old. we floated the bow and had pulled over and she saw something and bolted in to the bushes. it took him 15 min to find her and bring her back to the boat. but another day we hit the livingstone, vicary and racehorse and she was fine on the bank. found a rotted deer head and was trying to munch on that. ick i guess it depends on where you are and the nature of the dog you have. i agree, i wouldnt take one on private land unless you know the landowners really well and they know the dog. it is all in the training, time and effort

hey ultralite, welcome. pike on the fly are fun, try the weaslehead under the foot bridge or chestermere if you have a float tube or pontoon and not a lot of time to go to some of the other lakes.