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Done...Giver' Time...Shel' Come... Cheers...Jeff..

Wicked, wicked Pics man!!...Thanx!!!... Cheers...Jeff..

The old Okuma Magnitude reel (Can find er' on Ebay) Is awesome, the G-Loomis Venture is a great reel!!...And S.A Cheap lines are super, I Swear by that cheap ass line, Maxwell turned me on to it....All a fantastic bang for your Buck!!....Keeper' cheap, more money for gas, food, beer and supply's.... Cheers...Jeff..

That about sums it up....Very well said, Silver.... Cheers...Jeff..

That Great style of jacket also helps my buddy catch nice fish!!!...

Totally awesome!!!...Thanx for posting!! Cheers...Jeff..

At the 3rd lake we witnessed some Brookies zippin around close to the outlet, And witnessed a good many in the outlet Creek, Just little gaffers, Staging for spawn Im thinkin....That is an amazing place... ...Lookin forward to what lyes ahead, farther down the trail, for next year.. Cheers...Jeff..

Good stuff, Gary!!...Maybe I should have fished with ya on the Bow yesterday, rather than havin a super slow day on the Crow (love that little river).....Maybe the Bow, on my next days off, in two weeks, weather pending..... Cheers...Jeff..

The Larches were super cool....There were a few photographers up there that day, shooting pics of the Larches, they said they were extremely happy with the conditions, and were absolute Larch Nuts!!...

In the Fall, Dekkard and I went lookin for a trail head, for next summer, and to figure out how much time was needed to make the hike in and out, might be an overnighter or two....We found the trail head, and had some time to kill, so on the way back we did the loop around 3 lakes...The lakes are closed to angling, but heard there was a few Brookies in them.....It was an awesome weather wise day, could not have asked for better weather, as it had snowed and rained all 3 days prior to our hike up.....Glad we decided to make the effort to have a look...Here are some shots from that day.... Cheers...Jeff..

When fishin still waters, people cruise by in a boat, watch ya catch a fish, double back, drop anchor within casting distance, and pretend they don't see you on shore.....Gets me a little fired up!!.It's actually kinda funny .. Another thing that gets me, is when people follow me around at Bullshead, and make no attempt to strike up a conversation... .....

Thats a cool shot, you can make it out as if the horse is lookin either way...neat-o... I would say, lookin toward... ??

Hi Gio, Yes the petition will be recognized, I looked into it....It's all good.... Cheers...Jeff..

Merry Christmas, everyone!!! Cheers...Jeff..

Hi All, I fricked up, on the above info on the Upper K Lake... Sorry... **Edit**...The last time the Upper lake was stocked with Bows was in 2002... 25,100 were stocked at 23cm. Cheers...Jeff.. Some more info below... This summer, a creel survey was conducted on Upper Kananaskis Lake. The key findings were: the catch rate was 1.0 fish/hour, which is over 7 times higher than it was in 1983 when only rainbow trout were being stocked cutthroat trout comprised 95% of the catch most (94%) of the harvested cutthroat trout had a clipped adipose fin, which means that they were from the batch of 13,900 large (30 cm) cutthroat trout stocked this June.

Hi fish4trout...There will be No more stocking of Rainbows in the upper or lower Lakes...As to trying to get the lakes back to the native species, Cutts and Bulls....However, I don't think the Lower lake will get be back to native, due to the successfulness of the The self sustaining Rainbows that reproduce in the Lower Lake... The last time the Upper lake was stocked with Bows was in 2000... 26,700 were stocked at 23cm. The last time the Lower Lake was stocked with Bows was 1988...In July 194 Bows were stocked at 62.5cm.. and in Aug 1988 there was 20,000 stocked at 16cm. Cheers...Jeff..

For more information on this topic, also see original thread... http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?...c=14177&hl=

Hi Dave, Thank-you for your concern, no offence taken at all....It Brings up a good point...Just to let everyone know, ASRD is aware of the petition, and we have had total support from them, along with their revision of the petition... Thank-you all for you support and concerns for this fishery....Jeff & Jake... New Proposed Regulations Poster

Hi Fellow Fishers...To make things easier, And to help out, I made up a online petition, As Jake only has dial up internet where he lives, tucked back in the awesome Hills....A Thanx to Harps, from the board for sending me the link to the online petition site... Below, From Jake Gotta...(dekkard).. From dekkard- "Hello All. I attended the Prairies and Southern Rockies Area Joint Roundtable this past Wednesday. Some good topics were discussed and good presentations made by members of ASRD. The Bow River was mentioned along with the dwindling population of the Westslope Cutthroat Trout. 'This species has been identified as Threatened by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). It is currently being considered for listing under the federal Species At Risk Act (SARA).' But that should be mentioned under another thread. It is bothersome though. I love cuttys. The proposed regulation changes that I brought up here on FFC was brought up in the meeting and that is what I would like to discuss in this topic. Some of you have helped me with my previous petition for making a regulation change and I am asking for your help again if you wish. The current regulations for the Upper and Lower Kananaskis lakes are: 'Open all year-Trout (except bull trout) limit 3; Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout over 30 cm; Bait Ban.' We feel that these lakes have the potential to provide quality fisheries. To that end, we are proposing that the following regulations be implemented, so as to permit quality fisheries to develop: "Open all year-Trout (except bull trout) limit 1; Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout over 50 cm; Bait Ban." Some of the issues we are faced with are that: Catchable-sized (20-30 cm) Cutthroat Trout are being stocked in both Kananaskis Lakes. Many stocked fish are being harvested shortly after stocking. Current size limit provides no protection for spawners. Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout can grow to a very large size and provide a quality fishery, if allowed to live long enough. I know there are a lot of opinions on what should be done, but we think this is a good route. If you have any other ideas or suggestions please let me know here or send me a pm. Again, I have petitions at several locations in Calgary. I have petitions at Southbow, Wholesale Sports, and Fish Tales. If you have a group of people interested in this I can send you a petition via email. Just pm me the details and I will get one to you and then you can mail it back to me. Thanks again to people like Mike at Southbow...Dave, Terry, and Nancy at Fish Tales...and of course Tyler down at Wholesale. I appreciate all your help. Beedhead may also try and paste an attachment to show you guys what is going on in a little more depth. Oh yeah, thanks to the folks down at SRD and Trout Unlimited." The Proposed Petition/new regs. below...Click on the link at the bottom, if you would would like to sign the petition... ... Cheers... Jake & Jeff.. To: Alberta Sustainable Resource Development The current regulations for the Upper and Lower Kananaskis lakes are: "Open all year-Trout (except bull trout) limit 3; Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout over 30 cm; Bait Ban." We feel that these lakes have the potential to provide QUALITY FISHERIES, provided that the fish are allowed to live long enough. To that end, we are proposing that the following regulations be implemented, so as to permit QUALITY FISHERIES to develop: "Open all year-Trout (except bull trout) limit 1; Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout over 50 cm; Bait Ban." Some of the issues we are faced with are that: Catchable-sized (20-30 cm) Cutthroat Trout are being stocked in both Kananaskis Lakes. Many stocked fish are being harvested shortly after stocking. Current size limit provides no protection for spawners. Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout can grow to a very large size (> 70 cm) and live to up to 11 years in the Kananaskis Lakes. For these reasons, we feel that Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes provide the best opportunity for creation of readily accessible QUALITY FISHERIES in the area west of Calgary. This initiative would support SRD's commitment to develop more quality stocked trout fisheries in Alberta, following a survey which showed strong angler support for the development of more quality stocked trout fisheries in Alberta. Thank you so much for your time. Link to Petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/dekkbeed/petition.html

p.m. dekkard, he can get you in contact with Guy Woods, Guy could probably steer you in the right direction.....Not a very good idea to start enhancing stream beds, or bucketing Browns without permition...

Right on!!...Nice Browns... Cheers...Jeff..

Met Dryfly and adc, at Bullshead, with us planning bein out on the water in pontoons , No waders, cleaned the cab of my truck the day before, forgot to put them back in....Wet pontooned that day in the Fall....

Test, what test??? ....I love the chicks on the Moldy Chum site.....WoooHooo!! http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/category/chicks