TR: Good day on the Crowsnest

Yep.......the subject line says it all. Managed to get a good day of
January fishing in today. You see, cabin fever was setting in as the
weather had been brutally cold since the day after Christmas right up
until about the 16th of January (tied about 8 dozen flies during that
period). Then, the sun came out and so did the Chinook winds. Daily
temps went from -20 to +15 and higher (that's in centigrade, don't ask
me to translate). With the warm temperatures, the snow completely melted
and the ice cleared completely from the banks of the rivers. This, and a
few days of rain, resulted in pretty murky water, so fishing had been
out for the past week. However, the water had been clearing over the
past few days, so a friend and I went to try our luck. The sun was out,
the wind was quiet, and the fish were hungry. I started out fishing a
deep hole near a steep bank. Probably about 5 casts into the day, I
hooked into about a 16" or so rainbow. Beautiful male with a thick body
and dark red flash down the sides. The second fish came about 10 or 15
minutes later, and was a solid whitefish. Moved up the rive and fished
for an hour or so without a bite, then, in the space of of about an hour
or so, I was able to land three nice rainbows from a deep pool. These
also ranged in size from 16 - 18" or so. After a while, we fished our
way upstream, and finished the day with another rainbow from the tail
out of deep pool. The fish were really beautiful. Their backs were a
deep olive, and they all had red stripes along the sides, both male and
female. All were in excellent condition. The weather was excellent.

I fished the whole day with the same nymphing rig: a cork indicator
followed by about 5 - 6 feet of leader, a single split-shot for weight,
a heavy wire-bodied bead head San Juan worm (size 10), and a size 18 RS2
dropper teid through the eye of the worm with about 12" of 5X tippet.
Caught all the fish on the RS2. It amazes me that these large trout will
take the effort to eat something that represents such a small food item.
You would hardly think it was worth it to them. But, I am glad they did.

Tim Lysyk

"Tim Lysyk" wrote in message
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Yep.......the subject line says it all. Managed to get a good day of
January fishing in today. You see, cabin fever was setting in as the
weather had been brutally cold since the day after Christmas right up
until about the 16th of January (tied about 8 dozen flies during that
period). Then, the sun came out and so did the Chinook winds. Daily
temps went from -20 to +15 and higher (that's in centigrade, don't ask
me to translate). With the warm temperatures, the snow completely melted
and the ice cleared completely from the banks of the rivers.

----------Anipped because I am envious-----------
Damn it Tim, nice TR but I need pictures dude! Buy yourself one of those
really nifty digital cameras and take some pictures for the rest of us. It
sounded like a great time - thanks for sharing, I really needed it!

Chris

Padishar Creel wrote:
----------Anipped because I am envious-----------
Damn it Tim, nice TR but I need pictures dude! Buy yourself one of those
really nifty digital cameras and take some pictures for the rest of us. It
sounded like a great time - thanks for sharing, I really needed it!

Chris


I have a digital camera. I don't carry it fishing with me. For some
reason, I don't like to take pictures while I fish (or at any other time
really). Fortunately for me, I often fish with a guy is is obsessed
with photography, and he has taken many nice pictures of me holding fish.

Tim Lysyk

"Tim Lysyk" wrote


.. Fortunately for me, I often fish with a guy is is obsessed
with photography, and he has taken many nice pictures of me holding fish.


i know what you mean, but there are few other types of images that grow
more boring than those of backlit shots of humans holding fish.

wayno

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:46:59 GMT, "Wayne Harrison"
wrote:


"Tim Lysyk" wrote


. Fortunately for me, I often fish with a guy is is obsessed
with photography, and he has taken many nice pictures of me holding fish.


i know what you mean, but there are few other types of images that grow
more boring than those of backlit shots of humans holding fish.

wayno

Unless you're the guy with the fish.

Peter

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Wayne Harrison wrote:

...... there are few other types of images that grow
more boring than those of backlit shots of humans holding fish.

Few? FEW!?

Name ONE.

Hell, even snapshots of red wrinkled newborns ain't in it.....

JR

"JR" wrote in message
...
Wayne Harrison wrote:

...... there are few other types of images that grow
more boring than those of backlit shots of humans holding fish.

Few? FEW!?

Name ONE.

Hell, even snapshots of red wrinkled newborns ain't in it.....

JR

no doubt about it, jr; but when they turn about 15, ain't they purty?

yfitons
wayno

Wayne Harrison wrote:

...... there are few other types of images that grow

more boring than those of backlit shots of humans holding fish.

Not when a) you are the one holding the fish and b) the trout are a
decent size, unlike the undersized lower case fish one sees in the old
north state.

Tim Lysyk

"JR" wrote in message
...
Wayne Harrison wrote:

...... there are few other types of images that grow
more boring than those of backlit shots of humans holding fish.

Few? FEW!?

Name ONE.

Hell, even snapshots of red wrinkled newborns ain't in it.....

Hm.....

Cars. Distant specks reputed to be birds, deer, elk, beavers, cars, etc.
The old driveway/the new driveway. The not so vaguely disturbing mass
identified as "Junior with his/her first birthday cake". Grandma
with/without her new teeth. The photographer in the mirror with his/her new
camera. Grandma looking "natural" in her new coffin......

Wolfgang
who could go on.

"Tim Lysyk" wrote

I fished the whole day with the same nymphing rig: a cork indicator
followed by about 5 - 6 feet of leader, a single split-shot for weight, a
heavy wire-bodied bead head San Juan worm (size 10), and a size 18 RS2
dropper teid through the eye of the worm with about 12" of 5X tippet.
Caught all the fish on the RS2. It amazes me that these large trout will
take the effort to eat something that represents such a small food item.
You would hardly think it was worth it to them. But, I am glad they did.

Tim Lysyk

Thanks for the report. I've been waiting to get down to the local river to
fish EXACTLY the same rig and flies, it's a past proven combo this time of
year ... but we've had a enough rain that the river is very muddy and I'm
stuck just reading about your adventures. Thanks again