TR: Getting an education on the Crowsnest (very long)

Big Dale wrote:

Thanks for the great trip report and the pictures.

Glad you enjoyed them.

It is always good to see a
fellow Texan wet wading in a beautiful spot. I think our friend Rdean would
agree also.

It sounds like he had some similar fun in Colorado recently.

But I don't think he's following this thread. He's too busy playing
"I know what you are but what am I" with Wolfgang. :-)


Chuck Vance

Tim J. wrote:

It's always great to learn stuff as you go. It sounds like this water was a LOT
different than the streams you're used to fishing in Texas, so fast education is
essential. Nice TR, Chuck.

Thanks, Tim. Ironically, the spot on the Crow where I had the best
luck looked quite a bit like my new favorite spot on the Pedernales River:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/frank05.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/pedernales01.jpg

But the behavior of the fish was quite a bit different (obviously).
I was a bit concerned that I might not "get it", and that I would be
lucky to catch much of anything. I had thought about booking a guide
and Tim Lysk had graciously offered to meet me and show me around, but
my fishing times were unpredictable what with meeting with SWMBO's
family and friends, so I just hoped for the best.

Thankfully, the fish cooperated, and I paid attention to what they
were telling me. (And that was to fish the same types of spots that I
would have in a warmwater stream, keep the casts short, reflexes ready
and use a #16 Adams, dammit. :-)


Chuck Vance

On 8/9/04 12:28 PM, in article , "Conan the
Librarian" wrote:

ROFFians,

I just returned from a wonderful trip to the Crowsnest Pass and
environs. We went there for SWMBO's high school reunion and I took the
opportunity to educate myself on the trout in the Crowsnest River.

snip

Very nice, Chuck. Beautiful words and pictures. And I *love* parachute
Adams. Got a nice rising brown on Saturday on one in fact!

Bill

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 11:28:50 -0500, Conan the Librarian
wrote:

[neat trip snipped]


Chuck Vance (totally hooked on this stuff)


Ummm, Chuck, how can I put this diplomatically -- us Canuckistannis
weren't in favour of making the Crow too known to the rapacious hordes
south of the border (especially to Willi, the fish vacuum and Frank
jr., the water displacement device). I'd appreciate a retraction
stating that the weather was horrible, the river the consistancy of
chocolate milk, the locals were miserable, the food was bad, and they
didn't even sell decent booze and/or smokes. And above all, THERE
WERE NO FISH!!!! It was all an evil plot by us devious Canuckistannis
to separate gullible 'mericuns from their Yankee dollars, since of
course, none of us up here make a decent living using our play money.

BTW, glad you and the missus had a good time but don't tell anybody.

Peter

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