RedDeer River Report 02/08/2011-Stonefly Massacre (pics)

[Dust1n]

Decent Day At The RDR.

Hatches: Golden Stones,PMD's.no hoppers...
Conditions:Partly Cloudy Sky, Water was Fishable in someplaces and other places crystal clear.

Flies/Techque:Bright Flies in orange,white,yellow/stimmies,pencil bugs size 12.,daves hopper. Constently stripping it in on i cast it down stream.
the mooneye takes it on the strip and the goldeye on the swing.

after 4 hours of stocking browns with only one spotted and spooked after a guy through a stick in the water for his dog i found a realy sick spot for Monster mooneye.
first cast a monster mooneye and soo on. then they stopped biteing and its all small guys. i thought it was a goldeye untill i checked out my pics. only one goldeye and about 75 mooneye.
i caught a glimpse of a real salmonfly alive in a cobweb and rescued it.
lots of stoneshucks around i seen well over 100 of them. the most shucks were in the middle of the river beside the bridge.
anyway had a good time and cant belive i only caught one goldeye. lots of junk in the river including a motor beer cans, smokes you name it.
Never seen any whitefish or suckers either. Tons of stuff rising at the new honey hole.

Some guy on a tube said its funner when you get a bunch of chicks and float down...goto try it tommrow!

My pics will be up when photobucket it dont uploading it.

[TheFishHunter]

Look forward to seeing them. Is the red still high and murky?

[Dust1n]

its shallow and very clear In Most Parts. But the deep holes wernt so clear.
Lots of people came and left from being skunked though.
Pics are on facebook but just waiting for photobucket so i can transfer photos

[Steven Noel]

A general location of how high or low on the big red?

[chubbdarter]

its shallow and very clear In Most Parts. But the deep holes wernt so clear.
Lots of people came and left from being skunked though.
Pics are on facebook but just waiting for photobucket so i can transfer photos


i hope you took pics of the Salmon fly

[Dust1n]

A general location of how high or low on the big red?

Its Low in the city section and gets shallower the father out you walk(kinda weird). If you want you can come and fish with me and get some mooneye/goldeye on the fly

I got a video of the RDR condtions for fishing comming up

[Steven Noel]

Its Low in the city section and gets shallower the father out you walk(kinda weird). If you want you can come and fish with me and get some mooneye/goldeye on the fly

I'd be inclined to as I've been meaning to hit Mooneye and Goldeye on the fly and I appreciate the offer but I'm one river to the North and booked solid until school starts back up. :sign0161:

[Dust1n]

i hope you took pics of the Salmon fly

Ya i did why? i also got videos of him!
it seems i just missed a huge stonefly hatch. well better luck nextyear

[chubbdarter]

Ya i did why? i also got videos of him!
it seems i just missed a huge stonefly hatch. well better luck nextyear


never seen a RDR salmon fly before..just curious

[Dust1n]

never seen a RDR salmon fly before..just curious

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/EliteFisherman/081.jpg

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[Dust1n]

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I did take this mooneye home and ate it too bad it had a table spoon of meat...

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[TheFishHunter]

I love the pics of the salmon fly and stone fly. Absolutely awesome photos..

[Dust1n]

The Rises

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXH6QXn5rY

The Fishing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKQo4nIHcdo

PS: If you look closly on the right hand side as the video starts you can see another rise.

The Conditions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV3k-pnIe5Q

The Hatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbSQ1X2J-js

[Dust1n]

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[Dust1n]

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[Dust1n]

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/EliteFisherman/147.jpg

BIG GAME HUNTERS PIKE
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[BeeGuy]

Great pics.

Did you get any of the adults??

How big were the larvae? About an inch?

[Dust1n]

yeah they were up i just moved them

[Dust1n]

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[Dust1n]

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[Dust1n]

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[chubbdarter]

great pics, young man
I was hoping the salmon flies would be the adults with the salmon colored bodies(bright orange)....i rarely see them anymore

thanks for posting

[Dust1n]

thats not an adult salmonfly?

[chubbdarter]

thats not an adult salmonfly?

it certainly is a adult stonefly...im no bug expert but i was taught on the Crow that a salmon fly had a bright orange belly. There is many species of stoneflys.
I stopped fishing the Crow as it became too too crowded and i found much better waters to fish....so i havent seen a orange bellied Salmon fly in a long time. Funny i still tie a big orange salmon fly with rubber legs and it works to imitate all the species.
Like i said im no bug expert, thats just what i was taught in my younger days......way way before you were born

Again...great pics young man....you prove everyday you are a very good fisherman

[chubbdarter]

FH7...your mail box is full...so i'll answer here.

I can do that no problem...remind me tomorrow cam is charging right now

[Dust1n]

FH7...your mail box is full...so i'll answer here.

I can do that no problem...remind me tomorrow cam is charging right now

dont worry about it im leaving for the ram falls early.
thanks

[Alberta Bigbore]

Nice pics. Driving over the red deer today... the water sure looked tempting to try a little fishing

[BobLoblaw]

Great pics, FH7.
Some really nice bug macros; I like 'em.:)

[greylynx]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but is the golden stonefly hatch a little late on Red Deer River this year.?

As for the Salmonfly hatch. Is that usually around the end of June on the Red Deer River?

If the hatches are late, that means more good things to crawl and emerge.:sHa_shakeshout:

[Dust1n]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but is the golden stonefly hatch a little late on Red Deer River this year.?

As for the Salmonfly hatch. Is that usually around the end of June on the Red Deer River?

If the hatches are late, that means more good things to crawl and emerge.:sHa_shakeshout:

oh its more then then a little late. the thing is the day before or ealer that morning must have been one hell of a hatch there was shucks everywhere if you looked on the bank and lots on the bridges. more and more the farther you went towards the middle.

[BeeGuy]

Was on the sheep this evening and saw those same nymph husks. A couple days old mind you, and no fresh adults to be seen.

[jkind]

I caught my first and only rainbow in the RDR at that exact same spot...about 20 years ago.

[chubbdarter]

thats not an adult salmonfly?


Sorry for the late reply to your post and pm....old men just forget
Here is my adult salmon imitation

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[Dust1n]

Sorry for the late reply to your post and pm....old men just forget
Here is my adult salmon imitation

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt154/azzrocket2/016-9.jpg
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thanks chubbs ill tie some up after BC and ill see if they work hopefully i can tie something half as good as that

[chubbdarter]

You'll be able to just fine......foam flies are like lego blocks..lol
if you want some samples to get a closer look..pm me addy ..i'll send you a couple to copy

[Dust1n]

You'll be able to just fine......foam flies are like lego blocks..lol
if you want some samples to get a closer look..pm me addy ..i'll send you a couple to copy

thanks chubbs i sent the PM

[chubbdarter]

thanks chubbs i sent the PM

Fishhunter....a friend of yours i believe...assasin something wanted some flies too but he gave me the wrong addy and they came back....i deleted all my old pm's.....you know who im talking about?

[Dust1n]

Fishhunter....a friend of yours i believe...assasin something wanted some flies too but he gave me the wrong addy and they came back....i deleted all my old pm's.....you know who im talking about?

Ya i told him to send you another adddress.

[chubbdarter]

Ya i told him to send you another adddress.

TY....both go out in mondays mail run

[Dust1n]

TY....both go out in mondays mail run

Alright thanks again chubbs

[Daceminnow]

some real nice bug shots here Dustin. must have missed this thread while i was away. nice. thanks.

Dace