Hatches

[fishstix]

Last season i fished north of Calgary a lot. I was witness to three wonderful hatches. Heres a short video of one of them showing a storm of salmonflies.http://www.youtube.com/user/rrrbbbtg?feature=mhum
You may have to expand the screen to see the bugs.(thanks low res camera) It was as if all the big fish in there were eating. I caught none under 16 inches. I wont say what the biggest was, but trust a guy who fishes...there were a few that i barely fit in my net. Not bad considering on this small creek most days a 16-17 inch brown is enough to satisfy my brownie craveing.
http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad11/ryanb_71/DSCF4588.jpg
This picture was taken a week before the video was shot..Oh and ya, this day was a personal best on this creek.

I cant wait for the hatches to start.

Chompin' at the bit...

Fishstix!!

[Dust1n]

looks like theres already a hatch lol. but nice caddis larvae and stonefly im still looking for ope water down the southern way..

[chubbdarter]

one of my favorite bugs
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[jts1]

Hey Chub would you toss together a box of your bugs for me? For a price of course....

[chubbdarter]

Hey Chub would you toss together a box of your bugs for me? For a price of course....
pm me your addy....cant charge then it is a job..i'll send you a few.

[fishstix]

Chub...look out. i think you're infested!

[chubbdarter]

Chub...look out. i think you're infested!

got a bottle of crab shampoo from high school...does it expire?...lol

[npauls]

You are a tying machine Darter. I can't wait to have my little tying office set up hopefully by the end of the week and then can learn to tie some of them bad boys.

I was on the crow last week and noticed that the stone fly nymphs were only about half the size of the one in the picture. I tried downsizing to my smallest stonefly and didn't get touched. Went through the normal princes, hares ear, and pheasant tails also with nothing.

[chubbdarter]

You are a tying machine Darter. I can't wait to have my little tying office set up hopefully by the end of the week and then can learn to tie some of them bad boys.

I was on the crow last week and noticed that the stone fly nymphs were only about half the size of the one in the picture. I tried downsizing to my smallest stonefly and didn't get touched. Went through the normal princes, hares ear, and pheasant tails also with nothing.

Yours are on their way....the smallest flash back is a Crow special

Sorry for the hi jack Stix

[npauls]

Thanks Darter,

I am looking forward to trying them out to see how they work out for me.