(Update) 40 Kms Through Remote Country To Find These (pics)

finsnfeathers · #1 07-05-2012, 05:17 PM

Bows...July 4.

Xiph0id · #2 07-05-2012, 05:22 PM

Where?

Alberta Bigbore · #3 07-05-2012, 05:51 PM

Gratz on some nice pics and fish!

crosbyfan123 · #4 07-05-2012, 06:12 PM

Or you can go 40km from edmonton and go to muir to catch the same or bigger just sayin depends on the person i guess.

Eddy62 · #5 07-05-2012, 06:13 PM

beauty fish my friend congrats...i think i even would keep that spot to myself lol....................................later

BeeGuy · #6 07-05-2012, 06:17 PM

nice pics

reminds me of BC

TROLLER · #7 07-05-2012, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xiph0id

where?

bwaaaaaahahahahaha yeah right lol

pickrel pat · #8 07-05-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by crosbyfan123

Or you can go 40km from edmonton and go to muir to catch the same or bigger just sayin depends on the person i guess.

going to a pothole 20 minutes out of edmonton isnt the same. he needed his wilderness/beautiful scenery/natural fish fix.

Rick. · #9 07-05-2012, 06:32 PM

Top notch. Some people don't get it. Rick.

crosbyfan123 · #10 07-05-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pickrel pat

going to a pothole 20 minutes out of edmonton isnt the same. he needed his wilderness/beautiful scenery/natural fish fix.

I know amd understand but im just saying the same quality can be produced closer.

Happy days.

BGSH · #11 07-05-2012, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TROLLER

bwaaaaaahahahahaha yeah right lol

Yeah right what?

huntin'fool · #12 07-05-2012, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeGuy

nice pics

reminds me of BC

I agree, arid soil pine stand. BC.

Ps Bee, love your new sig...did the sucker sneeze when you landed it??

Garry B · #13 07-05-2012, 07:56 PM

Sweet pics. Must have been fun.

tacklerunner · #14 07-05-2012, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeGuy

nice pics

reminds me of BC

Me 3.

Bhflyfisher · #15 07-05-2012, 08:07 PM

I know where you were.... haha nice fish, im itching to get in there too.

FishingFrenzy · #16 07-05-2012, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by crosbyfan123

Or you can go 40km from edmonton and go to muir to catch the same or bigger just sayin depends on the person i guess.

Way to be an arsehole.

To the OP, NICE FISH. Half of fishing is the fun had finding the water. Can't wait to hit a remote foothills/mountain honey hole on august long.

Badback · #17 07-05-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by huntin'fool

i agree, arid soil pine stand. Bc.

Ps bee, love your new sig...did the sucker sneeze when you landed it??

x 2
x 2

deanmc · #18 07-05-2012, 08:35 PM

Thanks for the pics.Cool rainbows and nice spot too.

No wonder people hesitate to put their pics on here. Always a jerk or two waiting to show that no brains are required to bang on a keyboard.

fishdude17 · #19 07-05-2012, 08:45 PM

Great pics and awesome fish! Thanks for sharing!

crosbyfan123 · #20 07-05-2012, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by deanmc

Thanks for the pics.Cool rainbows and nice spot too.

No wonder people hesitate to put their pics on here. Always a jerk or two waiting to show that no brains are required to bang on a keyboard.

I was just simply stating incase he didnt know and he wants to go closer next time no need to get hurt.

BobLoblaw · #21 07-05-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by crosbyfan123

I was just simply stating incase he didnt know and he wants to go closer next time no need to get hurt.

I didn't realize that Muir was so close to AIRDRIE (the original posters location).

Nice 'bows, Fins; looks like fun.

mxer117 · #22 07-05-2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Xiph0id

Where?

haha!

crosbyfan123 · #23 07-05-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BobLoblaw

I didn't realize that Muir was so close to AIRDRIE (the original posters location).

Nice 'bows, Fins; looks like fun.

Sorry i dont have gps on everyones location just trying to help out.

finsnfeathers · #24 07-05-2012, 10:13 PM

Sorry for the lack of info on my OP. Generally i post little on here, as it resembles hanging your vitals on a wire at 50 yards at a gun range and handing all onlookers 12 ga. beretta's. I'm near Alexis Creek, BC, as i took on a contract for 3 wks at a 760,000 acre ranch for a well to do rancher. I'm over 100 kms from the closest retail grocer, and in this country a white guy is considered a "honky". I knew i was going to a land of lakes and streams, so i packed along a flyrod. Not just any flyrod, but my wife's. Also, her box of exquisite flys. You see, she died of breast cancer at the young age of 48, Jan. 4, just 6 months ago to the day those photos on July 4, were taken. Call me sentimental. Her rod, a TFO, 6 wt., rigged with 6 lb. tippet, just as she had left it.

An elder native ranch worker promised to take me to a lake where nobody ventured, (40 kms of bad road, the last 3, daring), where action was terrific, with bow's taken at 11 lbs. His word was golden. Unfortunately, the 6 lb. gave way to 3 of the bigger fish in their first hit and belly roll, and i lost 3 of her flys. I can almost here her scolding me now.

We pulled in over a dozen....if i'd had the mind to take a sinking line and some weights for my streamers, I think we'd have hit nicer fish, but again, the 6 lb tippet wouldn't have topped them. We/I was out for adventure, and it was bountiful. As one poster pointed out, adventure isn't for everyone, just hit up the crowded lakes around edm. Bigger fish surely wouldn't have meant more fun for me, nor my native buddy.

I post here for the expert fishermen/photographer folks (men and women) who i most enjoy following on AO. My abilities are humbled by theirs!

Fishtracker · #25 07-05-2012, 10:31 PM

Great to hear you got a chance to get out to such a special place! With some special gear

Thanks for sharing.

BeeGuy · #26 07-05-2012, 10:33 PM

Fantastic post finsnfeathers.

Great story, one for the memoirs.

Too bad the big ones always get away. Looks like you're going to have a great summer.

Enjoy the Chilcotin. Love it there.

Alberta Bigbore · #27 07-05-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by crosbyfan123

Sorry i dont have gps on everyones location just trying to help out.

Um..... ya ok

338Bluff · #28 07-05-2012, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by huntin'fool

I agree, arid soil pine stand. BC.

Ps Bee, love your new sig...did the sucker sneeze when you landed it??

Or Northern SK.

Very scenic. Looks like a real treasure. Thanks for sharing

Cal · #29 07-05-2012, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by crosbyfan123

I was just simply stating incase he didnt know and he wants to go closer next time no need to get hurt.

And just to prove that you realy dont get it. The 40 km into the back country is as much what makes this trip worth posting as the quality of the fish he caught to some of us... the outdoorsmen that is.

ogre · #30 07-05-2012, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal

The 40 km into the back country is as much what makes this trip worth posting as the quality of the fish he caught to some of us...

x2. Well said, Cal. I notice you changed your signature line, too.

@FinsnFeathers: Looks like an awesome time. I bet it's also great for reflection as you use your late wife's gear, almost as if she was there with you.