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Old 11-30-2013, 10:01 AM
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EH?!?!
I am intrigued!! That is flippin' cool!
Baitfish patterns? Good catch rates?
Hey Adam~baitfish patterns with spooky fish in the morning (and when they're done spawning) but the go-to patterns are bunny leeches in loud colors. The fly in it's yap there is tied on a #2 Tiemco 300, white magnum bunny strip tail, cross-cut white rabbit body (tied bulky) with a couple of wraps of cross-cut red rabbit for the head.
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Old 11-30-2013, 11:33 AM
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GPS coordinates, please.
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Old 11-30-2013, 11:37 AM
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Hey Adam~baitfish patterns with spooky fish in the morning (and when they're done spawning) but the go-to patterns are bunny leeches in loud colors. The fly in it's yap there is tied on a #2 Tiemco 300, white magnum bunny strip tail, cross-cut white rabbit body (tied bulky) with a couple of wraps of cross-cut red rabbit for the head.
Lots of folks fish "rope flies" for gar.
No hooks at all, just long, tangly strands for the teeth to get caught on.
Have you used such a thing?
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Old 11-30-2013, 11:55 AM
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Hey Adam~baitfish patterns with spooky fish in the morning (and when they're done spawning) but the go-to patterns are bunny leeches in loud colors. The fly in it's yap there is tied on a #2 Tiemco 300, white magnum bunny strip tail, cross-cut white rabbit body (tied bulky) with a couple of wraps of cross-cut red rabbit for the head.
Neat-o! Sounds like a pretty basic pike fly. Awesome fish, and thanks for the info!
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Old 11-30-2013, 12:13 PM
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Lots of folks fish "rope flies" for gar.
No hooks at all, just long, tangly strands for the teeth to get caught on.
Have you used such a thing?
I've heard of them. Took my kids fishing for them a few years ago with spinning rods, figured that kind of fly would guarantee some fish. It did. They are NO fun to get un-pinned, had to use a knife. Took almost 7-8 minutes. Good news is~gar have a primitive lung, and can breath air when there isn't enough oxygen in the water.

Here is a photo of my daughter with a gar caught on a rope fly. I use regular streamer flies (bunny leeches) and add a treble, trailer. They're notoriously short strikers, so you need something that hangs at the end, or just past the end of the fly if you want a chance at hooking one of these fish. They are abundant though.

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Old 12-01-2013, 12:34 AM
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Thanks for starting this thread!
I'm enjoying the pics; also having fun going back through my own pics- lots of fun memories.

Here's a couple pics from a fun day in the mountains with my buddy, BBT...






Crowsnest River rainbow...


BBT & our buddy, Tex, on the Crow...


Not quite as purty as a Crowsnest 'bow...


Frenchman's Creek...


Sometimes, ya gotta be out there before the sun comes up...


...'cuz these are around...


...and these guys are eating them off the top of the river...


Nothing like a heart-stopping toilet flush eat in the dark to test the ol' ticker, let me tell ya!
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Old 12-01-2013, 09:15 AM
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Beautiful "whistling trout" there Bob
Here is a pic of the awesome sucker angler..."exploding Bobloblaw"
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Old 12-01-2013, 05:45 PM
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God's River over at Gods lake lodge Manitoba

River is full of Brookies, Pike and Walleye

Hoping to get there this upcoming June for the lake trout
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Old 12-01-2013, 06:15 PM
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Beautiful "whistling trout" there Bob
Here is a pic of the awesome sucker angler..."exploding Bobloblaw"
Ha-ha-ha!!!
Any dummy can catch a sucker on a San Juan Worm.
It takes a real hero to catch a minnow on a foam dry fly...

...you'll have to teach me how you do that!

CF8 on a southern Alberta river...


From the same day- an absolutely gorgeous cuttbow!


Oldman River cutts...










I caught this guy twice in about 10 minutes on a creek down south...


A pretty Bow River 'bow...
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Old 12-01-2013, 08:22 PM
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Here are a few from the last couple of years.
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Old 12-01-2013, 08:40 PM
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And a few more.
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Old 12-01-2013, 08:52 PM
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Nice fish coppershot!
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Old 12-01-2013, 10:07 PM
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One fun winter day on the Bow:
















Best of the day was this 24"er...
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Old 12-01-2013, 10:12 PM
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More shots from that day...












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Old 12-02-2013, 06:38 PM
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Never get tired of your pics Steve!
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Old 12-02-2013, 07:44 PM
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Tad short on flower pics though.

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Old 12-03-2013, 05:03 PM
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Sweet pictures Boys. Great excuse to pull a few from the vault and share.

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Old 12-03-2013, 09:50 PM
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Good show Dace. Love the one from the Upper lake with the mountains in the background. Eggs on the reel is a unique shot




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Old 12-03-2013, 10:09 PM
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Awesome bullies Bucktail
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Old 12-04-2013, 11:11 AM
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Great Thread for my first post! A few of my favs
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A few more. Along with some iphone shots...














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Old 12-04-2013, 07:52 PM
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Dear lord kyle, i haven't seen that last picture of yours. That thing is a beast.
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Old 12-04-2013, 08:44 PM
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That last bull picture was from the summer of 2012, measured close to 35". You guys showed up a few weeks too late that summer.
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Old 12-04-2013, 10:27 PM
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That last bull picture was from the summer of 2012, measured close to 35". You guys showed up a few weeks too late that summer.
Its a beast, but like always, not surprised.

For reference boys. 1/2oz is over 6 feet tall....
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Old 12-05-2013, 07:28 PM
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great thread!

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damm, limited to 15. more some other time.
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Yowsa Braggadoe! You've been all over the planet... How was the Mongolia trip?
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