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 Canada, Calgary: Bull Trout, A Christmas Fly Fishing Tradition
Posted by TLINNY on February 27, 2006
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I asked my father to join me for a little morning fly fishing on the Bow River
south of Calgary, AB (Canada). We had spent the last few days cooped up in the
house and he was glad to join me on the river. We made our way down to a
favorite spot of mine and I began to slowly nymph my way down stream. I
had some early success in the day, but things had been quite for about an
hour. Just as I began to loose focus, I saw a quick flash about 4 feet
from shore, before I could even focus on what it was my rod slammed forward
and line immediately began to peel off my fly reel. I had no option but to
hold tight and watch my line scream across the river. I knew it was a
large fish by the way it was taking line. I slowly began to make my
way down the icy banks as I was already well into my backing. I could hear
my father laughing behind me wondering at what point I was going to slip
into the frigid water. It wasn’t long before I was shedding some very wet
clothes onto the shore. The fish began the first decent run upstream now, and
I was scrambling to keep up with his sudden rush towards me. Just as I
began to gain some ground, the fish darted across the river again and
downstream, again taking me well into the backing. I was very determined
now to land this beast and decided to make any necessary sacrifices.
After about 20 min I finally had my sights on the largest Bull Trout I have
ever had the
experience of fighting. With my father’s aid, we managed to
land this beast and were able to get a few photos. We figure he was a
solid 30 inches and about 10lbs. We decided then and there that we had
just started a new family Christmas tradition.
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Re: Bull Trout Of Calgary Canada: A Christmas Tradition
by waterwhippa on February 27, 2006 | | Nice catch man, that is a beauty. I can relate to taking a "swim" in frigid water, it is no fun. It's nice that your dad could be there to share the experiance! |
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Re: Bull Trout Of Calgary Canada: A Christmas Tradition
by jeremy on February 27, 2006 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | WOW! that is a beautiful fish..and I am envious of your christmas tradition... believe me, if that was my families christmas tradition...i would be counting the days until christmas morning.. I would gladly forgoe all of the sweaters and scarves and socks and all that stuff for one simple gift .... A HUGE BULL TROUT like that...From a fly fisherman's perspective, you have found the true meaning of christmas! welcome to fliesandfins.com |
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Re: Bull Trout Of Calgary Canada: A Christmas Tradition
by greg on February 27, 2006 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | Thats what I want to do on Christmas! Maybe I'll call it Fishmas and start my own holiday.Nice Trout and article thanks. |
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Re: Bull Trout Of Calgary Canada: A Christmas Tradition
by wrh on February 27, 2006 http://www.theanglersnet.com | | congrats, taking a dunking is sometomes what it takes to land a memorable fish. I can't imagine doing it with anyone else better than your father on x-mas. |
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