Christopheraaron

There are lots of carp in the creek, I've never fished the lake but I would imagine that it's similar.

I hope to be there but may not be able to make it. Regardless some prizes are coming your way again Ryan!

Possible but really what would it be? That fish doesn't appear to be nearly large enough for a great white or bull shark. Dorsal is too high for a carp as well, my money is on cat.

Cool idea, do you know of a solution for apple users (like a website with a barometer)?

I'll just go with a 1/8 oz bullet weight, sometimes with a nail knot above to stop it from sliding.

So when do I get to come up? LOL Amazing fish Brian!

Same story for me, there were a lot of good fish that came in late on saturday though, seemed the dam was the place to be.

I much prefer heavy mono or fluro for pike, but I would pack leaders as well just incase you find they're chewing through them.

Yup, some good largies as well.

Fantastic report Mike! If we wait a week for the report every time will it be this good?

I think I have recommended the rod on every forum I'm a part of now and I'll do it again, the 2wt butterstick is an amazing rod, I've handled 14" brookies on it no problem and can chuck and duck trout streamers all day with it if need be. It's an amazing dry fly rod, because it's fibreglass even if you try to smack the line down on the water you'll get a gentler presentation than any 4wt can give you. If you ever want to test cast mine let me know!

WOW those are some big fish, well done guys!

Congratulations Gerritt!

I'll take a look at those scorpions. It's not so much the capacity that I like in the curado but I actually like the bigger low profile reels, not sure why but I like how they fit in my hands. I find with the new small reels I'm really wrapping my hand around them and I end up with a cramped hand after a while.

Thanks guys, I'll try to get in touch with Peterborough today. Is there a specific model that you like? My favourite part about the 201b is the size, I'm not a fan of these small reels that just don't fit in your hand as nicely.

Ok, so I have a couple of questions. Last year I bought a Curado 201b from a board member, I absolutely love the reel but at some point when fishing it the tension knob fell off without me noticing and I'm now having some backlash issues. I know that not all tension knobs are the same size and since I haven't been able to track down parts for the reel I was wondering if any other Shimano caps may fit? My other question is what reel would you most closely compare the 201b to? Ideally I'd like to get another couple of these reels but since they don't pop up too often are there any other reels similar in performance, price and size? Thanks, Chris

Music and footage is great! Keep em coming!

At the request of a mod I wasn't going to post this but since you don't seem to care I'll put it up incase anyone else is curious as to the differences between the two. Keep in mind this is a generalization for the bugs we as fishermen are concerned with in this area, as some of these traits don't carry over (remember there are over 3000 species of mayfly in the world)

LOL, ya I remember that story, in a park with no beavers!

Maybe you should? I know what the things look like, and I can point out the differences too, my point was that it's really not hard at all to differentiate.

Try me.

The point of my question was to try to determine if the trout streams up there might be hosting a major hatch. I don't doubt the walleye don't care, but there certainly is a major difference between these bugs. Nice fish there Chris!