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05-04-2014, 09:29 PM
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great waste of time
Well I had a boring type weekend ahead of me . Kids were stayin home with mom . so I figured i had some time to waste why not chuck a bug or two down at hermitage. even though they most likely hadnt stocked it well after 5he second cast I was suprised to see they had ....so for most of the day I walked around the pond catching fish after fish ...thought some of you might like to know . 
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05-04-2014, 09:31 PM
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05-04-2014, 09:32 PM
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05-04-2014, 09:34 PM
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05-04-2014, 09:47 PM
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I was hoping to get out somewhere this weekend myself. No such luck though, looks like you had a fun day!
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05-04-2014, 09:48 PM
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Well..
Looked like you did well..Nice fish..Waste of time?? I think not..
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05-05-2014, 11:13 AM
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Nice to see they did not winter kill. Try and make some time out there myself and dust off my flyrod. Thanks for the update. Maybe see you there sometime.
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05-05-2014, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Darren N
Nice to see they did not winter kill. Try and make some time out there myself and dust off my flyrod. Thanks for the update. Maybe see you there sometime.
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It was just stocked.
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05-05-2014, 12:03 PM
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Nice!
Curious... What size tippet are you using?! Seems REALLY thick?!
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05-05-2014, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dak1138
It was just stocked.
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ohh 
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05-05-2014, 03:53 PM
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What flies were working for you? I'm just getting into fly fishing, and was hoping to practice at Hermitage or Cardiff.
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05-05-2014, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ÜberFly
Nice!
Curious... What size tippet are you using?! Seems REALLY thick?!
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Haha lol call me lazy but thats just straight leader and last years at that lol ...ive since replaced it with a 12 ft leader and abou5 ft of 6x tippet cuz I been tryin to get a taker on a mosquito lol ...I have yet to catch on a mosquito ...for my leach ill use 3x 6lb tippet
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05-05-2014, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex87
What flies were working for you? I'm just getting into fly fishing, and was hoping to practice at Hermitage or Cardiff.
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I don't think you got an exact answer. I had luck with black Woolley buggers, San Juan worms ( nothing fancy basically red wire wrapped on a hook),and damsel nymphs in the summer months at Hermitage. I find lots of the fish there on the edge of the weeds less than 10 feet from shore.
Add elk hair caddis ,griffiths gnat ,and pheasent tail or hare ear nymphs to the list and you would be set for most pothole lakes.
Good luck.
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05-05-2014, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex87
What flies were working for you? I'm just getting into fly fishing, and was hoping to practice at Hermitage or Cardiff.
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Oh sorry ..most productive is the hollywood leach and a plain black one ... copper johns work good too cant get one on a dry yet but ill keep tryin till I do
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05-06-2014, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Dak1138
I don't think you got an exact answer. I had luck with black Woolley buggers, San Juan worms ( nothing fancy basically red wire wrapped on a hook),and damsel nymphs in the summer months at Hermitage. I find lots of the fish there on the edge of the weeds less than 10 feet from shore.
Add elk hair caddis ,griffiths gnat ,and pheasent tail or hare ear nymphs to the list and you would be set for most pothole lakes.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by chriscosta
Oh sorry ..most productive is the hollywood leach and a plain black one ... copper johns work good too cant get one on a dry yet but ill keep tryin till I do
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Cool, thanks guys. One more question if I may... are you using indicators with the wet flies or do you find they're unnecessary?
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05-06-2014, 07:21 AM
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Cool, thanks guys. One more question if I may... are you using indicators with the wet flies or do you find they're unnecessary?
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sometimes .... but mostly no just a very slow steady retrieve ..and with the leach slow strip it
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05-06-2014, 07:33 AM
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where is this Lake?
I need to take the kids to cathch somenthing? we never have any luck.
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05-06-2014, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by vsagaon
I need to take the kids to cathch somenthing? we never have any luck.
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Hermitage is in the east end of Edmonton, just off the Yellowhead. Map is here:
https://www.google.ca/maps/preview?o...d=0CLsBEPwSMBA
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Originally Posted by chriscosta
sometimes .... but mostly no just a very slow steady retrieve ..and with the leach slow strip it
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Cool, thanks for your help with this.
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05-06-2014, 08:52 AM
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What flies were working for you? I'm just getting into fly fishing, and was hoping to practice at Hermitage or Cardiff.
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i was at acrdiff this year just as the edges were thawing and saw a ton of 10-14" dead trout possibly winter killed
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05-06-2014, 11:37 AM
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i was at acrdiff this year just as the edges were thawing and saw a ton of 10-14" dead trout possibly winter killed
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I figured this might be the case. I was looking at stocking reports from previous years, and it looks like it's typically restocked annually around this time.
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05-13-2014, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by MercMike
i was at acrdiff this year just as the edges were thawing and saw a ton of 10-14" dead trout possibly winter killed
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Cardiff has winterkilled every year for the past 4 years. No perch or bigger rainbows left. I live very close and fish it regularly. Still a decent place to work off the rust on my fly casting, but don't expect anything bigger than this years stock.
Really to bad cause it used to have awesome perch and some decent rainbows. Good candidate for an aerator.
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05-13-2014, 09:59 PM
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 Wow! They stocked that pond! I'm out there tomorrow ASAP!
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05-14-2014, 08:59 AM
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Just thought I'd give you guys an update... I went out to Hermitage for a couple of hours yesterday evening and caught my first and second ever fish on a fly rod. The second one was a baby and I practically hauled it onto the bank when I set the hook. Caught them both on a nymph about 12 - 18 inches under an indicator... not sure if that was too much or not enough, but it seemed to do ok. I had a bit of a lousy spot too - it was crowded when I got there, but as I was leaving I saw tons of fish rising near the dock.
I also learned that my casting still sucks ( ) and that you need to pick up the slack in the line and set the hook as soon as your indicator wobbles... those rainbows were crafty.
Thanks all for your help and advice in this thread.
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05-15-2014, 08:07 PM
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Where did you cast from? The dock? I got skunked for a few hours the other day. It was my first time on the fly rod, so my casting is pretty horrible as well.
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05-16-2014, 01:28 PM
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Where did you cast from? The dock? I got skunked for a few hours the other day. It was my first time on the fly rod, so my casting is pretty horrible as well.
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I actually had to walk around to the other side of the island to find a spot. I'm not sure how great the dock is if you have a fly setup (especially if you're a beginner like me) since there won't be as much room for you to cast. But I was hooking the fish less than 20 feet from shore, so you don't really need to cast all that far.
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05-16-2014, 01:38 PM
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Thanks. Went to Cardiff today and got skunked again lol. I really need to work on my casting.
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05-16-2014, 07:29 PM
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Pleeeease tell me someone else from this board was at hermitage after 4pm today and saw the X rated spectacle that I saw.
No joke, not a word of a lie; I saw a guy taking dirty pictures of three pretty decent looking girls to the right of the dock. I couldn't believe it and I know no one will believe me unless someone vouches for it on here.
I can't believe that's my first post on this board, but there it is.
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05-16-2014, 09:33 PM
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Pleeeease tell me someone else from this board was at hermitage after 4pm today and saw the X rated spectacle that I saw.
No joke, not a word of a lie; I saw a guy taking dirty pictures of three pretty decent looking girls to the right of the dock. I couldn't believe it and I know no one will believe me unless someone vouches for it on here.
I can't believe that's my first post on this board, but there it is.
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Shoulda snapped some pics for proof. In the day of the iPhone....
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05-17-2014, 09:11 AM
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Lol the things people do for fun.
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05-17-2014, 10:04 AM
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Shoulda snapped some pics for proof. In the day of the iPhone....
Welcome to the forums.
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Taking a pic honestly never crossed my mind, probably because my phone is hooped, that and I didn't feel like getting beat up, haha. It was just too weird, I couldn't think straight. There was a guy with them doing one armed push-ups and posing for the camera too. I guess it's 'tarps optional' for everyone down there now.
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