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Just a guess, but with the economy the way it is right now....guide outfits may not be needing any extra help.

Was closed last week when i was downtown!

I fear the day I catch a sucker on the Bow, I don't want to have to touch one of those things....I don't know why Whitefish sick me out too...ha ha, and no, I'm not a girl...just maybe a bit soft...ha ha. I've caught a few Whitefish on the Bow, they fight ok, the best fight was when I foul hooked one, then they really fight like a trout. I'm reading a book right now called Fishing Montana where the author talks primarily about trout, and Whitefish and the rest of the lot he considers "trash fish", yet talks about Whitefish in the same regard as the "trash fish". He talks about fishing the Madison that you have to know your riseforms to distinguish Rainbows versus Whitefish....I didn't know that Whitefish will surface feed. I know my grandpa's attitude toward bull trout was to toss em in the bushes because they ruin the cuttie population, I'm glad that that train of thought is starting to go by the wayside, although I'm sure that sentiment is still out there to some extent.

I got my Nautica suit at the Bay in Chinook (the Bay downtown is even better) for 40% off. They have Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Nautica, Jones New York and more. So if you can wait a bit, keep scoping the sales there. My suit was reg. $750 and got it for $450 and eventhough it's Nautica, it says "Made in Canada" on the label. Oh, and they did alterations at no cost.

I think I know where it is....but have never been, I've been meaning to get there for a couple seasons now. Great vid, I especially like being able to watch in HD on my laptop!

Those geologists...ha ha: http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h223/fis...AmericanDad.flv

I've got one guess as to who "Envy1234" is, and I think I've got a 50/50 chance of being right. Right Mike? or Todd? I am glad to hear your fish handling has improved. Not my type of guys, but I don't think many here would have a beef if they were following the regs. and handling fish properly. This example is probably one of the best arguements for licensing guides in this province IMO.

As far as the party, I think they already do, it's called Stampede....lol, maybe a pre-Stampede weekend for May-long. This is a tough subject and many of you have valid thoughts. I grew up camping in the Dutch/Livingston area and in my 30 years, it's changed a lot. My dad doesn't even like going up there anymore because of what it's like up there, and he grew up going there for Scout camps and fishing trips, and later on to party and have a good time. They had dirt bikes and 4x4s, but they were also responsible because they'd been taught to respect the land. I guess back then there were just less people going up there and you needed a 4x4 to get into a lot of places. Today with seemingly every SUV having 4x4 capabilities, and the improvement of roads, anyone can access the same areas that were relatively inaccessible years ago. 5% of say 1000 is a lot less than 5% of 10000, so maybe the percentages of idiots hasn't changed, but there are just more of them now. We have always random camped responsibly as have many on this board, but we clean when we get there and we clean when we leave. We are not "campground" people and would be sad to see random camping go, but we also agree that something has to be done to sustain these areas, I would like to be able to take my grandchildren there and not have to say: "This is the way it used to be" but rather "things haven't changed a bit". How you go about that is the tricky part!!

Crap, I totally forgot what day it was....Midterms will do that to you I guess.

Fishpro: Don't forget that eventhough you can get them for $350 shipped, you may have to pay some heftly customs/brokerage fees when they deliver them to your door (or local postal outlet). With new merchandise, you'll have to pay duty and GST. I bought a used jacket off ebay for $60 which I got the guy to ship marked 'used merchandise' so I didn't have to pay duty or GST and when it got to the door, UPS wanted another $33.00 (but have experienced this with Canada Post as well). Just be aware of this...I work at a ski shop where I've had people come in and tell me they can get a snowboard online for $100 less than at our shop...I say, wow that's a good deal, then I ask "is that shipped?" sometimes they say yes, sometimes no. Then I ask "does that include all border fees?" (duty, etc.) They usually don't know or say no. So (not saying this is the case here) then they do a little math in their head and realize that our price isn't much higher after all...plus we give them a free wax or two (about $30 value) and a place they can come back to if there are any problems. I do buy things online, but I make sure I take all those things into consideration. I mostly buy used stuff that's in awesome shape so that I get it cheap and the shipping/duty etc. still makes it worthwhile. Just my .02

I love the "let's play a CD on the car stereo" and use it as our soundtrack as we drive down the road for 5 minutes part. This guy fires me up because he does a lot of stuff wrong, it really bothered me the whole "he's twitching out" thing....um do ya think? You just covered him in snow after dragging him in the river for a few minutes to wait for "cameraman" to finish his commentary. I wish that F&W could do something about guys like this, but technically, they're not doing anything illegal. Is it bad that I wished the cameraman jumping down onto the ice shelf would've broke it and sent these guys downstream on a Bow 'berg for a few miles (ie. over the Carsland weir?)

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It features Gore-Tex XCR fabric, so you can't go wrong starting there...then the functionality of the jacket....I wish I could grab one (or a G4), but I already have two Gore-Tex XCR ski shells (= lot of $$) so won't be getting one real soon, but it's on my wish list.

Sounds good to me Brownstone!

Well where does one get in then on a busy day on the river? Sure, if there's only a couple of you it makes sense to space out as much as possible. Like I said, go up a ways, but not stop right in the next pool. I find on the Livingston, lots of times you only get one cast and the fish can be down for half an hour after. I just don't like guys who think they have the right to the entire river because they were there first....To me, they have dibs on a reasonable amount of water, but not all of it. I also said to be friendly and respect other anglers, to me if you are considerate, you won't usually have a problem. I'm just saying that some guys think they own the river and your the tresspasser because you got there a bit later, which I disagree with. I have a problem when there is tons of open water and the guy starts fishing the same pool as you. I guess I just think that you should spread out as evenly as possible according to the amount of people on the river...if you see one other guy, then head a good distance either way, if there are 10 guys, go to the stretch with the most space between it? How would you know where to hop in if there are 10 guys? or 20? otherwise?

I don't see a problem starting upstream from someone...if you go a ways up. I mean, should there be a "start here" sign and then everyone just lines up and works their way up to the "stop here" sign? If you get to the river first, does that mean that you have first 'dibs' to all pools upstream of you? No, you don't. To me it comes down to courtesy...I will work upstream and down, sometimes I work upstream with dries, and walk back to the truck, sometimes I will work up with dries and nymph on the way down, I will reel in and walk around a pool if there's a guy in it, ask him how it's going etc. if there's a bunch of people, I'll probably just go somewhere else. I was taught to be respectful and friendly, and have had stuff happen on the river, but it's just a sign of the times. I know that my dad has pretty much quit fishing because of what goes on on the rivers these days and I do fear what it is going to be like for my 4 yr old when he gets to be my age.

Voter turnout was poor for sure....I liked those ads like "I couldn't vote because I was in an intense staring contest" or "my recliner got stuck in 'recline' and I could't get out to vote" Pretty good message, still didn't work though. I don't know if it's apathy as much as the attidude that PC's have it locked every time from the votes they do get, so "I" don't need to vote. Boils down to "don't rock the boat"...things are good, people aren't perfectly happy (nor were they with Klein) and nobody wants to chance change.

I too think it looks more natural the Wally wing way!! Say that fast 5 times!

I'm not meaning to start a huge thing, really just asking a question...

Nice tie Terry, Fly Fisherman mag. has a similar pattern this month, but they tie the wing the other way....I was thinking it would look better the way you did it...and it sure does.

Just wondering how you think people get to heaven? by being a good guy? maybe killing some infidels? or just by having good karma and being a good guy? or maybe you think that you die and that's it for eternity...to me, it's scary any way you look at it. Oh, I'm not offended, just wondering what you do think, since you know what you don't think.

Just make sure you don't use them with an indicator....ha ha. Oh and Tako, just because someone has an MSc. or a PhD does not mean every decision they make is right. More "technically" qualified than most? maybe, but input from the people who pay their wages and use the fisheries should always be taken into account. Hell, in the 70s, people with PhDs were denouncing the idea of "continental drift", today it is accepted by 98% of the scientific community. I think the main point is that scientists can be wrong and have been wrong in the past, what matters most is if they learn from their mistakes and make sure they are prevented in the future.

There's 6:48min of my life I'll never get back...

DOn't lie, you know you're working that scene

Ohhh when you go to their "home" page, there's the cover for TB2, but I guess that's just an ad to buy it (which I should)...