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Electrical geek! (this coming from an Electrical Engineer, which means if I tried to wire it myself, I'd blow it up!!)

Sure could be. Or the cold. Or both. It was weird that I didn't get really sick until one full week after the fall. But when I fell, my ear hurt for a couple of hours.

Thanks Smitty, couldn't remember the acronym! BPPV is what the Emerg doc said, and mine didn't use the acronym, but described the same thing. He has mentioned pyhsio, but wants me to have the CT scan first because of the head hit before he sends me. CT is on Wednesday

Taking serc as well. Don't like the 5 month idea. No headaches so far, thankfully.

Anyone ever had an extended bout of vertigo, like several days worth? I whacked the crap out of my head slipping on the ice, had a few bouts of dizziness that didn't last long, and I thought could also be related to a cold I had picked up also. But on the one week anniversary of turning my head into a basketball, I became pretty violently dizzy and sick, got to go to the emergency room at the new hospital, and have had vertigo ever since. Dr's basically said it can take awhile to clear up, and he doesn't want to recommend any therapy until I get a CT scan (next week) to confirm there is no true damage. Anyway, big damn pain in the ass. Can't drive, not supposed to go to work. I'm not all that good at sitting around, which is all I'm supposed to be doing. Just wondering if anyone else has gone through this? How long did it last? How did you deal with it?

When we did this before, several of us went to our favorite walk and wade sections and pulled out trash. I suppose we could coordinate and drift boats could come by and pick up? Or the walkers could just pull it out themselves. We all met in FC after for some giveaways, a bbq, etc. Several of the shops contributed prizes as well as some individuals. It was actually a really nice day.

I'd participate for sure. I just have too many things on the go to coordinate it myself. But I could help.

No one has organized a cleanup on this site for several years. I think there is one organized by some other group, just not sure who.

Ive only been to Calgary's Folk Fest once. Saw The Avett Brothers. Had no idea who they were. I do now. One of my favorite nights at any show ever.

Good one Muffin! I wonder about my sanity as well. Do a search for Zombie on this website. The story of troutlover catching it was pretty humorous. here they are: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=17087&hl=burbot http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=17133&hl=zombie&do=findComment&comment=155806

Them zombie fishes are tough. I'm still tying for my first too. I need to fish with that netboy sometime. It's been a while. The yellow rod ages that picture of mine though! Haven't fished that rod in years now.

Every chance I get uber! . Still the biggest fish I've caught on the Bow. Not the longest anymore, but still the biggest. I was honestly waiting for monger to counter with that snake he caught a few years ago, but since he caught it "bobber" fishing, maybe he doesn't count it anymore, now that he is a high falutin' spey rod fisherman. Just messing with ya buddy!

Just in case anyone needs to know what one of those Scottish fishies look like. I didn't catch it with a fancy spey rod, but it still is purty....

Can you get paid for it?

I saw these guys last year at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Don't exactly know how I would describe them, they started taking traditional country songs (Hank Williams type) and completely reworking them into something completely different, then started writing their own stuff when it all started working. They are playing this Friday at the Ironwood here in Calgary. You can listen to them streaming it on CBC here: http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/New-Country-Rehab If you find the first couple of songs a little country for your tastes, try Lost Highway, The Bank and the Army, and Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals. Music is great, lyrics are mostly pretty dark. the last 4 or 5 songs are from their first album.

Huh. Will have to disagree. My experience is totally different. Fished them in fast water on the Bow (to get to my favorite water on the Bow requires a wade through some very fast water) several times and high gradient cutty streams, both with cleats, 0 issues. I will say I did not hike as much this year as in years past, so I can't comment on overall hikability. I did hike some though, again no issues.

We tried something like this a few years ago. The thought was that we would have this bracket style "tournament" where everyone got to fish one on one with everyone else, each week was a different pairing. It did not work out that well as schedules did not seem to permit it. Went on for several weeks and sorta died out, which was too bad because it was fun. Good luck with this, truly. Maybe you guys can come up with a better plan than we did.

I didn't say I stopped falling totally, I just said none of the falls were shoe slipping related!!

I was VERY skeptical of Vibram as I had some Guideline boots with Vibram substitute that were the scariest things I've ever worn. I lent them to my son once and he asked "are you trying to kill me?". Some young smart-ass kid at Country Pleasure talked me, reluctantly, into getting the Riversheds and talked me out of felt into the vibram. They are bulletproof. Hands down the best grip I've ever had in the water. I can't think of any slip type falls I've had with them on. Totally happy with them.

The worst thing about fishing with BBT is that if you were ever the first one to cast to any fish, he would sneak up right behind you, cast and hook the fish, and say "That's how us ninja mods roll. Bitch about it and I'll ban you." Total PITA. But he makes such great cake I figured I could live with it.

Thingamabobber. I also like white the most, but do use the other colors. I've tried different types, including yarn, including making my own. I just find that overall, the thinga... works the best. I use the small size when using small nymphs and the medium otherwise. Never tried the big one. I have also tried the ones that have the screw down. I hated them (they fly off on me eventually every time I try), but that could be a function of bad eyesight when trying to put them on and not getting the line secured properly. I like the idea of them since they would not kink as bad, but they haven't worked for me. I've never had any more issue with tangles using the thingas than any other indicator- except maybe yarn, which does cast very well. But that could be because I have big sloppy loops anyway.

Stiegl, Jayhad? I wonder what the box would look like along side some real beer?!? (this coming from a man who drank St. Ambroise Apricot last night!!)

But I can say exactly the same thing about streamer fishing. The fly rod never was intended to cast big heavy things, and yet tossing a big ass weighted streamer seems (for reasons totally unclear to me) to be more acceptable than a light plastic bubble. We've even invented bigger, longer rods and super heavy lines to help us bomb those big heavy babies as far as possible. Hell, if you are going to be swinging heavy streamers you might as well be using a spin cast rig, you know, something designed for the job. So if we are going to stick with a definition that since the fly line is designed to cast a fly, do we then say we are only fly fishing when we use small, unweighted flies, or streamers, or whatever? If so, then that's perfectly ok with me. I suppose we should also include the classic British method of that only targeting fish we can see. No blind casting! Of course all that makes no sense. Fly fishing is whatever you want it to be, whether you are casting to that rising trout with a #22 BWO, swinging streamers for steelhead with a spey rod, or working a seam with a indi and a stone fly. Not all methods appeal to all people. Nor should they. As I've said above, call it what you want. I'll stick with fun, and be glad that I don't spend a speck of mental time worrying if my method is more pure than someone esle's, or even worse, getting my self esteem mixed up with my fishing methodology. Now, if I could only learn to stay away from these rather pointless arguments......

Wow, I should have been keeping up with this one! Nice to have a good old knock down/drag out. At the risk of parroting vhawk, you are neutrally buoyant if your waders fill. If you relax, you legs will come to the surface because the waders themselves (neopreme more than breathables) are lighter than water, so you are actually buoyant if you ever find yourself with a flooded set of waders (which is no damn fun, buoyant or not). But as vhawk said, you suddenly have a LOT more mass to move around (which is why you should keep that belt tight), so swimming is extremely difficult. Best thing I've been told is that if you get swept away, try to relax and position your feet downstream and use your hands to steer, propel toward shore. I you keep your legs still, you won't notice the mass (back to that neutral buoyancy thing again). As long as there are none of those pesky sweepers in your immediate path, the shore will come to you soon enough. I actually had the pleasure of floating down with my son in this fashion when he got swept away from wading too deep when he was like 14 or so and I jumped in after him. It was easier than I would have thought, just relax, drift, and steer yourself to shore. My son was actually trying to pick up the fly boxes falling out of my pockets while we were taking our unplanned e ticket ride. I will say if I had followed jayhads "if you are over your knees, you've failed" advice, it would never have happened! But I can't say that I haven't been over them a few times since, getting to those gravel bars, islands, etc......

I'm a sucker for clown fish! Very nice.