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I have a Giant 5 hybrid that I ride a bit, but mainly I ride a Ridley Crossbow Cyclocross bike. My brother in law used to race and it is his old cyclocross race bike. A bit overkill for the trails, but is sure do ride pretty. I wear light running type shirts and do ride spandex riding shorts under some lightweight wading shorts. If I wear spandex and a bike shirt to work the ridicule is almost unbearable. And while I give as good as I get, it is just too much ammo for my colleagues to shoot back at me. You can get underwear with the padded butt also. I will say that on a hot day I go without the extra shorts and try hard to make a clean getaway without being seen in the spandex. There is a shower at my work which is 100% necessary for the ride I'm doing.

As they said in Blues Brothers: "It’s 200 miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it." And as they said in Airplane "And don't call me Shirley."

Sweet backpacking rod!

Where do you ride from? And we need to do that lunch to discuss some nice little BC rivers don't we?

I use one quite a bit. The best one I've had is one I got from Speyghillie. It's a big one piece, but I really like the way it feels. If I know I was going to some big water, I bring it. But if I'm doing a bunch of hiking I usually just bring a collapsible hiking pole. I also cross the Bow in a few places, and the hiking pole does just fine.

When I started, I thought of it as a good way to stay in shape and get to look at the river. I expected to hate the riding itself. Well, one year later I'm looking for the quickest routes and not worrying about riding next to the river, and I find myself enjoying the mechanics of the ride more and more.

I've been biking in quite a bit lately, riding from Chaparral to downtown. Shooting for 200 miles (or 330 some odd k's!) this week. Currently at 123 miles with 2.5 days to go. Commute in is 15 miles, with the more scenic route going home of 18 miles. Legs are sore!

Any time anyone votes it goes back to the top.

Totally having a love affair with my Hardy.

Gretat pictures! I've seen more bears this year in the valleys than I've ever seen before. Between a trip to Jasper and another to Panorama, maybe 10? When we were coming back from jasper, therewas a total bear traffic jam. I saw the bear in the grass on the left hand side of the road. A young grizz,being almost chased by a lady with a camera. She could not have been 10 ft away. The bear did not seem to care thankfully. People just forget these are wild animals and the risk they are taking and the risk to the bear if he gets frightened or annoyed and takes a swipe at her. The story in the paper the next day would be about the lady recovering in the hospital and how they had to put the bear down. Everyone please give them their space.

The only time the Yeti saves you in ice consumption over the extreme 5 is long term storage. So for the sake of argument, lets say I use 1/2 more ice with a Yeti (and I think that is an exaggeration, but it's a starting position) when Im camping. So if I use 20 bags a summer camping (which is also a stretch), the Yeti saves me 10 bags. I could run through the math for you, but if I assume I invest my $200 cost savings (and it is likely more like a $300 cost savings), then the yeti pays for itself in a "cool" 12 years at $3 ice. If I assume 7% interest, the answer is it never pays for itself. If I assume a $250 price difference, it never pays for itself. So, if you are camping a BUNCH, or just don't like changing ice and have a lot of cash lying around, or are a guide and using is it all day every day (and I'm assuming you never change the ice because if you do, you are defeating any savings), or just like cool white coolers with a nice seat, then the Yeti is for you. If not, then I would submit I don't see it. Plagiarized this from another fishing site: "I have been seeing Yeti coolers on every fishing show there is it seems. I have searched and searched but could not find a lot of reviews. All the reviews I seen said almost the same thing word for word. It will be the last cooler you will buy. So I bought one. I got the Tundra 110. The cushion for the lid was $135. I think that is pricey for a cushion. The cooler was $449. It seams very well built. I like the seal and the latch. Now for the real test, does it really keep ice longer? I have a Coleman 100 Marine Xtreme. Coleman says it will keep ice for 5 days @ 90. Yeti doesn’t say how long it can keep ice. They just say longer. I put both cooler in my shop. Let them sit over night. Temp had been down in the 40’s. I put 35lbs of ice in each. I did not open either for 6 days. We had lows in the 30’s and highs between 55 and 75. On the 6th day both still had ice. The Coleman had about an inch floating and the Yeti had about 3 inches. On the seventh day the Coleman had completely melted and the Yeti had about an inch I removed the ice from the Yeti and drained the water. There was about 6 lbs of ice left. I tried to be completely fair. Both cooler sat side by side from a day before until the end of the test. All the ice was kept in the same freezer. I used the same amount of ice in both coolers. The Yeti is very well made. The drain will not break but screws completely out. I can see it getting lost. I don’t see the hinge breaking. The Coleman 100qt with cushions was $215.98 compared to the Yeti 110qt at $584.98. That is 2.7 times as much. I have had the Coleman for a few years. I have had to replace the hinge($4.95) and have replaced the drain($3.39). The drain still worked but the retainer broke and figured I would lose it. The Yeti doesn’t have a retainer. My conclusion so far; The Yeti did keep ice longer like it claimed. Just not much longer, maybe 18 hours. If you are going to use the cooler often for many years I would say it is worth it. They are built heavy duty. That comes at a price, this one with cushion weighs 40lbs. I was disappointed with the results. Once I get some more ice stocked up I will fill it full and see just how long it will keep ice. So far I don't regret the purchase, I am just not as sure about it as I was." I bolded the pertinent statement. 18 hrs out of 6 days or 12.5% more "ice time". For around 2.5x the cost. If I was a bit younger I would say "bitch, please." Edit: As I'm maybe in the market for a cooler myself, I did a bit more research. Here is another review I found. 5 coolers, 8 days with a 6 pack of pepsi (probably should have used beer for a more accurate test, but close enough).

Amazing what a man can learn when he reads instructions. Not that I have a lot of practice in it, as befitting my gender, but it seemed to work in this case.

I bought it too. If you pay for the upgrade it can analyze the fishies stomach content, including size and color and time ingested. Particularly useful on BC Chironomid lakes. It also has an xray vision option that is pretty cool (and illegal in some countries).

All kidding aside, I've heard the Yeti's are great, I just cant bring myself to spend that much money on a cooler. I have a Coleman Extreme and an Igloo (can't think of the model, it is similar to the extreme, cost a bit more). In truth, I like the Extreme better. I have had stuff in it for up to a week (which is the longest I've camped). Key is to keep it sealed! My kids will just close the lid, and on these coolers you have to push it down a bit. We do use ice packs, but really I've found the best way to extend is to chill it the night before you leave. I dump in the contents of my ice maker the night before I pack. This chills the insulating material. The next day, I'll dump the ice out (and there will be some water), pack it up with a couple of ice packs and the new contents of my ice maker. Good to go for a week.

I was thinking the same thing Monger. Really showed them working inside seams and pools. Really well done video. Hey troutlover, watch where they catch the brown. Remind you of anyplace? I love dropoffs!!

But it might be cheaper to buy a used honda generator and a nice refrigerator than a big Yeti!

I have it on my 5 wt Zenith. I was mainly using that rod as a dry fly rod with this line (I've only had it for a month or so). And since I got both the rod and the line at the same time, it's hard to come to any concrete recommendations other than to say I loved fishing with this combination. I did not really shoot line with it much, but it was a joy to cast and I was very successful fishing it. I also have had SAs Nymph Textured line for a 10 ft 6 wt Amunsdon. It does shoot as advertised, for me anyway. Have not had it long enough (a couple of months) to comment on longevity. I don't suspect anyone has because it is still pretty new? Much easier on the hands than sharkskin, I will say that.

Awesome.

Thanks mods, though there are fewer of you now!

Have the Hardy Ultralight 5. Same comment as above.

Nice story, I love bluegill! Fun little fish. Not any warm water fishing here!

BP last 5 years Just to clarify a previous point. BP went to -22% in one quarter in 2010. They ended up at -1.2% profit for the year. My mistake, I misread the chart (and I do think they got off really light on the gulf spill, though I hope they are not done paying as the lawsuits still have to go through). They are back up to 6-7ish%m which seems pretty standard for a super major. So to make their 25.7B in 2011, they had to spend roughly 360B, give or take a few B. So while the 25B number looks huge, when put in perspective of the spend, it ain't all it's cracked up to be. Let's put it in perspective of a small business, guiding for instance. Let's estimate 100 trips per year at $600 per trip after tip. 60k in the pocket. At an oil company profit margin, you would be the proud owner of around $4,000 for the season! It cost you $56,000 to make that $60,000 in revenue. That's a lot of broken fly rods. Hardly a business model you'd embrace. Obviously the scale of a major oil company is different, but they are not the profit machines everyone assumes they are. All anyone looks at is the 25B. They do not acknowledge the 100,000 or so employees and 1/3 of a Trillion spend it takes to get that 25B.

Very nice job!

Apple 29.6% Walmart is 3% Oh, and BP was -30% or so a couple of years ago.....should have been more negative. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Did a bit of riding over the weekend. Fish creek trails close just upstream of burmsmead on the west side, and are closed just upstream of the 22x bridge on the west. Tons of closures all along the river paths. Douglasdale, diamond cove hill, train bridge, etc, etc. Doesn't look like any commuting for me this week!