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I would think the lower the frequency.....

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who looked, bid, and donated prizes or cash to this. Between the auction items and other people on FFC, I've raised right around $1500 from this site this year. Can't tell you all how much I appreciate it. I am also #5 out of 477 riders in fundraising right now. No way I'll stay that high, but it's cool to be up there nonetheless! Thanks again!

I wouldn't give cheerleader beer to anyone. Even if they left their bike at my camp spot!

Thanks everyone. Hard to believe the Jasper trip only went for $125!

Last day today!

Day 3; $500 on 1 $125 on 2 $350 on 3 $75 on 4 $5 on 5

Day 2 update: $500 on 1 $50 on 2 (2 days in Jasper folks!) $350 on 3 $75 on 4 5 still waiting on first bid.

Guys, I edited the Jasper trip. It is June after ice off or the first two weeks of July. My mistake!

Here is where we are after day 1: $500 on #1 $150 on #3 $50 on #4. #2 and #5 there for the taking.

New Item Item 5 Donated by Sage: A softsided cooler, perfect for lunch and beverages post fishing for that long day on the river! Inside the cooler will be: Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail 1.89L bottle Ocean Spray Ruby Red Grapefruit 1.89L bottle Ocean Spray New Cran Pineapple 1.89L bottle Ocean Spray Raisins 800g bag Retail Value of $45.00 Inside the cooler will have:

$500 on 1, outside bid.

$50 on 4, outside bid.

250 on 1, outside bid.

$200 on #1 from an outside bid

Hah, yeah. And the Mr. Bean in question is the poster just above you!

Ok folks, here are the first items for the 2017 MS Auction! These will close next Monday, May 1 at 9 PM. So any bid after 8:59:59 is too late. Item 1: A Guided Bow River Float trip donated by Hanson's Outfitters. This is a full day float and lunch will be provided. Trip date on a mutually acceptable date, and you will meet at the "river house" which is right on the Bow on the end of the road past Policeman's flats. This is good for one or two anglers. Here is a review from the trip from last year: My dad and I floated yesterday with Aiden Hanson..... had fantastic day! What an absolutely great guy. Young, PATIENT, knows how to find fish, BBQ smokies shore lunch was great helping with technique when asked. Just great day thanks to Aiden! Item 2: 2 DAYS of fishing in Jasper, hosted by Creekside 2 options for fishing. Up to the angler if they do one of them twice or try one of each! Option 1: Maligne lake - rainbows and brookies. Most of the brookies will be in the 16-18" range. Rainbows 14" - 22" range. Excellent sight fishing early in the season. Trip will be available for only the month of June and the first two weeks of July after that I'll be out of the Province. Any day of the week but preferably mid week (get real busy on the weekends). Pick up angler at around 6:00 am. Drive up to Maligne (lots of wildlife) early in the morning. . Angler requires own basic gear I'll supply all flies if needed. If they own mini spey or switch rods in the 4-6 line weights they should bring them along, easier to fish then a standard single handed rod. Angler will need to provide lunch and beverages. Usually back in town around 4:00pm. Option 2: Sight fishing for Pike on Talbot Lake. From Creekside “Spent allot of time last summer checking talbot out, the water is crystal clear and it's allot like bone fishing from a skiff. Odd cuda sizes pike but mostly small to medium sized fish.” I don’t know about you, but sight fishing to pike sounds like a blast. Here is a review from Smitty on the trip last year: "The trip was terrific. Ray was knowledgeable, friendly, a good guy to fish with. We hung out afterwards at a pub, got some beer and nachos. Good times!" Item 3: BC “Scouting” trip hosted by yours truly. There is this river I’ve always wanted to fish, and I plan to do so in either mid July or mid August, can be worked out with the winner. The current plan is to pull in my trailer, leaving Calgary on a Friday afternoon and fish hard Saturday and Sunday with some possible scouting on Friday if we get there early enough. I’ve done a pretty thorough job of mapping this out using google earth and have several great looking stretches to fish as well as several very likely camping places. Fishermen are myself, bigbowtrout, and probably my son. None of us have ever been to this river (and no, I’m not going to say which one except to the winner) nor really heard much about it other than it has the usual assortment of cutties and bulls. I do plan to try to get back there one time before this trip, but can’t promise anything. So there is a chance this will be a full on “adventure” trip with all the possible outcomes. Most of them are good, but unfortunately there is risk! I’ll supply the food and transportation. And the beer will most definitely be cold. I have done this sort of thing before, on one of my first auctions. The river we picked that time panned out pretty well as I’ve been back every year now for 6 years. If you read my blog, you’ll see it over and over, but never named. Last year I brought PeteZahut, and he is drooling to go back! So while past success is no guarantee of future results, I do have a decent batting average in this sort of thing! Item 4: Donated by SilverDoctor! An afternoon (approx) of Fly Tying Lessons from dear old Doc. At any level from beginner to expert. {If you are an expert you can teach me}. Will supply vice and materials to learn on during the session if needed. In lue of lessons I will tie my classic favorite flies during that time period for you and impart my fall in the creek, loose flies & not catch fish B/S wisdom. In Calgary at a mutually accepted date & location. If I thought that learning to tie flies would not end in divorce, I'd bid on this one! As always, just bid in the reply sections below. I will summarize every few days. Happy bidding!

A. I would never wear that hat B. Substitute cell phone for book C. I never fall while fighting a fish. And only Troutlover gets stuck on rocks in the middle of the river-chasing my fish!

There is a page for fundraisers, it will be there. But I'll update this when it starts. Have a few things donated, I should start this later this week.

Ok. I'll go again this year. I'm planning on a full on scouting trip to remote BC this year, likely mid July to late July with myself and Bigbowtrout the likely scouters. I won't be able to promise fish as I've never been there (though i wouldn't be going if I didn't plan on finding some, or many). Our scouting trips typically involve more fishing than scouting quite honestly. The plan is to haul the trailer in as far as we can on a Friday and fish Saturday and Sunday. I'll auction off a spot on that trip. I did this several years ago on a different river. Find place on map, drive way into back country, fish. Anyone who has seen my blog has seen a bunch of pictures of that river over the years. Hopefully I find something similar here. Worst case is lots of beer and camp fires. I have a few other items promised. The plan is to start sometime next week.

It wasn't an effing beaver! It was the king kong of brown trout. The dead burbot was beyond awesome. I have caught a stringer with 10 live speckled trout (saltwater fish) on it in the middle of nowhere Louisiana. Had a pelican fly into my cast, line wrapped around it's wing and hooked it's leg. That was interesting. Multiple seagulls. A swallow on a little creek.

Folks, As most of you know, I've run a charity auction for my MS Ride every year for several years. I would like to do it again, but just wanted to gauge interest both in donations and bidding. Seems every year the participation drops, so if it's run it's course then that's fine too. Just curious. As always I can donate a day somewhere (whatever that's worth) and I can typically get a donation from one of the local shops of a float. If anyone else is interested, drop me a PM or reply here. thanks!

While I agree on vibram boots needing to be cleaned like anything else, I gotta say (and this is coming from someone with a history of falling down) vibram with hardbites is the most stable sole combination I've used, and I'm including boulder filled freestones! I would have 0 issue with the banning of felt.

Glad my Christmas present boots have vibram!

What is the fun of fishing with someone if you can't make fun of them later? https://juststumblingthroughlife.com/2017/03/21/the-troutlover/?iframe=true&theme_preview=true

I was discussing Trump a bit with a buddy of mine down south. He was telling me how I should be happy with Trump since he will be so good to the oil and gas industry, the industry which so happens to employ me. I told him that it did me a disservice to think that I would be happy with any government due to them helping one aspect of my life while potentially harming others. Same thing here. There are lots of things the cons did that I disagreed with, many that I did agree with. Same with the NDP. Picking between them forces me to weigh lots of factors, and whichever way I vote I always feel like I chose wrong. On the topic at hand, of course I thank the NDP for this. I think it's fantastic. I thought the Bow River changes were a great step. So thanks to any member of the government who happens to read this board. Great Job!