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although i support the 1% on 'art' or making stuff look pertty - see the fish embossed on the sides of glenmore tr. as an good example - that one's gonna be a shining example of a process gone horribly wrong. it's a giant Calgary-ego-sized embarrassment.

my perspective is somewhat skewed, but i believe that most of the suggestions tabled are "easy" 'high visibility' attempted fixes that will probably have limited value. perhaps solves some issues, short term, but in reality create other ones. also consider that the bow system is already overallocated, and some of the major rights holders prodded the gov't to study the feasibility of changing the storage options on the bow system, and none of the initial findings were 'easy'. all involved major undertakings that would involve years of stakeholder input, review, due process, etc. and lots and lots of funds. and they could not agree and wrap that up...although that's still on the books. the issues, and what's being attempted to mitigate against is quite varied and complex, and so probably should be the solution. requires some big picture/long term thinking, and that's been fundamentally lacking for quite some time. my0.02.

many thanks sir. that's good enough for her. she wants to get them shadowboxed and needed something.

Gord sold me my first decent stick years ago. I must admit at the time I was very intimidated by the thought of droppin big coin on a flyrod. he said it would make me a much better caster, and he was absolutely right. condolences to family and friends.

hey - friend of mine recently found these, tied by her deceased father over 30 years ago. can someone correctly identify these as specific patterns...are they a variation of something, or just a custom tie. I would guess, but would be a long-shot. could google too, but ...lazy. mucho tnx.

she floats and rows nice. too bad it doesn't improve the fishin'. ha ha. tnx for the float.

rich. think i fished with this guide this year...

yes. again, sincere thanks for your consideration...you did all you could do, communication is key...it's busy and it happens, no worries at all. we did have a pretty good day, hope you did as well.

x3. nothing will change if nothing's ever said. had a number of similar experiences myself. sometimes, tough call. get the greenies who park unknowingly in a hot spot for lunch. and then there's ones who will do that on purpose. see lots of cut-offs, low-holing, lane hogging bad manners, poor etiquette, rude, agressive & pushy behaviour. from guides, from locals, from tourists. sucks when it's a guide...they are supposed to be the pro's, right? we were fishing a skinny side channel last week, and a drift boat came around the corner... with no where to go but down. kudos to the oarsman, he did what he could to do a clean & quiet drift through, apologized [but really no one had any choice in what was going to happen], and the angler didn't cast into the pool until they were well downstream. much appreciated...well done sir, whoever you are. that's the way it's supposed to go. a little courtesy, goodwill and common decency goes a long way. have a nice day.

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agreed. who drives that? who 'forms' that vision, or gathers the input from stakeholders, and puts it out there [as law, regulations, changes, whatever]? what does the average schmo need to do?

via IO9 interesting geek science article on how fish navigate using the earth's magnetic field