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good idea. a thought [as not everyone will take the time to do this themselves]... we draft a general letter with a 'thanks for your support' shout-out and bit of a report [like who/how many participated, what got accomplished, etc.] and send it to all the sponsors on behalf of the group. no one will get missed and/or deluged. we could also include personal messages from individuals singling out spif sponsors we wanted. ??

my first clean-up...a job well done judging from the pile of garbage. tnx again to the organizers, sponsors and everyone for turning out - what's the weirdest/most surprising thing you picked up? - what was the most common thing you picked up?

yep - many thanx i think it went well, food was good and prizes & swag were a nice treat! was very glad to see a beat i w&w'd heavy this summer get a much needed scrubbing. ...nice to put some faces to names too.

did someone say rum? i like rum...

oh, lemme know if you need water jugs i have 2 5 gal.

fish creek, southland, 22x, the deefoot ext. all areas i have been that need a cleansing

there's [unfortunately?] now a population of suckers in lake bonavista where i live, never caught one but have seen numbers of them. i suspect this winter will see a few pulled thru the ice, and i assume they are not a welcome addition to what is otherwise a pretty solid little meat fishery. ice fishing for suckers for icefishing?

yes, and since the post-mulooney implosion/reform merger days, they often do.

carpooling anyone? i'm in the south east [bonavista], can have space for 3. not going to be lingering around afterwards much though, have a hot date sunday night. pm me.

http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?...633&hl=wier that was the last news i saw....

sooooooooo jealous. awesome!! thanks for posting!

good day though, had lots of time to enjoy the scenery and the blazing golds of the season. love being on the water this time of year, and hope to get out a couple more before ice up. cheers!

i managed to use a rod holder and hooked a few while rowing. most were safe, including another good brown that had me into my backing quickly. working another run i landed this brown, which was the fish of the day... the morning was very warm and bright, but by 2 the predicted front moved in and action for me slowed considerably. landed 7 in total and had lots of ldr's. most landing success was when stopped & working a run but did manage to land a few on the fly. saw action on a prince, the boatman, copper john & and a sjw. by the time the floatilla were taking out at mck. a little squall was brewing and it was considerably cooler.

it was purdy so i stayed to enjoy the morning and finish off another coffee a little while later i stopped to work a few runs and had some interest in a boatman. this rainbow did not want a portrait taken...um, nice action shot?

ah, so the day starts with a 7am call that the lads are not coming after all [nice], so it's just me & the pooch. that's ok, like the solo days once in a while. prepping at police as the sun was just starting to burn through the fog. i tried to throw a few casts as i pulled out, not 100 yds dwnstrm & i hook a really nice brown. completely unprepared and it's complete gong show to run the oars and play a good fish, and we parted company soon. i pulled over and watched some others drift by...

wow. after watching both the debates i gotta wonder... the 2 leaders that came across with the most intelligent w/questions and answers were green & bloc, both fringe party leaders [and they know it] who overall have platforms i can't support. i have a big big hate on for the idiot in my riding, harper makes me ill and dion is just, well, dion and the green shift has it's points, but well...and layton is a characture of himself. huh. where's the natural law party when you need it? some yogic flying on parliment hill and some old fashioned comic relief would be nice...

amazing pix, look fwd to round 2!

very sad news re: the hunter. i believe another hunter was killed by a bear last year in that general area? thanks for the update, good advice to be prepared.

neither have i, i just try to stay out of the way, but close enough i can see hear what they are doing. like anywhere service oriented these days you get a mixed bag of staff working there and i found it just pays to pay attention to some kids changing your oil.

my prev. vehicle was a jeep - i did it myself in my garage unless there was other work going that needed a pro. my present one is a pathfinder - i have done myself but it's an ass pain with all the plates & guards...diminishing returns re: time vs. money. and dealing with used oil...wife loved that part. now it's either mr. dube [check the work as it's done - you tend to get some attention paid when you appear to know what the crap is going on as opposed to reading the paper] or my local shop or the dealer.

yeah those can really leave a mark...

true story: friend of a friend is fishing the crow a many years back. he's solo, it's almost dark and he's working a size micro mayfly hatch. he chili-dips his back cast in the brush and in the process he inhales his fly up is nose. like way up. instant nasal drip flood and his eyes fill up with water. he tries fishing for it for a few minutes, but it hurts like hell and he only drives it in deeper. then - he drops and steps on his only pair of glasses. and he's basically blind without them at night. so after an hour or so of extreme blind bushwacking back to where he thinks his vehicle is he stumbles out onto the road, the first car stops as they see this poor bastard scratched to hell from brush, cut and bleeding everywhere. they drive him to where he thinks his truck is, but he's so blind and disoriented it's not there. they take pity on him and drove him into the doctor in town, they have to go in and get the fly from the other nostril it's so far up. and he needs several stitches to his many cuts and scrapes [he fell down alot on his little hike]. oh yeah, and by this time it's 3 AM and his wife has sent the search party out... that's one of the better ones i've heard.

that's an awesome fish and a great story!

oy vey, and amen!