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http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/progse...f/all/pgmsrv112 This says you are allowed to licence them here... I'm sure the contact number at the top could help. I've talked to these guys before: http://alberta.ca/home/includes/directorys...;varExpandID=-1

Why not a guide licence issued like fishing licences (I'd like them to take a test though). We pay enough for that IBM service. Applications and payment can be made online with regular licences on that new website. Each guide company gets on that maybe lists the names of the guides. CO's check it like they check licences... and with enough time on a river its easy to spot who the guides are. A small increase in licence fees would be acceptable for residents, a nominal increase for non-residents, and a real increase for aliens. The big thing would be to collect fishing info (rod days/ watershed) so we know what the pressure is from guiding. Guide days can be limited in a waterbody/watershed where needed. Voluntary creels would also be great.

Dog faced wolverine it is... I can live with that.

I'm not so gracefull at admitting defeat as Jeffro... vs Click here if the movie does not play. Your shots scream marmot. Break them down to frames and look at the feet as its running... no big wolverine claws. I'm not sure of the time of year, but it looks like late spring (The Round Leaved Orchids (Amerorchis rotundifolia) bloom in late spring/early summer but maybe later as you gain elevation), and that is too big to be a young wolverine of that year and around the size of an adult marmot. Marmots can be 45 - 57 cm long + 17-26 cm tail.>> ~8-20lbs (about the size of what you saw?) Wolverines are at adult size in a year, and before that stay with mom till the fall. Adult size of a wolverine is anywhere from 65-105 cm + 17-26 cm tail.>> ~15-70 lbs!!! But... I wasn't there... and thing jumping in the water looked more like a rabbit.

Humble, Sorry to hear about your pup... I've lost too many over the past little while, and you never get over it. The critter was definately a hoary marmot, as pointed out (Jeffro knows his stuff too). They're around, but not commonly seen. Like Hike2Fish mentioned, there is a big difference in the gait, plus you really notice the how the wolverine holds his head... low or high, but rarely looking like it has no neck like the marmot... at least that's what I recall from seeing them. As to eating nature... We used to have to eat a minnow to be initiated into work... I have a few favourites that I eat... always leaving at least half of what I find behind. Pistol of a Indian paintbrush> very sweet when the flower is fresh. "Pith" of the stem from a wild violet leaf... tastes like mint. Lots know about rosehips and the huge amount of vitamins. Many others not to mention... What it comes down to is: if you don't know what's there, How can you protect it?

I think they're still around... there was a clip posted on the Lethbridge board: http://goneflyfishin.ca/forum/index.php?to...msg2352#msg2352 According to their website, they mishandled fish and ruined the quiet across Canada again in 2008. http://www.dimestorefishermen.com/about_us.cfm

I'm all for biased licensing based on where you pay your taxes. In terms of watershed management plans, with the exception of a few walleye lakes, we don't know enough, nor do we have the will to put firm regulations in place like that (not that I agree with them at all, I'm now not rich enough to fish where I want to). Guides being forced to report creels (or at least fishing days per watershed) would be a huge benefit to management in the province, and if any group in Alberta gets off their butt to speak for a public resource, more power to them!

All guides should be licenced period. The Alberta Gov't needs to step up, and anglers need to make the gov't aware of how we feel.

TACO!! I can't believe you just let out the secret. Actually, i was just chatting with a local biologist about wipping all the trout out of those creeks and stocking WCT... I think what your creek runs into would make an excellent trout creek. You gonna be in Lethbridge for the TU meeting?

The typical time for Browns is Mid Oct through Nov. The redd in the last thread were in water less than an inch deep and likely wouldn't survive the season. I'm not too familliar with the Bow, but I don't see why they wouldn't attempt to spawn if the termperatures and flows were right. Doc's got it right in regards to the mechanics of spawning, in terms of when the eggs emerge it depends on temperatures. For rainbows it takes 30 days in water temps at 10 deg. Longer if the water is colder. I don't know the degree-days required for Browns, but you can likeliy find out at the Sam Livingston Hatchery.

I find these types of polls really interesting... Take Azerbaijan... 15 votes only 40 for McCain... I know a guy who was working there for an oil company setting up rigs, before the Chinese bought the company. How many of those 15 were from western society? How many Azerbaijanies?? have access to a computer? Same with all the drilling in Nicaragua and oil ops in Venezuela (even though they produce despite US interests). Simmilar thing with Iraq... are the results skewed due to the current occupation... likely, but do they want McCaoin, and long US presence or Obama and a US free world (not excact, but you get my point). And Macedonia... Big vacation spot for westerners? I know 4 soldiers that were there in the past year, 1 British- 3 Canadian. Cool post Don.

I don't think there is any benefit in having flies sorted by weight in that much detail. Like Rusty mentioned, there is more to sinking than weight... how fully the fly is dressed is probably the most important. Plus water conditions are so different (fast/slow flows, depths, wind on line, cross currents etc) that differences in fly weight would be almost negligible.

My streamers with weight are tied with red thread... red head for deep, black for shallow. Nymphs are sorted similar, its either weight or not, if I need more I use tin shot or sticky weight. No lead on flies or line for me.

Cheeler, I'm going to send it back, its useless to me as it is (I repaired probably about8-10 inches of it overall with UV knotsense). It doesn't shoot as well, which is why I got the line in the first place.

I had a big reply with lots of stuff... then hit the back button on my mouse... To sum it up: I like the line> great shooting, good floating. Noise was't a problem, but one of the best anglers I know said it has put down fish for him. Friction wasn't a problem for me, but I can see it being an issue for city boys with soft hands that go steelheading. Clean the line with the pad as advised by SA. You can preserve the life of your lines by storing them in the freezer, but really you lines die from sun exposure, sharp rocks and big fish, not old age. Birchy, The tip has a smaller diameter so it will go below the surface. Fly lines float by displacing water with their volume first. Fatter lines will float better. Dressing a line will help a line float by "repelling water", cleaning a line will prevent it from cutting through the surface tension. The Sharkskin should "hold more air" around it, and increase the surface area, but the tip will still go down if there is tension. Its the taper of the line that makes a difference in the presentation of the fly. Bcube, I don't know what taper you were using before, but changing that may have made a similar difference. For me, I liked the extra slickness, and the ability to shoot... BUT My line is toast after one season. The coating peeled off parts of the line and got damaged really easily. My SA Nymph line lasted for 4 seasons of harder use, (the same streams and more) and it only has a few cuts in in. It was NOT worth the price to get that extra distance, when I could have practiced casting instead. I think thats about all I said before in less space.

Girl is F'd in the head. The art is good without bugs... with the bugs its a dirt PoS.

Thanks guys! Haven't touched my fishing stuff all week... may try some water Wed. I'll drink an extra Guinness for you tonight, Rick.

Remember if you are keeping a fish you have to kill it immediately and you can not keep baitfish from waters that are regulated with a bait-ban.

The banks act independently of Harper, and have been working on our finacial system for years and years... more non partisan than most institutions in Canada. People need to stop relating the Conservative Party (CP) with conservatism... its not the same. The CP is a political party that has finacial aspirations that change with the political climate (pressure, leader, party members). Most of my insulting of Harper goes towards that we share the name. I've had many discussions with Clive along these lines and I really love to play the opposite end. Although I do think Harper is a dick (or at least a robot)... based on his past record, including things he has said about health care and the Canadian system. He does not act as a leader, he acts as a bully supressing opinions from within his own party. BTW, I'm as Albertan as they come (except for my views on environment). Alberta voting Conservative isn't a stereotype, but a fact. And I was a PC'er before the merge (even a card carrying campaigning member at that)... I just can't stand the ultra right views of the Reform party (which still form the basis of the CPs).

I'd never vote you out Rick! I voted NDP because they do better here in Lethbridge, and I think the candidate is a smart guy, mostly it was a protest vote. That wikipedia stuff isn't based on the suggested Canadian model... I read somewhere recently that with the tax adjustments, mid class earners would benefit, not much change for lower class (under 40000), and no more than 200 a year for upper class. Replacing income tax with carbon tax... you get penalized for waste not how much you earn (I think it should be a Pollution tax not Carbon tax). The Jaccard model looked at only $50 per tonne, not the $110 above. Of course, I can't find it now, but I'm looking actually I'm going home to get my fly tying stuff to go to the pub. (This is close with actual numbers on how Canadians may be affected).

Before anybody starts spouting off about the carbon tax... Who hear actually has read anything on it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1777847.htm http://www.theoildrum.com/tag/carbon_tax (good blog) http://www.albertasenator.ca/hullabaloos/?article&259 (good albertan blog) http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...hub=CTVNewsAt11 http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/marke...o-cap-and-trade http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=849319 http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/index.php...carbon-tax.html We should have cut income taxes anyways, not the GST which is a tax cut for people who spend more. Why does Canada put heavy taxes on things we do want (like employment) and no taxes on things we don’t want (like pollution)? A carbon tax would benefit Canadians... http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/259786 Enough of this whitewash crap from conservative fearmongers... when was that taken off the blog? Where did it come from? why is it showing up now instead of earlier... like before the election? I think a carbon tax could be excellent for this country. The intesity based stuff from the Alberta gov't is a joke. The carbon tax works in Sweden and some other EU countries. It was proposed by Clinton before that girl met him under the desk. Why not? TD bank supports the carbon tax: http://www.td.com/economics/special/db0908_ont.jsp

Double post... But I miss the PC's Reformers wanted to keep women in the kitchen, right?

"Thinking of voting Liberal" Yes Harper's a dick. [edit] Not that it matters in Alberta, because nobody thinks for themselves... oooohhhh vote conservative... liberals are all eastern... Only seniors vote in Alberta anyways. Did I mention Harper and McKay are dicks?[/edit]

I wanna vote Bloc...

Taeke, But if all this petfood did not go to pets... or wasn't caught in the first place... wouldn't that be better? http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMol...YD5344520080826 Less ocean fish for pets, more for people (plus stop dumping the by-catch). Its also been demostrated that sustainable agriculture, whether its crops under tree canopies, shrimp in rice patties, or mixed terrace farming can be very cost effective and provide a locally controlled, cheap source of food (and income). Of course to help things we need to stop promoting mass industrial agriculture as the best way, and start encouraging small scale, high diversity operations with less reliance on fuel and ag-chemicals. Just like the cork industry, when you take something away from locals and try to make it cheap and efficient> you ruin that local economy and environment. The push for plastic corks and screw tops on wine bottles has resulted in the loss of cork "forest" and the desertification of parts of Portugal.