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Wow... That is alot of stone-eye dead trout... That fish in pictures 220-222 was handled for at least 2 full minutes on an August day... I'm guessing it thrashed into deeper water and procceeded to die. Fish #98 ... I'm sure it'll swim away fine. Fish #240 is in spawning mode, with tail worn and caught mid Nov... they sure caught alot of fish that day at that spot... #247 is dead, I hope they at least ate it. #258 is dead... damn shame (I don't know where it is so I won't comment further except to point out Bear spray). #272 is dead... white spots, mountain lake??? http://www.mycyberimages.com/gallery/index...27&page=all Okay okay... the vast majority of those fish are mishandled, many will die, the worst part... they are teaching those kids with them Sportsmen like these disgust me! Envy1234, nice troll, but it's jackasses like you and these guys that give groups like PETA all the right to criticize the sport. It's a sad world that we live in if you've been writing in fishing rags for forty years... why don't you let us know which ones so we can point it out to the editors, Beeatch. Of course NFLD has less fishing pressure than Alberta and based on the last survey, but: 6 mil fish kept of 8.3 mil caught in NFLD (72%) 1.6 mil fish kept of 12.3 mil caught in Alberta (13%) Leave the catch and release expertise to the Albertan's on the board. [edit]The NFLD stuff is tounge and cheek and I don't mean any offence to those from the rock. Just making a point about assumptions of backgrounds.[/edit]

QL's 1,2,&3 for armoured in 1997. Southern Alberta Ligt Horse Reserve (Changed from Recce to light Armour in 97). Great experience, was even in a riot involving British and US soldiers... great. For some reason, I had misplaced the memory.... Nightmares last night of tretments, thanks guys. Back to therapy I go.

That is only funny because I did my QL's in that hole... Wainwright i mean. I had completely forgotten about Bridget the Midget

This is the stuff I want to avoid: http://www3.pipsc.ca/portal/page/portal/science/issues Harper's already cutting gov't depts that look out for the health and safety of Canadians. But who needs safe food (or fish habitat)?

Bingo!!! Most of this thread is Blah Blah Blah. I say down with the Cons. They have wasted our time and money.

Happy birthday! 6-0... only 5 more years to free fishing! Have a good one!

Doesn't matter what they do on the Skeena now... This post made my day!!!

These are all with Pentax (WR33, W10, and W30)> http://picasaweb.google.ca/pharps/Fish# I'm all for Pentax... Excellent Macro, wide angle lense helps capture the shot with poor aiming conditions, perfect size, and great focusing. Lining up the shot takes practice and you have to move in slowly so as not to panic the fish (a fish held upside down in the water with little pressure won't struggle). You can manually set the focus first on the pentax or just snap a pile of shots. You can also get a picture of the fish while its resting... no hands, if you are a fish ninja... quiet gentle handling, no removal of the fish from the water and a slow release. I think the best shots are unique angle, fish swimming away, head on, low from the side, etc.

There was a recent talk about UV hotspots on sexyloops that links to an article on Over my waders by Reed Curry. It indicates that some inverts have UV spots, that trout may see... I've had good luck mixing a touch of UV ice dub into most of my dubbing.

I bought one of the limited editions of the book Presentation that Jason Borger had let us know about on Sexyloops. Excellent book. Gary Borger has had a huge influence on how I look at trout streams.

oh oh oh oh... or better yet . . . . . . A Carbon Tax on Christmas lights!!!!

Christmas lights cause Global Warming... but not in winter, only summer warming. I vote to ban Christmas lights. Bah Humbug!

Snap The link on th AO board is from Jan 08 and links to the new one on this site (revised May 08) I wonder why the differance?

Licences won't weed out bad guides, just like they haven't weeded out bad drivers. There is much more important things than somebody getting ripped off with a bad guided experience. Guides teach people to fish and are an excellent place to start good habits for anglers like proper fish handling, fish ID, and following regulations. Guides also spend a large amount of time on rivers and see things. As they are making money off of our resource, its only right that there is some sort of reporting mechanism in place. Plus O&G, forestry, and mining industries pay royalties/taxes... guides buy lunch?!? I asked Ted Morton these questions on October 1st (with no response yet): Of course, Weedy sums it up with much more class: http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?...ost&p=66836

New Sexyloops Video... coming soon http://www.sexyloops.com/trailer/revolution_trailer.wmv Being touted as "The best fly fishing film ever". (its gggreat) at: http://www.sexyloops.com

Except for... Fishing classified waters is what... an extra $20 a year for BC residents? Cheap (10 coffees, 4 if you drink starbucks). I think we could bump licences up to $30 for residents; $60 for non-residents (+ a 3 day/week licence option); $70 for aliens (+ a 3 day/week licence option); $5 for senior residents... need to keep track of whose fishing; $??100 for an annual guide licence, plus they must keep records (and depending where they fish pass an ID test plus Angling Education course like Hunters do). If Joe angler can afford a guide he can afford an extra $5 a year, plus kids under 16 should get a free province wide C&R licence... pay if they want to keep or fish with a guardian. How is that making fishing not affordable?? And how does making guide get a licence hurt the Average Joe poor angler and his kids? We shouldn't have to donate to a non-profit org to protect or resources (a Legislated RESPONSIBILITY of the Alberta Gov't!!!!!!)

This thread sucks More Chuck; Less penis cutting.

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!