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freeze'm and use'm for garden fertilizer next yr

Me 2??

I are still here, ....that mere fact and a buck fitty seben will get you a XL doubledouble at any location o' timmies. The rest of them retired OFers is gone fissin' till freezeup or at least till they hafta find their long handled stanfields.... the gorbs have gone home for the season don't ya know. Any self-employed OFers like me unfortunately have to work. This is a good place, the mods let it ride mostly keeping their personalities out of it, ain't too goody two shoes and has a nice edge to it.

Holy crap Rick, I just quit bitchin' about my construction zone yard, that'll take a week or 3 to clean up.

I don't think bears will attack when they're gigglin' hysterically.............. Look up Cripe , there's about a foot and a half of white crack hanging out there

They bite unsuspecting fishermen on the ass. What else... a cowbell

Yeah you win Matt

Cleanin' and deodorizin' your wadin' equipment successfully destroys all incurred MoJo... proceed with caution.

I suppose Rob; it's Parks Canada politically correct generic answer for the average National Parks tourist. Confront the wrong bear and you're liable to have a touri who looks like he fell into a paper shredder. Same with running in a panic, big bear will mark you up from the shoulder blades down then bite your head off, little bear will mark you up from the asscheeks down in an attempt to hamstring you Do what you think is best, most of all, educate yourself. The advice I took to heart comes from people who spent a lifetime outdoors in bear country. BTW I never carry a firearm anymore when fishing in grizzly country, only the biggest can of pepper spray I can find. And those of you who are busily lookin' up the word sympathy in the Webster's dictionary...... you'll find it somewhere between *hit and Syphilis.

I've got a friend who a retired Parks Warden. He has absolute faith in pepper spray, he's used it a total of 4 times on aggressive grizzlies and each time it was like the bear ran into a wall. Aggressive blackbears he just smacked with a stick. Like the trampoline treatment though.

Whatever girls... the wounds say he was runnin', he has abso-frickin'lutely no defensive wounds and the cardinal rule of close proximity blackbear encounters, (least the one I was taught).. never run, standup to the bastard and if a bear scratchin' is inevitable, fight like hell, most blackbears are basically chickenshit. That would put the wounds on my frontside not my ass. I wonder how many Wildlife Enforcement Officer manhours are going to be wasted tracking down and destroying an asschewin' blackbear instead of real work... somehow the poaching of wildlife comes to mind. Ain't no sympathy here, you'll have to find it in your copy of Websters.

Huh?

OK I'll say it and prove to all that I'm a loudmouth ***hole...... another bear dies because some idiot doesn't know how to handle himself in a bear confrontation. A bear biting his fat ass and legs says he was runnin' away and if you wanna provoke a bear attack...run like hell whenever you see one. If he woulda stood up to that blackbear he likely just have an elevated heart rate and a good story to tell. Educate yourself if your gonna go fishin' where there's wildlife otherwise stick to the city sections of the Bow.

So Stud How do you figure that ??

3's the magic number, from the regs # Use a line in angling equipped with more than three hooks (e.g., three hooks, or three single-hook lures, or one three-hook lure). # Use a lure in angling with more than three hooks as part of it. # Use a hook with more than three points on a common shaft (see Important Definitions).

Dry..usually 1 unless I'm havin' trouble seein' some infinitesimal piece of fluff with a hook in it, then I'll double team the SOB with a sz12 royal wulff nymphs..usually 2 Soft hackles, wingless wets and small streamers.. 2 sometimes 3 Big honkin' streamers..1.. best not to get too stupid when throwin' 1/0, 2/0, 3/0 hooks

Don't know Rick but them hurricanes seem to have it in for people who talk funny Hope things turn out alright

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As of this yr Hardy has moved it's production on most lines to Asia, if you're wanting English built Hardy reels you're pretty much stuck with the used secondary markets.

I'da voted in ur poll but you didn't give me the option of voting "None of my damn business how BC manages their resource there's enough problems in my home province to concern me."

Each to his own, Rottweilers and pitbulls kill and maim people too but I'd no more leave town because I saw a couple loose dogs runnin' around. I've spent my workin' life around animals that can kill me in a moment of inattention or carelessness but I feel no need to leave the valley. Pay attention and read the signs, make the necessary adjustments and continue on. Course thats just me...... B)

So ya'll quit fishin' and leave the valley when ya spot a bear???? Cool, never thought of that....

Re: top pic So that's where I left that summbitch Looks like ya had a decent summer there BCboy. Back to school?

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