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Thanks for that Brian, only difference between you and me is I'm a little farther down the evolutionary path of an angler tis all, been fishin' 55 yrs plus. BTW, in the 10 or 12 yrs I've been yappin' about this, I never once said we needed to nuke the introduced fish. I've always said we needed to weed the garden a bit and preserve what's left.

Aha, the eye candy question

OK then you guys, riddle me this, what makes these "wild fish" so special and unique?

And there you go man, the Bow, the Crow, the lower OM, Barnaby Ridge, Bullshead etc. are just places I'd go to placate a fishin' itch or curiosity. The upper OM, Upper Belly, Mcleod, Freeman, Kakwa are all places I'd go to fish for something truly unique.

It's on Shaw Fox 22

No it's a genuine question Mcleod, I'm not just sayin' it to be argumentative.

Don't get me wrong, a fishery like the Bow and Crow (and many many others) is something to be respected and helped because there is no going all the way back to Before. But reality is they are completely artificial, a result of Man's interference and are being managed for our enjoyment and benefit, not for the need to preserve and protect the remnants of what once was.

Well aware of that Don

OK I have to say this...how does a "fishery" become "treasured" when it can reconstructed virtually anywhere suitable by the use of a hatchery truck?

No worries but you made more than a few guys a tad apprehensive

eat'em fresh fish are good for you.

It's Willow above Indian Graves Brian

So to maintain a "quality" brook trout fishery in your mind we should let a naturally evolved unique species die out in one particular stream? Why not, the brook trout have expatriated all the Willow Ck bull trout anyway, just one more stream with no cutthroat that's all. That only makes 9 -10 more streams with no natives that I've personally witnessed... Lobby to turn Cataract into a quality brook trout fishery if you're so inclined, it's historically fish barren above the falls anyway but you're gonna have to siphon about 50% of the brookies out of there if you want to maintain any size........... although it would be a good safe low cost place to stash some pure cutts in case the decline continues, can't just depend on the upper Old Man, Westcastle and Lynx

Christ Peace , you're the one that carps about how poaching is decimating our streams so you tell me what you think will happen if you overharvest 2 out of 3 species of sport fish in a small stream? .Do yourself a favour and read the report on Quirk Creek, its on the TU site.

Talk to Jim Stelfox, he would know. I'll pm you his email addy

Thanks Jim, needed changes. I gonna hafta change my siggy if I pass the test.

Cool ad, I remember listenin' to the original version whilst sittin' in a Versitile 855 goin' round and round n' turnin left. It had the same effect on me then as now.

That rotten bastard, anyone ever met him? Betcha he's a prick in real life too. Willow saw the highest high removal rates at over 1600 going for a ride. It'll be interesting to see if we started to make some room for the other fish and which one starts to predominate.

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The wind's a miserable consistent certified bitch, stay away and retire elsewhere

Checked it out enough to know I want a Hobie Cat way worse than the Circa

Jeez Donny, one leg feel a little longer? I was pullin' on it.

Don't know Donny, but did they really hit perfection in materals when they found that Pseudosasa amabilis?? Christ that was a 100 yrs ago. :angel:smail:

One thing about that price... makes my hummin' and hawin' over a pair of Larry Kennney glass rods easier to take.

Thanks Jay, I give it a test run if I get to the expo but I'm guessin' it will be very reminiscent in feel to older model Light Lines and SLTs