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Fiberglass, probably cast a line weight lighter than marked using modern lines. If it were a 8 foot or shorter 5wt Parametic it would be a highly desired rod for a vintage rod nut but being a heavier longer rod in good shape maybe 50-60 bucks on evilbay maybe 75 on a good day. Make a helluva bass rod though, the warmwater boys seem to like them.

Just got off the phone w/Jim and I'm signing up. Definitely a step in favor of native species over introduced, too bad it's too late for a dozen or so creeks that I'm personally aware of.

Too bad, methinks there may be a pond or two more around that's got it this spring. Oh well there may be some Montana fluvials around with the high runoff if I feel the need to get some thyme smell on my hands.

Never mind the 4 weeks off..HTF do you get 4 days in a row off??

or Maxima Ultragreen. Tried building my own leaders but I found the abundance of knots beaucoup irritating over factory tapered leaders. Nowadays I usually use furled leaders

Yeah but did you hafta leave by a different gate?

Must be the same sumbitch who winched out my anchor posts because my pasture gates were strung too tight...

quacking good fish them blackfoot rainbows

True that but there'll be more brookie streams not less. It's pretty decent as a general guide though.

Some pretty good suggestions above. Also may help to pickup a copy of Barry Mitchell's - Alberta Fishing Guide. It'll gives you a fairly accurate breakdown on the streams local to you.

Pay no attention to Weedy, he apparently overdosed on smartass pills or the bluebird of happiness pooped on his bald spot, either or.... Plenty of brook trout streams around, unfortunately more than there were 20 yrs ago. How far you want to drive and how soon?

Probably safer than floatin' it in a $39 inflatable raft from wally world

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WHOA...frickin' flashback

I wonder how loud one of them grey squirrels could scream if you launched them from a propane powered potato cannon???? I already know how far away a gopher will land from a oxyacetylene powered irrigation pipe.... Might be a pain in the ass to get them into those little parachutes.

Yeah I know Don but I think the need for more and better is hardwired in the Beast. Do you and I really need 30-40-50 different fly rods and can we fish them all or even want to fish them all in a single season?

Give them to Monger, he likes the bigger imports

Gawd I hate it when people insist on bein' pragmatic

Piss on that noise, I got 3-4 more inches of life's irritant fallin' outta the sky at this moment......................

I wonder how well a smartassed Texican can float with a 25 kilo rock stuffed in the back of his waders????

Jared, Had a sudden epiphany, if you take 22 south and turn where 520 takes off east for Claresholm @ the top of the ridge 2 side rds join, one on the right is the sky line rd and I know its plowed 5-6 k to the south to a gas well. There'll be some places to camp along it, quite a few elk camps along that stretch in the fall. The rd to the left is the east trout creek rd and it may be plowed because they punched a well in there last fall. If it is open, plenty of camping along ck 8-9k in and all forestry both sides.

Snow still pretty deep in both the foothills and mountain reserve areas @ least down here. I'd do a flyin' check for you but I gotta head east this mornin'. Cottonwood treed riverbottom somewhere out in the flats? Sorry couldn't be more help.

zed, Thanks for that, I knew I'd read it somewhere in the past couple of yrs. Clive, Will it go too far? Probably, it seems to part of human nature, if some is good then more will hafta be far better.

The ones from confluence to the falls are probably Highwood fish, I haven't seen or heard of a cutt being caught anywhere above the Cataract falls in 5 or more years. troutsteaks, don't worry about it. I'm an old flyfishin' cowboy, 'bout as subtle as train wreck at times but if I lived near the Appalachians or Nova Scotia I'd be just as passionate about preserving and restoring the native eastern brook trout.

What time frame Jared?