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You mean you finally retired the HMH. Shame on you.
That is a lot of flies for 2 patterns.
eastman,I've a Barracuda. Had it for about 10 years. Tied several thousand flies on it. Works well. The jaws that came with it have 2 hook pockets for holding very large hooks. I also have a midge set of jaws for hooks <18's.
Don
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DutchDryFly
To each his own but I would never ever use UPS. USPS dovetails very
well with Canada Post in my experience. I have had rods, reels etc
out of the US always coming USPS and have never had a problem.
The customs clearance fees from UPS are out of site and I refuse
to buy US side if they use UPS. Maybe it is just me. FedEx is not
any better than USPS in my experience. Last rod US to my door
7 days USPS.
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If you are on the look out for a quality Tapered Loop UE Salmon/Steelhead wet fly
hook , take a look at the Gamakatsu T10-6H. They are a fine first
class hook and are scary sharp. Same class as the TMC 7999
and the Mustad 36890 but from a finish and sharpness standpoint I think the
Gama is the clear winner. This is going to be my go to hook for a lot
of my wet patterns. But everybody has their personal favourites.
I don't sell them and have no association with them what so ever.
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Sun
From one of the most prestigious science journals (the other day)
that some people access daily "The Calgary Sun" I see that AP
has done a review of said e-mails (some million words I think)
and found nothing substantially erroneous to discredit the current
science findings. Does that count for nothing ? Maybe they are part
of the conspiracy too. As to geologists weighing in on climate change matters;
that is fine, everyone has an opinion but I think it gets a little
dangerous when we go to the ear/nose and throat guy for a
brain tumor. But hey they are both doctors and practice medicine.
You should be ok.
PS Have you read the book yet ? Wanna borrow my copy...seriously ?
The great thing about the book is that you can read it as a fiction if you like.
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Before closing the thread may I offer up a very interesting read.
Climate Cover-up by James Hoggan. I am not condoning being
"Jonesed" ... the outrage speaks for itself but if you want a glimpse
of how the real big boys play read the book. Some references
to "reputable" go to disciples (suggested on this site) for the denier
crowd are in for a little insight. Yes it is a view from the other side
of the Grand Canyon and yes it deals with the "hockey stick"
and it exposes how we are manipulated given what is at stake.
If after reading the book and you are still comfortable with your stand
fine. The book is less than a flat of beer and it
is the cheapest tuition fee on climate politics around. Suggest you
read the book first then come back and do the poll thing considering
what may or may not be at stake.
It would have been an interesting question on the poll "How many have read
the book ?"
Cheers
Tim
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The answer would be an easy yea.
When a resource is finite...it's cost escalates. When the cost of the resource goes up...consumption goes down via either direct reduced consumption or more efficient use of said resource. This continues and continues...
Sun
I am assuming you have answered yes to the hypothetical poll.
If you can get a finite resource's cost to escalate after it is all gone then
quit wasting your time here .... your on to something.
As to my list I was thinking along the lines of using you as my cap
and trade partner and as long as I don't stray to far your
positive enviro footprint should cancel out my negative. Sum
gain zero. Saves me making a list. I would be willing to pay !
Do you take paypal?
Do you think GM is being a little hasty dumping the Hummer
division on China? With all this climate warming BS and infinite
resource they might be able to make a comeback here.
What is it going to take to get you over from the dark side?
Just kiddin on all of the above, were all just having some fun.
"Good night, and Good Luck"
Take care of yourself.
Tim
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But you still miss the point........No one argues the need for sustainable, renewable, non carbon energy sources.........To suggest that we reduce carbon consumption based on the hoax of AGW is ridiculous........If you believe that the global warming scare and skewed science is justified in reducing carbon consumption then I guess you believe that lying to create an outcome, even though said outcome may be desirable is o.k............As Terry said, that's not how science is supposed to happen.........
Don't you get the feeling that we are fiddling while Rome burns? Climate warming, climate cooling
disigenious plot by those dasdardly climate scientists...who cares in the big picture if were talking about
just us surviving. Maybe the end justifys the means. Would be interesting if someone ( I can't )
would put up a yes or no poll for an unscientific garner on the following question. " Do you believe that
if we take the population of India and China and add them to the North American population that there is enough carbon
resources to sustain the increase in the current North American life style for say 100 years ?"
Perhaps not relevant as no one here is going to be around but history and the next generation
will be..hopefully and in what form is anyone's guess. I don't think we (as in this generation)
are entitled to a bye as to this question. Yes I think we are seriously being duped and
to continue to rail on Jones et al takes our attention away from the real big issue which
is infinite growth in a capitalism enviroment funded by finite resources.
Gotta go shovel snow..damn global cooling.
The Doors tune sums it up for me "No one here gets out alive"
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I have to admit that I don't understand what your point is. Nevertheless, if you understand the purpose of the debate...
?? Don't insult your intelligence. But thanks I am quite aware of the debate. Go back and read for the first
time post 136. I'm done.
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If one's measure of victory is which team changed the minds of the most people in the audience, then the con side won.
:lol: TerryPriceless contribution...so much for baseball, hockey...hey the Grey Cup. I think the final after
tally was on the pro side and they just squeaked by for whatever thats worth. Would not have
expected anything different from the center of the universe.
They should have held the debate in Nunavut.
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Folks we have been grossly misled! The crime of the millenium....
What happened to
Invasion of Iraq
Vietnam
Year 2000
H5n1n1
Sub prime
nearly 40 years of conservative rule in Alberta
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Sun
All rhetoric aside we can all goggle any particular position we
care to support at any particular time. Sure data has been
manipulated and destroyed...not good but we will get past it.
It does not change the the fact that our society is buzzing
along at warp speed and it still is not fast enough. Improve gas
mileage on vehicles and we just drive further. I do it. More
is better right ? Do you honestly believe that the earth can support
the Current North American lifestyle with the addition of China and India ?
There is not enough carbon resources to go around never mind
that you probably could not breathe the air. Think Mexico city.
The one problem I sense is that there is a brick
wall out there, unfortunately I don't know how far out but we
are going to hit it. Our whole existence is based on non-renewables
and I don't think you will find many deniers. So what to do ?
Continue to subsidize and prop up the non -renewable consumption
or forge ahead and get off the carbon. Were going to spend the money anyway
so why not direct it toward assisting a supportable, nature friendly,
sustainable quality of life for the next generation. God knows we have
had our day in the sun and maybe just maybe we should start introducing it
( the sun ) along with other renewables into our way of living on this rock.
We need a level playing field for this to happen. Cut the carbon subsidies or
at least direct some reasonable subsidies to renewables to help kick start.
What could renewables do with what we are going to spend on a still unproven
CO2 sequeestering experiement ?
We are squandering our most precious commodity...time and yes we need carbon
to buy us what little time we have left to make the transition. But no bones about
it, we need to kick the carbon habit before it kicks us. It is definitely a
moral and ethical decision for me. Denial is a very important coping mechanism
that helps our survival otherwise in todays world some of us would not even get out
of bed but carried too far and I think we can inflict irreparable harm as in
cease to exist as a species. Techo fixes to carbon issues will not change
the inevitable....at some point no carbons left.
More rhetoric I know but take the time to watch and points scored
on both sides don't even talk about botched Anglia CRU.
Ohh and by the way 'tight lines'
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Sun
I will leave it to you to update but the best I could find is about
100+ hectares out of over 400,000 hectares officially certified
as reclaimed. It may be better than that. But equally as important
is the reclamation bonding held by the us maybe $500 million
in total. Assuming $150,000 per hectare to reclaim and the
above 400,000 (give or take) figure above you might conclude
that Albertans are taking on more than their fair share of risk.
I don't know if the 100+ hectares included any tailing area(s)
which one would thing would be quite a bit more per hectare
to reclaim.
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And this just in.....don't it make you proud..were
finally getting noticed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/ci...en-climate-deal
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Yes what a travesty. But what concerns me is that because of 4+ player's
exchange of e-mails the pseudo science is out the window ?? What about
all the other 1496 soles who have spent their entire lives working in the field?
Are they all in this conspiracy together? Is some of there findings crap also ?
I am not condoning their actvities and my own position is of no importance
but I think considering what may be at stake we still need climate science
to continue if for no other reason than to refute civilization's activities contributing
towards global warming. That might not be possible if sources of funding
dry up. The climate science community really needs to stand up and renounce
the serious lack of judgment of these individuals and insure that their climate
investigation careers are finished. Hey there is hope though, with this kind of stuff
going on maybe, just maybe world oil supply has not peaked either.
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Sundancefisher
Your Trojan horse.......ex I would assume rather shortly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009...aked-emails-uea
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Canadensis....On a more serious note and not to beat up on Timmies
but check out the paper filter they use to make the coffee...bleached
white as opposed the unbleached brown option. Health issue don't know
but I do know they are way behind Starbucks in recycling their coffee grounds.
It would be interesting to know the tons of good compostable coffee grounds
from Timmies that end up in the dump in Canada complete with the bleached
white filters intact. I regularly pick up coffee grounds for free from Strabucks
(their program and fair trade), nicely packaged, for the garden,
plants etc. The stuff is great and it works. I phoned Timmies down east about them getting
with the program. Their working on it; that was 8 months ago.
I suspect it's a hassle for them and the line ups aren't getting any shorter anyway.
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I guess Jasper being in a National Park has got it right.
No drive thrus allowed and that means Tim's and MacD. I also
believe BC has a no idle law although it is probably
a strawman law; but it sounds greenish.
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When you are at the trough why would you step out of line ?
Support for 'Old Topsoil' should come as no surprise. Wild
Rose's Danielle Smith campaign included "changes to oil royalties that
she said have sent investment dollars elsewhere". Same old same old.
That should warm the cockles of everyone's heart. It's pouring outside
and we should revisit royalties charged to oil companies. Maybe we should
not charge anything to really spur on investment. Wasn't it a media savey person
that got us to this point in the first place ? What I think is really sad is that
there is no servant visionary in any party in this province
that will risk moving the province out of the rut of our oil addicted
economy. I guess we have to hit the wall first. Will the last one leaving
please turn out the lights.
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I may be urinating into the wind, but every time I hear or read that CO's don't get overtime, and they don't get enought money for gas, I can't help but think of schoolteachers. These people care so much about educating our children, it's uncommon for them NOT to work unpaid overtime, and pay out of pocket for supplies. I'm certainly not saying this is right, just that it would be heartening to see the same level of dedication from our CO's
Rick
Rick..This is a troll right ?
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For a little deja vu have a read from the transcript of Hansard March 30, 2004.
Scroll to Page 774 leading off with the Hon.Member of Edmonton-Strathcona,
Dr. Pannu. Pages 774 to 776 and you should get the drift. Fast forward to
now and ask your self what has really changed. Democracy does not work
or is even remotely alive in this province and the Streamwatch program
is a good as it gets unless there is a change and we all know what the
chances of that happenning are.
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_file...1330_01_han.pdf
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Don.. I am surprised you didn't know. All server internet traffic to and
from Canada must first cross Stephen Harper's desk for scrutiny before
continuing on to it's destination. Your opportunity to address this
inconvience may be available at the next Federal election.
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Joshua
If you start your quest do not pass up the opportunity to try the
Sage 5110-4 Z Axis. It will probably not be at your price point
but I saw George Cook cast this config a mile. It truly was impressive.
Did it all with the Rio AFS 5/6. Handles anything you could ever want
in a Bow Switch rod (Skagit rig, overhead etc ). If you like the action it
may give you a good reference point for some of the real good rods
in the lower price range...and they are out there. Your current level
of casting ability may also be a consideration. Get out and try some.
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Still got a ways to go before it becomes the law of the land and there
was the odd recommendation that would be good for Skeena. Was
a little disappointed that the rest of Canada is as non resident as
all other countries. Overall though it would be pretty hard for provincial
officials to not see the self serving direction the majority of the
recommendations are taking ...where is a Bob Hooten type in the final
decesion making group when you need one?
Clearwater Clave
in Spey Casters Lounge
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Anybody going to Poppy's clave ? Looking for some gas sharing. Great chance to
to try and 'fish one up' on the long line if so inclined. Gorran A the Scandi Master
is going to be there. I have been before and you get to see how the big boys do it
plus it just a lot of fun. Send a pm if interested.
t