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For the top dry/nymph can you not use barb pressed down or almost filled off but leave enough of a bump to stop bottom leader fron sliding off ? Not interested in getting into the whole barb/barbless definition.

Can someone post directions off Deerfoot if coming from Red Deer ? Thks

From what I understand J P is part of the Fed and closed the Bear deal at around $2.00 a share. Now trading around $8.00. 400% not bad. That is what is really sad.

Been following the back and forth between GB and Andersen and if nothing else it shows how the Klein + years have thrown away years of hard work through the slash and burn of the various departments especially fish and wildlife. It is like aging a good bottle of wine and then throwing it on the floor. There seems to be very little interest in providing budget funds so that this important monitoring can be undertaken again and if it were to start it would be 5 -10 years before the data would be useful to indentify problems. Hell they don't even have potable water mapped out which impacts far more Albertans than a spring creek. The recent election shows how happy Albertans are with the current rule and Ed himself intrepreted the 61% that stayed home as people that were happy with things the way they are and that is why they didn't vote! So..... following Ed's logic they should be campaigning in the next election to have 1% vote Conservative and have the other 99% stay home and intrepret that as everyone being estatic with their rule. I do agree with GB. If you are looking to science to explore solutions to a problem you need good benchline data from which to start. Anything else from a result standpoint will not stand the test of peer review. It is peer review that provides the credibility to move to the next stage...what ever that may be. My 10 cents. PS... How many on this site voted and for which party? Someone should run a poll. Second thought cancel that. We all know the value of polls.

Dryfly......"We are NUTS to give away the resources to outsiders." ?? The province is following the same policy as for oil and gas and most Albertans (the one that vote anyway) don't seem to mind.

Another problem or change I see today is people taking up permanent residence at pools. It helps if everyone gives pools there best shot with consideration to time in mind and other fisherman following then move on. That can help greatly in keeping everyone on the move an can reduce leap frogging. I have encountered three to four consecutive pools all taken up by fisherman and finally gave up trying to leave pools for the front guy. After a considerable amount of time had passed (hrs) and working my way back done stream had discovered the same guys still occupying the spot(s). It looks almost like learned behaviour out of the steelhead community. Hole hogging is bad form. I carry copies of a flyfishing etiquette write up in my vest. I got it off a Montana site which was developed to handle pressure on some of there better know streams. If I run into a potential confrontation I offer it up if the person(s) is interested. If not that is fine and I just move on. Not everyone getting into the sport is aware of the 'consideration for others' side of the sport and usually are eager to learn. Then there are the others........!

Anybody have specific directions off Deerfoot as to were the Spey casting school will be held? I know it is by a dog walking area around Southland Dr. S.E. ? How do I get there if I was coming from the South on Deerfoot? I am from out of town. Thks Tim