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well your correct in guessing who slashed the tire i'd say , best always just to keep it low and just call it in , i don't even give breaks anymore , they know , he knew as like what was stated , he left , me i would of just said nothing and followed him and wrote his lic plate number down , then they could of went to see him after , almost always it takes time for the CO's to get there , and this time of year they after hunters also , so it might be a day befor they even get to you you did good and hats off to you for calling it , thanks , what i wouldn't do to see that SOB slashing your tire ,

the whole vid was great from start to end , great sun setting and the bull at the end , toped it all off , i really enjoyed it , had to watch it a couple times thanks for shareing that with us

yippe yippe good as that was just a waste and a joke , i can already see the min standard test , what's a pickeral rig and caddis fly , another big waste of time for everyone i have been following this and most likely like alot of people just staying back on the side lines and see what will become of all this , opinions , everyone has one , '' right or wrong'' it's just opinions , my 2 cents worth and again this is just my opinion , i will have to agree 100% with dave jensen on this , i also see the bigger picture behind the books cover , this will cost EVERYONE in some way or form and for what good reason ,nothing the goverment ever gets into don't cost money LOL , i think a whole waste of money will be spent for what good , and let alone the waste of time that could be used to better help what we all in truth really care about is the fish and will the fishing remain good , and it don't matter if it's us trout guys or the walleye guys up north or the lake trout guys in cold lake area , we all just care about the fishing i really wish that when greg '' toolman'' and al , had the spring fund raiseing for the streamwatch program it would of got as much interrest as this subject , and to me it was a heck of alot more important then crying about why so many guides and them bad ass guys fishing over here from B.C , or being pissed at what they B.C did , or someone should have first aid , or even worse $20 bucks a day to fish one of the best cutt rivers in the world , come on , streamwatch 2009 , it was shamefull that they only got enough money for 3 guys to watch all the rivers , 1 in the south and 2 up north , the way to keep the fish and keep it good fishing is with solid inforcement ,and tougher fines , plus have enough CO"S walking the rivers , on this subject should guides be lic , i am for it and i'm more against it , my reasons as per anything the goverment will just screw it all up ,whats more is it will hurt the new guy who ever wants to get into it down the road , just look what happen to the outfitting world , same will happen to the fishing guides and locations , they will push to have the right to be the only ones on the lakes guideing or so many only on the rivers , then it will go to you can sell your rights to anyone , happening now in alot of places down in the states , can later on in a few years , a up coming new young guy ever afford to buy out another guides days on the river or the right to fish another lake , how about coming up with the money to buy the rod days in advance for the year , sounds all good till you have to pay money out of your pocket oh don't get me wrong i see the picture behind this , as a guide you would have to be nuts or crazy not to go along with this , the bigger outfits would push the smaller guy out but it will give us guides as a group alot of power with the vote and the ones who do it on the side and not full time will be knocked out , and so for that reason i'm against it , guides or lodges or outfitters will have way to much power i still like the ideal that it's a free world and people can make there own choices on what they want to do and how they want to do it , and make no mistake about it , if the cost goes up then the cost will go up for everyone , even you people who are not guideing , the goverment will want the money for all the extra cost and that won't even make them happy and they will even soak us all for more , nothing ever gets lowered once it's passed i read this and alot of people upset about guides and B.C fee's and so on , seems everyone upset about something the guides are not the ones killing fish , not the ones running quads,up and down the oldman river , if your a guide you want to protect the fishing as best you can so it's better the next time or day , always next year , now i'm not saying that there is not the odd bad apple , but this would not change anything , still will be the odd bad apple out on the waters from reading alot of post on here it seems some think that every tom , dick and harry that floats down the river in a drift boat is a guide , who really cares , some just hate the thought of someone guideing , i guess you can say the same about me as i don't much like lawyers , yet i don't try to tell them what to do and how to do it , i think alot is just plain ol bitterness first aid , wippy do , if you do go on a guided trip , why just ask first if he has first aid , if not say thanks and look up another guide in the book seeing as there seems to be just so many of us guides around , and yes i have first aid , 20 years worth of it , and to this day i still never needed it , insurance , again it's ones own choice , ask the guy and if he don't have it , just say thanks and look up another guide if you really want it so bad , just in case it happens that you should slip or the guide steps on your rod and breaks it insurance is a joke , just another way for them to make more money , a person can just as easy have a waiver sheet , it's only as good as the paper it's printed on , cost about $1000 to $2500 extra a year , this i know as i have had insurance , is it really really needed ?? again that is one's own choice i really don't think it's fair that you tell someone how to run his outfit and what he should have and what he shouldn't have , you go into a fly shop and tell them what they should have , NO , if ya don't like the outfit , go with another again just bitchin $20 for fee's in B.C , heck i wish they would charge $20 for alot of the rivers we have and the lakes in alberta , easy easy fix , pick out say the best rivers in alberta and some of the best lakes and charge anyone not from alberta $20 bucks , the money can be used to put more CO's on the waters to inforce the rules, so add the best rivers and lakes at $20 a day for all none residents , to raise money to help stop poaching which i think is the biggest trouble overall rivers '' bow river'' , ''oldman river'' ''crownest'' even add a few more lakes , ask the walleye guys for the best ones to be added guys guideing from B.C or from anywhere outside alberta , you can be sure that will end if this all happens as the powers will be voteing to shut them out or they will have to pay to guide over in alberta , and the goverment will make them pay if they see $ figures in it for them again this all is a very easy fix , in the new regs for 2010 , on say page 4 , have the powers that decide the rules , , to have the printers add the following and this will cost next to nothing 1, to guide in alberta for money or gain , one must be a full time resident of alberta , and have paid alberta taxes for the last 2 years , 2, all none '''canadian residents'''' must use a guide to fish in alberta , '' now this will really stop the pressure of the fishing over night '' and it sure will help us guides out with more bookings , will these changes happen ,NO , so for that i'm against it , so lets all get togeather and raise a pile of money this year in the 2010 streamwatch and have the rivers and lakes watched and nail them poachers to the wall

Congrats to you. Those are wonderfull fish. Looks cold. I hope to being going back myself in nov for another shot at them

we posted on another thread a full report but for those wondering how were doing check out the other post. enjoy http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=10257

wolfie that is a dandy of a cutt , i'm pretty sure your wolf like that country as much as you ,

that is such a nice looking brown , congrats

congrats , thats a great looking fish and your girl sure can take nice pictures ,

nice fish guys , the water sure is clear up in the north part

max i had to look at them pictures a couple times to really get the most from them , wonderfull pictures , you must of took hundreds to get that many so good , i think the best one for me anyway was the picture with the fire with the coffee pot on brewing and the one with the fire and empty beer cans , they say it all , great shots , and just to let you know , your getting a little gant looking , you better start eating or the wind will blow your ass off the water

now thats funny don i don't think i seen him down south this year , but i sure seen alot like him only on quads ripping the river up , had 2 guys stop the quads in the middle of the oldman river and open a beer and drink it while watching a couple of us fly fishing , next thing we will see them standing on the back decks of the quads casting away , ruined the next run for us , those guys with the ducks , should be locked up for a few months , if they catch them , they will really be ashamed and everyone who knows these losers will be hurt and lets not call them hunters as they sure as hell don't act like any hunters i ever met , ''THUGS''

sure love fishing streamers as you never know when it's coming and the hits are so hard most times , i like to just wait a couple seconds after the hit befor pulling the trigger , if your hooks good and sharp they will alot of times hook themselves on the turn back , and you just have to lift the rod tip , i alot of times will then give it to em just to be sure the hook is in good , most time the fish are pretty good in size with streamers , when hooked i find that most will break off rather then the hook coming loose today we threw streamers all day as the water was shitty for vis , my guys slamed a few really good browns and i'd say about 50 % hooked good and the rest gone , it's still a very exciting way to fish , beats looking at a indy all the time , and you'll be warm as it's a workout throwing all day

most likely was the people staying there , thought they had the place all to themselves , maybe they should of stayed on that piece of water then instead of moving down the river , they do have to show you the proof they own the water rights in person , not just tell you , heck i could say i own a piece of the crow also , if not then you just carry on fishing alberta had the same trouble with people who have leased land from the provice , they want it as there own hunting area , some were selling the rights to the outfitters and trying to keep the gates closed

DUSTIN good for you , i hate it when people think they own the river and the fish in them , they in truth only own the land and what even worse is they put signs up and it will fool alot of people to turn around , montana was going through the same troubles and the court case is over , walk in the river as much as you want , the fish belong to everyone , if they want there own fish , put a trout pond in on the land they own

dune IMHO ,you made the very best choice in switching rods , plus now you have a new toy , i can't see you breaking as many tips with it , some people are really hard on gear , not saying you are , let us know in a few months how your maken out , i have seen and heard alot of them TFO rods getting broke , and most seem to be the tip part , what the heck , you went through a few and only cost ya $100 , enjoy the new outfit and i wish you many good days with it , i really like sage rods ,next best rod to a winston WT or DL4 , i think the best sage rod they ever made was the SLT line , i like my rods with a bit of soft tip , not like these broomsticks they making today , but the newer rods sure can cast a country mile , and a good choice for a reel , i use lamson litespeed in the guide model finish for reels in my drift boat when i take people out who don't have there own outfits , never had any trouble with them and in 3 years and the finish still is good , and these rods and reels get tested lots , i don't know what they did for a finish on the reel but it's super tough and don't chip or ding up , sorta like the spray in truck bed liner i have in the pickup ,

best deal on simms at this time is the new bass pro shop , myself i would sooner pay a little extra and help out one of the local fly shops , not going to say which one , that will be your choice , i really like the small fly shops , as long as they keep the prices close to what you can get them at other places , mom and pop fly shops are the best , i hate it when i hear or see one closeing down , and your going to love them boots , simms makes the best toughest gear on the market , nothing comes close , you will pay a little or sometimes alot more , but with this case you getting your moneys worth

my choice would be take the money , my advice would be try to come up with the extra coin and get just a better rod , you can get a really great used rod like a top end sage or ovis , my choice would be a winston for way less then half price , if you need help in finding one i can send you in a good direction to go looking , nothing wrong with a second hand rod , i have even got them with the blank warranty cards not even filled out , you can get some great deals on a rod if your not in a fast rush to have it some guys buy them to have as a back up rod for a special trip, when done they just sell them

thanks for showing us your trip , i really enjoyed watching that vid and you all must of had a blast

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i like you use the same , a box half full of baking soda and warm water in the sink , 30 mins , and a good rag to run the line through , a few times and it's just a silk line then with no dressing or coating on it , he used a paint thinner or stripper to remove it , just layed the line in the remover and covered it , said it worked like a charm , wiped that all off and the varnish came with it , then washed the line good in hot soapy water , and last he did the baking soda job on it , line was just bare silk when i seen it

conor that muclin is the best , i use it all the time , and just try it on a big fly , they stay afloat and hold a droper great for long time , best stuff i have ever used yet and been useing it for years , zhu lines , i have a friend who has 4 of them and he thinks they pretty good lines for what you pay , i think they just varnished them to much which makes em way to stiff now he stripped a couple down and has had great luck with them becoming very soft , i tried his rod and line and it lays soft on the water and casted good , this is a line he stripped the heavy coat of varnish off the line , stripping that varnish or coating off a silk line is very easy , takes only a few mins if you soak it in the correct stuff i have 4 phoenix silk lines and i'm a big fan of then except the cost of them , i also have some older hardy silk lines and king fisher silk lines , i find the older lines are better , casting , shooting through the guides and lay so soft on the water , tighter wraps in the silk , some of the silk lines i'm useing are 75 years old and still as good as the day they made them , a little TLC with silk line and they should last you a life time ,

{I generally try to drift with, or slightly slower than, the speed of the current with my indicator upstream of my rig.} i think that just about says it all , in almost all cases , your indi should be floating down river first befor your bugs , sorta like draging them , i'm for one that never changes my leader during the day , i start off with a 9 ft , first fly , and 12 to 15 inches and second fly , and another 12 inches , a big heavy bug or splitshot i like to leave my indi very close to my flyline , if i do anything during the day if i need change up something , i'll add or remove splitshot , for the speed of the water , way way faster to add or remove a split shot then cutting or adding some leader 7ft , 9 ft , 12 ft, it only changes the angle the line is in the water from your indi to the bottom bug , yet when you change the angle you change the height your bugs are floating down near the bottom , whatever works or tickles your fancy , i had a guy last year who used a 15 leader when nymphing , he was deadly , it is whatever suits your style , i don't like mine long or short , just in the middle , i can control it alot better then a long line , way easy to pick up and cast back up stream i think the whole topic here is what might help this guy from what he posted , i'm pretty sure if he's nymphing like he stated , it's a wonder he's catching fish at all , they suck the nymph in and spit it out the side of the mouth within a couple seconds , you can never be fast enough , as the day gets longer , you'll find yourself not in the mindset 100% of the time , cost ya some fish , or when you start to get a little tucker'd out and again your not 100% on the game , pull the trigger on everything that just don't look correct , and even better , hit em hard , i'v lost more fish by being a candy ass on the hook set then anything , them little hooks can stand it

yes i'll second that doc , nice stone , i can't wait till we hook up and i sneek into your box of goodies , love your wets also , you like tradeing

so i see you sucked in another guy to buy you a dinner on '' big fish of the day '' , so i'm not the only one , watch him guys as he's like a poker player waiting to slip in for the kill , i just wish you was with me on friday as you'd still be sulking and have your lip all pucker up , and i'd had you that day & you know it , i think we's even now , congrats on that pike brian , nice fish , and in the kindest way , i hope he ate your baby finger off

doc when you break in a new line , do you mean you just take it fishing ,OR do you mean run it over a dowel i always run mine through my hands about 10 times with the old style grease first , i'll even set in in a clear plastic bag in front of a window and let the sun soak it into the line good befor i fish it , i just got a new little 4 wt from terenzio in the mail yesterday ,putting it on a hardy 1906 2 3/4 perfect to match a bill taylor 7 '6 quad i have , it's going to be my dry fly rod for down south this year the line is nice and a little stiff as new , but very smooth coated, as good as any i have seen , what is nice is it came with 2 taper silk leaders , i'm going to work on it all day on sunday as i'm not on the water , you should come by for coffee , another one of our bamboo guys '' eastslope TH'' in town and he has some mike brooks rods with him ,