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Yep, depth perception is where its at.. How often do you see a fish pics where the guy has his arm outstretched toward the camera? And that moose, wonder how far he was behind the head, probably 8 feet at least? (Still a big f'n moose though)

That guy is the man.

Jesus... that guy's fairly handy.

I gotta get one of them.. I usually just stick it inside my waders, truly amazing where that *hit ends up at the end of the day.

Good point.

I don't hunt alot because I don't feel the need. I hunt pheasants, etc., because I like to watch a good bird dog work,I like a good walk in the fall, and I don't mind eating them. I hunted deer as a kid, mainly because my dad wanted me to. I had zero desire to shoot one, though I've been able to shoot very well for a long time. My way around it was to shoot 10 feet behind a deer, and make an extremely half-assed effort to chamber the next round. Nowadays, hunting deer, elk, or moose wouldn't probably bother me as much. I really enjoy eating all of them. And for that I feel no guilt. I don't think an animal shot and eaten is a waste at all. Nor a fish. But for someone like myself it would be a bit impractical, and I'd have to find alot of people to give meat away to. Therefore, why bother? I may disagree with someone shooting a bear the same way someone else may disagree with my catch and release fishing. I may not see eye to eye with someone that feels the need to drive a car or motorbike 180 km/hr down a crowded road or highway, jump out of an airplane, etc. It's what they want to do, it's what they get a rush from. I'm sure the guy that got that bear felt close to the same way. The thrill of the hunt, I guess. I don't agree with it, (I'm pretty sure a bear isn't very palatable), it's not something I personally would do for sure. But it's not illegal, so who am I to argue? Remember someone might be looking at my hobbies in the same way. If that bear was attacking my fishing partner, or some random person, or myself, I would not so much as bat an eye. I'd do everything in my power to put it down, without hesitation. That may make me a bad person in some eyes, but whatever. I just wouldn't do it in any other circumstances I guess.

I bet that would be just like cutting open a bag of home insulation..

That was very well put..

That was too funny. Guy behind her kinda looks over his shoulder, just business as usual...

Nice pics fellas.. And water is definitely an excellent propagator of sonic waves for sure. As well as pressure waves from simply stepping into, or in my case stumbling into, the stream to cross. If you can see even a small wave chances are pretty good a fish can feel it a good ways off...

That avatar is priceless... Sorry, didn't read the reviews, for those that have used them, do you just ballpark the subject in the frame and fire away? Was thinking about one also and wondering about that..

I've been attacked by a few cougars at Stampede....

Ha... Too funny. Had a rope horse I had to use it on once in a while, but can't say I ever felt poorly enough to try it myself..

I know of a few guys that weren't afraid to use Bute every now and then..

Very nice, I'd imagine those should fool a fish or 2..

Getting stepped on by an old corkscrew-toed Holstein is bad on many, many different levels..

I don't miss dealing with snotty old range cows... Nothing 35 feet of nylon couldn't ever fix though..

Thought I smelled a skunk the other day...

Anyone ever notice how often the clocks on the Simpsons show 4:20?

Since it's a dull evening, The search is neverending.. I am a pretty big fan of a bit heavier rod, 6's and 8's mostly, for bigger streams. I don't use an 8 much really, though, except for pike or higher wind. I had 2 Airflo multi-tip lines that I don't really use much anymore, I got a little pissed off with always fighting with the last loop connection at the end of the rod when landing fish. So I changed to sink tip and floating on separate spools for each. I just can't bring myself to drop huge bucks on a reel, but for the fishing I do I don't feel it's necessary. I really like the drag and build of Pflueger Presidents and Trions, I think I have 6 Pfluegers (??) down to 4 wt. It's nice to be able to quickly change spools to sink tip I find. And the price is right. Never had a problem with them once. I have a Loop 4 wt Multi that is an awesome rod for smaller streams, a little more delicate obviously.. I seem to get along well with Cortland lines, they lay out nice, float well, aren't over the top price wise, and have a nice weight I find. If I can reach it, I can usually stick a fly pretty close to the mark with them. But if I had to pick I would say a 6 all around, for the backbone with streamers and the quick change over to dries, etc. I used one even on small streams at first. I snapped my TFO 6wt, which is minor, because I put that rod through hell and it stood up awesome. I would like to check out a 6 wt Multi, mainly because I like the action of the 4. I guess its like cameras, lenses, 6 strings, and tube amps, everything has its possibilities, and the search goes on.

That is one fine looking rig..

Sweet pics man..

I can relate, someone could make a mint by just setting up a video camera whenever I hit the water.

Sorry for the tangent everyone.. Bill Dance is awesome.. Saw a couple times when I was younger at my Grandparents house. They had cable.. The hat, the falling out of the boat, the hookset that could pull a Mack truck out of the ditch.. Couldn't get the other videos, but I can just imagine...

The first part I strongly agree with. To actually waste the time to complain about something so ridiculous is beyond me. Something tells me, from what I've seen of his show, that he's not the sort that would even show up at a polling station. Propaganda my ass. The second part, not so much. I've heard a bit about Obama's outlooks on trade, etc, but last time I heard, the US has been outsourcing piles of manufacturing, etc. to foreign countries for a number of years. And I also hear that non-renewable resources are still exactly that. And I've also heard that the US imports most of what it uses in terms of oil, etc. Something tells me that when you have to buy something from the neighbors, chances are you don't have a pile of it yourself. And when the Middle East finally tells the US to "stick it up your ass" where will they look? America most certainly cannot just turn off the switch on a petroleum based economy as though it were a lightbulb (though alot of people seem to think so). I guess that's where Sara Palin comes in, with her "God says we need a pipeline", and "Drill baby drill", to convince everyone that it's ok to spud in the ANWR. Or that the US just needs to "Grow more corn for ethanol" , you know, to put in 40% more energy than you get out of it. And mine that farmland just a little bit more. Given the current economic climate I'm sure bringing all those outsourced jobs home might take a bit of doing, possibly a year or two(??). I can't say that I am not worried about what's coming down the pipe in the next while, because I am. But I'm also pretty sure that it's a pretty tangled web all around. I recall hearing that most other countries, such as China and India would be pretty "insulated" from any fallout of the US recession. Whoops, wrong there also. I've heard alot of things about GM and Ford, and the pile of trouble they're in, not surprising for anything that is unionized to that extent. I recall reading that GM is the largest health-care provider in the US. Alot of overhead riding on alot of people that don't make you money. Also pretty hard to sell cars when the credit dries up for the already over-financed. It'll be interesting to see what happens when most people can't afford the very thing that is most common, and most defining to, the middle class. Anyways, its a pretty intertwined world these days, and I know that there are alot of people out there that seem to think otherwise. We should all be worried I think.