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Hey Blair, have a good one -- my god, 46, guess that means 19 more years of buying licenses. Oh well, Terry.

Agreed -- give me a shout next time you're headed this way. Terry

Paul, unfortunately no. I did the trip up to Edmonton last weekend for the Dave & Emily Whitlock seminar, and that's enough road tripping for a while. If the weather cooperates, I'll be fishing this weekend. Terry

That would definitely be worth a try. One could also split the stretch floss strands, and then combine two colours -- e.g. black and grey, red and grey, etc. etc. The Whitlock seminar was fun -- thanks to all you guys for organizing it. Oh and the draw prizes were pretty nice too . Terry

GRAMMAR/SPELLING POLICE ALARM to garnish: add parsley to plate to garnishee: attach someone's property/wages to someone else via a court order :) Terry

Good tip Din. I just gave your suggestion a try, and it does make things easier, and you waste less material. Thanks. Terry

Cut a piece of stretch floss about 2" to 3" (you need it that long for ease of handling). I hold one end in my left hand and grip the other with hackle pliers in my right hand. Spin the hackle pliers until the floss is tightly wound (experiment a bit to get it right). At that point, just move the two ends together, and you'll get a portion that starts to twist on itself, like a piece of rope. Then it gets tricky. You have to grip the "ropey" segement to keep it from untwisting. Then tie it on top of the hook shank at about the halfway point. You want the furled segment to be about one hook shank long. Have fun. Terry

Chris, with you, Gary, and Don at the table, along with the folks I know from Edmonton, things are in good hands. Thanks to all of you for taking the time. I second Tallihoe's motion -- anyone care to comment on what was discussed and what the outcome might be. Terry

Just to stir the pot a bit, here's a link to an interesting article that the Gore/Suzukiites have conveniently ignored. Oh, I forgot, the science has been settled. http://my.telegraph.co.uk/discpad/blog/200..._in_co2_famine_ Here's a brief excerpt: "Many people don't realize that over geological time, we're really in a CO2 famine now. Almost never has CO2 levels been as low as it has been in the Holocene (geologic epoch) - 280 (parts per million - ppm) - that's unheard of. Most of the time [CO2 levels] have been at least 1000 (ppm) and it's been quite higher than that,"

This story reminds me of someone I know who piled a bunch of bricks in the back of his SUV, for added weight during winter driving. Of course, the inevitable happened. His wife get's in an accident and ends up under a pile of bricks. Fortunately her injuries were not serious, but the outcome could have been deadly. It's a good lesson for everyone -- think about the projectiles you're piling in the back of your vehicle. Terry

It's just a fullback nymph pattern, usually tied on a 2x or 3x long hook. The reason they call it a double shrimp, is that the pheasant tail full back is tied down in the middle to give it a "double hump" look. I might have one some where, and if I come across it, I'll post a picture. My "go to" pattern for Maligne Lake is a Spratley Nymph. Again, it's a big long fullback nymph (classical style -- i.e. not tied in the middle) with a Spratley type body. That is, dubbed black body, palmered black hackle, and silver tinsel rib. Have fun if you're headed to Maligne this summer, it's a gorgeous place to fish. Terry

Dennis, I haven't yet. I have been toying with the idea of doing similar patterns for PMD, BWO, and Greendrake emergers. I'll be experimenting as the season develops. Terry

BREAKING NEWS -- I just heard on the radio that the Oilers have fired Craig McTavish. There you go Birchy, you've been saved from becoming a Flames fan. Terry

Thanks Darren. No, I only kept a couple of those stillborn midges -- all the rest went in the swap. Since they took forever to tie, I can't bring myself to sacrifice any to the water. Guess it's one of those patterns that are meant for looking at, not fishing. BBT -- Dave knows I can't keep a secret. In the end, I like to share information -- if not, then what's the point of this forum. Terry

Now that winter has returned to the Pass -- arrrrggggh -- I want to remember the way it was last week and on the Easter weekend, when things were pretty nice on the Crow. Let's hope we can get back to some better weather soon, and some more beautiful days on the Crow. In the meantime, enjoy a few pictures. Terry

For details, see my post in the Fly Patterns section. Terry http://flyfishcalgary.com/board/index.php?showtopic=8183

When I was fishing the Crow last week, there were a lot of midges coming off, and I could see quite a few fish taking them just under the surface. As always happens, my "emergers" box was back in the truck. I tried some shallow nymphing with a mountain midge pattern, but without success on the risers. The fish I caught that day were all taken on the bottom. Anyway, that got me thinking about midge emerger patterns, because I wanted to be better equipped next time I encountered fish taking emergers in the film. The result is the pattern shown below. It's a take on the Palomino midge emerger. I dubbed it (that's a pun) the Mighty Midge, but I've subsequently discovered that name is taken, therefore, it shall be known as "Terry's Midge." Interestingly, the next three times I was out, I didn't see a single rising fish despite there being a lot of midges hatching. So last Saturday, I just tied one on as the bottom fly in a two nymph rig. Catching a rainbow right away, I radioed my son who switched up as well, and we went on to have a great day, with almost all the fish being caught on this pattern. Therefore, it's been field tested and did pretty well fished as a regular midge pupa pattern. I'm still waiting to try it out on rising fish. Recipe: Hook: TMC 2487 #18-#22 (fly in the photo is #18) Thread: black 8/0 Extended body: furled black stretch floss Thorax: Black UV ice dub Wing case: white Z-lon or antron

No golf just yet -- there's important work to be done on Friday and Saturday. Terry

Happy Birthday Clive. Have a great day down there in the sun. Terry PS stand back when they light up the cake.

That looks like a helluva deal, and the reviews are pretty positive. The critical feature in a wading staff IMHO is that it have a locking feature -- which this one has. The only other one that I am aware of, that locks, is the Simms staff. That's what I've been using and I'm pretty pleased with it. However, it's three times the price! Terry

I'm not sure what you're going on about in your post, but if you're looking for a "put and take" lake with rainbows, I believe there are over 250 such lakes available in Alberta -- you shouldn't have any trouble finding one in your area. Having seven special regulation lakes in the entire province doesn't seem unreasonable. On second thought, it is unreasonable -- there should be many more special regulation lakes. Terry

In my previous post, I was referring to Barry Mitchell's 2009 Alberta Fishing Guide, not the Alberta Sport Fishing Regulations. In the former, there is no mention of the new special regulations for Police Outpost Lake, whereas the listings for Bullshead, Muir etc. have entries along the lines of "special catch & size limits, seasonal closure, bait ban." Terry

Hate to burst your bubble Birchy, but according to my sources, two other players used 98: Brian Lawton Minnesota North Stars 1984-85 Dennis Seidenberg Carolina Hurricanes 2006-07 Anyway, don't let BBT lure you over to the dark side. The flamers will be out in the first round again. They'll have only missed a week of golf compared to the Oilers. Terry

Not sure what you mean by "sliding platform." I have a pontoon wheel (Launching Gear brand), which is attached to the seat frame. The transducer system attaches to part of the wheel system. Otherwise, you'd have to build something that attaches to the seat frame. The rare earth magnets are not expensive (under $5 for a 3/4" pair, including the a disc and holding cup). Terry see http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=...,42348&ap=1

For my fishfinder, I made a small platform for the viewer that straps to the frame. For the transducer, I made a little gizmo that is permanently attached beneath the seat, which then attaches to the transducer using rare earth magnets (available at Lee Valley Tools). The magnets are very strong and provide a simple means to quickly attach and remove the transducer. The battery (small 12v gell cell) gets stored in the saddle bag. Terry The rare earth magnet and the top end of the rod for the transducer The magnet attached beneath the seat (upside down view). The transducer in place (upside down view)