SamIam

Well...i do miss grizzly steaks....but I would support most of those causes too.

To me, there is a bit of a difference between conservation groups, ie, Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and environmentalist groups, ie, PETA, PAWS, Greenpeace, etc. Which groups does MEC actually support? I would like to know, because I might take my measly dollars that I spend there on cycling equipment, climbing gear, and backpacking stuff elsewhere if I don't like what they are doing with their money.

Its not a matter of a boater being different than a wading angler. You are both the same, you are both fishing. You don't fish in another person's water. Where I learned to row a boat on the steelhead rivers on the coast, if the river is not really wide, you typically try and drift behind the bank fisherman if they are waded out far enough to give you room. Now, this would mean that a flyfisher might not have room to backcast for a few seconds, but it is better than disturbing the fish, although i think steelhead are more particular about boats than trout. I have done this a few times on the Bow, but I usually get weird looks, or the guide boat behind me takes the faster current right in front of the bank angler, and then I am directly behind him as I move back into the current. So now I just usually pass on the farthest side. A funny one you run into here on the Bow sometimes is when bank anglers are on both sides. The river is just wide enough that you could consider the water to halfway in the river being the water the bank angler is fishing. In this case, the best thing to do is just pass down the middle of the river as best as possible. And pull your lines. A boat drifts along pretty fast and you are out of the bank anglers water pretty fast. Another thing. An angler with a fish on the line has the right of way over any other fisherman, whether in a boat or on a bank. You can complain that they should know how to control the fish better to keep it out of your water, yadda yadda, but regardless, that person has right of way. Maybe someday when they have handled more fish, then they will be able to, but until then, you should just smile and wave and say good fish.

I think there is a Cabelas going up out by Calloway Park too in the next year or two.

Bare... some of the best neoprenes out there i think their top model is around the price you are looking at

I read an article a couple of years back...i think it was Mcleans, that said Canadian Mcdonalds actually use the exact same coffee as Tims. And according to the coffee guru's, it scores higher for flavor because McDonalds brews it more "correctly" than Tims.

thats what I don't get....has everyone forgot how to make coffee? And they can't say it takes too long to make coffee before they leave in the morning...cause they could watch every drip in their own machine before they left the house and still be earlier to work.

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There is a bully trip I want to do North of Calgary this spring. Its about a 40km trip in if anyone is game.

For all those in favor of increased fishing license fees, this would be a great way for your money to go to exactly where you want. And you will even be able to see the results and say I helped do that, instead of having it disappear into the black hole.

If everyone has so much money to be giving away, how about giving it to the local TU chapter? That way, you know it is being used for what you want and not disappearing into the governments black hole.

regulations / protectionists = communist What exactly would be gained by the fishery by having licensed guides?

Have been fishing and hunting around calgary for 5 years now. I am looking for some bowhunting access close enough to Calgary for day trips. Would gladly swap for float trips on the Bow in my drift boat.