Brownstone

yep..they'll hold a few rods at a buck forty heading down 22..lol they give you sort of an uneasy feeling though..watching your rod outside as you motor down the highway..

nice rig for sure dude..congrats

LMAO...I was looking at that rod last night..did'nt look at the bidders though....thats awesome .. way to bust him Weedy

refrigerators work on a basic system of compression(heating)/expansion(cooling), if the temperature outside of the refrigerator is too cold, it won't work properly..I'd imagine it would cause the compressor to run continually if the coils on the back were cooled to quickly.

same here, hard to find decent ones when you find them at all in the color you need..picked up some in the US couple weeks ago..they seem to have no shortage down there, wonder if it's supply problem of sorts..

He's 29, maybe 30..pretty sure i caught the same fish thihs summer..lol

Pattern # 3 Hook : Daiichi # 2441 size 2/0 Thread : Hot Pink

18.5..on the best of days

I just bought a set of snow tires in Montana for 300vs.600+ up here..

Birchy Birchy Birchy...for a man born and raised on the east coast...thats the best fishing song you could find?... ....{hangs head in shame}....

Ahhhh...<sniff>

I wish you the time and fish of your life...nail a big Kiwi Brown for me

Anybody heading to Whitefish soon?....picked up 30 packs of dubbin' at Lakesteam Flyfishing shop..5 for a buck.. discontinued brand .. I think I'm set for a couple seasons... Also got 4 new winter grippers for the VW for 75.00/each..SCORE.. and sat in a $51,600 pick-up that's like $63,500 up here...(working on it) the "new" loonie rocks!!!!!!

I use alot of scud/pupa hooks for the nymphs i tie, and buy quite a few nymphs tied on straight shank hooks online..don;t notice a difference in performance at all .. my opinon - 6 in one, half a dozen in another..

Canada customs will be your bottle neck..and with the busy season fast approaching, I'd say 3-4 weeks would be a safe bet..

Wicked...some of my fav bass riffs are from that guy...he's looking pretty good..

Brazeau County Is up around Drayton Valley..nice area if you don;t have to live in town..

LOL......... so Jokey is Birchy's nemesis from the inner depths of earth? Yo Jokey

could be the problem..when the fish thrashes it loses bouancy in the water..putting more strain on your line..and if your tip is already bowed out then there is little shock absorption left .. the stiffer TFO may allow more forgivness when landing fish this way..

Mitch, only time I've ever broken a rod was accidentally, never in action .. I fish 5 and 7 weights .. some cheap (Pflueger Trion) and some higher end rods (Sage Z-Axis) and I have a couple in between..I'd say, without seeing you fish..your probably stressing the rod too much (maybe putting too much of a U in the rod) or have had some incredible bad luck with bad rods..Ive noticed my 4 pc rods do not bend quite as uniform as my 2 pc ones.. are you breaking your rod at one of the top ferrels, when the fish is close and you have a large bend? If so i'd say over stressing.. If i were you i'd try to pin point the problem before weighting up your rod.. - it sucks having to send your outfit away for weeks to get it replaced...was without my sage for 6 weeks this summer.. Gregg

I think i understand what your saying, I land fish in a similar way (i think) .. only I tail them at my feet, I try to apply side pressure with my rod tip up and out to the side, and get the trouts head poking out of the water and "slide" it along the surface, when it gets close i move my rod (without switching hands) to the left side and raise the tip and the fish will usually pass right in front of me and thats when i make a move for the tail.. is it possible the fish thrashes and hooks it self on another hook on your rig? Thats when i get tangles and droppers hooked into the fish..when its thrashing on surface...

ummmm.. for turn around on warrenty .. yes

Busted off very few fish this season, all decent .. don;t fish lakes much, but my rig does'nt differ from lake to river much anyway, only the lenght of the leader and the indie (rowley indie) and of course the patterns are always being changed..I tie my flies off blood knot droppers, very seldom do i go "inline" with my flies, only bigger worms and stones and such..I donl;t use fancy line..Maxima is my go to leader/tippet 6/8/10 lb and i use a 3-4x fluoro for dries depending on the size of the snout.. i only busted off a few fish....but have had lots of spits and bent hooks

I run a Sage Z-Axis 590, It's a very fast action rod, Hardly ever break off any fish..I'd say less than half a dozen this summer...the therory sounds good, but im with Glen, check other things first..

Double handed whitie...Beauty..couple O' those 'il fill the smoker...I bet that hole is just lined with 'em