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Humber magic .. but ive never seen one with a front hackle before

nice suit under 5 bills is a tough find, Moores could'nt help you out?

geez dude close one, glad to hear you were not seriously injured

cool puffer fish.. we use to haul the craziest things from the ocean. we had a game called "mystery fish", cast your line out, let it sink and start a slow retrieve or jerk it along bottom. once you hooked a fish you had 10 seconds to guess what it was, when and if you landed your catch there was a point system based on the type of fish (more rare the fish more points you get) and a bonus if you guessed your catch correctly. With what seemed like an endless list of fish species to catch and a near perfect 100% hook-up ratio made for hours of fun.

hafta agree with the Birch man...been a great winter so far in Alberta, other places not so lucky

I don't plan on getting back till march sometime..I'll be in touch

hey Mike, I try to do a 25-30 % water change with a quick vacuum every 3-4 weeks, but have been slipping on it a little since I've gotten busy in the field but with no noticable changes in water chemically or visually. Ive been thinking about getting a salt tank for the better half so she could have some of the "pretty" fish she sees in pet stores. shoot me a PM next set of days off and maybe we can get together to check out the different set ups.

LMAO..thats awsome that windbreaker and those running shoes don;t look so gansta to me!!

Thanks RH, the larger fish is aggressive, it grabbed my thumb one day when i was messing around with a power head and it will eat worms right out of my hand, the smaller one, not so aggressive and pretty shy. I had to seperate the two a few weeks back, to keep things fair and civil during feeding the large fish was being to be aggressive towards the small one, which I totally expected after awhile. didn't name the fish since these two are just a trial run, I plan on raising Arctic Char or Brookies pending availabilty in the spring, although I have become attached to them. the set up & fish are suprisingly very low maintainace, I run two Fulval 403 canister filters whcih combined do approx. 600 gal/hour, and a 300 gph powerhead at the opposite end to maintain water movment, solid waste from trout is fairly large so does not settle into the rock/gravel bottom and moves well to the filter intakes. since I set it up in july, the water has not given me any problem with ammoina or nitrates what so ever. Feeding consists of mainly superworms and crickets, I'll flip rocks on the river and bring home treats occasionally, there are still a couple leeches living in the tank I see from time to time, they must of found refuge in the rocks before becoming a meal.

Tried a few caddis larve from the river, they don't travel so well (dead within 30 min) next attempt will be with oxygenated water, nymphs, leeches and crane fly larve travel very well in a Timmies cup and the trout love them.

finally got around to uploading a video... Trout Video

Very nice, good job

cover it in with plywood or something to keep it warm and to avoid it sucking in really cold air, If the crankcase vent into the air filter is on an upward slope it will fill with condensation and freeze. Ive ran lots of gas generators in the winter and this is the #1 killer also make sure your fuel is clean, add a drop of gas line antifreeze and your good to 40 below.

Costco carries honda knock-offs made by Champion Power Equipment thay are cheap and work well, I wouldn't recommend them for long term use but would be great for making rinks. I believe they are under 200.00

One of my favs from the past year

I spent more than enough time on the ice growing up, and I can tell you 8 inches of ice is more than enough for a small group of people to skate, play hockey, fish, snowmobile etc. provided its good ice, blue in color rather than whitish. rule of thumb we use to use for vehicles was about a foot, depending on how fast you were driving you may require more.

I keep my fish cat 13 pontoons laid out on the carpet in the spare bedroom downstairs, like RH said best to roll loosely rather than fold if your tight on space and be sure not to unroll when it is still cold or frozen, make sure mice are not going to be a problem wherever you store it.

Very interesting and informative, sounds like they share a lot of the same problems Bull Trout face. one fish that I would truly love having the pleasure to catch. Thanks for the post Taco

could defiantly see a hitch making that kind of mark, but looks like more than 5 days rust to me.

WOW...I have trouble tying on 22's

I think Kipper did make a difference when he first came to the Flames, He had something to prove, and he did & the team became reliant on him to play 110%, 110% of the time. alot to ask for in my opinion. I think the flames will end up with a situation like Montreal had on their hands with Roy. my 0.02

I think Kipper played an ok game but the huge poke check attempt was a bad individual move, as for the whole team, not a stellar performance by no means. GO HABS GO!!

Ive seen lots of videos from the US where they nymph those bounce rigs, (minus the 3 times leader). I use that same set up without the indie with a shortline to fish deep fast runs usually with lots of weight >3 BB splitties, works great but I seldom run anything longer than a 12 foot leader, I can;t imagine that set up being to friendly to cast/fish, with a leader 3 times your depth. As for picking up cabbage, thats where the fish are and thats where you want your rig to be, I find weight on top of your rig better than below, then you know all your flies are near bottom.

whats a "little" job?

use a syringe to extract the liquid from a glow stick and insert it into a large size thingamabobber, about 1/2 or so full, important to use a large bobber as your going to lose buoyancy with the liquid in there, seal with a drop of putty or tape, something you can remove to reuse the bobber . you have glowing fishing fun for hours