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Mr. Texas... Personally, I thought you were just a good 'ol Texas Redneck!! LoL P

The only "liquid" waxes that I know of are ski wax (as a spray), floor wax or furniture (wood) wax... Not sure if either of these would work for your application... P

Geeze, I thought I was the only one that kissed the fish when I threw them back Great story! P

Taco, Yes and no... Central theme of both posts reflects, stupid people and blatant disregard for the environment (and for the record, I'm not, nor did ever call Acct421 - stupid [even though they got themselves in a stupid situation and made choices that weren't so smart), my reference was towards the original people that left all that crap up at Fortress). Unfortunately, anywhere that there is a "camp site", random or otherwise, whether up at Fortress Lake or this island, human waste is going to be a potential problem, even more so if there isn't a proper facility to deal with it, or people that don't know how to deal with it in the appropriate manner... P

Probably not, but at least it's on record... Sure, I'll get right on it, next time I float that section! You coming with?! Andy, next time you go fish the banks of the Bow, make sure you spend the whole day cleaning up after others (if that at all pisses you off, I know I try to do my part). P.S., Expect to be there all day... P

Yeah I just sent an e-mail to "AB Tourism, Parks and Recreation" and CC'd the Minister... I will let you know if I hear anything back... P

Chris, Yeah that's it... Does anyone know if it would be SRD, Forestry, AB Parks and recreation areas that would look after this? might be a little easier to go through the department that over sees the area... P

No, but clearly, not the point!! P

How 'bout it Dune (Duane, works for TA) do you think you can swing it with the higher ups at TA... Unfortuantely, I think it's a short term solution and doesn't solve the inherant problem, lack of education and irresponsibility... P

No I didn't (on other trips, I actually have - this time WAY too much!)! Would you have?! I guess'in, probably not! You and I (and anyone else, if they wanted to join us), can go back any time to clean it up (I'll even bring the rubber gloves and garbage bags)!! Maybe we can even make some signs and we can post those too!!

Let's see some of those all revealing photos Rick!! P

I fully realize that I will catch some *hit (pun intended) for even posting this, but as an "idealist” you can never let that stop you from speaking your mind... So we floated the Ghost to Cochrane section of the Bow yesterday and the recreation traffic on the water was unbelievable (jet boat owners have zero courtesy for other less maneuverable water craft on this section), but that is not the rant for this particular post… Some are familiar with this section and know that there is an island located just below the Wildcat gas plant that is set up for camping (we stopped here for lunch)… At this point I will say that I apologize for not taking photos… What is with some people! Much of the island is covered with peoples *hit and toilet paper! It was absolutely disgusting (if I wanted to camp there in the future, I certainly don't now!)! Add to the fact that on this island, you are allowed to have fires, so if people aren’t comfortable packing out their used TP, they could burn it. People (not directed at anyone in particular), if you show this kind of irresponsibility and disrespect (and if you are going to give me grief for expressing my disgust), then you have no reason being in the outdoors or to consider yourself an outdoors enthusiast!! It is not that difficult to dig a hole and pack out your TP (it's not that gross).The book “How to *hit in the Woods” needs to be made a part of our elementary school curriculum!! Here’s a link for any of you that are interested: http://books.google.com/books?id=xTA72GxFj...;q=&f=false Peter P.S. Yeah, yeah, Taco, I should relax, chill out, blah, blah, blah!

Oh and to add to DrBT, make sure you pack out those beer cans, and cigarette/cigar butts, and pick up a little bit after others that don't give a *hit!! P

Yeah Brads got it right.. Try to give them a good football field (100 meters or so), if possible... Make sure you got the RAP # handy as well to report all those poacher with bait!! P

LoL!! "In for a penny in for a pound"... You'd do it for a Sage, but not a TFO... Come on... Same, same! (not in a rod, but in the rationale)! LoL Hey being an "idealist", doesn't make me perfect!! P

Great story! Thanks for sharing! P

Wolfie, take it to Springbrook/TFO in SE Calgary, and pay the $30 and get a new section and you'll have an extra rod (or if you are missing the butt section, say it broke and you lost it in the drink!) Worth a try!! P

LMFAO!! Nicely done Mike, nicely done!! P

Careful Matt, by diss'in Loop, you might just get your post removed like mine was (even though I wasn't diss'in Loop)!! LoL

Mike, are you getting it repaired? P

Hey Andy,. Welcome to FFC (and to the "bowghetto", as well ) Some recent references to fishing the NW sections of the Bow, but fishing is never as good as down south (plant life the major contributing factor). Fish can be had, but you usually have to work for it. Fishing is best at dawn or dusk. Search for "Kevin's" recent posts as well as a few others. I've pretty much give up on the NW section, but that's just me ;-) Tight lines! Peter name='andy924' date='Aug 24 2009, 03:13 PM' post='98105'] Hi all, New to Bowness (and the Bow) and tried fishing in the park a couple of time this week (between 85th St bridge and Stoney Trail bridge). Didn't have any luck and wondered whether it's best to stick it out or just head south of town with the crowds....any thoughts appreciated! Andy

Dunno... The only thing I could think of is the lake listed before Rummel in the Regs is Ribbon Lake and the limit is 2 (no size limit listed for that lake), but that listing is at the bottom of the previous page!! The "general" regs for high mtn lakes is 2 fish regardless of size, but those regs are only for lakes that don't have a specific listing!! P

Yeah, seemed pretty clear to me!!

Duane, Try Aquabatics or another river supply place (NRS online or maybe Kimball Sports in Cardston - Kip fishguide76 on the board might be able to order you one) where they sell whitewater raft rowing frames. Have you tried the places that sell drift boats - doesn't Alberta Marine in Red Deer sell Hyde? P

So we hiked into Rummel Lake and surprisingly there were only a few people fishing, even though the trail was quite busy due to the fact that Chester Lake was closed due to a griz being in the area... Nonetheless, as I was setting up at the far end of the lake I noticed a lady that was spin fishing and making her way around the lake caught up to where we were. I noticed that she had just landed a fish so I went over to talk to her about her catch (and noticing that she was bonking the fish)... I asked her about her catch and she proceeded to show me (while gilling the fish) and I said in shock, "you're keeping that"!? It's too small (this fish was only about 12")! Her response was, "I read the regs yesterday and you can keep 2 fish". I responded back, "the fish have to be 16"'s! "No" she replied, "anything under 35 cm"!! No I said, back! And think to myself, lady, if those were the regs, there would be no fish in here!! I walked away in discussed and a few minutes later she came over and apologized and said that she's never poached before and what should she do (thinking to myself, "if you've never poached before, you are defineily poaching now"!!)?! "Put the fish down the outhouse"? She then asked us if we wanted it for dinner (as we had set up camp on the other [legal] side of the provincial park boundry), and our response was definietly no! I mentioned to her that "technically" she needs to throw it back dead or alive and that she needs to be more careful!! She pretty much slinked away and I never saw her again... I didn't notice any fish floating belly up later that day, so she either kept the fish or threw it down the out house... What a waste! So what do you... We were 5 km away from the trail head, "x" kms away from a CO... I just tried to do my best to educate her, but there was no way I could have reported her, or get her licence, etc. Your thoughts?! Peter