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LS im going to kinda try to wrap up donations tonight but thanks for the offer if you do contact him let me know if hes still going to host a tying night. Jmasson im positive if you contacted beattie in edmonton they'll help you out thanks for taking an intrest and thanks to everyone who donated there will be pictures of my bald skull soon.

Rocknbugs i can't seem to get a pm to you? are you still around?

did you know that recently they did studies on valium and they found that it has little to no effect in treating mental disorders, depression, agression or anxiety. It's more of a placebo-(have fun with that one grammer police) effcet so you might want to prescribe a different drug like beer.

Hey all i'm shaving my head on March 7th for a cancer fund raiser Beattie Homes is having. The owner of Beattie was just diagnosed with acute lukimeia. My father is also a survivor of the same cancer and i'm sure all of us have been touched in some way by cancer. I know everyone has their charities that they give to and in my oppinion all are noble. If anyone wants to take part in this or give a donation please send me a p.m. Thank-you very much and i'll post some before and after pictures. Jared.

HA hA Hydro that is an awesome idea! we can call it the IRON VISE!! p.s- im in what ever day.

I'm in for sure. I don't know much, but what i do know is, ummmm ahhhhhh wellllll... whats that over there!!!!!...............fadeout......

I took a casting class at the show a couple years ago and chris sepio touched on this also about chooosing a line that works for you not what the rod says. I agree. I cast with a 6wt line on my 4wt rod.

an odd silence falls upon the crowd...............

Thats why I love this site. Thank-you to everyone who responded to help me out. I now have more than enough info to get started and im sure i'll have a few questions in a couple weeks.

Hey Rick i hope you haven't bought tickets to the fishing films yet cuz you got one for your birthday. Happy Birthday next time we go out you get first dibs on everything.

Here's my story. A couple of years ago i bought a pontoon from the bargain finder and when i went to pick it up the guy asked me if i tie i said "no it's never really interested me" He said "your nuts, let me show you a couple flys i've tied" so we went down to his basement and he showed me some of his ties which were really great and he then told me it was all for sale. He'd had problems with his knees and could no longer fish and if he couldn't fish anymore then he had no desier to tie hed decided to start with wood working. I thought about it and was ready to turn it down but he made the offer of $200 dollars for it all and id be a moron not to take it. So i said sure thinking who knows maybe one day. As i left i thanked him for the great deal on the pontoon and he said the great deal was the tying stuff as he told me the retail value my jaw dropped and i turned red cuz i was a little embrrased not knowing the real value of what he had given me. I thanked him wanted to offer more money but i was already trying to figure out how to explain to my wife the extra $200 dollars id just spent over the $300 i had to beg for to get the pontoon. (he even revealed to me some of his favorite fishing locations). Well, as i have started to frequent the tying section more and more my intrest is finnaly sparked and i think it's time i made good use of this stuff, so what i am asking is there anyone willing to spend a couple nights with me to get me going so i can figure out what the big deal is and why this guy was determained to provide me with a new hobby that he was obviously very pationate about. Thank-you Jared.

I love to flog donkeys and feed trolls, it is so RAD!!!!!!

No problem we should head there this spring or late fall. I was there in fall taking advantage of the white fish spawn and i imagin the bulls were doing the same i haven't been there in 6 years but i'm sure they'er still there. My buddy who i was with has been back a few times and twice the water was to high and crazy he said the best time is low water conditions so spring or fall . The one time he went and had good water he said it ws really good largest was 36" (so probably 32" knowing him) but the rocks they live in are right on the edge of a killer current so hold on tight and get ready to run if you cant hold them in the slow stuff.

I know a family of big earls that live east of Jasper they kept ripping the whitefish off my line.

might list 0 brooks to avoid the mistaken harvesting of bulls? Would they do that? Just a question. EDIT- on a side note i've hiked up to Barnaby (Southfork) lakes and the hike isn't that bad i did it when i was sixteen(the wind blew like hell) it's been a long time but we did catch a few fish on little spinners. I was going to try to head up there this summer if anyone wants to plan a trip and avoid heli costs.

thats going to be way easier to cast than that rapalla countdown i've been trying to cast

airflow sounds kinda like SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHIIIT. Worst line i have ever cast.

I'm in need any help?

I think i lost at least ten dollars yesterday until i realized i had a hole in my pocket. We all knew this was coming i locked in all my seg funds and put the rest where it's safe. It's time to buy!

WOW! now that is a trophy crow!!! way to go.

I remember fishing on the Woodwards ranch in B.C with my dad when i was very young. They have some private lakes there with monster fish.

Now that you mention carp on the bow i think i know of a spot on the lower bow where ther are carp fry (school of bright orange little fish) Grass carp are next to impossible to catch and are probly the most spooky fish on the planet fish with grass clippings immitations amongst real grass clippings or bread crumb immitations amongst real bread the second tactic is tough seeing as chumming is illegal. If you want great carp fishing there are lots of places in Montana not to far. I've never bone fished but i've heard that carp are a good comparison. In my eexperience it's all sight fishing on the fly. Walk the shores of the lake try to go in twos one up high one on the bank your looking to clouds of silt the carp dig in the bottom with their heads and then eat what they stir up. When you spot a cloud cast into it kneeling down and from a good 40- 50 feet with a red copper John watch your tippit as it strightens out set the hook! and hold the hell on you will not turn a carp till it's done running i challange ANYONE! and be ready for runs into your backing and 2-3 good runs per fish. use a 5-6 weight rod as they are very spooky fish and heavier lines tend to spook them. I'm going to head down this year to montana i'll drop you a pm when i do.

Next time i find a bait bucket i'm going to rub my flies around in it.......thats the secret folks, add a little scent to those flys

My best times this year had to be late evenings on the bow fishing at 1am with the beavers and the bats. Hearing the cyotes running by and the solitude. It's someting that fulfills me and gives me energy for the week. There is also a intensity that is added because you hear the fish jump and you feel the fish pull but unless you land it you don't SEE the fish. It blows my mind how many times i've had what had to be a 24" fish turn out to be a bad ass 16" rainbow.