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Boogie Buggers kicks Tommy Burger butt on taste, vibe and price The Red Bus just off of 11 Street SE has a good vibe and pretty good poutine (I forgot the name) I guess Spolumbo's has a good vibe but isn't much of a dive in the new digs.... they still make a great sub The Deer Head Cafe on Edmonton Trail was ok but is gone now Chicken On The Way has it all if only it was sit down The Palomino Smoke House has great food but is an expensive place made to look like a Dive The St Louis and The King Eddy were fun to eat at. Not great food but they sure made up for it on the Dive part. Speaking of dives it's too bad The National didn't get their Diner finished The National had an outdoor bar back in '99 and had steak and corn on the cob for 3 or 4 bucks. It was great place (the best patio in Calgary) too bad it didn't take off. I would pass on Peters because they don't make their fries from scratch Calgary needs a good: -pancake house -tiki lounge -montreal style deli (there must be one in Calgary somewhere) now I'm craving latkes

I use a gps on floats to keep track of my moving average and stopped time to better judge my arrival time and how much time I have to stop to fish a stretch.

I was out on the Bow and my friend caught a cutt-bow cross and it made me wonder a couple things. Where are the cutts in bow river to cross with the rainbow? The second thing is how many generations of offsprings from the orginal cutt-bow cross will keep the red slashes under the jaw if the new offspring keep breeding with a rainbow?

I can't remember what I was thinking but don't put them in the dryer. They marked up the dryer really well. No problems on the drift boat so far but you can't use cleats on a drift boat.

Yes......I just bought a pair of CC4. I got hit by a few waves. I went back to the catalogue and it says they are water resistant not proof. My camera got wet and does not work now. C'est la vie

Fishing: the cause of more drowning deaths ....further in the article it says half the drowning deaths are alcohol related so the headline should read Drinking: the cause of the most drowning deaths. I do need to get in the habit of wearing a life jacket.

Number 1 has always worked for me. I don't understand why it's something you shouldn't say.....it's the truth.

I would like to get a pair after having wet feet for 11 hours yesterday. Where's the best place to order them from? Is the sizing chart accurate? Thanks

Does anyone get a tinge more pleasure landing a rainbow or brown on the Bow? if so why?

I agree 100% with brownsbask the character minimum of the search engine is a big hindrance. Trying doing a search for upper bow threads. It also fails to do a search if the word is too common

I found a new career 3 weeks ago after being laid off on Dec. 1. Since getting the new job I been spending like crazy. New AV receiver to replaced the broken one and a new gps. Things must be getting better if I'm working

I'm heading to Banff tomorrow and have always driven by wondering about fishing the strecth nearish to the transcanada hwy. east of Exshaw. There's that one bend I can see from the highway. Is there a place to park with easy access? or is there a better stretch to try? Or should I head out on 1A? I guess I'm up for a 30 minute bush whack. Thanks for any info. It's so hard to do a search here because bow is rejected for being too short of a word

You also have to get a in transit sticker before you go. I can't remember what I had to do get that. You need the bill of sale and ? It's no problem to tow the trailer on the US side without a license plate. I think you have 48 hours from the border to get home. Sorry that's not much help. I went at easter last year the line up at the border was an couple hours both ways. It might be less with the dollar being 80 cents now.

wow WOW that's a beauty It's on my wish to go fishing for searum cutts ever since reading The River Why

Good music...I like the Michael Franti song.

All these plans will change if I find a job. Funny how being laid off and fishing can change your attitude about life. I'm hoping to try a few places for the first time: Cowichan River at Easter, Duck Lake at the end of May, Bullshead at ice off. I should be able to do old favorites like floats on the Bow. Fishing for Walleye and Jack at Pigeon Lake with Dad. Pike on fly is fun but usually get 50 walleye to one pike. I'm still hoping to catch my first Goldeye on the NSR. The big goal 2010? is when I get the camper van restored to do a trip for grayling in the Yukon. Maybe I should try to get to the Little Smokey as a warm up.

When you mend the line how do you really know if the nymph is not dragging through the water. I think the biggest problem for me is the nymph must be dragging like a dry fly would at some point in the cast and I can't see when it is happening. Is this less of issue with a heavier nymph? Thanks

I too suck at nymphing but found using a thingy a bob as a strike indicator helped me a bit. They seem to be really sensitive and easy to see. I'm always surprised when I get one on the line while nymphing. It's still sort of like playing a VLT for me.

I think it will be a hoot to drift through. It might be a little tough to put the drift boat in at the zoo.

I'm green with envy. Landing a fish that size on a #18 is something special. Thanks for sharing

Does anyone know what they are building across the river between 22x and Policeman's? The berm goes a good distance into the river. I'm not sure what affect it has on fishing.

I love that river and area.

I use a sink tip with the first ? feet cut off. I can't remember why the shop did that. I think it was to make it more castable

Go to the SIP n DIP. It's the best 50's Tiki bar. The real McCoy. They have Mermaids swimming in the pool that's behind the bar on Friday and Saturday night.

I never tried a pontoon boat so I can only comment about drift boat side of things. I went on guided float a couple years ago and fell in love with that type of fly fishing. I'm lucky to have a friend who is just as crazy about fly fishing so it has worked well buying a drift boat together. With a drift boat you need a minimum of two people and that means fishing half the time. With 3 you get to fish 2/3 the time. I'm not sure on a pontoon what the ratio of rowing to fishing is. The shuttle service has been great and splitting the cost makes it a great deal. The drift boat is super stable and it can take a ton of gear. It nice to have a few rods rigged up to switch back and forth at a moments notice. It's normally easy to stop in the river and cast to rising fish. Try both and see which one you like more.