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Yikes, that is too bad Rick. Good that they only got a couple of radios, although the greater damage from being broken into is the violation of personal space. I suggest that you post a guard-TACO to re-educate would be thieves....
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I like beer. I'll see you soon....
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Had some Bud Lite Lime on the weekend, in the hot sun. Much prefer regular plain old beer. It gives the beer a sweet taste, and not as refreshing in the end. My two cents.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ROFLMFAO Beauty.
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If you know the answer and can help a guy out, post away..... You could be the pseudo-pro.....
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Honestly, I wouldn't bother with a kit. Any of the ones I've seen are usually poor quality and include a lot of stuff you're probably not going to use. For a vice, try to find a good quality used one. If you decide you're just not into it, you can always sell it for close to what you paid. The few tools you're going to need to get started (scissors, bodkin, bobbin, ect) are actually fairly reasonable. You don't need expensive stuff to learn with, but pay the money for a quality pair of scissors (I like Dr. Slick). Decide on two or three patterns you want to tie (wooly bugger), and only buy the materials for them. Go to a good fly shop and ASK for help. All materials are not created equal, get the good ones. Try to get a good handle on the skills for those two or three patterns before you move on to different flies. The same skills are used in basically every other pattern. Youtube is your friend.
Just beware, it's probably not as cheap as you think to roll your own.
Agreed with the value part. I think the tying of flies has to be approached as a hobby and not as a money saver. I can buy great flies for $1 a piece from Icky. When you look at the cost of the materials and equipment and time - you are going to have to tie a SH1TL0AD of flies to breakeven? I would like to learn though, but only because it would be fun.
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Sorry to hear about that Ryan. I will keep my eyes and ears open for you. Take it easy - something will come up.
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No details at all, Mike. Head office is in the NE, but there are several other locations possible also. "The Man" just told him to start packing his bags. If/when he gets a house set up, my honey and I will be there. Trade you river time for stillwater lessons.
j
deal!
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I am a bit of a history buff and it is nice that someone in the media has reflected upon some of the truth of Canada's involvement in world events. Canada has a proud, if not secret, history. It is better to have others speak of your deeds, than speak of them yourself.
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It is such a big city there are gems in all quadrants. They really need to come for a visit and take a look around. All areas, like most things in life, have their pluses and minuses, but it is a good place to live. Is his work downtown? This will give you a reason to come here and teach me to fish!
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Way to go Rick and Spouse! That is awesome to get everyone out fishing. Congrats!
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I think that this speaks to the campground reservation system not really working in a satisfactory manner. I can understand the frustration of driving all the way there and not having a spot, but doing what Rick did is kind of an accepted way of "reserving" your weekend campsite. Any, by accepted, I mean that the campground administrators know it is happening, and some campers know that is what you have to do. I hope that this new reservation system starts to ease some of the frustration once people get the hang of it, but the jury is still out. I think that next time I have a Wednesday/Thursday off prior to a long weekend, I'm going to ask Rick if I can borrow his spot.....
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That is a bummer. Hopefully a good soul picked it up and is holding it for safekeeping. Did you report to police?
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It's not often we see a completely original topic on the board.
Congratulations.
For me - straight tequila = bad memories.
Been there.
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At my stag party, my friends had a drink made called an eye of newt. It was Tequila, dark rum, chartreuse (light green colour), and Kailua- one ounce of each, layered in a tumbler. The "eye" is a raw egg cracked on top of the 4 layers. The bartender pushes strings of the white down through the layers, which gives the drink a really cool look (unless it is before you to drink....) Several of my buddies said that you have to break the yolk in your mouth or you'll puke, others said that if you don't just pound the whole thing back you'll puke - and I was thinking, I'm going to puke regardless..... Anyway, drank it all in one go, and it was horrible, hideous and nasty, but didn't puke.... well, until later...
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Ben is a great guy and local. The flies are indeed awesome, and the service better. I've bought way too many flies from him.......
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Good job, nice to see your phone call pay off with the bust. Too many people think that they can just do whatever damage they wish with no consequence.
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Can't tell you where to fish but I can offer some advise on the kiddy part.
Do not bring a rod for yourself. I usually take my two boys(5 & 3) and I only bring one rod between them, after many fustrating outings trying to manage both of them with rods 2 to 3 times as long as they are I learned my lesson. Doesn't help if they seen star wars recently and break out in a light saber duel with two $500 rods either.
And what ever you do, don't forget the snacks lots of them.
Amen Brother Barnes.... Bring the snacks, and lots of patience.....!
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Wow is Ms underwood hot! Can't say i no any of her stuff but she's got my vote.Who cares what she sounds like, i could look at that all day.
Agreed.... with all. watch with no sound.....
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Ummmm,.......ahhhhhh........you may want to rephrase that?
Ah yes.
In the interests of removing all ambiguity.... I have correctly guessed the two birthdates of both the children. :$*%&:
woohoo!
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Congratulations Darren. Cute kid. Any others want to know when their babies are coming out.....? Nailed 'em both....!
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So my middle child (son, aged 13) got the flu last week. I jokingly asked him "how many of your classmates have been to Mexico recently?" He says "two." Crap. So my wife plans to take him to the clinic the next morning as the flu isn't really bad and the odds of it being swine obviously extremely low.
On the way in to work the next morning, I see the first headline which talks about cases in Calgary. Crap. So I call the wife to tell her and she says:
"yeah, I'm taking him in. He just passed out in the shower." In talking to him a bit later he said his stomach started to ache (blood directed to the stomach), he got a head rush (blood not circulating properly to the brain), and the next thing he knows he hears his mom saying "call 911." She is a nurse and did not feel his pulse right away because it was at like 40. (The clinic people said all that combined with the shower dialating his blood vessels caused the fainting episode, his first.)
Anyway, he goes to the clinic and he just has the regular flu. So crisis averted. But there were certainly some uncomfortable moments there!
Oh boy - that is scary. As a father who has a son the same age (and a wife who is also a nurse - at childrens'), that would be a gut wrencher. Hope he is okay Rick and didn't hurt himself in the fall.
Mike.
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Nice pictures.
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Good looking little fella. Getting any sleep at your house????
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That sucks - better get that dropcam installed. Hard to believe that they would come back again.... Little bastar....s