DonAndersen

Monger, Silent reel have their place. When alone on Stauufer, I can stay 100 yards ahead of a guy fishing a Hardy. Trouble with Hardy's, they last too long. First one bought in 1971. Still using it. Don

And another guide spacing http://carlinbamboo.com/essays/guidespacing.htm Don

Nachako, When removing the old guides you will discover a "shadow" which is impossible to remove. If you don't care about the shadow, place the guides where they will do the most good. 9' should take 11. Don

Doggone it Monger, There are only three sounds that should never change: 1) belching on a Harley 2) the growl of a MGB 3) the sweet sound of a Hardy. Don't be a peasant, Don

But is the reduction in bug life a direct result of sewage being removed from the river. The Crow really changed from a bug factory after the sewage was all pumped to Frank. Don

It is a irrigation dam designed for draw downs. For that reason, at best it will be a crappy fishery. Or the dam could still be leaking. Don

As far as that age old story - remove perch and the assholes will just do it again. That is the reason we don't lock up people after they rob banks. They will just do it again. Till this govt had the balls to do something about perch, we will continue to lose more lakes. At this point, we have lost Phyllis, Tay, Twin, Crimson, Cow and Struble. That makes about 1/2 of them screwed. The Govts action to this point is not apparent other than rewarding the perch stocking Angler's by having a limit on vermin. Fished once at Crimson and got checked at the dock by the Officers. He counted the perch twice to make sure I wasn't over my limit. He had no answer to the question "why am I allowed to benefit from an illegal act"? Don

Jordan, That is exactly why Govt does sweet f... Nothing. I gave listened to the locals talk about perch removal. Nope - not interested. Gotta have some place for the kids. Trouble is I have yet to see one of those kids. What people say and do are a world apart. Don

Guys, Here is a fisheries survey. Although it concerns lakes there are two areas that bear attention., 1] Pine Coulee may go to trout. Sterile trout. Unless some intelligent management creeps into ESRD, I suspect 5 a day + ice fishing. 2] Struble Lake + other lakes in the province illegally stocked with perch. The Govt asks if the public would support retention. Ya' all gotta be kidding - why in the hell would anyone support an illegal activity. That is the best way to support further perch infestations. Idiotic. By the way - Struble Lake raised fish over 10 lbs. I used to catch them over 6 lbs [ not inches] regularly. https://talkaep.alberta.ca/fisheries-engagement?utm_medium=email&utm_source=eloqua&utm_campaign=OUTDOORS_20170222_ABFisheriesSurvey&cvosrc=email.eloqua.OUTDOORS_20170222_ABFisheriesSurvey&elqTrackId=4e949663189f4e78a844d7b65672aa67&elq=f3a3748b67f24ab69f1ee79564fd62c6&elqaid=7926&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=13534 And with that I'm off tying again. Don

But which segment. The people who do stupid stuff this or the people who look for them?

And Peter, How does society deal with this. https://www.facebook.com/werideeveryday/videos/1876742252562541/

Makka, Ernie Schwiebert wrote that Charles Ritz strengthened his casting arm using a magnum of champagne. When he finished, the maginum was enjoyed. The excercise, Schwiebert wrote, caused Ritz's thumb grow 1/2" wider. Hemingway believed that Ritz was one of the finest FF ever. Ritz was a Rod designer as well. So, enjoy the champagne. Don

Jordan, Even with all thier failings, they are likely a lot better than what is about to arrive. Don

Jordan, There are so many ways the previous Govt could have done different and as a result we will live with these issues for many years to forever. The ones just related to water/fisheries would include: - illegal stocking of perch, Asian carp - building the Three River dam without permits resulting in the Federal Court ordering Fisheries and Oceans into Alberta to make sure Alberta obeys the law. - doing sweet f....k all about WD making its entrance to Alberta inevitable - doing nothing about fresh water usage till forced - approving water withdrawals to Rivers till they are over allocated by up to 130% ( the Bow) - squatter camping - illegally placed bridges and culverts. 700 of 900 in the Swan Hills is but one example Get the picture? The track record is pretty bad. Don

Recon.... Kinda like the Saudi stuff. Oil produced in Alberta does effect air and water. Oil produced by the Saudis do not. Sorry but this is reality. Don

Skid... Will check. Switched to Monzilla and things worked fine. Don

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And then it dies Wash throughly before cooking unless it is from the Bow. Then bury it at the land fill. Don

Folks, I re-thought the fracking fluids post. The "news" on fracking ain't new. Not by a long shot. The have been wells fracked in Alberta for >50 years. The fluid of choice was hydrocarbon fluids generally derived from hydrocarbon condensates. A fractionation system NW of Rocky Mtn. House produced the product for many years. The more recent fracs ( don't mean to confuse all you new folks but fracs it was for many years - kinda like tar sands ) are now often using water + various surfactants. The water recovered is either reused or injected into disposal wells of which I've operated two. One at 10,000 depth and the other near 14,000' deep. The journalism that produced the article is crap. Do a net search. The crap has spread all over the place. Now I'm heading to my basement retreat and contemplate the question: do more people in a pile make them progressively dumber"? Don

Folks, While frack fluids are something new in the oil fields of Alberta, for <50 years, fluids of all types have been moved by truck. Many of those fluids are a whole lot more toxic to aquatic life. To single out frack fluids is to cause alarm when little should exist. I suspect that several hundred truck loads of toxic fluids are moved through my town every day. Toxic fluids will include: sweet crude oil, sour crude oil, sweet and sour hydrocarbon condensate, frack fluid additives, acids, propane, butane, battery acids, fertilizers, glycols, methanol, sour water, gasoline, diesel and on and on. Do I need a "safe place"? Don

Beeker, The system used is the same one used for years. Don

The problem continues. But only with Safari. Monzilla works just fine on the IPad. Maintains login. I suspect it is a cookie issue with Safari. Don

Learned more silliness this morning. Using home page log in has no remember me button. Go to forums and bookmark it, Login is licked in. Don

There appears to be two different sign in boxes. One is w/o "remember me" option. Got the right one now. I musta qualified as a temporary Calgarian. After all technology baffles the rural savages. Don

Having to sign in every time. How do I maintain maintain login? Regards, Don