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A new mega mall to be located next to Crossiron Mills is to be built. http://newhorizonmall.com After a moratorium on any more water withdrawals from the Bow, how did the mall get water. Crossiron bought water from the irrigation district making water a commodity which will now allow water exports. Did the new mall drive another nail into Albera's water resource? Don
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Hwy 40 Squatters
DonAndersen replied to BurningChrome's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
Anybody wonder why it is happening now and not for the past 50 years the law has been on the books? Damn them NDPers! Don -
Hwy 40 Squatters
DonAndersen replied to BurningChrome's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
Trailhead, Similar confrontations are happening between OHV owners and others including the RCMP. At some point there will be violence. Don -
Open Letter (Not From Me)
DonAndersen replied to lad's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
Ever consider that this thread would not have existed if the previous gpvrs had dealt with the abuse years ago. And the ugly part, some want a return to the same or lower level of idiocy. Don -
Open Letter (Not From Me)
DonAndersen replied to lad's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
Whether or not all his stuff suits your particular view point is immaterial. He's putting a face to ugly abuses of our trout streams. Nobody else is doing it in a public way. So what if he get carried away occasionally. At Least, unlike many, he is attempting to get change. Now if the rest of us "concerned citizens" would develop some balls, maybe the stuff he posts would not occur. Nope, we're all mind ****ed because he doesn't do it or say it quite correctly. Like I said, the world is a strange place. Don -
Open Letter (Not From Me)
DonAndersen replied to lad's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
I just don't get it. A guy points out the abuse of quads and he's seen as the enemy. The Oldman Education group posts an ugly picture of land abuse and they are lauded. Damn, the world is one screwed up place. Don -
Damn that was great. Now are those dingbats employed by us still employed? In the private sector, they would've made a dint in the fence when they were fired across the parking lot. Still waiting for the letter from the minister attempting to explain why the biologists from Hinton/Edson, Edmonton & Rocky ****ed up so badly. Don
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Good move on the Govts part. Just so ya' know, fishermen and hunters pay for the Report a Poacher program through a levy on your fishing licenses. Quadders pay...........nothing. The only enforcement officer getting things done is Corporal Howse of the Rocky Detachment. He needs to be replicated throughout Alberta. Let's get on K Divsions case and get him some help. Don
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Flood Mitigation: Springbank Damn
DonAndersen replied to jpinkster's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
But Jordan .... Isn't Calgary hyping the crap outta the EAST VILLAGE? Last I looked. It is on a flood plain. Don -
Crows and magpies are scarce in Rocky. They have been driven out by Ravens. Ravens are not native species but have moved from BC into Alberta over the past 50 years. Our songbirds are gone as well. Magpies and crows can be killed where ever access is available. Ravens were managed differently. Not sure what is legal now. One thing that works are raven traps. The waste dump west of Rocky feeds hundreds of Ravens thereby keeping them alive all winter allowing the to prey at will on songbirds. A friend just hated the damn things. A&W foil wrap in a raven beak was just close enough to short our downtown power lines regularly. Problem solved. A&W changed to a paper bag - now the Ravens don't get thinned out by Trans Alta power. Don
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Your Favorite Dry Fly Rod
DonAndersen replied to eagleflyfisher's topic in General Chat - Fishing Related
For small streams - 6'0" two weight For mid-sized waters - 7'9" five weight For larger waters with a mix of flies 8'0" six weight. All bamboo. For throwing bass poppers 9'6" Orvis graphite Don -
The Pointer Sisters song "Slow Hand" see: http://www.metrolyrics.com/slow-hand-lyrics-pointer-sisters.html And wrote this: http://www.hatchmag.com/articles/search-low-line-speed/7713510 Regards, Don
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The line weight must be high enough to transmit the energy to the fly. Small flies can be cast with any line weight however large flies require kind weights containing enough energy to move the fly. Ya don't shoot elephants with a pop gun. Don
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Ohv Abuse - Porcupine Hills
DonAndersen replied to jpinkster's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
Ah *hit Clive, you want a fix a hundred year old problem. I figure that that cowboy welfare bums have sucked about a 1,000,000,000 outta the tax payer at the rate of 100,000,000/year. And don't forget the irrigators who freely spen a billion here and there to benefit themselves and destroy our fishery. Those are sins ongoing. Let's get them fixed. Don -
Smithy, Your thought have already been put into action. Beaver, Ironside, Fiesta and Alford all were paid for in part, a large part by sportsmen. The failure of these lakes was allowing people who were incapable of managing them to control the stocking and management and finally, the Areation. The lesson learned, get the whole operation out of the hands of Govt. The Manitoba Parkland is about to fail. The biologist responsible was transferred to northern Manitoba. There is no way any Govt employee is supposed to have a success. During his absence, the remaining bios did sweet tweet about the trout fishing. When the successful bio. returned, he found lakes with perch and walleye. Was he pissed. You bet.he has one year before retirement and then it's back to crappy management. Don
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A New Approach To Logging In Alberta?
DonAndersen replied to jpinkster's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
Trees - cut 'em down, burn 'em down or they die of old age and fall down. Whatever the method, they are going down. Don -
Group Camping Advice
DonAndersen replied to MattyTaylor's topic in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)
People group camped at Honeymoon last year. Don -
Mike, age or not, the Riffle Runner was used successfully on outboards to 50 hp. In my case, the big advantage, the whole thing got loaded onto or into the truck. I used it on a bunch of rivers. Don
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Warning Section Where Highwood Enters The Bow River
DonAndersen replied to bigbug's topic in General Chat - Fishing Related
A Winchester Defender might just be the solution for dog attacks. Don -
Gals pal, For several years I used a Riffle Runner which was a poor man's jet system that bolted onto the cavation plate of a prop style outboard, My 9.9 was capable of 12 miles an hour upstream in the Bow. Used a 12' Harbourcraft boat. Don