DonAndersen

Could be at my acreage. Don

About a second and a half to get deleted. Good show Don

Some of them used to be here. Me, I didn't enjoy their business practices so I know longer sponsor. You guys are working real hard @ going broke. Don

Gotta...... My Dad bought me one for my 21 birthday nearly 50 years ago. Lost it on the Elk 10 years ago. It suffered at least 3 net replacements as nets were made of cotton. It does the job but the design means the net flexes. Thanx for the link. Now to get another. Don

Clive, I thought this was about ticks - not leeches And your list missed a bunch. . .Dln

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What is this opening day stuff. Lots of places to fish. Just put the 47 day into the log. Don

Mattpeat likely provided the answer. I've seen the same thing on brown drakes and back swimmers where the fish were so full that they didn't feed for a week. Great hatches don't always mean great fishing. Don

Fish... If your breakfast proves eatable, would you please share the recipe. I've tried Goldeye fried and smoked. Both proved that Goldeye must be an acquired taste!. Don

The most interesting thing the NDP could ask is WHY ? Over the years many 'decisions" have been taken that need to be scrutized by the single word WHY? Doing so will reverse see many of these decisions. After all the NDP is not beholden to many of the benefactors of these decisions. Some examples would include: 1) Three Rivers Dam cost $900,000,000 and benefitted 90 landowners 2) Public Land held by grazing lease holders get paid surface disturbance. A local example where a 1/4 section may generate $10,000 to the lease holder who pays a pittance to the land owner - Joe Public. 3) Rubber stamping of every fresh water extraction permit by oil companies even if they bother to get a permit. WHY - the cure for a lot of evils. Don

It is anticipated that wards of 150 enforcement types will attempt to keep the lid on in the Rocky area. Stars ambulance just landed. The carnage has started. And I agree till law breakers start to police themselves, nothing happens. Don

Be afraid, very afraid. The RCMP officer is the only person doing ATV enforcement in Alberta. Wayne needs more people enforcing the law. 15,000 quads go through Rocky each weekend. The ripping & tearing has already started for the weekend. Don

Taco, The repair of the Outcast 9IR frame was a whole $90.00. Maybe added 6 ozs. To the system. Mind you, when people get all excited over a 1/10 oz. on a reel being too heavy, perhaps 6 ozs. will cause heart palpitations, gout or premature ejaculation. Don

I have some sympathy for the pontoon boat manufacturers. The buying public wants equipment that weighs less and less. Doing so diminishes material thickness thereby reducing longevity. Like Premier Prentice says "look in a mirror - it's all your fault". Frankly, I would wish for higher quality product even if it weighed & cost more. Don

Frank, Contacted Fishin' Hole who sold me the frame and sent pictures - waited 6 months for a response and contacted Outcast and sent pictures. As the frame + components were bought w/o tubes there was no warranty. They told me that they warrantied the tubes only. They also told me that a new frame was $150 + freight. Welding the offending parts back together $90.00. And I've broke too many aluminum pipe wrenches over the years. Unlike steel, they don't bend - just break. Steel generally tells you when you have over loaded it. Aluminum will not give you a rust line indicating impending failure. The only line you'll get in in your shorts when the frame goes pop. regards, Don

Crow... The tubes for the "Office" will no longer hold air. The top material is "breathing" with many small holes. The bottoms are still solid. The frames used on the Office tubes were both a Bucks and Outcast 9IR. Both broke. The Bucks twice, the Outcast is hanging in the garage after welding. I replaced them both with a Outcast 800 two years ago when I sold most of my guns. Then I bought a Scadden Escape as a back up when I travel. A month or so ago, Wholesale had a deal on another Outcast 800 for $574.00. Damn is we aren't up to a 6 boat family again. Too old to wait for parts. Ain't as much time left as gone. If something breaks I just fetch another from storage and deal with the breakage later. And Crow - "Troll Me Not" - you are kidding right. What is the point of forums if trolling is a non-acceptable action. And if you buy decent rods, you don't have to troll. And that ,my friend is a "troll". Don.

Donny Don't troll. He casts. Only guys from Edmonton troll - flies that is. Other than that, they are straight shooters. And I put 90+ days a year on my boats. My Outcast 9 IR was rewelded as well. I know that one Skeeter was also welded. I got my Bucks welded and it failed again as did Cody's weld job. Reweld at your own peril. If you place a straps completely around the shaft and tack it to both the side and seat TEE, it should hold. Note the should part. The failures are in the design. A butt weld is the poorest in terms of strength. Pontoon boats are great ideas with poor design.. regards, Don

The only stainless frames I'm aware of are made by Bucks. The only guy I know with one has had no issues with the frame. Tubes are a different story. Don

Folks, Over the past number of years a bunch of us have had pontoon boat frame failures. They are happening on the same spot. The frame failures were on many manufacturers of boats. I've broken two - a Bucks and an Outcast. Others have had Water Skeeter frames go. The frames have been of both aluminum and steel. The Outcast 9 IR below is my frame. When the frame breaks it rolls the tube upward on the failure side making the oars impossible to use. Below is a upside down view of the failure point. This is a closue up of the failure. Note that the rust if quite new. And below is the opposite side of the failure which looks like it is about to fail as well. take care and please check out your boats. regards, Don

Got a set a 6' used and 7' new. Send me a note if interested. Don

Taco, Gray body c/w black rib Olive body c/w ruddy red rib Black body c/w dull stainless wire rod. All other materials are Danville's 6/0 thread Head is black thread Danville's 3/0 Plus Anti Static Bag c/w black rib. Gill of Oral B Super Floss Hooks Mustad C068NP-BR Coating was Sally Hansns Now is UV set resin. Deer Mart. Simple stuff. Got hundreds of the complicated stuff but these work as well and are easy to tie. Don

Barry Mitchell of Red Deer, Alberta passed away. Many of you know Barry from his days publishing the Alberta Fishing Guide magazine and many others from his book “Alberta’s Trout Highway”. Barry’s interest in our Province’s fishery extended well beyond his writings. He was one of the founding Directors of the Central Alberta Trout Organization formed in the early 80’s serving in many capacities including President. He worked tirelessly on stream remediation projects throughout Central Alberta, he conceived and implemented the Alberta Streamwatch program to provide increased enforcement on the East Slopes streams. Barry pushed Govt. to rewrite the East Slopes angling regulations which successfully improved the fishery. The list of fishery related issues where Barry was involved is near endless. The family is hosting an informal, come-and-go funeral reception for him on Friday, March 6 from 2 to 5 pm at Eventide Funeral Chapel in Red Deer (4820 45 St.). There is no official service happening. An obit will be published in the Red Deer Advocate soon. On a personal level, Barry was a very close friend and we shared camps many times throughout Alberta. In Barry, I not only lost a friend but the fish did as well. We all will miss him. Regards, Don

Although I never meet Jeff, I read about his successes. Folks who contribute to our fisheries are few. He was one of the good guys and will be missed. Don

Eagle... Loon UV stuff is meant to be flexible whereas some of the other products are not at all. I bought UV for just trait. Don

sage You started at a 6 wt. Good choice, drop it to a 4 and ultimately to a 2. Going the other way, add an 8 and 10 and with 5 line weights you about covered anything the swims in fresh water. Don