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    1988 Olympics Anniversary

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Flytyer,

     

    Recall trying to get tickets and were turned down for every venue. Watched the games on TV. Got to pay for them though!

    Saw two competors who wil likely never be allowed into another Games. Eddie the Eagle and the Jamacian Bobsled team. A shame that folks like that are gone.

    And the toughest competitor a Mexican Cross Country skier who was slower and got caught be a mountain storm. His wax selection made the skiing ugly. The front runners finished over 3 hours ahead of him but he didn't quit!

     

    The memory of Vancuver are somewhat different. Several things come to mind. CDN's spontaneously singing O Canada, CDN's celebrating all over downtown after the hockey win without burning a single car (unlike several weeks later), a young man winning gold in Free Style skiing with his parents by his side.

     

     

    Don

    Brookie Bonking

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    Taco,

     

    Gotta agree with you. Anglers should and must do their part to preserve what is left BUT anglers are only a small part of why natives are disappearing.

    Seems like Jim S. said very clearly that stocking of BROOKIES was at fault. Wasn't that a professional biologist decision? Have we removed/changed this biologist mind?

    Land use is either staying the same or further deteriorating. What is being done about cows, quads, clear cutting?

    Frankly I getting very tired of anglers always carrying the ball for lousy decisions or actions by the "trained" & govt employed professionals.

     

    Don

    Brookie Bonking

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    Taco,

     

    There are many places where non-native fish will ever be the only game.

    A brief list could include: Both Ram Rivers above the "chutes", Bighorn above the falls, Prairie Creek sw of Rocky, upper Little Red, Torrens and on and on.

    Mind you, in some of the above cases, the interlopers are Cuts.

    And there are some cases where natives can no longer survive. A recent case was the Crow below the falls that got a good bunch of cuts after the flood in 1995. Only took a few years and they disappeared. Sometimes what is gone is gone!

     

     

     

    Don

     

     

    12 Essential Flies For Lakes And Rivers

    in Ask the Pros

    Posted

    Carroll,

     

    Here are some ideas from several of the finest anglers in N. America

     

    http://flyguys.net/blog/fly-patterns/chironomids/john-kents-top-ten-chironomid-patterns

     

    http://forum.nlft.org/index.php?showtopic=4351

     

    Plus here is some additions that may might be considered are:

    Boatman and swimmer pattern - google - lots out there

    Dry golden and salmon fly patterns - stimulator

    Catatonic leech

     

    Catch ya'

     

     

    Don

    Looking For A Bullshit Filter

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Vhawk,

     

    Sorry about not being politically correct. I guess the 50 years it was called tar sands no longer fits the "new" reality.

     

    I'll look for your report although as you rightly pointed out, it is designed to separate people from thier money. I expect that the information will be bang on.

     

    And with that, I'm off to temper some bamboo. Gotta make a living.

     

    Don

    Looking For A Bullshit Filter

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Good God,

     

    I may have recalled incorrectly but I was positive that the $80 buck number was quoted in a tar sands discussion last year. It, again if I can recall correctly, was a justification for the $125+/bbl. selling price and how the profits weren't all that high.

     

    As far as CAPP, they are representing their members interests and as such putting forth info to reflect their interests. As far as me believing CAPP, I worked for years to get some protection for fresh water in Alberta and some of the info put forth by CAPP has an interesting spin.

     

    Do you know if the Chinese are outfitting the refinery to handle tar sands?

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Don

    Looking For A Bullshit Filter

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Folks,

     

    I don't know about you but there seems to be a lot of bull flops laying around.

     

    1) remember when you were told that the break even point for oil sands was $80 and the price is now $40. Now I know damned right well that if I was building 100,000 rods per day and lost $40 on each one, I'd be outta business.

    2) alberta govt yaps about low oil prices is the issue - did they forget that most of the big bucks came from land sales. Oil sands pay little in royalty and conventional crude production has been falling for years.

    3) keystone is going to get used by who - see #1. In fact, you just have to wonder if trans Canada is going to build it.

    4) the US from what I read is going to be awash in oil and trans Canada is going to build a pipeline

    5) what most people don't realize is oil sands product is lot closer to pavement than water. It takes specialized equipment to move it in pipelines & ships + at the arrival end, the refineries and tankage have also to be specialized. Further, Oil sand asphalt contains hydrogen sulphide - this is not sweet crude that gets top $ in the market place. Oil sand asphalt will always be discounted big time

     

    And that is enough reality for now

     

     

    Don

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    A Little Rod History

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    Taco,

     

    Rod manufacturers will continue to use materials that provide a greater economic benefit to themselves. Whether or not the newest/greatest is a better rod will only rest in the hands of the angler. Of course, the views of the angler are manipulated by their peer group & advertising.

    Unlike many, I own and use rods of greenheart, bamboo, Fiberglas and graphite. Each of the rods have their place.

     

    Catch ya'

     

    Don

    Open Pit Coalmine In The Crow Area

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Wonder where the loading terminal will be located? If it's along the Crow, looks like the land just east of the Hospital is about the only one large enough for 100 car trains. The other two locations are just west of Blairmore on the river flat is mostly silt. Farther west may be an option along the river. Longer haul from the mine face though.

    Looked over Google Earth @ the other mine locations on the Elk. Gives one a feeling of what could be coming.

     

    Upside though... The effluent from the mone may increase the nutrient load in the Crow thereby replacing the nutrient clean

    up of the sewage.

     

    The bug life may rebound to what was seen n the1980's!

     

     

    Don

    Proposed Sportfishing Regulation Change For Kananaskis Countray Area In 2013

    in General Chat - Fishing Related

    Posted

    A few sportfishing regulation changes are being proposed for implementation in the Kananaskis Country area in 2013. The proposed changes are primarily designed to provide more protection for pure-strain, non-stocked populations of native westslope cutthroat trout. The attached provides background and rationale for the proposed changes.

     

    Jim

    Proposed changes to the 2013 Alberta Sportfishing Regulations.pdf

     

    Jim,

     

    A number of questions arise from the proposal:

     

    1] If the Mininster supports a listing in 2009, obviously the cuts were in trouble years earlier. What does it take to motivate SRD? Seems like 5 % is firmly shoving the door closed after 95% of the damage is done.

     

    2] The Govt is the custdodian of the land - land use practices are thier responsiblilty. Why were they not dischared to maintian cut populations?

     

    And now we have a Recovery Plan. I see a recovery plan a little different that you guys. Look @ it this way. A management plan means you put on a parachute BEFORE your jump outta the plane. A recovery plan is required only if you couldn't get the parachute on when falling.

     

    And what you guys should really do is look @ the number of Recovery Plans created by SRD and ponder if pro-active management would have reduced or eliminated them.

     

    And laslly, any chance a person could see the recovery plan? I wonder if other causes of the cuts demise are addressed and just how it will be done.

     

     

    regards,

     

     

     

    Don

    User Reputation

    in General Chat - Not Fishing Related (NFR)

    Posted

    Halcyonsanta,

     

    Now you went and did it - you are now -2 and you just got here. Now if you promised to help me across the stream, pack the beer and point out the risers, I just might be convinced to click your like button.

     

    But don't think that clicking your button is the beginning of any type of long term Rob Anders type of relationship.

     

    catch ya'

     

     

    Don

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