DonAndersen

This is not Robert JR and even if it was - at least he cares about water. Note: some of the below has already happened. You snooze- the fish lose. You can bet your bottom buck that the irrigators were @ every meeting. The Government of Alberta is seeking input from Albertans on some of the important questions contained in the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan terms of reference. We are looking for input about: o Challenges in developing the region o Lands which should be conserved o What you think are high-value tourism and recreation areas Your views will provide important input for developing a regional plan in the South Saskatchewan Region. You can fill out and submit a South Saskatchewan Regional Plan workbook at the following address: o www.SSRPfeedback.com - Deadline for online submissions is Jan 15, 2010 The Alberta Government is considering amendments to water allocation and water licence transfer systems in the province. This review is being driven by issues of overallocation of water in some areas of the province and the economic and environmental issues that overallocation has caused. Jason Unger, Staff Counsel with the Environmental Law Centre, will present a summary review of the three reports that are informing the government's review, as well as address issues that arise from a "First in Time, First in Right" (FITFIR) system, such as whether the licence transfer system is equitable and whether transfers and FITFIR adequately address environmental and economic concerns. Click on the link below to register. A confirmation email will be sent upon registration. Instructions on how to log on to the webinar will be sent the day before the session. Alberta's Water Allocation Review: Who's it "FITFIR"? (Webinar) The Alberta Government is considering amendments to water allocation and water licence transfer systems in the province. This review is being driven by issues of overallocation of water in some areas of the province and the economic and environmental issues that overallocation has caused. Jason Unger, Staff Counsel with the Environmental Law Centre, will present a summary review of the three reports that are informing the government's review, as well as address issues that arise from a "First in Time, First in Right" (FITFIR) system, such as whether the licence transfer system is equitable and whether transfers and FITFIR adequately address environmental and economic concerns. A confirmation email will be sent upon registration. Instructions on how to log on to the webinar will be sent the day before the session. Thanks for your attention and we hope you'll join us on January 13th! http://www.waterinstitute.ca/water_allocat...able_future.htm

Terry, Have you even packed the head and transducer in the same area. Always been concerned that the rare earth magnets have enough power to drag the brains outta computer chips. catch ya' Don

Mike, Only if it was frozen. Don

Sundancefisher, Eco Terrorist - you're kidding right? Beyond a free meal and a clean up bill what was hurt? Don

126barnes, The rod will make the rounds in Edmonton for a while yet. Also, Had a good time @ the show. Picked up this and that - chatted with many folks I'd meet over the years, cast some poles and generally had a great time. All in all, a decent use of a Sunday. catch ya' Don

Llama... I'm now on my fourth depth finder/fish finder. The first Fishing Buddy died over winter. They couldn't tolerate the cold apparently. Bought another Fiishing Buddy and the transducer keeps falling off + battery life is not good. Two friends also have F Buddies. One has his with him all the time and occasionally turns it on. Seems to be OK. The other guy's brand new one crapped. Got replacement that seems OK. Then it was a Apelco Portable that used 2 six volt lantern batteries. Batteries lasted but the head leaked water into it. Occasional water droplets running down the contacts and all of a sudden I was in 500' of water. And now it's a Humminibird Pirahna that was back to the repair shop 'cause the head leaked water. Returned and it still leaked. Removed back and found out that the "tech" had not replaced the "0" rings and 2 were partly gone. New "O" rings and it still leaks. Now I put a sandwich bag over the head when it rains. The battery using a gel battery will last about 80 hours or so between charges. The newest thing is the connection into the head. Anybody know of one that hangs in there? catch ya' Don

Just Calgary trying to get in touch with it's heritage. Don

God it's tough to get outta the loop. Had to look up Indie Music on Wiki. Was disappointed to find it didn't relate to Indianapolis and fast cars although a lot of the music appears to be created in a garage. catch ya' Don

Guys, Have been told that there maybe another lake in the quality column north of Rocky somewhere in the Drayton area. Don NormanMcLean, The questions below should be addressed to Vance Buckwald of the Red Deer SRD Office. They are outside of the Rocky SRD's area. 1. Should fishing still be allowed on the Red Deer River in the fall during the Brown trout spawn considering the fragile population? 6. What about a pollution study on Sylvan Lake? The fish populations are good for now, but this lake has some future challenges with the amount of planned development surrounding it.

tallieho, I was informed by the Regional Bio. that all the Quality lake Policy had been fulfilled in the Rocky Area and there would be not further management changes to lakes. This was not either the intent or wording of the policy which recognized that some areas would have more quality lakes that others do to population and water bodies. I'd suspect that SRD got tired of being yelled at by those wanting better management. catch ya' Don

Guys, Got Cortland 444's from 2>9 wt. floaters. I like 'em. Worst ever line was a Cortland 555 - broke 2 - sent them back and got 444's and never looked back. Got sinkers from various companies though. SA, Teeny, Cortland, Shakespeare & Rio. Bought a Rio Classic that I'm going to try this spring. catch ya' Don

Folks, Some of the things you might like to think about: 1] Should C&R waters be extended? 2] Are Bull Trout population sufficient to allow harvest? 3] The Quality Lake policy is now suspended in the Rocky area -is this the right thing to do? 4] What about perch - we've lost 6 lakes so far to the yellow rodents. Reclamation costs could exceed $6.5 million and so far the only "on ground" SRD response is to stock pike in Cow Lake. Is this response adequate? 5] What are SRD's future plans to extend fishing opportunities in the Rocky Area? Don

FNG, The Green Cortland 444 is designated as Cortland 444 SL - supposedly shots better than the regular peach 444. catch ya' Don

craneguy, I don't think that smoking matters a whol e lot. A friend who smokes regularly kicks my butt. I'd suspect that it is the pheromones that all ofus excrete and mark us as individuals matter most of all. Whether or not pheromones could be "adjusted" by diet or life style changes I haven't a clue. Certainly the bow hunters think that it can. Think lettuce and you'll catch more fish. catch ya' Don

Monger, About a minute/lb. is about right. Mind you, you just gotta put a bend in the fishing pole to do it. Don

Folks, I know that a lot of you consider the Rocky area your home water. Below is a poster that came my way today. If you can make the meeting, that would be great. Failing that, send me your questions & comments and I'll forward them to the meeting conveners for inclusion into the meeting info. email is donandersen@bamboorods.ca regards, Don

Folks, I've posted this before after watching TV shows and videos, I'd suspect that most of them held their fish out of the water well over 30 seconds. Like a friend says "Fishermen don't kill fish - cameras do!!" catch ya' Don Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49(6): 1157–1162 (1992) | doi:10.1139/f92-129 | © 1992 NRC Canada Physiological Effects of Brief Air Exposure in Exhaustively Exercised Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Implications for "Catch and Release" Fisheries R. A. Ferguson and B. L. Tufts Abstract: Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) which were air exposed for 60 s after exhaustive exercise initially had a much larger extracellular acidosis than trout which were only exercised. In both groups, however, plasma pH returned to normal by 4 h. Blood lactate concentrations were also greater in the air-exposed fish and continued to increase throughout the experiment. During air exposure, there was retention of carbon dioxide in the blood, and oxygen tension (Po2) and hemoglobin:oxygen carriage (Hb:O2) both fell by over 80%. After 30 min of recovery, however, blood gases resembled those in fish which were only exercised. Finally, survival after 12 h was 10% in control fish and 88% in the exercised fish but fell to 62 and 28% in fish which were air exposed for 30 and 60 s, respectively, after exercise. These results indicate that the brief period of air exposure which occurs in many "catch and release" fisheries is a significant additional stress which may ultimately influence whether a released fish survives. http://rparticle.web-p.cisti.nrc.ca/rparti...mp;msno=f92-129

There is no question that scents effect fish takes although this is more apparent in still waters fished with sinking flies. Do recall and experiment done in Washington state with regard to the migration of salmon up a fish ladder. Only two things stopped the salmon cold, sea lion hide and man scent. Further, when I used to ice fish - have watch some guys catch nearly all the fish - didn't matter which hole they used - up the fish came. Even trading poor producing holes with others had the same result. These guys caught them when other didn't although baits and presentation were similar. Seems like the more successful fishermen smelled better or worse to the fish. That may explain for many of us why we do lousy when others around us are hitting on all eight. We stink!! Read of a bow hunter who switched to a all veggie diet about 2 weeks prior to the season opener. He contended that carnivores extruded different scents than herbivores. Jack Shaw of BC still water fame always took care not to have scent on his hands. He paid attention to gasoline and oranges. Washed his hands with pure Ivory hand soap. The bow hunters are a big clue. They have scent absorbing clothing + masking scents that they use on their boots. Stealth is a large part of their success. So what do I do - have used scents added to flies - didn't seem to help a lot + it is illegal in waters that do not allow bait. I carry and use a soap that contains anise oils. Anise oils are occasionally available in pharmacies or grocery stores. And keeping with the beginning of the Shack Nasties Season, it could be argued that washing your hands with a scent masking soap constitutes bait fishing. catch ya' Don

Hot damn!!! This is refreshing. Seems like some of you have finally figured out that short & fast rods are not worth much for trout fishing under 40'. The real problem comes down to the choice of material. It is nearly impossible to build a shorter slow action rod of graphite. In order to get the rod to flex in lighter line weights the shaft diameter gets very small to the point where some folks have actually cast a #12 dry fly directly thought the shaft. The casts often required for small stream work such as curves, tucks, reach or various other types of slack line casts are accomplished much easier with slower action rods. As Taco says - glass or grass. Or as several have pointed out - jump the rod a number of line weights to get the thing to flex. Every rod material has it's place. Grass or Glass for precise casts under 40'. Graphite for longer distance work. catch ya' Don

Taco, You got me with your sig line. Tried every language conversion that I could think of and I'm still stuck. Are you trying to invent a new Maxwell language? Don sig line: iТакім мы будзем рыбалкі наступны сяржанта лета?

Anybody knows who pays for the increased air security? You & me [citizens], the air traveler, the passenger arrival point or the passenger departure point. Can't imagine that it's cheap. Or better yet - who should pay? regards, Don

Tungsten, I built my bench so that I could hang a "trimmings" tray under my vice. The tray is made of 20 gauge galvanized sheet suspended on cup-hooks. I just slid the mess in the tray to the waste bucket. See: catch ya' Don

Folks, One only has to look @ Alberta history to see that the oil rich fat cats of today is but a blip in Alberta's history. Most of the past, Alberta was a have not province. A position it could return to again once all the extractable resources are exported. But if it does separate, a fence [about a 30' high 40,000 volt should do it] placed down Highway #2 with Calgary and Edmonton on the east side would help. After all, Sask needs the people. catch ya' Don

Not very complete list: Major Rod Company solid glass rod Unknown bamboo 9'er for a HCH line Edgar Sealy glass Fenwick Golden Eagle glass 7' 6" 5 wt. built from blank in 1968 Fenwick Glass Winston 8' 6" 5 wt. glass Winston Little Fella 7' 3 wt glass Fenwick Graphite from mid 70's c/w sleeve ferrule J. Kennedy Fisher 9' 6 wt. Orvis 9' 8 wt. Original green painted Sage - dumped it for parts cost Sharpes Greenheart 7'6" 5 wt Winston 7'6" 4 wt glass Jim Payne 9' 8 wt cane Phillipson 7' 6" 4 wt cane St. Croix something or other Temple Fork $50 rod + about 25 cane rods that I built for myself that go from 6'0" 2 wts.> 8'9" 7 wts. with the bulk of them from 7>8' Trying to cut down. Don

HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well : Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) orendothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: 1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. 2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God." THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+ Keep Warm, Don