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Steve, When we getting out again, had a blast with you and darrin last time.

I really like using my gass 6120 in the winter time on the bow

I was at mac with a 4x4 and absoultly no problems pulling out of there last night

we currently have 25 people from High River staying at our house, friends of my father and their neibours

Peter, I tend to disagree, some of the smallest players I have ever coached are some of the best hitters as they have to have skill inorder to hit where on the flip size the bigger players think that they can run over people. I will always take a small skilled hitter over a big unskilled player. At the end of the day it comes down to who is more skilled and technical fundelmentals. Skilled hitters are very important in football (not to sure in hockey) because if you hit wrong in football you can seriously injure yourself (And I am speaking from experince as a player I still get headaches from the concussions I took as a player). I like to think it is the same for hockey but I do not know.

If you ask me I think this is a awsome idea at that age the players should be working on skills such as puck handling, skating, shooting etc... I belive that hitting should be allowed at a older age as the players are more mature. Are we teaching our kids a game of skill or are we teaching them a game on hard hitting goons? Now I am not saying every player out there is a goon but you diffently see alot of them out in minor hockey. Now we talk about equipement and that it is there to protect you, other then wearing a full suit of armour there will always be injuries, that is why skills and fundelementals should be taught first before anything else, A skilled player will skate circles around a hard hitting goon any day, but if your taught to hit first then what happens to the skills down the road? As for the coaching anyone who has ever coached or ref ( I coached minor football for 13 years) knows that finding quaility coaches is probably one of the hardest things, as from my experince there are coaches out there that are not there for the players but for their own ego's and will do whatever it takes to wins. Also finding quaility coaches is a hard thing cause of the *hit and abuse parents give to either coaches or refs, this is the main reason I got out of coaching football, most coaches do not get paied for what they do and they do it for either the love of the game or in my case wanting to impart the knoweldge I have to the younger generation. All in all this is about the safty of the younger kids and nothing else, to try and say anything else is just stupid.

People remeber that alot of professional theives will scoop out a place and see what times people are home and away so they know the best time to strike. If you have a light timer set it to random so no matter what happens lights are going on and off while you are away that way it makes it hard for theives to tell when to break in.

I remeber when I first waas learning to cast streamers it just happened to be in the pitch dark. Anyways away casting I was doing then wack felt something hit me in the back of the head and next thing I knew my hat was floting in the river, I stripped in my line to realize that my hat was coming in too, wow, I hooked my hat and had so much energy traveling through the line it never stop the cast.

Pie is better, espically sweet sweet cherry pie........

I have caught some of my biggest fish todate in a blow out bow, just gotta be careful while walking the shore line (The water carves under the bank and it can colapase without any warning. And of course unl;ess you are a complete fool, do not gwet into the river during run off, its not what is on the surface you should be watching out it is what is underneith.

I have been using the stretch floss legs for a couple of seasons now, I have not had any discolor on me yet. Only complaint I have (which is a minor one) is when the fly hangs bottom I end up most of the time stripping a leg or too off to get the fly instuck then it turns into a cripple pattern for me.

From one artist to another it was awsome to be able to talk with Diane. Overall I really enjoyed the show again this year, for those that feel like the show is a waste of time u should really come out and chat with some of the people that are not locals lots of knoweldge out there and we can always learn and grown. Got alot of diffrent persepectives to fishin and will diffently be using them in the yaers to come.

Been getting ready for the streamer season and have been ting some streamers when I get home from work and have some time I will take a couple of photos and post them for all to see. Not the prettiest flies but man do they ever work well.

How come that doesnt surprise me......

Happy Hoildays to all

I voted for absoultly not only because I have not see any data from BOW in the areas that are mentioned to say anything diffrent. If the data was there to prove that harm is beeing done on those streches then I would make a diffrent opion but till then I would have to say no. On a side note with all the guide boats and people that own their own boats that float everyday all spring and summer would this not also cause damage to the trout? The pressuser on the trout during our hottest days have to effect them, so how come this point isn't brought up also. If concern about mortality of the trout all times during the whole year needs to be looked at, I would guess that there are more dead trout during the hottest days of the year when the traffic is much higher then it is during oct to dec.

I have a DTX 13 foot 8wt which is one of the best sticks I have ever used. My fav however is my Loop GASS 6wt 12.5foot, however this is too light for steelhead in my own opion. Send me a PM and if I am not busy I am more then willing to let you try them out.

I noticed it was the grumpy bastards birthday today, so I thought I would wish Don Anderson a Happy B-Day

The only tip I have is use commen scene, if you wouldn't like it done to you then don't do it to others. Final Tip: Treat EVERYONE with repect regardless to who it is on the river, we are all there to enjoy the river.

I use a 12 foot 4x leader then add about 6 inches of flouro. This allows the tippet to be sitting in the film of the water thus the fishies do not see it. If you do not have good line control and getting alot of drag then I suggest shorting your leader.

Very mature........ Plus I have had walk and waders walk right along the bank I have been stalking a trout in so how about we talk about the disrespectful walk and waders too and not nartrow our veiws to suit our own needs. The point is that it really doesn't matter if a drift boat comes down, walk and wader or jetboat there are asshats always out there, and you should be enjoying your time out on the water and not getting all wond up over stupid little things (and yes I said STUPID would you like me to spell that out for the slower people out there?) We all need to take a step back and look at what we are really complaining about and how we are complaining, is it really going to do any good to complain on a internet forum or ARE YOU REALLY JUST VENTING. If your venting fine I can understand that but complaining on a internet forum is really a waste of time... RELAX AND ENJOY OUR RIVER

Wow is it really that important to get the wound up over something? I use to be like tht but now I shrug my shoulders and let it go, life is way too short to be getting your feathers all ruffled over drift boats and jetboats. Here is a little advise my great grandfather told me before he deid. Enjoy what you have now and not what is to be cause things change weather you like it or not Hey Jared you never invite me out is that because I am a big scary looking guy, or I might out fish you (well if I actually got up off the bank and did some fishin, lol, j/k)

Enjoyed floating the Bow with Silverdoctor and Max. Moved some nice fish and lost some nice fish too...

Rob, I know what you mean I haven't picked up my spey since the spring time dry (Been using my single hander for dries) Anytime u wanna get out you know how to get a hold of me.