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Personally if you ask me, if you are going to buy a Lamson product for spey I would go with the Velocity V4 or V3 I have used these before personally and have found no problems with them. I do have a lamson Velocity V4 for sale, sent you a PM. Anyways welcome to the spey community and don't be afraid to ask questions here as there are people that post here that really do know what they are talking about, and once the weather is a bit warmer hopefully we can have another spey gathering before the expo.

Badger, I agree with what you have to say 100% why work harder for a longer cast when you can just use a longer rod with half the amount of energy

Personally when I find a line/weight that I like I hardly ever change from it, why change something that is not broken. $70 is not that bad of a price espically when there are lines out there that are well over $100 (Most of these have intregrated running lines which I prefeer.) What it comes down to is what YOU the BUYER prefeers and not what the masses say. When I first started out I always used loop to loop contections as I was constantly changing up heads to find that magical line that I liked the best, now that I have a very good idea of what I like I know what lines to buy. One draw back however to a intregrated line is when you only have one rod and you have a skagit, for streamers and scandi for nymphs (I know you can use both lines for both streamers and nymphs but for arguments sake lets say skagit for streamers and scandi for nymphs) you can not switch up lines, you could always just carry an extra spool or reel but if you are like myself and travel ligth this can be a pain in the ass. Now for a draw back to the loop to loop connection is that when you get into colder temps like we do here in Calgary, then you start to have guides freeze up and sometimes you get the lop to loop connection stuck in a frozen guide which can be a pain the ass also. So I guess what I am really trying to say is try both and see what you like then go from there.

Great idea, currently trying to figure out what to tie for the second contest, have a idea of what I am going to tie but there is one matrial that I have no clue what I am going to use it for....

I could be wrong but I thought the last time I was in Fish Tales, they still had copies of the book, give them a shout and see if they still have some.

Here is what I suggest. Go out and try a bunch of diffrent types of rods, if you wanna try out the Loop Multi 7120, just pm me and we can hit FC and you can try it out. The reason why I am saying try diffrent rods out is purely for the action of the rod, some people like fast rods while others like a mid flex to progressive full flex, etc....... I'll talk to gregg (toolman) and see if we can get a spey gathering togather for people that are intrested in trying out diffrent rods. BTW if you are looking for a reel I have a lamson Velocity v4 gun metal blue that I am not sure if I am going to use it or not, but if I do I am looking at roughly $200 might go lower but I really need the money so we will see.

I've only used a spey on the bow and no where else and what I prefeer to use is my 6wt 12foot (just recently purchased) I am going to be using my 7wt 12foot for streamers and sinktips. I can see where someone might want a long rod, for example I need to make a 60 or 70 foot cast to swing some flies through a run in the winter time, wehre the water is too cold for me to be in for any extended period of time, I could then switch to a 13 or a 14 foot rod, could I make the casts I desire with my 12 foot rod, most likely but why have to work for a cast when I can switch up to a slightly longer rod for greater distances. Just my two cents, what do I know really anyways!

I dunno how many times I have seen someone have a Ace, 9 (or lower) get a Ace on the flop then lose out the battle just cause someone has a higher kicker. I've also been caught with pocket rockets only to lose out to straigts and flushes. Betting patterns also tell alot about a person.

Dave, could I please be on your team and we can then organize a 6 man Steel Cage Match (btw wouldn't it be better if we held it at the ffc booth?)

Pocket rockets is a good hand but what gets most people in trouble while playing poker, espically a game like Texas Hold'em is that they will get a marginal hand then try and chase something hoping their card flips on the river and steal a win. While playing in a long hand senerio position and table prence is probably one of the best skills to posses. Short hand you never want to be short stacked cause it makes thing hard espically when the blinds are up and people bully you and steal blinds, oh I would also be into a Poker Night.

Leechman, Diffently sounds like something wrong with the seams, I would guess just like you and say manufacture defect. Did you call the maufacture, or the maufacture warrenty dept.? I know it sounds redicioulus but I can see the person you talked to if he was a pencil pusher not wanting to deal with it and say something like what was told to you, know what I mean? Anyways take em back to wear you purchased them.

Could be a good indicator

It was getting the h1n1 flue shot that won it for calgary.....

Sweet fly there wanny, since I have to tie some up for a trip tomorrow, I will post a photo of my killer wolly bugger aka: Leech (as I like to call them as that is how I fish them) when I get some tied up tonight. Thanks Max for putting this togather it sure will get the good old brain thinking again.

Nah I do not think that, I just belive that there are alot more people in need of it then me, personally if I kick the bucket today in ten years no one will remeber me anyways so heck maybe this is my way to go down in history (I know its a bad joke, but I just couldn't resit saying it.)

Peter, Do you know how dirty money really is, and is also one of the biggest ways cold and flues are transfeered from one person to another.... Also air condition is nothing by recycled air, so image how many germs is just floating through the air. How many times during the course of a day could someone cough on their hands then come and shake my hand, as I see it there is no diffrence between the two, just incause you mention to use hand sanatizer howcome people that work where you wife/girlfriend (I dunno if you are married or not) can't use it also, just cause they work in a profession that has the word HEALTH in it does not mean they are above everyone else, look at the people that have died from the H1N1, not a single person (as far as I know) worked in HEALTH care, they were regular joe blows just like me and the other saps out there. Not fighting with you Peter I just don't agree with what you are saying that is all. By the way I did have a chance to jump to the front of a line up at one of the clinics cau8se I know someone that worked there but I refused as why am I better then they are, I am just an average joe just like everyone else, no special treatment needed.

So peter let me get this right, since I deal with the public 90% of the time I am at work, handle money (one of the best way to transmit virus) all the time and shake alot of hands (another great way of transmitting viruses), I deserve to get my H1N1 shot before a pregnet lady. I do not belive office staff regardless to what they do should get it before someone that has health problem, children under the age of 5, and pregant people. I will not get my shot until these groups are taken care of, and that is my choice.....

Cana..... Not all of our taxes go to Health Care, the vast majority of our taxes don't even stay within alberta, so why not complain to the Fedural goverment who has been stealing the majority of our taxes for years and years and years.... My whole point is that I am not saying our health care isn't bad, but it is much worst in other parts of the world then here, and that is simple facts. I just had a friend in the USA that broke his leg, the HMO's wouldn't cover him and it cost him close 8 thousand to get into a hospital that would look at the broken leg right away, otherwise he would of had to wait over 4 hours in a public hospital. How would you like to face something like that with one of your kids?

Don't get me wrong I agree that we need some improvment over our health care system, but for the last couple of days I hear people talking about how bad our health system is, which in compairing it to the rest of the world, I think it is pretty good, could it be better, sure but I think its not as bad as what people make it out to be, espically if they never had to use health care in another country (I can only speak for the USA as that is the only one I have ever experince other then Alberta) cana..... Okay so I might of misiturpataded what you said but please explain what you mean by Well "Raulph" is the one that gutted the Alberta Health When I hear the word gutted that implies to me to run it down to the bare min. and make it worst then what it was to begin with. I lived in Canada since 88 and I find the health care system very good compared to the southern states where I grew up. I also understand what you are talking about when in reference to your kids but just think about the rest of the world and how their kids are, think our system is bad now????????????

Personally I think our health system is alot better then anywhere else, ever delt with the HMO's in the USA????? I find that people that are born in raised in Canada expect certain things when it comes to Health Care, and I agree with them, but to say our health care has gone down the shitter is a bit too much, try the health care system in the USA where if you got money you got health care if you don't its off to the public hospitials which are overcrowed the staff is way over worked. And to top it off even if you have Health Issurance in the USA then the HMO's do everything in their power to deniie your claim and make the indiviual pay for it. Still think Alberta's health Care System sucks?????? At least it is a thousand times better then anywhere in the states. and for Klien taking shots at Stelmach, well you are going to tell me that Stelmach doesn't deserve it? I will admit I do not know alot about politics but I can diffently see that our current goverment is a fish out of bowel with no clear line in what they are wanting to do, all I can see from our current goverment is damage control over their own mistakes just so they can get the votes they need, I wouldn't be surprised one bit that come the election the Wild Rose Party wins, oh by the way, Alberta has not had a good goverment since the days of Preston Manning, in my own opion.

I remeber when I was about 7 or 8 years old I went swimming in the mississippi river and when I jumped in I instantly sank up to my neck in the hard clay/mud that makes up the river bed in the mississippi and had my cousin jump in and save me. I remeber how scared I was and I thought I was going to die cause the water kept on ruashing at me and forcing me under the water with me not beeing abloe to do anything to help me out. After that I have always been a bit leary about walking through mud espically when I start to sink up to my knees I kind of panic alittle bit when that happens.

I have heard so many diffrent stories about this I almost do not know what to belive anymore. But I think with what has happened over the last couple of days some heads should roll and even though I am a "Reform" I do not care one little bit with our current Provical goverment and City Goverment, I think both groups need to do some overhauling and bring in some new blood with some new fresh ideas cause right now everything is stale and going nowhere. I think Raulph, even with all of his mistakes, still did a better job then the yahoo's that are now in office. I have also heard the reason why we do not have enough of the vaccine is cause our steller goverment sold alot of it to other countries such as the USA, don't know if this is true or not but that is what I have heard.

Dejan, Aswome ties there and they will work on the bow for sure, keep up the good work, welcome to the boards and feel free to ask any ting questions you may have, lots of very good tiers on this forum that will be able to answer any of your questions.

Or you could just be like me and beeing a "HUSKY" guy I tend to float cause you know, fat floats.......

Just saw the artical (small as it was) in the paper yesterday where they said they have recovered a body. Its a sad thing when this happens but maybe it will bring some light on the subject of rivercraft safty and make us all take a second thought about where lifejackets in boats while out on the river. My thoughts go out to the family during this hard time for them.