Hawgstoppah

On a warm summer's eve, On a river east of cowtown, I met up with the ninja, We were both too tired to speak.. So we took turns a starin', Down the run to spot a riser, Till boredom overtook us, And he began to speak.. Son I've made a life, Out of readin' this here water, Knowing where the fish lie, By the way the water moves, So if you don't mind me saying, I can see your our here flailin', For a shot of your floatant, I'll give you some advice. So I offered him my gink, And he tied on his best dry fly, Covered it with floatant, then he began to cast, And the night got deftly quiet, And his face lost all expression, He said, If your gonna fish this river, You got to learn to fish it right... You got to know how to cast it, Know how to mend it, Know when to set the hook, And when to let 'em run. You never count your fish, When your standin' in the river, There'll be time enough for countin, When the fishing's done! Know every fisher knows, That the serect to survivin' Is what to tie on, And what to leave in the box, Cause every fly's a winner, And every fly's a loser, The best that you can hope for, Is the one the trout do want.. When he had finished speaking, He turned back toward the river, Let out a few casts, And faded from my view. And somewhere in the darkness, his reel started screamin, and in his final words he found, The trout of his dreams. You got to know how to cast 'em, Know how to mend 'em, Know when to set the hook, And when to let them run, You never count your fish, When your standin' in the river, There'll be time enough for countin', When the fishin's done...

Right now I'd be happy if I could stand for 15 minutes, let alone fish. so my goal for 2009 is to be fishing without pain by april.. so I can make my annual april birthday trip to the crow After that... I can't wait to fish steel this fall with Max. I'll bring the camera, he'll bring the tonsils.

so.... yesterday I had to wear an ugly t-shirt to my physiotherapy clinic. they were having ugly t-shirt day. I went thru my closet and lo and behond... I found my.... OILERS JERSEY.

wiggler. I woulda been bitchin too, I just had nothing to say. I was in a state of shock. They looked BaaaAAAaaad in those losses. Carefull though, the flames thread forums police might soon come tell us what to think.

cool pics. Geez the blackstone looks nice. *adds that to the list of alberta streams yet to be fished*

How could you!!! showing background of sercet spot # 472845-32 I spent all my life looking for a spot like that and now it's RUINED!! Ohhh the HORRER! Just kidding man nice pics. Gawd I hope it's a nice few days on the 20/21st. I'll be in the area.

I guess Im a bad fan cuase I kept my mouth shut when they were losing. They looked like a minor league team the chicago game. I was too upset to say anything. hope we can stay away from chicago in round one.

LOL... Brad's officially the "flames thread police" i guess

Not really. I'd have been happy to see them crush everyone... Can we get the person who started this nuck's thread banned for life???

amen to that.

No, but I'm always on the lookout for anyone from this area interested in sharing some time on the water (as long as they can keep quiet )

Love that vid. That was your best one yet (IMHO). Well done. If you ever want to shoot some really neat crow footage, or farther south, waaay south... gimme a PM. I could certainly take you to spots that would be prime footage locations for both the fishing, and the setting. Big trout down south? Just a rumor

It's every bit as fun as Cataract

Until you've written a letter, yes. After such time... flame away...

Nice job in Dallas there refs... good work. Congrats on the win

Just shut up for a minute and write a letter. THEN hope and pray that the idiots who came up with the AMP can see what damage it's going to do LONG TERM... to the fishery, and the tourism dollar for BC. Heck... I've already had old clients from days gone by get a hold of me asking me if I am still guiding this year becuase there DONE with BC's B.S..

I wish my wife would let me get a dang dog. I had one growing up named vern. I miss the rascal so much... I'd get another springer spaniel tommorow if I could.

Agreed. He looked dangerous every time out... he was a threat... set up a lot of good chances.

LOLOL nice!

Dear Oilers: Thank you for letting Buffalo kick the crap out of you. In doing so, they tired themselves out walking roughshod over your pathetic squad, and then were too tired to play against our beloved Flames. A big thank you for sucking so badly... :) *poke* *nudge* LOL (dang what's going on I thought the Oil was going to be a damn good team this year...?? I actually like them, not as much as the Flames though, but I just couldn't resist making that post)

Hey Miller. Your supposed to stop me. signed - the puck! big Jim Rome fan here also :)

and beauty pic... that's a nice healthy fish

Naw dood, ya got it all wrong. You've told your kids time and time again... to clean there friggin room. you finally get so mad you take their gerbils and / or hamsters and stick them on the end of the line, and toss'er in. Make sure the gerbil/hamster has a nice "lively" action. 30 inch bullies are the baby's... you should see what come up for this presentation

your gonna have to either use a double nymph rig or go high stickin!

ok how about laying on the rocks, grass, or ice... with the pupils centered!!