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Annnndddd the GOLD medal for diving goes to!!! SWEDEN!!! Holy crap what a BRUTALLY officiated game but our boys pulled through it. Guts and heart win every day of the week. I wish the NHL looked like this.

awesome report

My renter downstairs phoned up to see if we were ok , rofl... That 5 seconds left goal... wow!

No that's the ultra compact thick arse peice of nylon rope And yes... it tasted frikkin terrific!!

My favorite memory from this year would be swinging a bait rod all day for king salmon in alaska (the guide said that's the only way to get 'em) and then at the last hole of the day telling the guide I don't give a damn wether I get one or not at this point I am going to either go down in flames on the spey rod or die trying... so there I am in the Klutina River... swinging a big red flesh pattern I has tied up just for the occasion, when about 4th swing in the line goes tight at the end of the drift, I lift and feel the unmistakable THUMP, THUMP, THUMP... of HUUuUUUge headshakes... and then the fish slowly starts to move out to deeper water with my guide yelling at me to try to turn it for the shoreline... I managed my best by burying the rod in the water and giving it soft but firm pressure... just enough to turn it but not enough to piss it off and have it tear out line and hit the rapids (as 4 other clients had done just hours earlier at the same spot in the lodge's other boat)... the fish comesup against the shoreline and I work it, still slowly and tenderly, like I am pulling an unwilling dog by a leash... not enough to piss it off but just enough to slowly move it... it sawm up right beside us (water had less than a foot of clarity, so he didn't see us)... when he was in the right spot I slammed my rod straight up and the fish came to the top - this was my first sight of it - holy sh**t - Boom guide had it in the net and I was letting out some whoopin and hollerin people heard miles away... 47 inches - 40 pounds of Alaskan King salmon... something that had been on my list of "must do's" foerever... and to get him on the spey, was a fantastic sensation... the TFO deer creek held firm, as did Greg's knots :)

Me and my son were at last night's game. Calgary looked slow in the first and half of the second but once they started to play the way they can play, they completely dominated the game. 6 goals on a night where Iggy does nothing... this is why I really like our team this year. I can't blame kipper for the goals he was actually very good tonight. the two softies that got by he never even saw them... total screen shots... the one that did get by them I give heatley full marks for it was a lazer. Aucion's goal on the delayed penalty was amazing, the whole place was rocking!

Hey whoa whoa whoa.... you can't call it a streak if it's just "getting out".... a streak is a FISH in each month... come on boys.... don't cheat yourselves

naw I'm ok now - sorry for the hijack here... what happened is on the 24th I woke up extremely sore and had "issues" with going to the little boys room becuase of my back, so in the morning I spent 3 hours in the urgent care room in okotoks. they gave me some new medications but I had a bad reaction to them and ended up in the emergency room that evening..(thought I was having a heart attack turned out to be extreme heartburn they said I was burning up on the insides and actually froze my stomach and throat) Got back home about midnite. all is fine now... anyways... back to the thread..

Upper Kenai River - Alaska

I got a set of christmas lights that are a stringer of trout LOL other than that nothjin fishing related (what can ya get for someone who has it all?) Got ourselves a Wii under the tree though... My kids are whippin my azz... spent christmas eve in a hospital bed... that sucked..

This deer watched me tie flies at Elkwater Prov. park for about 15 minutes

I didn't get very much time to fish.. I probably fished the least amount of days per year ... in my life since I started fishing. Those days spent, though, where extremely high quality. Can't even begin to list all the fun I had this year when I did go out. -Steel in BC -King in Alaska -Bully fishing with old friends on the (insert SE BC river) -Coho in BC -Pink / Reds in Alaska -Cutts on (insert SE BC river) Too much fun... I may have missed some highlights , but the highlight of my fishin career.. is this

Awesome. I wish my pics of my trip where of this quality. Great shots and memories gents!

Sweet Lord.... those are some wicked browns.

I won't go saying I hld the longest streak ever, boys, but I had one running 7+ years when you get close then we can talk ::ice fish::

I crossed off a bucket load this year : first large BC steel : 2008 - check king salmon : 2008 - check coho salmon : 2008 - check palmer ranch : 2008 - check pink (they call 'em reds in alaska) on a fly rod : 2008 - check I guess still on my wish list is: Tarpon - anywhere Yakoun River, BC - March / April some year. Fraser River sturgeon / chum combo trip. Finally meet that old boy - clive - on the crow someday.

Fas Gas has coke n' coffee... lol... trust me I know... I am a Pepsi addict :)

eeeeeeeaaasy now... this is about cars ain't it??? LOL

Taco. There's no booze in this town. You are correct. Although I heard the golf course applied for a license.

Ok my assessmnet. The scratch shown by your red arrow and question mark... is where the hitch slid against the bumper before actually penetrating.... the big hole is where it went right in and at that time you woulda felt the "bump" at which time the hole was exteneded down as the vehicles pushed up against eachother.... The mark on the opposite side was probably cuased when the vehicles separated. That's my NON CSI assessment..

I'll take a coffee and egg nog please (hold the coffee) Man how can you guys be wrecking the best drink ever by pouring it into something? Egg nog is made to have other stuff poured into IT!

Ok this is my take... if you felt a BUMP.. then there's damage somewhere... that's a cheap plastic bumper that would crumple from an impact with a bug, let alone another vehicle... so look for damage elsewhere. If not, then this damage was probably cuased by the BUMP, and the angles of the hit... just my 2 cents... my wife backed into someone this year... did hardly any damage to their truck, but totalled a brake light and it's entire casing on ours.

LMFAO! Yeah but the "cool-factor" value of the truck goes up. Nice pics... I gota do fraer river sturgeon someday..

SJW... too easy.. that's me waking up in the morning next to the funbuster on the 29th day of the month...

To me that looks like about the first side channel on the north side as you get close to carseland... it's the first real "fishable" side channel of many coming up... am I right?