Jayhad

yeah Bud, we haven't fished together for quite sometime. we should make an effort to get out. I'll PM you in august.

Good article find Toolman. Thanks I hope the aquifers get topped up a bit this june.

I fish at night often. I will not wade at night, all my fishing is from the shore. I typically only roll cast using the rig to load my rod, basically a single hand spey cast poorly done. I fish very heavy leaders to prevent having to re-tie. As Toolman said they are really easy to catch at night.

if you are still looking for one, I've got a blue carlisle I'm going to unload. never been in the oar lock $200.00

Hey All, I am ordering a new set of sticks from sawyer this week. The shipping isn't great and if anyone else was thinking of buying a set perhaps we can have them group shipped to save some cash. If you are thinking of buying a new set lets talk.

So how many of you are making your shopping lists now that your portfolio is cresting the outer atmosphere while on to the moon. I'm looking at another jet boat, something in a 17-19' with camping/cooking capabilities, perhaps a supercharged 6ltr with no exhaust. just need a little more growth before cutting the $110,000 cheque. Any of you playing with the cryptos? I started fairly small in the new year and I have exceeded any expectations.

it makes a difference has to be a vented as the welder can get Zinc metal poisoning aka metal fume fever. They'll let you know though

This is a very good point, we've all seen what can happen to a small creek when fish are taken from said creek.... it takes years to recover. We could set up groups that hit water bodies with the sole intention of bonking.... I'm sure we all can revert to our less couth days. A few well intentioned, proficient anglers could really whack away at these fish.... Silver Doctor, where do you want us to start? Man I have early childhood memories of stacking steelhead into garbage bags on the vedder, perhaps I can relive that, haha.

Monger, wouldn't said fish farm be responsible for the clean up if they are in fact guilty of fish the dump?

could you get the same material and just use an appropriate adhesive? I don't know myself as I have little experience with rafts. Possibly the costs involved makes this a moot point.

Hey Bcubed, I haven't looked at the "towers" in real life but in looking at the pictures from outcast, those towers would be a very easy build for a fabricator, use a base of .500 UHMW..... now finding a fabricator in AB that will build anything not industry based is tough.

Oh Sparkplug, the solution is already in place. When it all hits the fan us tax payers will here to foot the bill. I can't determine if our current government is incredibly arrogant or remarkably stupid by their handling of governing this province.... and I voted for them.

I have a love hate relationship with rip rap, it's ugly, it's dangerous, it destroys any opportunity for an undercut bank, but come stampede season those rocks are crawling. I find myself not wade fishing rip rap locations, even though some areas were my favorite to fish prior to the deposits, I'm a young man in my mid forties and some of those rocks concern me when navigating them.

Why does that matter? If client did minimal research and got a lame guide, well that's why buyer beware is a statement. The betterment of the resource has nothing to do with good business practices. No where in the Charter is it written that the government must protect the people from making stupid decisions

if we have seen these to be a problem in the past I would agree; High-water temp advisories, yes, the fish get hot but guides will still guide and most will still fish, regardless of the impact on the fish unless the advisory is changed to mandatory order there is no desired change. This forum itself has shown on numerous occasions that the members here can't self-limit themselves. If an advisory has no teeth it is a waste of ink and paper. Out-of-province incursions The ever so often complained about but rarely proven destroyer of our resources. This is a red herring, yes out of province guides and anglers come here, just looking at non-resident license sales in comparison to resident license sales would show that our efforts should be put elsewhere as the change that will come from this is marginal, if it is even able to be tested. Charging more money for non-resident licenses and dumping it into general revenue isn't the solution. Use restrictions how can you feasibly restrict guide use? well you can't without restricting all users, so a separate channel to restrict guides isn't needed. Restricting ALL ACCESS blocks both guides and anglers. Safety The City of Calgary requires PFDs to be worn while on the water in the city section, most drifters ignore this, most don't wear PFDs below Calgary. Currently there is a law for safety purposes on the water, the users choose to ignore it. We have not seen a run of guide boat going down or loosing guests, if we had I'd be all for it. But once again the market will correct this, if a guide looses a client he is possibly subject to litigation. The thought of being sued into non-existence should be rational alone to be safe, have insurance and is the way most other businesses are run. I am sure guides will get regulated sooner or later, I was deep in the industry when this happened in BC, if these actions were to help the resource I'd still be fishing Spences Bridge and guide licenses wouldn't be "worth" millions. BCUBE this isn't an argument with you, but the points you put forth. I understand that you are one to put the fish first and are just putting forth solutions for a betterment of the resource.