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Don, I will check for you, I think I have a used once vest that I bought in 93, I haven't bought a vest since as I don't use them. If not I can probably get this stuff from one of my works electical components suppliers.... never thought of it for fuses

I am using 0.30 lead for a pattern that I am tying tonnes of, and I am ripping through the little spools that it comes on. I can't imagine commercial tiers using those little spools. Is there some where I can buy a larger quantity?

I've been tying a butt load of deer hair streamers lately and been reading Kelly Galloups stuff. The idea behind the deer hair is that the sink tip will pull the fly down, during stops of your strip the head of the fly will float/swim up giving the fly a very natural action, the floating streamer system supposedly is best fished from a drifter using a jerk strip. When shore fishing non deer hair is prefered with Kelly Galloups system. PS stacking/spinning/trimming deer hair sucks

Wrap from back to front... so you can finish warps on the fly's head

Red wine, and a nickelback CD

I use a Self inflate, I actually going to outfit my boat with them as the cops above the wier want you wearing a PFD at all times. THe only thing I suggest is carying extra cartridiges in the boat. I understand there are two different types on that inflates when a water soluable (sp?) disk disappears and on that is activated by pressure. I have the water soluable one and it wen off in a wicked rainstorm this summer. Have you checked out the belts? I think that's what I ll get next as they don't interfer with casting at all http://www.mustangsurvival.com/recreationa...sion=recreation

Manufacturers in the fly fishing industry are well known for dictating purchase price, MSRP, with the threat of loosing the product line up if discounted As for my boycotting Simms, I will continue to support my choosen local store, if this becomes a trend in the industry we may be kissing our local shops good bye

The AT did an article that Simms will be selling direct...... Simms to Sell Direct, Yet Reaffirms "Specialty Matters Most" Commitment... CEO K.C. Walsh Answers The Tough Questions Simms Fishing Products dealers were informed this week about the company's decision to make substantial changes to its distribution plans. Most notably, starting in August, consumers will be able to purchase Simms gear through www.simmsfishing.com. The company also says it will forbid dealers to sell current products on or through Amazon and eBay. The decision by Simms to sell direct comes as a surprise to few. Still, Angling Trade has received feedback from the retailer community ranging from anger to total ambivalence. In most cases, the reaction has been a desire to get more facts. With that in mind, Angling Trade editor Kirk Deeter interviewed Simms president and CEO K.C. Walsh. Here are the first of K.C.'s candid answers. You can see the full interview in Angling Trade's E-newsletter, to be distributed next Tuesday, February 21. AT: How will Simms selling direct possibly benefit the specialty shop? Do you recognize that there are consumers out there who buy waders at fly shops now, who will not do that in the future? K.C.: We see four basic consumer groups in fly fishing: 1) Traditional fly shop consumers (like myself) who like the experience of being in a shop. They want to try things on, and they're looking for expertise. I think they'll continue to shop that way. 2) There are "efficiency" shoppers, who work in a tower, and don't... I guess Simms resposibility is to their share holders and earning a profit, but this is cold blooded to bypass the manufacturer-distributor-retailer sales system. Just in the last few years Simms tried to push the "ban felt" issue just so you could buy another pair of boots, then flip flopped because anglers wanted safety not gimmicky soles and are smarter than psedo-science. Is this a trend of things to come.... I think so but I hope not. Perhaps anglers will boycott Simms products to show support of local shops.

Toirtis, I have and have used all the lines mentioned, I find the mainstreams are good but don't last. I find the Avid Trout is too head heavy for light dry presentations, and I don't like over lining rods to deal with poor casting habits. The Rio Trout, is one of my favorites but it isn't suitable for indicator setups, I find the tip drops with the indicator rig and the head of the line will shoot past the indicator. For an overall line, Rio Gold is the way to go. For your lady's line buy her the best quality you can afford, that way she has the easiest transition. If a huge amount of fishing is going to be indicator rigs, the Rio Indicator taper is rad.

my nymph rods are 10's I feel they are a perfect match for a boat, 11's won't fit some rod tubes

For a few vidoe clips i've played around with originally was just going to use my point and shoot but soon realized that for video you need a specfic video camera. Most point and shoots just don't have a big enough lense so your videos will be grainy and dark. Most of the video we are seeing out there (FLy Nation) is shot on DSLRs Canon t2is and t3is are the leaders. For under water cameras, you can use a gopro, get a case for a DSLR, or get a underwater video camera. Gopros are great, small and tough. DSLR CAses tend to fog when going from outside temp to water temp, but if you can get it work out they are great and offer exceptional protection for you DSLR. For underwater specific cameras there are some good peices, this last season after a lot of research the best one for my uses was the Sanyo Xacti, I love it. ONly issue you will find with underwater video cameras is you can do effective panning with only having auto focus. I mess around with adobe premier for my editing.

unreal, porn it is.

I saw a boat drift by today

Just start wearing the medium like Terry, when you are selling your oranges http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=terry+reno+9...C3Cg&zoom=1

The construction is fenced in with 9' chain link. Brunsie that gate is still there. I guess I'll have to start carrying my universal key

Rio Streamer Tip, great line for streamers.... actually designed to fish streamers in rivers

Hey everyone, I went to go for a walk this morning down at the 17thAve/Blackfoot boat lunch, and there are two locked gates now one blocking the condo complex entrance and one at the start of the dirt road that goes to the launch. There has always been one right at the pathway but these other two are new. There are signs at the launch that it is a public boat launch.... how can it be public if there is no way to get there? Any one know who manages these types of issues with the city? I'd like to know if this is for winter or the way things are going to be.......

just toss into that small creek in Fish Creek Park.... problem solved

Man that sucks, only fished with him once but I thought he was a pretty cool dog.

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Try heading west rather than south, there is some sick water out that way. As for books Jim Mclenna writes some pretty good ones that are region specific. Blue Ribbon Bow, Trout Streams of Alberta and Fly Fishing Western Streams.

Ya but it is so much more fun to continue the joke...... until some spills the beans so early

here you go, from the boys at the Caddis Fly should make raping the T a lot easier WTF is wrong with people?

This shouldn't be an issue, for some reason the vast majority of anglers are all for conservation UNTIL our angling opportunties are diminished. Why to do have more right to resources than other user groups?

From what I have read this will export 40,000 jobs out of Canada. I don't know where that # comes from and I'm trying to educated myself on it. As well Canada is a net importer of the fuel. This is our oil, not Enbridge's, if they want to degrade our environment why not build a massive refinery in Fort Mac? This oil should be kept here, but that won't line pockets. I hate to say it but the government I voted for is going to do anything they can to ram this through on the belief that this is an economic issue for our nation, but one mistake could lead to disaster. Even BC ferries can't guarentee 100% safety navigating the area that the port will be in. Why can't this pipeline be run to vancouver or tswassen where ports are already estabished, there is still a potential for environmental impact but a good portion of it will be in developped areas?