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After a gestation period of 46 months we brought home our new addition this week.... .

I have pixel envy.

Hey bloom. We plan to leave for the trailer at Cowley on TG Sunday and stay until Monday or Tuesday. All weather depending... I fished lower Racehorse and the OM above the C&R section for one hour (or less) last Saturday. Only landed 3 cutts...two on a BAW and one on an X-caddis. Only a couple of risers. Cutts were fat and healthy. One was 16½ inches--the one from Racehorse. Weather depending, there's a good bet you'll see afternoon olives on the Crow. Anyway .. drop me a PM and I'll send you my cell # we'll hook up for a fishing day. We plan to have a BBQ chicken for TG at the trailer on Sunday--you are welcome to join us. Clive PS: Please send me a weekend BH report as we may take a drive next Monday.

Great stuff Jeffro. Flying birds are difficult, eh? Good thing you got the D200. Good choice. Cheers! Clive PS: Well after a long wait there is a 12MP replacement for my 7D. Looking forward to getting one soon. Digital photography is the very best! These are good times for us all!

albannachxcuileag (what ever THAT means! ) Thanks for the tie. A great idea for legs on a beetle. Most worthwhile--will use that. Cheers! Clive

Good one F/A. =================================================== A guy walks into a drug store and asks the pharmacist, "Where's the Vaseline?" The pharmacists says, "Walk this way." Guy says, "If I could walk THAT way, I'd not need the Vaseline."

Welcome here chaps. Rather a harmless lot, although we have "interesting" discussions now and then--sometimes about fishing. Cheers, Clive PS: I was born in Surrey, lived on farm in Hants until 8 years, moved here in 1955. Our farm nr Fordingbridge had a chalk stream and now has pay-to-fish ponds. PPS: Here's one of our Alberta high-country trout streams--the Oldman River...last weekend.

Turkey draw info here ...

Jeffro and all. Nice pictures. And a swell opportunity for me to jump in with a shameless "promotion." During all October I am hanging 26 framed prints in the Coaldale Library gallery. I am donating the prints to the library and they are selling them at a silent auction and the library gets ALL of the income from the sale. (In return, I get a tax receipt.) See details here...Library fundraiser "Natural Wonders" photo show I'd be honored if some of you southern folks dropped by and had a look. Thanks and cheers! Clive

In a very large part, we have Al Gore and David Suzuki to blame for this. They've whipped the public into climate change frenzy and the public is demanding that something be done to combat climate change. The feds have wasted at least two billion dollars so far on their climate change policies and you and I know bloody well that the money should toward environmental protection, clean air and clean water. We cannot change climate change as it is driven by the sun and oceans. It is time for people to wake up and realize that REAL environmental (health and humanitarian) issues will go begging because we are wasting to much on a bogus issue--AGW. Millions of destitute souls don't have clean water to drink and health care in many countries is grossly lacking. And the rich developed world is pissing away billions--soon to be trillions--on bullshit climate change programs. It is a disgrace. This eco terrorism by Gore and Suzuki is the biggest crime to the environment and to humanity of all time. It is a disgrace and a crying shame. Don't blame the feds. Blame those bastards Gore and Suzuki. Ask me how I feel.

Might as well out your gear away until next June..it's over folks.

Beautiful lake...drove up in a survey crew truck in 1966...can't tell you anything else. It is worth the effort -- based on what I recall.

Here's my wife, Willie, about 15 years back on the Crowsnest. Not sure what fish species she looks like, but it is rather funny. BTW .. she thinks it is funny too and had a 5- by 7-inch print in her office for years. (The fish wriggled just as the picture was taken.)

I've yet to see a fish like CZ-J ... But I am working on it.

Welcome home Wes.

Sweet pix.

The Pincher Creek library has a wireless router that can usually be accessed 24 hours from the picnic table on the from lawn. (Once I could not connect from the front lawn--usually works though.) As others have noted, all of the local libraries all have computers to check webmail, but unless they have 24-hour wireless you can only use when they are open. Anglers Ridge bed and breakfast at Burmis has a 24-hour wireless--as the two owners both have "office" jobs and work from home. You could contact them...would help if you stayed there for one or two nights. Owners are Wendy and Malcolm--both fly anglers. Here is their website. http://www.anglersridge.com/contact.htm Good luck. Clive

chidders ... I am surprised that Timmy's is not a major sponsor at this site! "...a bucket of KFC at Jenny Craig party." Ooooo ... now Kirstie and Valerie would love that. Heck a guy could get trampled in the rush.

My wife has fancy computerized embroidery machine and we have design software. rickr is correct "... a rainbow will be much easier to embroider than a brown." Done them both. Too much detail in a brown.

Was kidding above .. but then again this is a CALGARY board... Regarding brownstones suggestion. Whereas it is nice, remember the details have to be very limited because of restrictions for embroidery. Schematics of fish are okay. Small flies and details in trout are difficult...they need to be stylized. Just a suggestion.

As of 3:04 PM today... I called "forestry" in Blairmore. I was told that the closure will be lifted N of Hwy #3 as Harps noted. The Fire Ban website does not reflect this because the minister has yet to sign the order in council. Personally I think it is nutso. Some moron pistonhead or irresponsible camper will start a bloody fire and we'll be on the hook for $28 million -- once again. I can't believe they will allow random camping and use of quads. Crazy. Nuts. Insane. Stay tuned.

I totally agree with your thinking Lynn...was shocked when the lady told this to me....just passing along a story..shall see how it shakes out. Hate to see the sky full of forest fire smoke again. Was sure purdy last week.

Check back here after 1 PM today (Tuesday August 28) ... http://gateway.cd.gov.ab.ca/firebans.aspx Lady at Parks told me this morning that there is to be an announcement at 1 PM today regarding possible opening of some campgrounds on the FTR. I'd be surprise .. but nothing surprises me any more.

George Carlin's Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED ; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone . But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT ! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backward; "I Was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! HOW TO STAY YOUNG 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them." 2. Keep only cheerful friends . The grouches pull you down. 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer , crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's. 4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often, long and loud . Laugh until you gasp for breath. 6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive. 7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music , plants, hobbies , whatever. Your home is your refuge. 8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it . If it is unstable,improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 9 Don't take guilt trips . Take a trip to the mall , even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is. 10.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER : Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.